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Some Reviews & Benchmarks of various providers

WarlaxWarlax Member
edited March 2018 in Reviews

So recently I've been looking at servers, and I've run various benchmarks for various providers. They were previously in another thread, but thought I'd compile them all for ease of use. My main catagory when I was looking was it needed to support 4GB of RAM, docker (so limited to KVM), and be as cheap as I could find, whilst still being reliable.

So on to the results. I've minified them as best I can to make them more easily comparable, and put links to the products for purchase. I'm not affiliated with any of these companies.

WisHosting: Package: KVM HDD - $6.99

https://www.wishosting.com/order/main/packages/VPS/?group_id=2

CPU model            : Intel Core i7 9xx (Nehalem Class Core i7)
Number of cores      : 1
CPU frequency        : 2133.408 MHz
Total size of Disk   : 121.9 GB (1.8 GB Used)
Total amount of Mem  : 5967 MB (44 MB Used)
Total amount of Swap : 0 MB (0 MB Used)
Average I/O speed    : 218.7 MB/s
Download: 439.10 Mbit/s - 709.11 Mbit/s
Upload: 160.24 Mbit/s - Upload: 213.02 Mbit/s
stress-ng: info:  [3198] cpu               8972

VaporNode: Package: SSD KVM VPS $7

https://portal.vapornode.com/?cmd=cart&action=add&id=209

CPU model            : QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5+
Number of cores      : 4
CPU frequency        : 2933.436 MHz
Total size of Disk   : 276.7 GB (108.0 GB Used)
Total amount of Mem  : 3951 MB (2487 MB Used)
Total amount of Swap : 4091 MB (75 MB Used)
Average I/O speed    : 144.3 MB/s
Download: 15.35 Mbit/s - 795.04 Mbit/s
Upload: 30.35 Mbit/s - 807.30 Mbit/s
stress-ng: info:  [20579] cpu              39094

Wholesale internet: Package: $4 VPS

https://www.wholesaleinternet.net/vps/

CPU model            : QEMU Virtual CPU version (cpu64-rhel6)
Number of cores      : 2
CPU frequency        : 2666.760 MHz
Total size of Disk   : 20.2 GB (11.0 GB Used)
Total amount of Mem  : 477 MB (314 MB Used)
Total amount of Swap : 1023 MB (507 MB Used)
Average I/O speed    : 101.6 MB/s
Download: 326.43 Mbit/s - 645.76 Mbit/s
Upload: 804.19 Mbit/s - 828.12 Mbit/s
stress-ng: info:  [9446] cpu               21249

Scaleway: Product: VC1M (Location Paris) EUR5.99 ~ $7.38

https://www.scaleway.com/pricing/

CPU model                : Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU C3955 @ 2.10GHz
Number of cores      : 4
CPU frequency        : 2100.000 MHz
Total size of Disk   : 48.0 GB (0.5 GB Used)
Total amount of Mem  : 3949 MB (31 MB Used)
Total amount of Swap : 0 MB (0 MB Used)
Average I/O speed    : 282.3 MB/s
Download: 769.74 Mbit/s - 906.78 Mbit/s
Upload: 26.67 Mbit/s - 356.93 Mbit/s
stress-ng: info:  [4421] cpu              35817

AlphaVPS: Product: BlackFriday 1G (3.60 Euro a month (after tax)) ~ $4.44

Note this is OpenVZ and does not support docker :/
https://alphavps.bg/clients/cart.php?a=add&pid=84

CPU model            : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1270 v5 @ 3.60GHz
Number of cores      : 4
CPU frequency        : 3600.037 MHz
Total size of Disk   : 15.0 GB (1.4 GB Used)
Total amount of Mem  : 1024 MB (48 MB Used)
Total amount of Swap : 0 MB (0 MB Used)
Average I/O speed    : 920.3 MB/s
Download: 664.15 Mbit/s - 884.25 Mbit/s
Upload: 478.71 Mbit/s - 858.82 Mbit/s
stress-ng: info:  [1428] cpu              78683

Hetzner: Product: Cloud server CX21 EUR4.90 ~ $6.04

https://www.hetzner.com/cloud?country=us

CPU model            : Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake)
Number of cores      : 2
CPU frequency        : 2099.998 MHz
Total size of Disk   : 39.9 GB (1.5 GB Used)
Total amount of Mem  : 3855 MB (55 MB Used)
Total amount of Swap : 0 MB (0 MB Used)
Average I/O speed    : 188.3 MB/s
Download: 71.46 Mbit/s - 553.21 Mbit/s
Upload: 37.53 Mbit/s - 233.57 Mbit/s
stress-ng: info:  [3487] cpu              30812

Note that the stress NG scores, higher is better. Speed test results are done over 3 runs, and the unusual hard drive figure shown on vapornode is probably due to lots of mounted volumes and docker. All services have proven to be very good, although vapornode (the one I want to use is having some packet loss issues at the moment, and its screwing up the network. I am working with support to get them resolved however).

