You should also think about the context in which the statement will be used. Is your statement normally the bottleneck? If not, does it matter if it's 3x slower

You should also think about the context in which the statement will be used. Is your statement normally the bottleneck? If not, does it matter if it's 3x slower for light workloads (which are fast anyway) as long as it's 4x faster for heavy workloads(where the performance difference can be felt)?