Prepare VMware Workstation

Windows as Host System

There are some things you can boost up the performance of VMware Workstation.

Open Command Prompt as administrator:

bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off
# To set it on again if needed:
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype auto

Disable memory integrity (in GUI):

Windows Security > Device Security > Core Isolation details

PowerShell:

powercfg /powerthrottling disable /path 'C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware.exe'

Reboot machine.