Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> Tried on two machines. The first (Turion64 laptop) gives 44-45 ms for
> the SELECT, and 50-51 ms for the EXPLAIN ANALYZE.
> The second machine, desktop Celeron 533, gives 197-200 ms for the SELECT
> and 788-790 for the EXPLAIN ANALYZE. I guess this is the reproduction
> you were looking for.
Do you have oprofile installed on these? Comparing oprofile results
might give some more insight where the time is going.
regards, tom lane