Android x86 emulator extremely slow

Question

At the moment I'm developing an application with Android wear support but I have no smartwatch. Now I want to test my application on an emulator but that is the problem. The emulator need up to 1.5 hours to start. I created one with following settings:

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Target                 Google APIs (Google Inc.) API lev 22
CPU/ABI                Google APIs Intel Atom (x86)
Device                 5.1" WVGA (480x800: mdpi)
Skin                   No Skin

RAM                     512      //also tried with 768
VM Heap                  32
Internal Storage        200
Use Host GPU           true      //also tried with false

I installed HAXM, enabled it in the BIOS settings and if run

sc query intelhaxm

I get the status 4 like it is written here. I set the HAXM memmory to 2GB so it should be enought. I also do not run any other VM software and I have even reinstalled my Windows. The only interesting information from the LogCat is that there are many lines (up to 70%) of Suspending all threads

My computer has the following Hardware:

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Windows 7 x64
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
8GB RAM

Do you have any ideas why my emulator is so slow?

EDIT: Here I posted the target for a smartphone device but it's also so slow for wearable devices so Genymotion is no real alternative because it has no images for them.

Answer 1

Toggle your ScreenSize and Monitor dpi to get a lower scale - it will increase your speed of loading and usage.. SnapShot can also be Handy

Answer 2

There are several options:

1. One option is the Visual Studio Emulator for Android--it's fast, Hyper-V, x86, and free when you install Visual Studio 2015 (currently in Preview; free download).

Reference: Source

2. Run Android Image in VirtualBox. http://www.android-x86.org/download

3. You can use the Intel x86 System images, I'm not sure but they might be faster

Note: I read somewhere that Anti Virus Softwares scan the Image of Emulator which make it slow. I need to confirm it.