HostZealot Netherlands Amsterdam AMD EPYC 9454 Dedicated Server Test and Review
We recently reviewed the HostZealot dedicated server in Amsterdam, which is equipped with a powerful AMD EPYC 9454 CPU. Here’s a quick look at the specs: it has 96 CPU cores, 128 GB of memory, 960 GB of ultra-fast NVMe SSD storage, 1 Gbps internet connection, and 1 IPv4 address.
Diving into its performance, we put it through a battery of tests. We utilized well-known tools like Basic Benchmark, Yabs, and Unix Benchmark for core speed and efficiency. To evaluate its global outreach, we measured response times and connection consistency with Global Node and Ping tests—key network performance indicators from various global points.
The Media Unlock Test was essential to determine the server’s ability to retrieve content across different regions—a critical factor for content delivery networks and service providers. Moreover, we integrated the CloudFlare Internet Test to assess the server’s interaction with one of the leading content delivery services. Finally, web performance metrics were established using PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix to understand how swiftly and smoothly web pages perform when hosted on this server.
About HostZealot
Hostzealot.com is a web hosting company that offers various services and solutions for online businesses and projects. Whether you need shared hosting, a VPS, a dedicated server, or a domain name registration, Hostzealot.com has something for you. Here are some of the features and benefits of choosing Hostzealot.com as your web hosting provider:
Fast and reliable servers: Hostzealot.com has servers in Europe, Canada, USA, Asia, and Oceania to give your website the best performance and speed. Their servers are also well-maintained and have high uptime and security.
Affordable and flexible plans: Hostzealot.com offers competitive prices for their hosting plans, starting from $0.99 per month for shared hosting. You can easily upgrade or downgrade your plan anytime, according to your needs.
User-friendly interface: Hostzealot.com has a simple and intuitive interface, allowing you to manage your website easily. You can access your cPanel account from any device and perform various tasks such as installing applications, managing databases, configuring settings, monitoring traffic, etc. You can also use their ISP manager to control your server remotely.
Excellent customer support: Hostzealot.com has a friendly and professional team of support agents available 24/7 to assist you with any issues or questions. You can contact them via live chat or tickets on their website or via email or phone on their contact page. They will respond to you quickly and provide you with the best solutions.
Official Website: https://www.HostZealot.com
BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed
CPU Model : AMD EPYC 9454 48-Core Processor
CPU Cores : 96 @ 3799.816 MHz
CPU Cache : 1024 KB
AES-NI : ✓ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✓ Enabled
Total Disk : 879.1 GB (1.5 GB Used)
Total Mem : 125.5 GB (1.9 GB Used)
Total Swap : 976.0 MB (0 Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 14 min
Load average : 0.00, 0.02, 0.00
OS : Debian GNU/Linux 12
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 6.1.0-13-amd64
TCP CC : bbr
Virtualization : Dedicated
IPv4/IPv6 : ✓ Online / ✗ Offline
Organization : AS59711 HZ Hosting Ltd
Location : Amsterdam / NL
Region : North Holland
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 918 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 923 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 923 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 921.3 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 941.40 Mbps 692.68 Mbps 0.59 ms
Los Angeles, US 598.04 Mbps 799.27 Mbps 136.98 ms
Dallas, US 737.05 Mbps 830.55 Mbps 109.23 ms
Montreal, CA 885.53 Mbps 893.44 Mbps 79.47 ms
Paris, FR 943.13 Mbps 894.75 Mbps 9.07 ms
Amsterdam, NL 941.37 Mbps 938.79 Mbps 1.19 ms
Shanghai, CN 205.64 Mbps 233.84 Mbps 342.74 ms
Hongkong, CN 293.77 Mbps 656.79 Mbps 267.77 ms
Mumbai, IN 634.54 Mbps 732.03 Mbps 131.67 ms
Singapore, SG 175.52 Mbps 861.94 Mbps 245.90 ms
Tokyo, JP 344.66 Mbps 710.05 Mbps 220.93 ms
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Finished in : 5 min 16 sec
Timestamp : 2023-12-09 14:26:52 UTC
YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark
Basic System Information:
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Uptime : 0 days, 0 hours, 22 minutes
Processor : AMD EPYC 9454 48-Core Processor
CPU cores : 96 @ 1500.000 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 125.5 GiB
Swap : 976.0 MiB
Disk : 878.2 GiB
Distro : Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Kernel : 6.1.0-13-amd64
