I created a VM to be my "Virtual Office Computer". Its being hosted on my new Gaming laptop via VMware Workstation 12.5.2.
The laptop has a GTX 1070 (the intel onboard video card is disabled on this laptop, aka no optimus), i7 6820 Quad-core w/ HT overclocked CPU, 16GB of memory, and an Samsung Evo 850 SSD that is housing the windows 10 VM.
The VM Config is:
8GB memory (But have also tried 12GB and 16GB with no difference in performance)
2 Processors with 4 cores each = 8 total cores
100GB SCSI vdisk, single file, on the Samsung SSD
Network = Bridged
Display = Accelerate 3D graphics, 2GB graphics memory, Display scaling disabled
Hardware level = Vmware Workstation 12
Running the VM full screen at 4K resolution (same as my 4K monitor i have connected to the laptop)
Anything i run on the Host OS is blazing fast
Anything I run on the Windows 10 Guest VM crawls.
Even if i make the window smaller, still crawls but not as bad.
Running nvidia driver version 369.26 (Ive tried updating to the latest driver, but having errors installing like many others with GTX 10-series laptops)
I was honestly expecting this VM to fly considering the resources i am throwing at it. 2GB is the max video memory that vmware workstation will let me give the virtual graphics card.
Any ideas to improve performance?
Symptoms:
Moving windows jumpy.
Slow response time when clicking/double-clicking.
Windows Resource manager shows nothing with high usage (mem/cpu/network/storage)
Screen will go black after minimizing the console, and not respond after maximizing it sometimes.
Thanks for any thoughts on this.