I am running into a situation where when I load Microsoft.SqlServer.Types my app is running slower. To show you what is going on, I've been able to get the smallest app as possible.
Here http://www.slideshare.net/jeffblankenburg/migrating-to-visual-studio-2008-net-fr amework-35 it is given as * Watch out for XML and Regular Expressions o XMLDocuments cause heavy CPU load – use XMLReader/Writers