VM Type : NONE
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline
IPv4 Network Information:
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ISP : Unknown
ASN : AS59711 HZ Hosting Ltd
Host : Hostzealot LTD
Location : Amsterdam, North Holland (NH)
Country : Netherlands
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50)
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 654.29 MB/s (163.5k) | 736.49 MB/s (11.5k)
Write | 656.01 MB/s (164.0k) | 740.37 MB/s (11.5k)
Total | 1.31 GB/s (327.5k) | 1.47 GB/s (23.0k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 894.82 MB/s (1.7k) | 909.30 MB/s (887)
Write | 942.36 MB/s (1.8k) | 969.86 MB/s (947)
Total | 1.83 GB/s (3.5k) | 1.87 GB/s (1.8k)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 937 Mbits/sec | 939 Mbits/sec | 7.39 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | busy | busy | 9.17 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | 941 Mbits/sec | 941 Mbits/sec | 0.868 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 869 Mbits/sec | 321 Mbits/sec | 106 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 888 Mbits/sec | 345 Mbits/sec | 75.1 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 860 Mbits/sec | 209 Mbits/sec | 107 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 831 Mbits/sec | 250 Mbits/sec | 146 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 2208
Multi Core | 19101
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/3915833
YABS completed in 8 min 24 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance, A score higher is better
Benchmark Run: Sat Dec 09 2023 15:15:18 - 15:43:14
96 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 58770542.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 9114.5 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 5535.2 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1267762.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 331844.8 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 4365825.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 1280603.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 298520.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 7838.0 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 16207.1 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 7120.1 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 862096.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 58770542.6 5036.0
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 9114.5 1657.2
Execl Throughput 43.0 5535.2 1287.3
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 1267762.5 3201.4
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 331844.8 2005.1
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 4365825.5 7527.3
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 1280603.1 1029.4
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 298520.2 746.3
Process Creation 126.0 7838.0 622.1
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 16207.1 3822.4
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 7120.1 11866.9
System Call Overhead 15000.0 862096.5 574.7
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System Benchmarks Index Score 2077.6
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Benchmark Run: Sat Dec 09 2023 15:43:14 - 15:43:14
96 CPUs in system; running 96 parallel copies of tests
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Looking Glass
https://www.hostzealot.com/looking-glass
Test Files: 1MB 10MB 100MB 1GB
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 110.35 MiB/s | 882.82 Mbps | ping 0.234ms
Gdrive : 0 B/s | N/A | ping 0.322ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 4.61 MiB/s | 36.88 Mbps | ping 81.839ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 1.01 MiB/s | 8.09 Mbps | ping 142.269ms
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 31.27 MiB/s | 250.15 Mbps | ping 78.088ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 10.16 MiB/s | 81.26 Mbps | ping 153.818ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 20.30 MiB/s | 162.42 Mbps | ping 109.152ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 14.74 MiB/s | 117.90 Mbps | ping 135.319ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 30.87 MiB/s | 246.97 Mbps | ping 74.585ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 316.39 KiB/s | 2.47 Mbps | ping 91.899ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 104.00 MiB/s | 831.99 Mbps | ping 6.296ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 363.71 KiB/s | 2.84 Mbps | ping 7.805ms
