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vpshostingservice/tpoll promo - review and benchmark
Normally I don't care much about limited promos but I didn't know vpshostingservice / @tpoll yet except for some basic info, which had created some interest, so I had a look at the offer. What "got" me and made me buy one (the cheapest) mainly was the really low price, 2 vCores of a supposedly fast processor, the recurring offer, and, albeit cautiously the unlimited traffic.
Here's the results of > 30 benchmark runs over >= 24 hrs. Hint: buckle up!
First, sysinfo, processor & memory
Version 2.5.0a, (c) 2018+ jsg (->lowendtalk.com)
Machine: amd64, Arch.: amd64, Model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-14900K
OS, version: FreeBSD 14.4, Mem.: 1.989 GB
CPU - Cores: 2, Family/Model/Stepping: 6/183/1
Cache: 32K/64K L1d/L1i, 4096K L2, 36M 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
pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline aes xsave osxsave
avx f16c rdrnd hypervisor
Ext. Flags: fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid rdseed adx smap
clflushopt clwb umip pku ospke syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm lahf_lm
lzcnt
AES? Yes
Nested Virt.? Yes
HW RNG? Yes
ProcMem SC [MB/s]: avg 505.0 - min 186.9 (37.0 %), max 820.2 (162.4 %)
ProcMem MA [MB/s]: avg 1366.8 - min 1210.0 (88.5 %), max 1520.0 (111.2 %)
ProcMem MB [MB/s]: avg 1429.1 - min 1260.0 (88.2 %), max 1550.0 (108.5 %)
ProcMem AES [MB/s]: avg 2651.8 - min 2577.3 (97.2 %), max 2717.4 (102.5 %)
ProcMem RSA [kp/s]: avg 198.8 - min 186.9 (94.0 %), max 207.8 (104.5 %)
WUT? 500+ MB/s single-core avg? And well matched and high multi-core results. Plus over 2500 MB/s AES and pretty much double the RSA keypairs per second I usually see on fast processors! This VPS clearly has the fastest processor I benchmarked so far!
And for about $20/year!
Frankly with that kind of processing power that box could have a boring old-style SSD and mediocre connectivity and I'd still be happy and call it a good deal. But no, wait and see ...
--- Disk 4 KB - Buffered ---
Write seq. [MB/s]: avg 7.53 - min 6.23 (82.7%), max 8.57 (113.8%)
Write rnd. [MB/s]: avg 7.04 - min 6.33 (89.9%), max 8.05 (114.3%)
Read seq. [MB/s]: avg 16.02 - min 13.08 (81.7%), max 19.84 (123.9%)
Read rnd. [MB/s]: avg 14.91 - min 12.59 (84.4%), max 18.70 (125.4%)
--- Disk 4 KB - Sync/Direct ---
Write seq. [MB/s]: avg 7.13 - min 6.32 (88.6%), max 8.12 (113.9%)
Write rnd. [MB/s]: avg 6.83 - min 5.88 (86.1%), max 7.70 (112.7%)
Read seq. [MB/s]: avg 15.54 - min 13.30 (85.6%), max 19.69 (126.7%)
Read rnd. [MB/s]: avg 14.65 - min 12.74 (87.0%), max 18.05 (123.2%)
--- Disk 64 KB - Buffered ---
Write seq. [MB/s]: avg 78.53 - min 71.98 (91.7%), max 111.55 (142.0%)
Write rnd. [MB/s]: avg 72.54 - min 67.60 (93.2%), max 78.24 (107.9%)
Read seq. [MB/s]: avg 2762.90 - min 2507.97 (90.8%), max 2973.97 (107.6%)
Read rnd. [MB/s]: avg 205.07 - min 175.73 (85.7%), max 224.75 (109.6%)
--- Disk 64 KB - Sync/Direct ---
Write seq. [MB/s]: avg 20.34 - min 17.73 (87.2%), max 22.52 (110.7%)
Write rnd. [MB/s]: avg 13.20 - min 10.25 (77.6%), max 15.30 (115.9%)
Read seq. [MB/s]: avg 2757.39 - min 2514.95 (91.2%), max 2951.18 (107.0%)
Read rnd. [MB/s]: avg 201.74 - min 168.27 (83.4%), max 226.61 (112.3%)
--- Disk 1 MB - Buffered ---
Write seq. [MB/s]: avg 351.89 - min 313.92 (89.2%), max 367.91 (104.6%)
Write rnd. [MB/s]: avg 417.48 - min 382.93 (91.7%), max 447.95 (107.3%)
Read seq. [MB/s]: avg 3013.75 - min 2914.00 (96.7%), max 3186.12 (105.7%)
Read rnd. [MB/s]: avg 887.17 - min 833.02 (93.9%), max 923.27 (104.1%)
--- Disk 1 MB - Sync/Direct ---
Write seq. [MB/s]: avg 113.20 - min 73.32 (64.8%), max 120.88 (106.8%)
Write rnd. [MB/s]: avg 103.21 - min 92.82 (89.9%), max 115.96 (112.4%)
Read seq. [MB/s]: avg 3127.43 - min 2981.84 (95.3%), max 3324.28 (106.3%)
Read rnd. [MB/s]: avg 896.91 - min 827.43 (92.3%), max 956.37 (106.6%)
--- Disk IOps (Sync/Direct) ---
Write seq. [MB/s]: avg 47.18 - min 46.52 (98.6%), max 47.60 (100.9%)
IOps : avg 12077.15 - min 11908.60 (98.6%), max 12186.73 (100.9%)
Almost 50 MB/s and 12000 IOps in 4k/4t mode is a very good result by itself, but look at the super-tight spread! which translates to "this NVMe performs consistently good"!
