Windows 95 hasn't been a supported operating system for VMWare Workstation for quite some time now, so you're not going to get anything from VMware. From everything I've read, you're going to have to hack Windows 95 to get over its speed limit.

Have you seen https://github.com/JHRobotics/patcher9x

It insulates that you can install its hacks into the installer or patch an installed VM.