Hetzner, Germany : 1.70 KiB/s | 0.01 Mbps | ping 8.939ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 108.97 MiB/s | 871.77 Mbps | ping 2.515ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 111.31 MiB/s | 890.48 Mbps | ping 0.923ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 991 B/s | N/A | ping 20.023ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 4.92 KiB/s | 0.04 Mbps | ping 5.724ms
Online, France : 102.89 MiB/s | 823.15 Mbps | ping 9.018ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 183 B/s | N/A | ping 15.366ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 1.75 MiB/s | 14.00 Mbps | ping 329.760ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 125 B/s | N/A | ping 309.403ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 35.87 MiB/s | 286.95 Mbps | ping 44.271ms
Prima, Argentina : 292 B/s | N/A | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 562.77 KiB/s | 4.40 Mbps | ping 172.794ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 82.66 KiB/s | 0.65 Mbps | ping 238.766ms
Linode, Singapore : 5.68 MiB/s | 45.44 Mbps | ping 158.384ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 5.12 MiB/s | 40.94 Mbps | ping 234.883ms
Benchmark finished in 93 seconds
Global Latency Test
Query: ping 5.149.249.121, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 5.149.249.121 – RIPENCC /23 AS59711 HZ-EU – The Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam
Media Unlock Test
** Test Starts At: Sat Dec 9 02:47:37 PM UTC 2023
** Checking Results Under IPv4
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** Your Network Provider: HZ Hosting (5.149.*.*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Yes (Region: NL)
HotStar: No
Disney+: No
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Yes (Region: NL)
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: NL)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
iQyi Oversea Region: INTL
Viu.com: No
YouTube CDN: Amsterdam
Netflix Preferred CDN: Amsterdam
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: EUR
ChatGPT: Yes
Bing Region: NL
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No IPv6 Connectivity Found, Abort IPv6 Testing...
Testing Done! CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Admin Control Panel
Server Plans
The list shows a range of dedicated server pricing plans in the Netherlands. Here’s a summary of these plans, including each server configuration:
€56/month
- CPU: Core i3-4330 (2 cores/4 threads at 3.5GHz HT)
- CPU Benchmark: 3563
- RAM: 8GB DDR3
- Storage: 2000GB HDD (Up to 2 disks)
- Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam
- Drive Type: HDD * 2
€65/month
- CPU: Xeon E3-1230v2 (4 cores/8 threads at 3.3GHz HT)
- CPU Benchmark: 6184
- RAM: 32GB DDR3
- Storage: 2x3000GB HDD (Up to 4 disks)
- Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam
- Drive Type: RAID * HDD * 4
€65/month
- CPU: Xeon E3-1230v2 (4 cores/8 threads 3.3GHz HT)
- CPU Benchmark: 6184
- RAM: 32GB DDR3
- Storage: 2x1000GB HDD (Up to 4 disks)
- Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam
- Drive Type: HDD * 4
€74/month
- CPU: Xeon E3-1220 (4 cores at 3.1GHz)
- CPU Benchmark: 3788
- RAM: 16GB DDR3
- Storage: 4x4000GB HDD (Up to 4 disks)
- Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam
- Drive Type: HDD * 4
€83/month
- CPU: 2x Xeon E5-2620v2 (6 cores/12 threads at 2.1GHz HT)
- CPU Benchmark: 10857
- RAM: 32GB DDR3
- Storage: 2x240GB SSD (Up to 8 disks)
- Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam
- Drive Type: RAID * SSD * 6
€89/month
- CPU: Xeon E-2224 (4 cores at 3.4GHz)
- CPU Benchmark: 7477
- RAM: 16GB DDR4
- Storage: 500GB SSD (Up to 2 disks)
- Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam
- Drive Type: SSD * 4
€128/month
- Configuration: Xeon E-2236 (6 cores/12 threads at 3.4GHz HT)
- RAM: 32GB DDR4
- Storage: 2x500GB NVMe (Up to 2 disks)
- Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam
- Drive Type: NVMe * 6
- Availability: PRE-ORDER, setup within 3-7 business days
€204/month
- Configuration: 2x Xeon E5-2620v3 (6 cores/12 threads at 2.4GHz HT)
- RAM: 64GB DDR4
- Storage: 2x2000GB HDD (Up to 4 disks)
- Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam
- Drive Type: HDD * 6
- Availability: PRE-ORDER, setup within 3-7 business days
€308/month
- Configuration: AMD EPYC 7302P (16 cores/32 threads at 3GHz HT)
- RAM: 256GB DDR4
- Storage: 480GB SSD (Up to 4 disks)
- Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam
- Drive Type: SSD * 16
- Availability: PRE-ORDER, setup within 3-7 business days
The server configurations presented range in price from €56 to €699 per month and cover a variety of hardware specs suitable for diverse hosting needs. The configurations include various CPU models with benchmarks ranging from 3563 to ratings suitable for high-performance tasks. RAM options extend from 8GB to 256GB, indicating a spectrum accommodating both low-end and high-end server requirements.