Your host not on this list and you want it to be? Drop me a message and I'll see what I can do! Bonus points if you can get me access to a server to run similar tests.

Thanked by 2sin bap

Comments

  • EHRAEHRA Member

    These data are interesting, but they reflect only the moment the test has been done. I miss analytics made after long-term testing, it's best to make decisions with more conviction. Anyway, thanks for the info.

  • sinsin Member

    Warlax said: vapornode (the one I want to use

    I really like my Vapornode 1/2 dedicated core vps. The network has been good for me so far with the node I'm on (I believe I'm on ssd3). I hope their support is able to help you out with the packetloss.

  • imokimok Member
    edited March 2018

    276 GB with Vapornode?

    I said nothing.

  • bapbap Member

    Thanks for sharing :D

  • WarlaxWarlax Member
    edited April 2018

    Another supplier very kindly let me have access to one of their VPS's to benchmark in this thread, see below for the results!

    First Root: Product: KVM Basic Start Special - 3,49 € ~ $4.29

    https://www.first-root.com/server/vps/ovz-basic-edition/

    CPU model            : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz
    Number of cores      : 2
    CPU frequency        : 2599.998 MHz
    Total size of Disk   : 97.5 GB (1.6 GB Used)
    Total amount of Mem  : 992 MB (50 MB Used)
    Total amount of Swap : 2377 MB (2 MB Used)
    Average I/O speed    : 816.7 MB/s
    Download: 151.00 Mbit/s - 505.85 Mbit/s
    Upload: 283.30 Mbit/s - 317.04 Mbit/s
    stress-ng: info:  [19737] cpu              23450     60.04    119.91      0.04       390.60       195.50
    

    Very fast IO on this box, and pretty decent internet to boot. Stress test performs well and very consistantly too, colour me impressed :)

    Thanked by 1First-Root
  • Yeah, cool data :D benchmarks make my brain tingle.

  • I've found it very helpful having them all together with prices when making a decision myself I must be honest. Although lol someone made an incredible Easter offer I snapped up, and then the kimsufi offer today, lol got nodes coming out my ears until the end of the month :p hopefully it's helped some other people with their decisions too :)

  • So what's idling and what's in use from the ones you've purchased?

  • utamautama Member

    what benchmark script is that?

  • @Warlax said:
    Another supplier very kindly let me have access to one of their VPS's to benchmark in this thread, see below for the results!

    First Root: Product: KVM Basic Start Special - 3,49 € ~ $4.29

    https://www.first-root.com/server/vps/ovz-basic-edition/

    CPU model            : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz
    Number of cores      : 2
    CPU frequency        : 2599.998 MHz
    Total size of Disk   : 97.5 GB (1.6 GB Used)
    Total amount of Mem  : 992 MB (50 MB Used)
    Total amount of Swap : 2377 MB (2 MB Used)
    Average I/O speed    : 816.7 MB/s
    Download: 151.00 Mbit/s - 505.85 Mbit/s
    Upload: 283.30 Mbit/s - 317.04 Mbit/s
    stress-ng: info:  [19737] cpu              23450     60.04    119.91      0.04       390.60       195.50
    

    Very fast IO on this box, and pretty decent internet to boot. Stress test performs well and very consistantly too, colour me impressed :)

    Checked out their site.

    I like this bit, honesty is always nice.

    "OpenVZ allows to overprovisioning masternode resources and this leads to one question: are you overprovisioning?

    Most VPS Providers don't want to speak about overprovisioning but as part of our business philosophy we want to keep things as transparent as possible for our customers.

    As almost every Hoster we are overprovisioning OpenVZ Masternode Resources.

    But as the customer experience is our primary goal we closely monitor all parameters of our masternodes to ensure a proper operation and to make sure that no performance bottleneck impacts our customers vps."

  • MikePTMikePT Moderator, Patron Provider, Veteran

    How about a full benchmark on the Epyc CPU?

    https://benchgeeks.com/2018/02/20/amd/amd-epyc-16-core-7351p-2-4ghz/

    Server provided by @Hivelocity

  • Another provider kindly provided yet another machine for benchmarking. Here are the results:

    Micronodes: Product: 2gb Plan $14.99

    https://client.micronodes.net/cart.php?a=confproduct&i=0

    CPU model            : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5640  @ 2.67GHz
    Number of cores      : 3
    CPU frequency        : 2666.736 MHz
    Total size of Disk   : 100.0 GB (3.2 GB Used)
    Total amount of Mem  : 2003 MB (41 MB Used)
    Total amount of Swap : 1023 MB (0 MB Used)
    Average I/O speed    : 94.1 MB/s
    Download: 94.33 Mbit/s - 143.77 Mbit/s
    Upload: 86.77 Mbit/s - 127.06 Mbit/s
    stress-ng: info:  [2102] cpu              26362     60.03    179.63      0.34       439.18       146.48
    

    One thing that did urk me a bit was the initial install was ubuntu 12.04 - they provided the box without me going through setup though, so this is potentially just a drop down choice I could have made myself, but something worth mentioning in case. Overall though IO seems pretty standard, port speeds are very solid, although closer to 100mb than 1gb, CPU benched averagely (but better than some providers), although one thing that was good about this provider was the 12MB L3 cache, although no support for aes. Hard drive size is very ample and performance is good for the size. I did have some issues with the connection dying at one point but seems to have recovered overnight. Provider was very generous with the offering though so don't want to be too critical.

