PHP on Windows with XAMPP running 100 times too slow

Question

PHP runs so slowly on my Windows desktop that phpMyAdmin takes minutes to open a database. Here’s a comparison of the time to run a simple PHP test program:

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Answer 1

I excluded my website folder and my xampp folder in Windows Defender and things were solved here.

Answer 2

For me, mcAfee Web boost extension was the Blocker. I removed the extension and now it speeds up by 90%

Answer 3

I figured out that Eclipse did not end a XDebug session properly. I solved the problem by restarting the debug session and ending it properly.