Here is my code:

int i = 6;

Stopwatch sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
sw.Start();

switch (i)
{
    case 0:
        Console.WriteLine("b");
        break;
    case 1:
        Console.WriteLine("c");
        break;
    case 2:
        Console.WriteLine("d");
        break;
    case 3:
        Console.WriteLine("e");
        break;
    case 4:
        Console.WriteLine("f");
        break;
    case 5:
        Console.WriteLine("g");
        break;
    case 6:
        Console.WriteLine("h");
        break;
    case 7:
        Console.WriteLine("a");
        break;
}

sw.Stop();

Console.WriteLine(sw.ElapsedTicks);

sw.Restart();

if (i == 0)
{
    Console.WriteLine("b");
}
else if (i == 1)
{
    Console.WriteLine("c");
}
else if (i == 2)
{
    Console.WriteLine("d");
}
else if (i == 3)
{
    Console.WriteLine("e");
}
else if (i == 4)
{
    Console.WriteLine("f");
}
else if (i == 5)
{
    Console.WriteLine("g");
}
else if (i == 6)
{
    Console.WriteLine("h");
}

sw.Stop();

Console.WriteLine(sw.ElapsedTicks);

I was measuring this two code blocks in c# and i see switch case gives h,24977 ticks and if else statements giving h,368 ticks. I was expecting that switch case will be take less time than if else statements. Why switch case is slower than if else can you explain ? Thank you.