helm-fzf.el

(defvar helm-fzf-source
  (helm-build-async-source "fzf"
    :candidates-process 'helm-fzf--do-candidate-process
    :nohighlight t
    :requires-pattern 2
    :candidate-number-limit 9999))

(defun helm-fzf--do-candidate-process ()
  (let* ((cmd-args `("fzf" "-x" "-f" ,helm-pattern))
         (proc (apply #'start-file-process "helm-fzf" nil cmd-args)))
    (prog1 proc
      (set-process-sentinel
       proc
       (lambda (process event)
         (helm-process-deferred-sentinel-hook
          process event (helm-default-directory)))))))

(defun helm-fzf (directory)
  (interactive "D")
  (let ((default-directory directory))
    (helm :sources '(helm-fzf-source)
          :buffer "*helm-fzf*")))

Are you on an SSD? This works really quickly for me. I forked it to here for some better defaults for me. Thanks for the script!