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DeluxeHost Promo VPS benchmark and review
Recently @DeluxHost had a pre-sales promo with very, very tasty offers of Xeon Gold based VPS servers and of bloody course I got one. And of even bloodier course I benchmarked it. To be precise I purchased an 'F-3', so 2 vCores, 4 GB memory, 60 GB NVMe and (at fair use) unlimited traffic at 10 Gb/s for a ridiculously low €12/yr!
First, Yes it got tight delivery time wise, I got mine on day 14th. But hey, still on time, so promise kept.
I did, however, limit myself to a single "first impression" run due to the very high likelihood of many users yabsing the living shit out of their new VPS, because I wanted to be fair and benchmark the VPS only after a few days when most of the yabsing likely had stopped and more realistic results could be achieved.
So, here are the results, based on 36 runs, along with my comments. As usual, starting with sysinfo, processor, and memory:
Version 2.5.0a, (c) 2018+ jsg (->lowendtalk.com)
Machine: amd64, Arch.: amd64, Model: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6122 CPU @ 1.80GHz
OS, version: FreeBSD 14.2, Mem.: 3.989 GB
CPU - Cores: 2, Family/Model/Stepping: 6/85/4
Cache: 32K/32K L1d/L1i, 1024K L2, 27M L3
Std. Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat
pse36 cflsh mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss sse3 pclmulqdq vmx ssse3 fma cx16
pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline aes xsave
osxsave avx f16c rdrnd hypervisor
Ext. Flags: fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 hle avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid rtm mpx pat
pse36 rdseed adx smap clflushopt clwb sha umip pku ospke syscall nx
pdpe1gb rdtscp lm lahf_lm lzcnt
AES? Yes
Nested Virt.? Yes
HW RNG? Yes
ProcMem SC [MB/s]: avg 146.3 - min 54.9 (37.5 %), max 247.0 (168.8 %)
ProcMem MA [MB/s]: avg 421.1 - min 351.5 (83.5 %), max 486.4 (115.5 %)
ProcMem MB [MB/s]: avg 422.8 - min 372.2 (88.0 %), max 468.8 (110.9 %)
ProcMem AES [MB/s]: avg 796.7 - min 779.4 (97.8 %), max 813.7 (102.1 %)
ProcMem RSA [kp/s]: avg 60.8 - min 54.9 (90.3 %), max 66.6 (109.5 %)
It of course isn't very sensible to run a VPS within a VPS, but anyway, you could, all the important flags are set.
As for the performance it looks a bit half-cooked, because let's be honest, single-core results of not even 150 MB/s are a bit poor. But then, let's be honest again, of bloody course a Xeon Scalable server at such a ridiculously low price is densely packed!
Things look much better though if you have more than one vCore; multi-core results of solidly above 400 MB/s are decent and the spread also is quite acceptable. The crypto results are somewhat mediocre but that's just the Xeon Architecture; but still I wouldn't see any problem to run any website on that VPS except for the high-end in terms of dynamic site like a nighly visited wordpress site.
All in all nice, me not unhappy with what I got, not even a bit.
So, let's look at the disk
--- Disk 4 KB - Buffered ---
Write seq. [MB/s]: avg 3.48 - min 2.52 (72.4%), max 3.99 (114.7%)
Write rnd. [MB/s]: avg 2.79 - min 1.78 (63.8%), max 3.32 (119.1%)
Read seq. [MB/s]: avg 6.10 - min 2.50 (41.0%), max 8.33 (136.6%)
Read rnd. [MB/s]: avg 5.74 - min 2.93 (51.1%), max 6.76 (117.8%)
--- Disk 4 KB - Sync/Direct ---
Write seq. [MB/s]: avg 3.61 - min 2.47 (68.4%), max 4.18 (115.8%)
Write rnd. [MB/s]: avg 2.81 - min 1.98 (70.6%), max 3.17 (113.0%)
Read seq. [MB/s]: avg 6.00 - min 2.68 (44.7%), max 8.37 (139.5%)
Read rnd. [MB/s]: avg 5.47 - min 1.60 (29.2%), max 6.80 (124.2%)
--- Disk 64 KB - Buffered ---
Write seq. [MB/s]: avg 34.32 - min 26.68 (77.7%), max 40.03 (116.6%)
Write rnd. [MB/s]: avg 25.75 - min 17.76 (69.0%), max 30.54 (118.6%)
Read seq. [MB/s]: avg 897.61 - min 710.28 (79.1%), max 1093.20 (121.8%)
Read rnd. [MB/s]: avg 57.59 - min 20.38 (35.4%), max 83.85 (145.6%)
--- Disk 64 KB - Sync/Direct ---
Write seq. [MB/s]: avg 5.14 - min 4.55 (88.6%), max 6.01 (117.0%)
Write rnd. [MB/s]: avg 2.95 - min 2.58 (87.5%), max 3.53 (119.7%)
Read seq. [MB/s]: avg 862.35 - min 700.40 (81.2%), max 1062.12 (123.2%)
Read rnd. [MB/s]: avg 63.21 - min 29.72 (47.0%), max 83.56 (132.2%)
--- Disk 1 MB - Buffered ---
Write seq. [MB/s]: avg 51.59 - min 35.54 (68.9%), max 60.88 (118.0%)
Write rnd. [MB/s]: avg 90.09 - min 80.18 (89.0%), max 102.82 (114.1%)
Read seq. [MB/s]: avg 1462.85 - min 867.25 (59.3%), max 1836.70 (125.6%)
Read rnd. [MB/s]: avg 250.99 - min 56.19 (22.4%), max 429.76 (171.2%)
--- Disk 1 MB - Sync/Direct ---
Write seq. [MB/s]: avg 17.39 - min 14.78 (85.0%), max 19.44 (111.8%)