But to be honest I was prepared to get, uhm, ... only mediocre connectivity because AFAIK vpshostingservice runs on ColoCrossing infrastructure which I (falsely I guess) assumed to be HE and/or Cogent (which I've learned to strongly dislike) linked - but with that processor and disk performance I didn't even care and was fully prepared to like my new little server anyway ...
So, let's see ...
--- Europe ---
NO OSL mirror.terrahost.no [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 110.9 - min 98.8 (89.1%), max 115.4 (104.0%)
Ping [ms]: avg 97.7 - min 97.5 (99.8%), max 97.8 (100.1%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 137.7 - min 97.5 (70.8%), max 200.9 (145.9%)
UK LON lon.speedtest.clouvider.net [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 131.5 - min 115.9 (88.1%), max 140.9 (107.1%)
Ping [ms]: avg 87.0 - min 86.3 (99.2%), max 87.9 (101.0%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 89.0 - min 86.3 (97.0%), max 105.7 (118.8%)
NL AMS nl.mirrors.clouvider.net [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 125.3 - min 109.9 (87.7%), max 129.3 (103.2%)
Ping [ms]: avg 87.4 - min 86.8 (99.3%), max 88.6 (101.3%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 89.5 - min 86.8 (96.9%), max 97.1 (108.4%)
DE FRA fra.lg.core-backbone.com [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 124.8 - min 123.9 (99.3%), max 125.8 (100.8%)
Ping [ms]: avg 90.7 - min 90.3 (99.6%), max 93.4 (103.0%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 90.8 - min 90.4 (99.6%), max 93.4 (102.9%)
FR PAR mirror.in2p3.fr [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 113.4 - min 107.8 (95.1%), max 120.0 (105.9%)
Ping [ms]: avg 94.6 - min 94.4 (99.8%), max 95.2 (100.6%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 129.6 - min 103.7 (80.0%), max 414.4 (319.7%)
CH GEN pkg.adfinis-on-exoscale.ch [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 122.5 - min 116.4 (95.0%), max 130.4 (106.4%)
Ping [ms]: avg 96.0 - min 95.7 (99.7%), max 96.1 (100.1%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 103.6 - min 95.9 (92.6%), max 120.3 (116.2%)
ES MAD mirror.raiolanetworks.com [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 121.8 - min 118.6 (97.4%), max 123.5 (101.4%)
Ping [ms]: avg 92.4 - min 92.1 (99.6%), max 96.0 (103.9%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 94.1 - min 92.3 (98.1%), max 96.2 (102.3%)
RO BUC mirrors.hosterion.ro [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 90.7 - min 84.5 (93.2%), max 98.0 (108.1%)
Ping [ms]: avg 119.0 - min 116.1 (97.6%), max 122.0 (102.5%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 124.0 - min 116.3 (93.8%), max 133.6 (107.8%)
RU MOS mirror.yandex.ru [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 75.2 - min 70.2 (93.4%), max 80.2 (106.6%)
Ping [ms]: avg 144.0 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 150.0 (104.2%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 155.9 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 337.3 (216.4%)
RU MOS speedtest.hostkey.ru [F: 20]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 50.6 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 97.5 (192.6%)
Ping [ms]: avg 117.1 - min 116.7 (99.7%), max 119.3 (101.9%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 124.0 - min 116.8 (94.2%), max 150.7 (121.5%)
--- Asia/Oceania ---
RU SIB mirror.truenetwork.ru [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 63.5 - min 22.2 (34.9%), max 71.0 (111.9%)
Ping [ms]: avg 167.6 - min 165.1 (98.5%), max 172.7 (103.1%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 182.2 - min 165.1 (90.6%), max 231.2 (126.9%)
IN MUM mirrors.piconets.webwerks.in [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 46.3 - min 41.3 (89.1%), max 49.4 (106.7%)
Ping [ms]: avg 244.5 - min 163.6 (66.9%), max 246.7 (100.9%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 250.4 - min 246.0 (98.2%), max 272.6 (108.8%)
SG SGP mirror.sg.gs [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 47.4 - min 40.9 (86.3%), max 51.5 (108.6%)
Ping [ms]: avg 225.3 - min 217.9 (96.7%), max 235.8 (104.6%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 238.9 - min 223.7 (93.6%), max 260.4 (109.0%)
CN HKG mirrors.xtom.hk [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 59.0 - min 56.8 (96.3%), max 59.9 (101.5%)
