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Hello Stew, first determine if the problem is related to the network or if it is due to software on the droplet itself (such as a database server problem).
A quick way to get the network discarded is to check a dummy/test website on the same droplet and check if there is too much latency when measuring response time.
A good read: websiteoptimization.(com)/speed/tweak/time-to-first-byte/