Write rnd. [MB/s]: avg 13.24 - min 11.59 (87.6%), max 16.27 (122.9%)
Read seq. [MB/s]: avg 1429.60 - min 857.76 (60.0%), max 1706.62 (119.4%)
Read rnd. [MB/s]: avg 301.80 - min 40.40 (13.4%), max 455.71 (151.0%)
--- Disk IOps (Sync/Direct) ---
Write seq. [MB/s]: avg 23.12 - min 18.47 (79.9%), max 24.50 (106.0%)
IOps : avg 5918.52 - min 4727.31 (79.9%), max 6272.65 (106.0%)
Over 20 MB/s and nearly 6000 IOps is decent, especially for the very low price, and the spread is very acceptable with wide spreads only on random reads which makes caching hard.
This can be kept short: Absolutely nothing to complain in this department. I haven't done it yet but wouldn't expect anything than a very decent result with my DB benchmark, which boils down to: except for heavy DB workloads, which nobody in his right mind would put on such a relatively small VPS anyway, this disk will definitely not be a limiting factor.
Finally, connectivity:
--- Europe ---
NO OSL mirror.terrahost.no [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 444.7 - min 348.9 (78.5%), max 490.0 (110.2%)
Ping [ms]: avg 21.9 - min 21.7 (99.3%), max 22.1 (101.1%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 25.2 - min 21.7 (86.0%), max 63.2 (250.5%)
UK LON lon.speedtest.clouvider.net [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 1232.6 - min 513.3 (41.6%), max 1507.8 (122.3%)
Ping [ms]: avg 6.7 - min 6.6 (97.8%), max 7.3 (108.1%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 7.3 - min 6.6 (90.1%), max 8.6 (117.5%)
NL AMS nl.mirrors.clouvider.net [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 3114.8 - min 1929.8 (62.0%), max 3672.8 (117.9%)
Ping [ms]: avg 1.6 - min 1.3 (82.2%), max 1.9 (120.2%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 3.3 - min 1.4 (42.4%), max 38.0 (1151.5%)
DE FRA fra.lg.core-backbone.com [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 1388.1 - min 1137.7 (82.0%), max 1488.6 (107.2%)
Ping [ms]: avg 6.9 - min 6.5 (94.5%), max 8.6 (125.0%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 7.1 - min 6.7 (94.8%), max 8.6 (121.7%)
FR PAR mirror.in2p3.fr [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 454.7 - min 396.8 (87.2%), max 489.6 (107.7%)
Ping [ms]: avg 22.3 - min 22.1 (99.0%), max 26.5 (118.7%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 78.0 - min 22.3 (28.6%), max 208.1 (266.8%)
CH GEN pkg.adfinis-on-exoscale.ch [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 563.0 - min 526.0 (93.4%), max 593.5 (105.4%)
Ping [ms]: avg 17.7 - min 17.4 (98.1%), max 18.1 (102.1%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 21.5 - min 17.7 (82.2%), max 28.5 (132.3%)
IT MIL it1.mirror.vhosting-it.com [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 483.9 - min 359.5 (74.3%), max 568.9 (117.6%)
Ping [ms]: avg 21.2 - min 21.1 (99.3%), max 21.4 (100.7%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 34.9 - min 21.2 (60.7%), max 162.7 (466.0%)
ES MAD mirror.es.stackscale.com [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 372.5 - min 41.2 (11.1%), max 450.9 (121.1%)
Ping [ms]: avg 28.3 - min 28.2 (99.5%), max 28.6 (100.9%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 35.4 - min 28.4 (80.3%), max 66.6 (188.2%)
RO almalinux.mirrors.orange.ro [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 285.4 - min 261.3 (91.6%), max 310.3 (108.8%)
Ping [ms]: avg 35.4 - min 35.1 (99.1%), max 39.8 (112.4%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 79.4 - min 35.3 (44.5%), max 293.7 (370.1%)
RU MOS speedtest.hostkey.ru [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 264.5 - min 242.9 (91.8%), max 282.0 (106.6%)
Ping [ms]: avg 40.8 - min 40.5 (99.2%), max 42.5 (104.1%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 49.6 - min 40.8 (82.2%), max 57.9 (116.6%)
--- Asia / Oceania ---
RU SIB mirror.truenetwork.ru [F: 35]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 0.0 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 0.0 (0.0%)
Ping [ms]: avg 91.0 - min 89.0 (97.8%), max 97.1 (106.7%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 91.0 - min 89.0 (97.8%), max 97.1 (106.7%)
IR TEH mirror.mobinhost.com [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 109.9 - min 45.6 (41.5%), max 136.6 (124.2%)
Ping [ms]: avg 75.9 - min 75.7 (99.7%), max 77.2 (101.6%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 99.6 - min 76.1 (76.4%), max 145.3 (145.8%)
IN MUM mirrors.piconets.webwerks.in [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 67.6 - min 62.4 (92.4%), max 70.4 (104.2%)
