diff --git a/eth/stagedsync/stage_execute.go b/eth/stagedsync/stage_execute.go
index d48052f26..670c4373b 100644
--- a/eth/stagedsync/stage_execute.go
+++ b/eth/stagedsync/stage_execute.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/kv/temporal/historyv2"
 	libstate "github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/state"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/log/v3"
+	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/common/changeset"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/common/dbutils"
@@ -419,11 +420,27 @@ func SpawnExecuteBlocksStage(s *StageState, u Unwinder, tx kv.RwTx, toBlock uint
 		batch.Rollback()
 	}()
 
+	var readAhead chan uint64
+	if initialCycle {
+		// snapshots are often stored on chaper drives. don't expect low-read-latency and manually read-ahead.
+		// can't use OS-level ReadAhead - because Data >> RAM
+		// it also warmsup state a bit - by touching senders/coninbase accounts and code
+		var clean func()
+		readAhead, clean = blocksReadAhead(ctx, &cfg, 4)
+		defer clean()
+	}
+
 Loop:
 	for blockNum := stageProgress + 1; blockNum <= to; blockNum++ {
 		if stoppedErr = common.Stopped(quit); stoppedErr != nil {
 			break
 		}
+		if initialCycle {
+			select {
+			case readAhead <- blockNum:
+			default:
+			}
+		}
 
 		blockHash, err := rawdb.ReadCanonicalHash(tx, blockNum)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -517,6 +534,93 @@ Loop:
 	return stoppedErr
 }
 
+func blocksReadAhead(ctx context.Context, cfg *ExecuteBlockCfg, workers int) (chan uint64, context.CancelFunc) {
+	const readAheadBlocks = 100
+	readAhead := make(chan uint64, readAheadBlocks)
+	g, gCtx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
+	for workerNum := 0; workerNum < workers; workerNum++ {
+		g.Go(func() (err error) {
+			var bn uint64
+			var ok bool
+			var tx kv.Tx
+			defer func() {
+				if tx != nil {
+					tx.Rollback()
+				}
+			}()
+
+			for i := 0; ; i++ {
+				select {
+				case bn, ok = <-readAhead:
+					if !ok {
+						return
+					}
+				case <-gCtx.Done():
+					return gCtx.Err()
+				}
+
+				if i%100 == 0 {
+					if tx != nil {
+						tx.Rollback()
+					}
+					tx, err = cfg.db.BeginRo(ctx)
+					if err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+				}
+
+				if err := blocksReadAheadFunc(gCtx, tx, cfg, bn+readAheadBlocks); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+	return readAhead, func() {
+		close(readAhead)
+		_ = g.Wait()
+	}
+}
+func blocksReadAheadFunc(ctx context.Context, tx kv.Tx, cfg *ExecuteBlockCfg, blockNum uint64) error {
+	blockHash, err := rawdb.ReadCanonicalHash(tx, blockNum)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	block, senders, err := cfg.blockReader.BlockWithSenders(ctx, tx, blockHash, blockNum)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if block == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	stateReader := state.NewPlainStateReader(tx) //TODO: can do on batch! if make batch thread-safe
+	for _, sender := range senders {
+		a, _ := stateReader.ReadAccountData(sender)
+		if a == nil || a.Incarnation == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		if code, _ := stateReader.ReadAccountCode(sender, a.Incarnation, a.CodeHash); len(code) > 0 {
+			_, _ = code[0], code[len(code)-1]
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, txn := range block.Transactions() {
+		to := txn.GetTo()
+		if to == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		a, _ := stateReader.ReadAccountData(*to)
+		if a == nil || a.Incarnation == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		if code, _ := stateReader.ReadAccountCode(*to, a.Incarnation, a.CodeHash); len(code) > 0 {
+			_, _ = code[0], code[len(code)-1]
+		}
+	}
+	_, _ = stateReader.ReadAccountData(block.Coinbase())
+	_, _ = block, senders
+	return nil
+}
+
 func logProgress(logPrefix string, prevBlock uint64, prevTime time.Time, currentBlock uint64, prevTx, currentTx uint64, gas uint64,
 	gasState float64, batch ethdb.DbWithPendingMutations, logger log.Logger) (uint64, uint64, time.Time) {
 	currentTime := time.Now()
diff --git a/turbo/snapshotsync/block_reader.go b/turbo/snapshotsync/block_reader.go
index 0a5ac5bb3..c51936e32 100644
--- a/turbo/snapshotsync/block_reader.go
+++ b/turbo/snapshotsync/block_reader.go
@@ -364,7 +364,6 @@ func (back *BlockReaderWithSnapshots) BlockWithSenders(ctx context.Context, tx k
 				return block, senders, nil
 			}
 			var txs []types.Transaction
-			var senders []libcommon.Address
 			ok, err = back.sn.ViewTxs(blockHeight, func(seg *TxnSegment) error {
 				txs, senders, err = back.txsFromSnapshot(baseTxnId, txsAmount, seg, buf)
 				if err != nil {