  • Can someone explain/paste the columns in the stress-ng tests?

    They are new to me.

  • @vimalware said: Can someone explain/paste the columns in the stress-ng tests?

    I'll try "pasting it" below (I have no idea how it'll look until after...)

    bogo ops real time  usr time  sys time   bogo ops/s   bogo ops/s
                (secs)    (secs)    (secs)   (real time) (usr+sys time)
    

    Giving you total of 6 values. The interesting bits are the 1st (total bogo ops in the time period) and the last (bogo ops/s).

    Higher the better of course.

    This is just another (possibly easier) pure CPU benchmark.

    Thanked by 1vimalware
  • Another generous donation from yet another provider to help compare some benchmarks. This time was from Ikoula. Results below:

    Ikoula: Product: Celeron G3900 hosting plan - €9,99 (11.99 with tax)

    https://www.ikoula.com/fr/serveur-dedie

    CPU model            : Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU G3930 @ 2.90GHz
    Number of cores      : 2
    CPU frequency        : 1800.000 MHz
    Total size of Disk   : 1848.1 GB (2.1 GB Used)
    Total amount of Mem  : 7942 MB (73 MB Used)
    Total amount of Swap : 7167 MB (0 MB Used)
    Average I/O speed    : 175.0 MB/s
    Download: 67.07 Mbit/s - 92.42 Mbit/s
    Upload: 62.13 Mbit/s - 89.83 Mbit/s
    stress-ng: info:  [14495] cpu              32909     60.03    119.99      0.00       548.19       274.26
    

    Interesting things about this server was the sheer number of customisation options. For me personally it didnt make much difference as I only really used it to provide these benchmarks for you guys, but may be something that you all would be interested in. The port seemed very solid with decent internet speeds every time I speed tested it. CPU also benched well, but this is a dedicated box (as it was the closet priced offering to everything in this thread, so would expect it to be pretty solid). Not much else to add really except a big thank you to the provider for adding another node in here for me to benchmark for everyone!

    Thanked by 1Ikoula
  • omelasomelas Member
    edited April 2018

    Doesn't make you bench on vps providers give to you can be cheated, as they can make special node for review.

    (like a dedicated node that just runs your benchmarking vps without any neighborhood or your vps get higher priority on shared resources than other VPSes runs on same node.)

  • donlidonli Member

    @omelas said:
    Doesn't make you bench on vps providers give to you can be cheated, as they can make special node for review.

    (like a dedicated node that just runs your benchmarking vps without any neighborhood or your vps get higher priority on shared resources than other VPSes runs on same node.)

    That's also why benchmarking right after you purchase a VPS can be misleading - you will probably be on a node that hasn't yet filled up with other users,

  • Any VPS can have its performance change over time, depends on what other idiots you end up with on your node. I'm just trying to provide some stats the best I can to help people make slightly more informed decisions. Pretty quick to see when someone is overselling a node when the CPU performs like shit for example, and I/O access is also normally a good give away. Also interesting to spot the deviation on the port, as I don't run all the speed tests immediately. Use it as you will basically, might be of some use, might be completely useless for you. It's at least helped me make some decisions :)

  • donlidonli Member

    @Warlax said:
    Any VPS can have its performance change over time, depends on what other idiots you end up with on your node. I'm just trying to provide some stats the best I can to help people make slightly more informed decisions. Pretty quick to see when someone is overselling a node when the CPU performs like shit for example, and I/O access is also normally a good give away. Also interesting to spot the deviation on the port, as I don't run all the speed tests immediately. Use it as you will basically, might be of some use, might be completely useless for you. It's at least helped me make some decisions :)

    Yes, they are useful to see. Please keep posting them as you get them.

    Thanked by 1Warlax
  • NeoonNeoon Community Contributor, Veteran

    @omelas said:
    Doesn't make you bench on vps providers give to you can be cheated, as they can make special node for review.

    (like a dedicated node that just runs your benchmarking vps without any neighborhood or your vps get higher priority on shared resources than other VPSes runs on same node.)

    Bullshit, I had already providers selling VMWare machines as dedicated servers.

    Its rare, but still there are methods to figure out if thats the case.

    Most people will get fooled by it.

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