Why is reducing logical reads more important than reducing elapsed time?

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Answer

Elapsed time varies with workload and server load, but logical reads measure actual data touched. Reducing logical reads consistently reduces CPU, I/O, and cache pressure. Logical reads are the primary, stable metric for performance tuning.

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