Abstract: A method for optimizing bus transactions in a data processing system is provided. A bus transaction optimizer receives an original bus transaction request which includes an original start address of a target memory for the original bus transaction, an original byte size for a number of bytes for the original bus transaction, and an original bus command for the original bus transaction. The bus transaction optimizer generates multiple bus transaction requests in response to a determination that the original byte size is greater than or equal to a predetermined multiple transfer byte size data value. The multiple bus transaction requests may include at least one high-performance bus transaction request and at least one low-performance bus transaction request.