preparedStatement.setString taking over 5 seconds longer then hardcoding parameters
package testdbconnection;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws SQLException
    {
        Connection con = getConnection();

        PreparedStatement statement = con.prepareStatement("select col1 from tableName where username = ? and password = ?");

        statement.setString(1, "UName");
        statement.setString(2, "PWord");

        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();

        ResultSet rs = statement.executeQuery();

        long stop = System.currentTimeMillis();

        System.out.println("took: " + (stop - start));

        rs.close();
        con.close();

    }// end main

    private static Connection getConnection()
    {
        Connection connection = null;

        try {
            // Load the JDBC driver
            String driverName = "com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver";
            Class.forName(driverName);

            // Create a connection to the database
            String url = "jdbc:sqlserver://DBSERVERNAME;databaseName=DBNAME;";
            String username = "dbUname";
            String password = "dbPword";

            connection = DriverManager.getConnection(url, username, password);
        }
        catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (SQLException e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        return connection;
    }// end getConnection()

}

package testdbconnection;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws SQLException
    {
        Connection con = getConnection();

        PreparedStatement statement = con.prepareStatement("select col1 from tableName where username = 'UName' and password = 'PWord'");

        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();

        ResultSet rs = statement.executeQuery();

        long stop = System.currentTimeMillis();

        System.out.println("took: " + (stop - start));

        rs.close();
        con.close();

    }// end main

    private static Connection getConnection()
    {
        Connection connection = null;

        try {
            // Load the JDBC driver
            String driverName = "com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver";
            Class.forName(driverName);

            // Create a connection to the database
            String url = "jdbc:sqlserver://DBSERVERNAME;databaseName=DBNAME;";
            String username = "dbUname";
            String password = "dbPword";

            connection = DriverManager.getConnection(url, username, password);
        }
        catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (SQLException e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        return connection;
    }// end getConnection()

}