I have done some tests on running a simple query from a single table. It returns just over 360,000 rows. If I use SSMS on my local machine and connect to the SQL instance the query returns in 14 seconds, if I log onto the VM and use SSMS from there it returns in 3 seconds. These tests are part of performance testing. Why is there such a difference between the 2 times?
I have looked at execution plans and they are identical. Is