How much lag should I be experiencing with esxi

[Th3RadMan]

I recently entered the vm world and I'm messing with a few different things.  One thing I noticed across the board is how laggy the esxi web interface is with the guest os.  Every different config I have tried has ended with the same results.  I have tried windows 10, server 2016, ubuntu, multiple core/socket configs, ram sizes, cpu power managment, etc.  Even with one vm running, there is always quite a bit of choppiness.  This might just be a natural occurrence because I am trying to work with an os across my network, but it still seems like a bit much.  Just opening the start menu on windows it is very obviously divided out into a few frames and it is even more noticeable when moving windows around, same with ubuntu.  It is very frustrating to work with and everything I've tried hasn't helped.  I bet it is probably one setting that needs to be changed, but I don't know which one.

Any ideas?

Specs:

ESXI 6.7

2X xeon 2670

Asus Z9PA-D8

128gb ddr3 ecc ram

norco 4224 chassis

intel X550-T2 NIC

Intel RES2SV240

LSI 9240-8i (flahed to 9211-8i it mode)

6 8TB WD white hdd's

6 10TB WD white hdd's

3 Samsung ssd's

[MikeStoica]

Do you have VMware tools installed on the VMs?

[Dave_the_Wave]

Make sure you have the latest VMTools 10.3.2 on each GOS, the one that comes packaged with the ESXi may be the dreaded 10.3.0.buggy one.

As soon as I get my VMs up, I throw on VNC Server on each GOS so I can avoid the Console from the client all together. VNC has a super small footprint and is as fast as it gets for console use.