1. Disable change tracking for read-only queries.
2. Use DbContext pooling.
3. Use IQueryable instead of IEnumerable
4. Use batch updates for large numbers of entities.
5. Use asynchronous instead of synchronous code.
6. Reduce the round trips to the database.
8. Retrieve only the data you need.
10. Profiling and Monitoring.
11. Paging Implementation.
12. Indexing Implementation.