我在创建的Web API中执行以下操作：

// GET api/<controller>
[HttpGet]
[Route("pharmacies/{pharmacyId}/page/{page}/{filter?}")]
public CartTotalsDTO GetProductsWithHistory(Guid pharmacyId, int page, string filter = null ,[FromUri] bool refresh = false)
{
    return delegateHelper.GetProductsWithHistory(CustomerContext.Current.GetContactById(pharmacyId), refresh);
}

通过以下方式通过Jquery Ajax调用完成对此Web服务的调用：

$.ajax({
      url: "/api/products/pharmacies/<%# Farmacia.PrimaryKeyId.Value.ToString() %>/page/" + vm.currentPage() + "/" + filter,
      type: "GET",
      dataType: "json",
      success: function (result) {
          vm.items([]);
          var data = result.Products;
          vm.totalUnits(result.TotalUnits);
      }          
  });

我已经看到一些开发人员以这种方式实现了先前的操作：

// GET api/<controller>
[HttpGet]
[Route("pharmacies/{pharmacyId}/page/{page}/{filter?}")]
public async Task<CartTotalsDTO> GetProductsWithHistory(Guid pharmacyId, int page, string filter = null ,[FromUri] bool refresh = false)
{
    return await Task.Factory.StartNew(() => delegateHelper.GetProductsWithHistory(CustomerContext.Current.GetContactById(pharmacyId), refresh));
}

不过，得说GetProductsWithHistory（）是一个相当长的操作。考虑到我的问题和上下文，使webAPI操作异步将给我带来什么好处？