SQL Server query takes more than 2 minutes to return 10,000 rows

Question

I have a SQL Server table containing approximately 15 million rows. A query using WHERE, JOIN, and ORDER BY takes more than two minutes to return about 10,000 rows. The query works correctly, but performance is very slow.

SELECT 
    c.CustomerName,
    o.OrderDate,
    o.TotalAmount
FROM Orders o
INNER JOIN Customers c
    ON o.CustomerID = c.CustomerID
WHERE o.OrderDate >= '2026-01-01'
ORDER BY o.OrderDate DESC;

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