SQL Server vs INI File

Good day

I'm working on a project that will be in 2 different languages, I have done a speed test to see if the INI file option would be fast enough.
I have compared the speed of SQL Server vs an INI File with 3 000 entries in both of them.

Here is my code for the INI File

Private Declare Function GetPrivateProfileString Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetPrivateProfileStringA" (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, ByVal lpKeyName As String, ByVal lpDefault As String, ByVal lpReturnedString As String, ByVal nSize As Long, ByVal lpFileName As String) As Long

Private Function GetINIString(ByVal sApp As String, ByVal sKey As String) As String
  Dim sFile As String
  Dim sBuf As String * 256
  Dim lBuf As Long
  
  sFile = App.Path & "\MyData.ini"
  lBuf = GetPrivateProfileString(sApp, sKey, "", sBuf, Len(sBuf), sFile)
  GetINIString = Left$(sBuf, lBuf)
End Function

Private Sub cmdFromINIFile_Click()
  Dim dTimer As Double
  Dim i As Long
  dTimer = Timer
  For i = 1 To 3000
    Debug.Print GetINIString("Words", "Lang_" & i)
  Next i
  MsgBox "Finished : " & Timer - dTimer
End Sub

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And Here is my code for reading the same data from SQL Server

Private Sub cmdFromSQL_Click()
  Dim dTimer As Double
  Dim i As Long
  Dim db As ADODB.Connection
  Set db = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
  db.Open "Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;Integrated Security=SSPI;Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=master"
  
  dTimer = Timer
  For i = 1 To 3000
    Debug.Print GetSQLString(db, "Lang_" & i)
  Next i
  MsgBox "Finished : " & Timer - dTimer
  
  db.Close
  Set db = Nothing
End Sub

Private Function GetSQLString(ByVal db As ADODB.Connection, ByVal sKey As String) As String
  Dim rs As ADODB.Recordset
  Set rs = db.Execute("Select [Value] from Test_Table Where [MasterField] = '" & sKey & "'")
  If rs.EOF = False Then
    GetSQLString = rs("Value")
  End If
  Set rs = Nothing
End Function

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The INI file is taking 6.97 seconds and the SQL Server is taking 16.63 seconds.

Is this possible or am I doing something wrong with the SQL Server function?