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Provider: SVR4U (https://svr4u.com) by @bbmmsvr4u
Location: Selangor, Malaysia
Price: $94.50/3yr (custom package)
IPv4 Upstream(s): Extreme (AS38182) - https://bgp.tools/prefix/87.76.160.0/24#connectivity
IPv6 Upstream(s): Hurricane (AS6939) - https://bgp.tools/prefix/2a0d:9842::/48#connectivity
Other info: Unmetered 100 Mbps port (as part of custom package); IPv6 not reachable from Cogent
Output of
lscpu(click to expand)Output of
lshw(click to expand)Output of
taskset -c 0 cpuid -1r(click to expand)Do you disable your ME, PSP?
Actually ME and PSP are quite important for modern security. Without them you lose significant important features like (proper) IOMMU isolation, TXT, memory encryption, etc. And you can use measured boot to ensure that they haven't been tampered with to add a backdoor.
Provider: Melbicom @NexOasis
Location: Frankfurt, Germany
Price: 3.9 €/month (Ex. VAT)
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Provider: PacketDecreaser @PacketsDecreaser
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
Price: €5.00/month (Ex. VAT)
Deal Link
Provider: Maxko Hosting (https://maxko-hosting.com) by @MAXKO_Hosting
Location: Belgrade, Serbia
Price: €61.44/y (custom discount)
IPv4 Upstream(s): Hurricane (AS6939) - https://bgp.tools/prefix/150.40.126.0/24#connectivity
IPv6 Upstream(s): Hurricane (AS6939) - https://bgp.tools/prefix/2a0e:bfc7:300::/40#connectivity
Other info: Price includes extra IPv4 address; Tor exits allowed; IPv6 not reachable from Cogent
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taskset -c 0 cpuid -1r(click to expand)Note that this VPS is not using host CPU passthrough. In fact, it's using the default QEMU CPU model, so it lacks AES-NI, PCLMULQDQ, AVX2, and nearly all other modern ISA extensions. I've asked the provider to enable CPU passthrough (he's done it before on request) and then I'll re-do the YABS.
18€/month double storage promo
As promised, here is a new YABS and CPU info now that CPU host passthrough has been enabled:
Specs that won't change due to CPU host passthrough (networking and storage performance) have been skipped. Due to the enabling of AVX2, single core performance increased by 47.0% (615 to 901) and multicore performance increased by 44.6% (2029 to 2933). AES-NI, nested virtualization, and various security and performance features have also been turned on. Nice!
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taskset -c 0 cpuid -1r(click to expand)Onidel Premium VPS ONI-3 Singapore
I keep pushing myself to finally pull the trigger on an Onidel VPS... Do you think you could post the output of
taskset -c 0 cpuid -1rfor me? It'll give a dump of more detailed CPU feature information.Here you go. I haven't enabled TPM 2.0 or AMD SEV-SNP, though both can be turned on or off from the control panel.
Hetzner - 16 CPU / 32 GB / 640 GB NVMe - $74/mo
That's not going to be a very accurate measurement of CPU performance since some systems might have SHA-NI.
Really cool that the script shows the burst trace and CPU steal, though.
https://benchmarki.ng
Provider: PipeHost (https://pipehost.net) by @MattBGP
Location: Maribor, Slovenia
Price: N/A (custom package)
IPv4 Upstream(s): T-2 (AS34779) - https://bgp.tools/prefix/83.143.119.0/24#connectivity
Other info: The node has IPv6 connectivity I believe, but I don't have it enabled yet.
