Is This My Speed Limit?

Hi!

It's just my curiosity. I wonder if there is any way to break my speed
limit on AMD 450Mhz:

Best Regards,
CN
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--This table contains 1036 rows.
CREATE TABLE table1 (
c1 VARCHAR(20) PRIMARY KEY,
c2 "char"
)WITHOUT OIDS;
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--This table contains 9429 rows.
CREATE TABLE table2 (
c1 VARCHAR(20) PRIMARY KEY,
c2 DATE,
c3 INTEGER,
c4 INTEGER
)WITHOUT OIDS;
CREATE INDEX i2c3c4 ON table2 (c3,c4);
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--This table contains 28482 rows.
CREATE TABLE table3 (
CONSTRAINT fk3c1 FOREIGN KEY (c1) REFERENCES table2 (c1) ON UPDATE
CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE,
CONSTRAINT fk3c3 FOREIGN KEY (c3) REFERENCES table1 (c1),
PRIMARY KEY (c1,c2),
c1 VARCHAR(20),
c2 INTEGER,
c3 VARCHAR(20),
c4 "char",
c5 INTEGER
)WITHOUT OIDS;
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EXPLAIN ANALYZE
SELECT
table2.c3 AS year
,table2.c4 AS month
,(SELECT CASE
WHEN (table1.c2 = 'A' OR table1.c2 = 'E') AND table3.c4 = 'D'
OR table1.c2 IN ('L','O','I') AND table3.c4 = 'C'
THEN table3.c5 ELSE 0-table3.c5 END
FROM table1
WHERE table1.c1=table3.c3
) AS amount
FROM table2,table3
WHERE table3.c1=table2.c1
AND table2.c3 > 2001;

Hash Join (cost=189.79..1508.67 rows=11203 width=48) (actual
time=129.20..1780.53 rows=9912 loops=1)
Hash Cond: ("outer".c1 = "inner".c1)
-> Seq Scan on table3 (cost=0.00..822.82 rows=28482 width=27)
(actual time=14.01..403.78 rows=28482
loops=1)
-> Hash (cost=180.69..180.69 rows=3640 width=21) (actual
time=85.61..85.61 rows=0 loops=1)
-> Seq Scan on table2 (cost=0.00..180.69 rows=3640 width=21)
(actual time=0.28..64.62 rows=3599
loops=1)
Filter: (c3 > 2001)
SubPlan
-> Index Scan using table1_pkey on table1 (cost=0.00..3.01 rows=1
width=1) (actual time=0.06..0.06
rows=1 loops=9912)
Index Cond: (c1 = $2)
Total runtime: 1802.71 msec
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EXPLAIN ANALYZE
SELECT
table2.c3 AS year
,table2.c4 AS month
,CASE
WHEN (table1.c2 = 'A' OR table1.c2 = 'E') AND table3.c4 = 'D'
OR table1.c2 IN ('L','O','I') AND table3.c4 = 'C'
THEN table3.c5 ELSE 0-table3.c5 END
AS amount
FROM table2,table3,table1
WHERE table3.c1=table2.c1
AND table1.c1=table3.c3
AND table2.c3 > 2001;

Hash Join (cost=208.74..1751.68 rows=11203 width=58) (actual
time=135.87..1113.69 rows=9912 loops=1)
Hash Cond: ("outer".c3 = "inner".c1)
-> Hash Join (cost=189.79..1508.67 rows=11203 width=48) (actual
time=123.81..899.29 rows=9912 loops=1)
Hash Cond: ("outer".c1 = "inner".c1)
-> Seq Scan on table3 (cost=0.00..822.82 rows=28482 width=27)
(actual time=9.30..371.10 rows=28482
loops=1)
-> Hash (cost=180.69..180.69 rows=3640 width=21) (actual
time=85.62..85.62 rows=0 loops=1)
-> Seq Scan on table2 (cost=0.00..180.69 rows=3640
width=21) (actual time=0.31..64.33
rows=3599 loops=1)
Filter: (c3 > 2001)
-> Hash (cost=16.36..16.36 rows=1036 width=10) (actual
time=11.91..11.91 rows=0 loops=1)
-> Seq Scan on table1 (cost=0.00..16.36 rows=1036 width=10)
(actual time=0.05..7.16 rows=1036
loops=1)
Total runtime: 1133.95 msec

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