SELECT 
  p.product_id, 
  COUNT(fv_current.feature_id) AS matching_features_count, 
  IF(p.brand_id = 0, 1, 0) AS brand_match 
FROM 
  cscart_products AS p 
  JOIN cscart_products_categories AS pc ON pc.product_id = p.product_id 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_product_features_values AS fv ON fv.product_id = p.product_id 
  AND fv.feature_id IN (
    744, 737, 741, 805, 807, 747, 796, 775
  ) 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_product_features_values AS fv_current ON fv.feature_id = fv_current.feature_id 
  AND fv.variant_id = fv_current.variant_id 
  AND fv_current.product_id = 22179 
WHERE 
  p.status = 'A' 
  AND p.product_id != 22179 
  AND pc.category_id = 700 
GROUP BY 
  p.product_id 
ORDER BY 
  matching_features_count DESC, 
  brand_match DESC, 
  p.product_id 
LIMIT 
  5

Query time 0.00119

JSON explain

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              ],
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              ],
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              },
              "used_columns": [
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                "category_id"
              ],
              "attached_condition": "((`dev2`.`pc`.`category_id` = 700) and (`dev2`.`pc`.`product_id` <> 22179))"
            }
          },
          {
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                "brand_id"
              ],
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              },
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                "product_id",
                "variant_id",
                "lang_code"
              ],
              "attached_condition": "<if>(is_not_null_compl(fv), (`dev2`.`fv`.`feature_id` in (744,737,741,805,807,747,796,775)), true)"
            }
          },
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