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lscpu(click to expand)Output of
lshw(click to expand)forest-let description: Computer product: Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) vendor: QEMU version: pc-i440fx-10.0 width: 64 bits capabilities: smbios-2.8 dmi-2.8 vsyscall32 configuration: boot=normal uuid=2695fce4-4440-429a-af5c-db9e519b6ade *-core description: Motherboard physical id: 0 *-firmware description: BIOS vendor: SeaBIOS physical id: 0 version: 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 date: 04/01/2014 size: 96KiB *-cpu:0 description: CPU product: AMD EPYC-Rome Processor vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 400 bus info: cpu@0 version: 23.49.0 slot: CPU 0 size: 2GHz capacity: 2GHz width: 64 bits capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp x86-64 rep_good nopl xtopology cpuid extd_apicid tsc_known_freq pni pclmulqdq ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand hypervisor lahf_lm cmp_legacy cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw topoext perfctr_core ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp vmmcall fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 rdseed adx smap clflushopt clwb sha_ni xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 clzero xsaveerptr wbnoinvd arat umip rdpid overflow_recov succor arch_capabilities configuration: cores=1 enabledcores=1 microcode=16777317 threads=1 *-cpu:1 description: CPU vendor: QEMU physical id: 401 bus info: cpu@1 version: pc-i440fx-10.0 slot: CPU 1 size: 2GHz capacity: 2GHz configuration: cores=1 enabledcores=1 threads=1 [many identical cpu:N categories removed] *-cpu:127 description: CPU vendor: QEMU physical id: 47f bus info: cpu@127 version: pc-i440fx-10.0 slot: CPU7f size: 2GHz capacity: 2GHz configuration: cores=1 enabledcores=1 threads=1 *-memory description: System Memory physical id: 1000 size: 2GiB capacity: 2GiB capabilities: ecc configuration: errordetection=multi-bit-ecc *-bank description: DIMM RAM vendor: QEMU physical id: 0 slot: DIMM 0 size: 2GiB *-pci description: Host bridge product: 440FX - 82441FX PMC [Natoma] vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 100 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-isa description: ISA bridge product: 82371SB PIIX3 ISA [Natoma/Triton II] vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1 bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: isa configuration: latency=0 *-pnp00:00 product: PnP device PNP0501 physical id: 0 capabilities: pnp configuration: driver=serial *-pnp00:01 product: PnP device PNP0303 physical id: 1 capabilities: pnp configuration: driver=i8042 kbd *-pnp00:02 product: PnP device PNP0f13 physical id: 2 capabilities: pnp configuration: driver=i8042 aux *-pnp00:03 product: PnP device PNP0700 physical id: 3 capabilities: pnp *-pnp00:04 product: PnP device PNP0b00 physical id: 4 capabilities: pnp configuration: driver=rtc_cmos *-ide description: IDE interface product: 82371SB PIIX3 IDE [Natoma/Triton II] vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:01.1 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: ide isa_compat_mode bus_master configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0 resources: irq:0 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:c260(size=16) *-usb description: USB controller product: 82371SB PIIX3 USB [Natoma/Triton II] vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:01.2 version: 01 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: uhci bus_master configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 resources: irq:11 ioport:c200(size=32) *-usbhost product: UHCI Host Controller vendor: Linux 6.12.100+deb13-amd64 uhci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: usb@1 logical name: usb1 version: 6.12 capabilities: usb-1.10 configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=12Mbit/s *-usb description: Human interface device product: QEMU QEMU USB Tablet vendor: QEMU physical id: 1 bus info: usb@1:1 logical name: input4 logical name: /dev/input/event3 logical name: /dev/input/mouse2 version: 0.00 serial: 28754-0000:00:01.2-1 capabilities: usb-2.00 usb configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=100mA speed=12Mbit/s *-bridge description: Bridge product: 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1.3 bus info: pci@0000:00:01.3 version: 03 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: bridge configuration: driver=piix4_smbus latency=0 resources: irq:9 *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: bochs-drmdrmfb physical id: 2 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0 logical name: /dev/fb0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: vga_controller bus_master rom fb configuration: depth=32 driver=bochs-drm latency=0 