Ping [ms]: avg 191.0 - min 190.7 (99.8%), max 191.3 (100.1%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 195.4 - min 190.9 (97.7%), max 304.2 (155.7%)
CN BEJ mirrors.bfsu.edu.cn [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 43.1 - min 35.6 (82.8%), max 51.7 (120.1%)
Ping [ms]: avg 240.1 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 283.1 (117.9%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 252.0 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 300.4 (119.2%)
JP TOK ftp.udx.icscoe.jp [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 65.1 - min 33.7 (51.7%), max 75.8 (116.4%)
Ping [ms]: avg 153.6 - min 153.4 (99.8%), max 154.4 (100.5%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 164.1 - min 153.5 (93.5%), max 176.9 (107.8%)
AU SYD mirrors.xtom.au [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 60.3 - min 58.4 (96.8%), max 61.6 (102.1%)
Ping [ms]: avg 191.2 - min 190.9 (99.9%), max 191.3 (100.1%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 251.5 - min 226.5 (90.1%), max 330.8 (131.5%)
--- Africa ---
ZA WEC archlinux.za.mirror.allworldit.com [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 45.7 - min 25.9 (56.7%), max 50.4 (110.2%)
Ping [ms]: avg 227.4 - min 223.7 (98.4%), max 245.8 (108.1%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 242.9 - min 224.2 (92.3%), max 274.4 (113.0%)
--- Americas ---
CA MTL speedtest.mtl2.ca.leaseweb.net [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 432.5 - min 425.4 (98.4%), max 434.7 (100.5%)
Ping [ms]: avg 11.9 - min 11.7 (98.0%), max 12.7 (106.4%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 12.0 - min 11.7 (97.2%), max 12.7 (105.5%)
US NYC nyc.mirrors.clouvider.net [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 430.1 - min 419.0 (97.4%), max 433.9 (100.9%)
Ping [ms]: avg 12.0 - min 11.7 (97.7%), max 12.2 (101.9%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 12.1 - min 11.8 (97.2%), max 12.6 (103.8%)
US ASH ash.speedtest.clouvider.net [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 421.4 - min 408.1 (96.8%), max 423.2 (100.4%)
Ping [ms]: avg 17.5 - min 17.2 (98.0%), max 19.8 (112.9%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 18.0 - min 17.2 (95.3%), max 24.6 (136.3%)
US WDC speedtest.wdc2.us.leaseweb.net [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 310.7 - min 84.7 (27.3%), max 423.0 (136.1%)
Ping [ms]: avg 17.7 - min 17.4 (98.4%), max 17.9 (101.2%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 17.9 - min 17.5 (98.0%), max 18.8 (105.3%)
US PIB mirror.pit.teraswitch.com [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 374.9 - min 223.5 (59.6%), max 409.7 (109.3%)
Ping [ms]: avg 23.2 - min 23.0 (99.3%), max 23.4 (101.0%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 25.6 - min 23.1 (90.3%), max 28.5 (111.3%)
US MIA speedtest.mia11.us.leaseweb.net [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 243.8 - min 162.7 (66.7%), max 265.4 (108.9%)
Ping [ms]: avg 45.9 - min 45.7 (99.6%), max 46.1 (100.5%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 45.9 - min 45.7 (99.5%), max 46.5 (101.2%)
US CHI speedtest.chi11.us.leaseweb.net [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 430.7 - min 427.7 (99.3%), max 432.6 (100.4%)
Ping [ms]: avg 12.5 - min 12.3 (98.3%), max 12.6 (100.7%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 12.6 - min 12.3 (97.9%), max 12.8 (101.9%)
US ATL atl.speedtest.clouvider.net [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 369.8 - min 332.4 (89.9%), max 400.7 (108.4%)
Ping [ms]: avg 30.2 - min 26.7 (88.4%), max 33.1 (109.6%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 32.7 - min 26.7 (81.7%), max 47.6 (145.6%)
US PHO speedtest.phx1.us.leaseweb.net [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 202.6 - min 175.0 (86.4%), max 215.0 (106.1%)
Ping [ms]: avg 58.2 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 70.8 (121.7%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 58.2 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 70.8 (121.7%)
US PTL mirrors.cat.pdx.edu [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 169.7 - min 167.2 (98.6%), max 171.1 (100.9%)
Ping [ms]: avg 66.5 - min 66.0 (99.3%), max 70.8 (106.5%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 70.8 - min 67.2 (95.0%), max 81.4 (115.0%)