Official Website: https://www.HostZealot.com
Coupon
The prices may have a 5% or 10% discount available, to be confirmed upon ordering.
Payments
HostZealot accepts various payment methods for its hosting services. You can pay with Stripe, Paypal, Bank Transfer, Paxum, UnionPay, Advcash, Capitalist, PerfectMoney, and Payeer. For Crypto: Use CoinPayments or Coingate.
HostZealot does not charge any hidden fees or contracts for its hosting services. You can cancel your service anytime by not renewing it. You can also upgrade your server easily without losing any data or affecting the performance of your server.
The brand also offers a 30-day money-back guarantee for its web hosting plans. If unsatisfied with their service, you can request a refund within 30 days of purchase.
Customer Support
There are several ways to contact HostZealot’s support team. You can submit tickets, mail them, call them, or chat via Skype. Here are the details of each option:
Submit a ticket: You can fill out and submit the form on their website, and they will contact you as soon as possible. You can also use the ticket system to track your requests and get updates from their support team.
Mail them: You can mail them for general questions at [email protected]. They will reply to you as soon as possible.
Call them: You can call them for sales questions at +1 (833) 6243024. They are open Monday through Saturday from 8:00 – 22:00 (UTC/GMT).
Chat via Skype: You can contact them by adding their username HostZealot. They are available 24/7/365.
Conclusion
Our Basic Bench tests found that the I/O speeds were remarkable and consistent, averaging 921.3 MB/s across three runs. Its performance across different locations worldwide, as tested by upload and download speeds, was strongest within Europe, as expected, given the server’s physical location in Amsterdam.
While the server demonstrated laudable speeds and low latency in close-range tests, results varied more widely at long distances with significant latency, particularly in Asian regions.
Yabs performance benchmarks reflected the server’s exceptional ability to handle mixed read/write operations, showcasing throughput at 1.87 GB/s for the largest block sizes tested. Geekbench 6 scores demonstrated high single and multi-core performance with respective scores of 2208 and 19101, underscoring the server’s capability to handle intensive computational tasks.
Meanwhile, the UnixBench score was 2077.6, signaling the server’s superior capacity in a multi-tasking environment compared to the baseline.
Our Media Unlock Test indicated that while the server had access to some regional content, it was restrictive for certain services. For instance, users could enjoy local content from services like Dazn and YouTube Premium in the Netherlands but were limited to ‘Originals Only’ on Netflix and faced restrictions on other popular platforms like Disney+ and HotStar.
In conclusion, the HostZealot server in Amsterdam leaves an impressive footprint in raw processing power, disk performance, and network capabilities with excellent local and regional connectivity.
Despite some limitations in global latency and content access, it stands out as a strong choice for tasks requiring heavy computational grunt and swift data access, as long as one is mindful of the potential for higher latency when serving content to users in far-flung regions.
This server is well-suited for businesses prioritizing robust performance and having a European user base, offering a solid foundation for many demanding applications.
Official Website: https://www.HostZealot.com
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