resolution=1280,800 resources: irq:0 memory:fe000000-fe7fffff memory:febd0000-febd0fff memory:c0000-dffff *-network description: Ethernet controller product: Virtio network device vendor: Red Hat, Inc. physical id: 3 bus info: pci@0000:00:03.0 version: 00 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: msix bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=virtio-pci latency=0 resources: irq:10 ioport:c220(size=32) memory:febd1000-febd1fff memory:fe800000-fe803fff memory:feb80000-febbffff *-virtio0 description: Ethernet interface physical id: 0 bus info: virtio@0 logical name: eth0 serial: 00:47:20:d9:7f:43 capabilities: ethernet physical configuration: autonegotiation=off broadcast=yes driver=virtio_net driverversion=1.0.0 ip=83.143.119.148 link=yes multicast=yes *-scsi:0 description: SCSI storage controller product: Virtio SCSI vendor: Red Hat, Inc. physical id: 4 bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0 version: 00 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: scsi msix bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=virtio-pci latency=0 resources: irq:11 ioport:c080(size=64) memory:febd2000-febd2fff memory:fe804000-fe807fff *-virtio1 UNCLAIMED description: Virtual I/O device physical id: 0 bus info: virtio@1 configuration: driver=virtio_scsi *-sata description: SATA controller product: 82801IR/IO/IH (ICH9R/DO/DH) 6 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 5 bus info: pci@0000:00:05.0 logical name: scsi6 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: sata msi ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list emulated configuration: driver=ahci latency=0 resources: irq:47 ioport:c240(size=32) memory:febd3000-febd3fff *-cdrom description: DVD reader product: QEMU DVD-ROM vendor: QEMU physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/cdrom logical name: /dev/sr0 version: 2.5+ capabilities: removable audio dvd configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc *-communication description: Communication controller product: Virtio console vendor: Red Hat, Inc. physical id: 6 bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0 version: 00 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: msix bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=virtio-pci latency=0 resources: irq:10 ioport:c0c0(size=64) memory:febd4000-febd4fff memory:fe808000-fe80bfff *-virtio2 UNCLAIMED description: Virtual I/O device physical id: 0 bus info: virtio@2 configuration: driver=virtio_console *-scsi:1 description: SCSI storage controller product: Virtio block device vendor: Red Hat, Inc. physical id: 7 bus info: pci@0000:00:07.0 version: 00 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: scsi msix bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=virtio-pci latency=0 resources: irq:10 ioport:c000(size=128) memory:febd5000-febd5fff memory:fe80c000-fe80ffff *-virtio3 description: Virtual I/O device physical id: 0 bus info: virtio@3 logical name: /dev/vda size: 10GiB (10GB) capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt configuration: driver=virtio_blk guid=07e47a3e-f33d-4d61-9378-02e72ef1a48b logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512 *-volume:0 description: BIOS Boot partition vendor: EFI physical id: 1 bus info: virtio@3,1 logical name: /dev/vda1 serial: 785332be-6c81-4d4d-a781-453c9e8bdddf capacity: 1023KiB capabilities: nofs *-volume:1 UNCLAIMED description: Windows FAT volume vendor: mkfs.fat physical id: 2 bus info: virtio@3,2 version: FAT32 serial: 5b11-fa89 size: 119MiB capacity: 121MiB capabilities: boot fat initialized configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat *-volume:2 description: EXT4 volume vendor: Linux physical id: 3 bus info: virtio@3,3 logical name: /dev/vda3 logical name: / version: 1.0 serial: f281d8f1-6605-4365-aa15-9e97dfaea92e size: 10115MiB capacity: 10115MiB capabilities: journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover 64bit extents ext4 ext2 initialized configuration: created=2025-08-09 19:38:41 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2026-08-01 05:21:24 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro mounted=2026-08-01 05:21:26 state=mounted *-generic description: Unclassified device product: Virtio memory balloon vendor: Red Hat, Inc. physical id: 8 bus info: pci@0000:00:08.0 version: 00 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: msix bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=virtio-pci latency=0 resources: irq:11 ioport:c100(size=64) memory:febd6000-febd6fff memory:fe810000-fe813fff *-virtio4 UNCLAIMED description: Virtual I/O device physical id: 0 bus info: virtio@4 configuration: driver=virtio_balloon *-scsi:2 description: SCSI storage controller product: Virtio SCSI vendor: Red Hat, Inc. physical id: 9 bus info: pci@0000:00:09.0 version: 00 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: scsi msix bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=virtio-pci latency=0 resources: irq:11 ioport:c140(size=64) memory:febd7000-febd7fff memory:fe814000-fe817fff *-virtio5 UNCLAIMED description: Virtual I/O device physical id: 0 bus info: virtio@5 configuration: driver=virtio_scsi *-scsi:3 description: SCSI storage controller product: Virtio SCSI vendor: Red Hat, Inc. physical id: a bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0 version: 00 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: scsi msix bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=virtio-pci latency=0 resources: irq:10 ioport:c180(size=64) memory:febd8000-febd8fff memory:fe818000-fe81bfff *-virtio6 UNCLAIMED description: Virtual I/O device physical id: 0 bus info: virtio@6 configuration: driver=virtio_scsi *-scsi:4 description: SCSI storage controller product: Virtio SCSI vendor: Red Hat, Inc. physical id: b bus info: pci@0000:00:0b.0 version: 00 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: scsi msix bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=virtio-pci latency=0 resources: irq:10 ioport:c1c0(size=64) memory:febd9000-febd9fff memory:fe81c000-fe81ffff *-virtio7 description: Virtual I/O device physical id: 0 bus info: virtio@7 logical name: scsi3 configuration: driver=virtio_scsi *-disk description: SCSI Disk product: QEMU HARDDISK vendor: QEMU physical id: 0.0.2 bus info: scsi@3:0.0.2 logical name: /dev/sda version: 2.5+ size: 368KiB (376KB) capabilities: 5400rpm configuration: ansiversion=5 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512 *-input:0 product: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard physical id: 1 logical name: input0 logical name: /dev/input/event0 logical name: input0::capslock logical name: input0::numlock logical name: input0::scrolllock capabilities: i8042 *-input:1 product: VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse physical id: 2 logical name: input2 logical name: /dev/input/event2 logical name: /dev/input/mouse1 capabilities: i8042 *-input:2 product: VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse physical id: 3 logical name: input3 logical name: /dev/input/event1 logical name: /dev/input/mouse0 capabilities: i8042 *-input:3 product: Power Button physical id: 4 logical name: input5 logical name: /dev/input/event4 capabilities: platform *-input:4 product: PC Speaker physical id: 5 logical name: input6 logical name: /dev/input/event5 capabilities: isaOutput of
taskset -c 0 cpuid -1r(click to expand)I'll definitely add another post with just the IPv6 YABS test later when I have IPv6 set up.
Huge thanks to @MattBGP for sponsoring this VPS for a Tor relay!
@forest can you run https://benchmarki.ng?
Some feedback about the script:
That script can't handle resizes. Running
--helpdoes nothing (though thankfully the comments show the flags), and-hor-helpcauses a bug:The misleadingly-named
--no-colorworks though, but it should instead be called something like--no-tui. Perhaps that could get renamed? Or split into its own option so one could have a grayscale TUI or colored output without having to disable both at once. Would also be nice if it could stick to unicode that renders on a typical VT, or to have an option.Another suggestion would be not to use
ddfor memory bandwidth since it's not going to be accurate at all.Same with the SHA256 hashing, not only because that can change drastically based on the presence of SHA-NI, but because the
sha256sumutility isn't as optimized as OpenSSL's implementation. Plus, since you're piping to it, you're also indirectly polluting the measurement with context switching overhead. Why not just useopenssl speed?Additionally, the multi-core benchmarks aren't going to be accurate without setting CPU affinity, and there are a lot of unnecessary uses of awk for parsing (bash can do that kind of parsing natively).
Thanks! will incorporate this!
@forest give it another shot.
It's pretty in TUI mode, but at the moment, it's inferior to YABS (except for showing CPU steal and jitter, which is a nice touch). As it stands, the disk I/O trace and sustained tests, non-Geekbench CPU benchmark, and memory benchmark tests are so inaccurate that they're currently worse than nothing, and the network test leaves out critical information.
More detailed feedback below the test.
Some extra feedback:
iperf3anyway, as the speedtest CLI doesn't show the network being used.openssl speed -multi 1) if there's only one core.ddfor memory bandwidth which is not just inaccurate, but measures the wrong thing.ddbecause you aren't using direct I/O mode.It might be a fun idea to experiment with running this with a real-time scheduling policy to improve benchmark accuracy, btw.