It looks like you have 2mb of free ram which is not a lot for doing queries on a large database. If your server has to cache info to perform the queries, then it could account for some delays. Perhaps you can add more ram, even if it is just temporary for testing.
This is my best guess with what you have said. Hope it helps.
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