• Here is the execution resuls of the 1-st and 4-th query:

    --Query 1

    SQL Server Execution Times:

    CPU time = 0 ms, elapsed time = 76 ms.

    --Query 4

    SQL Server Execution Times:

    CPU time = 0 ms, elapsed time = 0 ms

    SQL Server parse and compile time:

    CPU time = 0 ms, elapsed time = 142 ms.

    So the Query #1 was faster.