Ping [ms]: avg 163.0 - min 161.2 (98.9%), max 170.8 (104.8%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 170.8 - min 161.7 (94.7%), max 203.8 (119.3%)
SG SGP mirror.sg.gs [F: 11]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 35.1 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 68.3 (194.4%)
Ping [ms]: avg 158.3 - min 157.6 (99.6%), max 160.0 (101.1%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 163.4 - min 157.6 (96.4%), max 176.7 (108.1%)
CN HKG mirrors.xtom.hk [F: 35]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 0.0 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 0.0 (0.0%)
Ping [ms]: avg 263.5 - min 241.9 (91.8%), max 348.7 (132.3%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 263.5 - min 241.9 (91.8%), max 348.7 (132.3%)
CN NAJ mirror.nyist.edu.cn [F: 15]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 18.5 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 47.2 (255.8%)
Ping [ms]: avg 216.7 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 412.0 (190.1%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 256.2 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 470.6 (183.6%)
JP TOK ftp.udx.icscoe.jp [F: 24]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 6.4 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 28.5 (446.3%)
Ping [ms]: avg 243.9 - min 239.6 (98.2%), max 251.5 (103.1%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 243.9 - min 239.6 (98.2%), max 251.5 (103.1%)
AU SYD mirror.internet.asn.au [F: 2]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 36.2 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 41.5 (114.6%)
Ping [ms]: avg 259.7 - min 258.9 (99.7%), max 265.4 (102.2%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 263.5 - min 259.2 (98.4%), max 270.1 (102.5%)
--- Africa ---
ZA JOB mirror.datakeepers.co.za [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 66.4 - min 47.2 (71.2%), max 70.1 (105.6%)
Ping [ms]: avg 163.6 - min 163.2 (99.7%), max 165.6 (101.2%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 175.3 - min 163.2 (93.1%), max 234.7 (133.9%)
KE NAI mirror.liquidtelecom.com [F: 33]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 0.0 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 0.0 (0.0%)
Ping [ms]: avg 158.1 - min 155.2 (98.2%), max 159.2 (100.7%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 158.1 - min 155.2 (98.2%), max 159.2 (100.7%)
--- America ---
US NYC mirrors-nyj.hawkhost.com [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 122.9 - min 83.1 (67.6%), max 134.0 (109.0%)
Ping [ms]: avg 86.8 - min 84.7 (97.6%), max 89.7 (103.3%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 89.3 - min 84.7 (94.8%), max 103.8 (116.2%)
US CHI linux-mirrors.fnal.gov [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 98.5 - min 81.3 (82.6%), max 110.9 (112.7%)
Ping [ms]: avg 98.6 - min 98.4 (99.8%), max 99.1 (100.5%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 109.6 - min 99.9 (91.1%), max 148.7 (135.6%)
US LAX mirror.alma.lax1.serverforge.org [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 66.5 - min 45.2 (68.0%), max 76.2 (114.5%)
Ping [ms]: avg 155.5 - min 154.8 (99.5%), max 158.3 (101.8%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 157.3 - min 154.9 (98.5%), max 168.6 (107.2%)
Hmmm, in some way yet another case of half-cooked. Let's start with the positive side. See those results within Europe? YAY, what a nice connectivity! Kind of purrfect for Europe-centric people like myself.
Outside Europe though not so great. I mean, certainly not crappy but also certainly not great. Yes, here and there a few nice peaks like 120+ Mb/s to NYC, but also quite a few not great at all results. Plus what you can't see: quite a few secondary targets, incl. really good and well known ones, simply failed. Ozzyland is an example: one out of three targets reached, with a mediocre result, and the two others completely failed, yuck.
Again, I'm very Europe-centric and "kinda reaches Asia and America" is good enough for me, especially when all the targets in Europe show really good, almost great results, but if you're looking more for good global connectivity, this one likely is not for you.
But hey, and that's a really major point, we're talking about a dirt cheap VPS here! And keeping in mind which expectations one can reasonably have re. a "a bit more than €10/year" VPS this one certainly is a winner!
Hence: recommended! - and DeluxHost has earned a place in my "providers to always look at when they publish an offer!".
Comments
any YABs?
For 15/yr, this is amazing.
ive been using them for like 3 months and it was amazing. i always recommend them as a good quality hosting.