US LAX mirror.alma.lax1.serverforge.org [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 169.9 - min 111.2 (65.4%), max 199.8 (117.6%)
Ping [ms]: avg 67.4 - min 56.5 (83.8%), max 78.2 (116.0%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 72.7 - min 57.0 (78.4%), max 91.6 (126.0%)
US SJO mirrors.xtom.us [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 139.0 - min 103.7 (74.6%), max 149.3 (107.4%)
Ping [ms]: avg 78.6 - min 75.4 (96.0%), max 93.0 (118.4%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 81.4 - min 75.6 (92.9%), max 104.7 (128.7%)
US SEA speedtest.sea11.us.leaseweb.net [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 198.9 - min 168.0 (84.5%), max 210.5 (105.8%)
Ping [ms]: avg 57.5 - min 57.4 (99.9%), max 57.6 (100.3%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 57.6 - min 57.4 (99.7%), max 58.8 (102.1%)
BR SPA mirrors.ic.unicamp.br [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 65.4 - min 56.2 (86.0%), max 74.4 (113.8%)
Ping [ms]: avg 177.8 - min 152.8 (85.9%), max 201.1 (113.1%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 177.8 - min 152.8 (85.9%), max 201.1 (113.1%)
BR CUR archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 63.5 - min 55.3 (87.2%), max 72.2 (113.7%)
Ping [ms]: avg 181.9 - min 159.7 (87.8%), max 204.1 (112.2%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 181.9 - min 159.7 (87.8%), max 204.1 (112.2%)
CL SAN mirror.anquan.cl [F: 4]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 40.8 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 83.5 (204.6%)
Ping [ms]: avg 144.3 - min 136.2 (94.4%), max 155.1 (107.5%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 178.1 - min 141.7 (79.5%), max 255.0 (143.1%)
CL SAN elmirror.cl [F: 2]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 63.7 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 82.3 (129.3%)
Ping [ms]: avg 142.6 - min 138.5 (97.1%), max 159.1 (111.6%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 150.9 - min 138.6 (91.8%), max 171.3 (113.5%)
Europe - OK, UK, Lon, NL, Ams, and DE, Fra showing good results isn't a surprise, but NO, Osl, and FR, Par, and even CH and ES showing results well above 100 Mb/s is a very nice start indeed!
Asia / Oceania - well, I'd call those results decent for a VPS in Buffalo, I guess. Nothing to write home about but neither a reason to complain. Maybe from an american perspective the verdict would be more positive.
Africa - let's politely skip that
Americas - 400+ Mb/s in Murrica, East-Coast? OK, I'm very Europe-centric and relatively ignorant/clueless wrt Murrica but 400+ Mb/s? I don't think I ever saw results like that. OK, about 250 Mb/s is another level but actually not bad for Miami. Chicago reaches 400+ Mb/s again and then the numbers get lower towards the West, ending with very respectable (almost) 200 Mb/s in the North and still really good 170-ish Mb/s in the South. Finally the two Brazil targets as well as at least one Chile target show quite respectable results too. Really nice.
The secret sauce? Almost no HE or Cogent (except within Murrica) and plenty twelve99 and other top carriers! Very well done!
@tpoll, what are you doing with us? Didn't they inform you that 20 bucks per year buys maybe nice but not really good VPS on LET (if one is lucky)? And then comes tpoll and gives us a really, really nice, highly performant, and well rounded VPS for less than two bucks per month?
Didn't it cross your mind that a reviewer is used to have something to complain about, at least some detail? How reckless and ignorant of you to throw such a performant and balanced VPS without even a single issue to complain about at us and dirt-cheap at that?!
Here is my revenge: highly recommended! One of the best deals I ever tested.
Comments
I didn't expect the crypto performance headline.. Anyway, @forest
Bravo Sir. Very well done. I also was pleasantly surprised with the excellent performance for the price on the $100 deal. Now I'm tempted to pick up the $20 deal for giggles.
It seems they have quite a few variations in performance. I'm not on an Intel i9 node, I'm on a Xeon Gold node, which explains why I see ~60% steal and @jsg doesn't (the i9 one is not oversold).
"Xeon Gold"? Isn't the current promo expressly Ryzen and i9?