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Asked: 2026-06-14T01:06:34+00:00

Query used: (had copied the cache cleanup code from somewhere online) CHECKPOINT; GO DBCC

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Query used:

(had copied the cache cleanup code from somewhere online)

CHECKPOINT; 
GO 
DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS; 
GO
DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS
GO

SET STATISTICS TIME ON;
SET STATISTICS IO ON;

select a.a,a.b from t1 a JOIN t1 b on a.i=b.i

t1 ‘s schema is

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[t1](
    [i] [int] NULL,
    [a] [varchar](1000) NULL,
    [b] [varchar](1000) NULL,
    [c] [varchar](1000) NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]

And t1 is populated with random data (I ranges from 0-11 and a,b,c are populated with NEWID() values)

It contains about 900 rows (934 to be exact)

The results of executing the query are:

SQL Server parse and compile time: CPU time = 0 ms, elapsed time =
0 ms.

SQL Server Execution Times: CPU time = 0 ms, elapsed time = 55
ms. SQL Server parse and compile time: CPU time = 0 ms, elapsed
time = 0 ms. DBCC execution completed. If DBCC printed error messages,
contact your system administrator.

SQL Server Execution Times: CPU time = 0 ms, elapsed time = 4 ms.
SQL Server parse and compile time: CPU time = 0 ms, elapsed time =
0 ms. DBCC execution completed. If DBCC printed error messages,
contact your system administrator.

SQL Server Execution Times: CPU time = 0 ms, elapsed time = 1 ms.
SQL Server parse and compile time: CPU time = 0 ms, elapsed time =
0 ms.

SQL Server Execution Times: CPU time = 0 ms, elapsed time = 0 ms.

SQL Server Execution Times: CPU time = 0 ms, elapsed time = 0 ms.

(115974 row(s) affected) Table ‘Worktable’. Scan count 0, logical
reads 0, physical reads 0, read-ahead reads 0, lob logical reads 0,
lob physical reads 0, lob read-ahead reads 0. Table ‘t1’. Scan count
2, logical reads 32, physical reads 0, read-ahead reads 20, lob
logical reads 0, lob physical reads 0, lob read-ahead reads 0.

SQL Server Execution Times: CPU time = 79 ms, elapsed time =
15858 ms.

As I understand it, a clean cache should result in a significant number of physical reads, shouldn’t it?

(SQL server 2012 running on a Win 8 guest VM running on Hyper V on a Win 8 host)

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  1. Editorial Team

    The item you have highlighted is for a Worktable (e.g. spool) created in tempdb during the course of the query. Not a pre-existing table that needs to be read in from disc.

    The line for t1 should show some physical reads and or read-ahead reads.

    (Edit: Didn’t see that was included originally). The below shows 20 read-ahead reads from t1

    Table 't1'. Scan count 2, logical reads 32, physical reads 0, read-ahead reads 20

    This means all pages were brought into cache by the read ahead mechanism.

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