ServerPoint USA Ashburn ColossusCloud General Purpose VPS Test and Review
We’ve tested the ServerPoint USA‘s Ashburn ColossusCloud General Purpose VPS Server. This server is equipped with an Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4 Processor clocked at 2.10GHz, and it’s set up with the following specs: a 4-core CPU, 4GB of memory, 80GB of SSD storage, a super-fast 1Gbps internet connection, and includes 4TB of data traffic along with one IPv4 and one IPv6 address.
In our review, we run a series of tests to see how well this server performs. We’ll start with the Basic Benchmark, Yabs, and Unix Benchmark to get a grip on the essential numbers, like how fast and responsive the server is. We’re also going deep with the Global Node Test to check the network performance worldwide and the Global Ping Test to measure how quickly the server responds to requests.
We’ve also got the Media Unlock Test on our list, which tells us whether the server can access content from different providers. The CloudFlare Internet Test will fill us in on the quality of the server’s connection to the web. Plus, we’ll look at how well websites run on this server with tools like PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix Performance, which are all about loading times and user experience.
About ServerPoint
ServerPoint is a comprehensive web hosting service provider that offers various hosting solutions to cater to the diverse needs of its customers. It provides dedicated server hosting, cloud VPS virtual servers, and web hosting services.
The company’s platform, ColossusCloud, allows users to deploy anything from web hosting for small websites to bare metal servers or Windows and Linux virtual servers. This flexibility makes ServerPoint a scalable solution that can grow with the user’s needs.
ServerPoint offers website hosting powered by popular platforms such as WordPress and Weebly, starting at $6 monthly. This makes it an affordable option for individuals and small businesses seeking an online presence. The company also provides business-quality web email and calendar services with anti-spam and malware protection.
ServerPoint has a global deployment strategy, allowing users to deploy web hosting, cloud hosting, and virtual server hosting at any of their worldwide locations, including Silicon Valley, California; Las Vegas, Nevada; Dallas, Texas; Ashburn, Virginia; Amsterdam, Netherlands; and Singapore.
Official Website: https://www.ServerPoint.com
BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed
CPU Model : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2683 v4 @ 2.10GHz
CPU Cores : 4 @ 2100.034 MHz
CPU Cache : 16384 KB
AES-NI : ✓ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✓ Enabled
Total Disk : 79.3 GB (2.7 GB Used)
Total Mem : 3.8 GB (235.0 MB Used)
Total Swap : 128.0 MB (0 Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 13 min
Load average : 0.00, 0.12, 0.10
OS : Debian GNU/Linux 11
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 5.10.0-13-amd64
TCP CC : bbr
Virtualization : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✓ Online / ✗ Offline
Organization : AS26277 ServerPoint.com
Location : Ashburn / US
Region : Virginia
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 266 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 207 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 255 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 242.7 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 498.29 Mbps 1154.31 Mbps 5.94 ms
Los Angeles, US 497.41 Mbps 892.66 Mbps 65.96 ms
Dallas, US 500.38 Mbps 1023.37 Mbps 36.86 ms
Montreal, CA 497.69 Mbps 754.08 Mbps 15.30 ms
Paris, FR 504.33 Mbps 854.71 Mbps 88.63 ms
Amsterdam, NL 496.62 Mbps 927.45 Mbps 85.86 ms
Mumbai, IN 239.73 Mbps 729.09 Mbps 289.66 ms
Singapore, SG 343.22 Mbps 932.33 Mbps 240.82 ms
Tokyo, JP 434.38 Mbps 1010.99 Mbps 186.24 ms
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Finished in : 5 min 11 sec
Timestamp : 2024-01-29 19:25:47 EST
YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark
Basic System Information:
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Uptime : 0 days, 0 hours, 19 minutes
Processor : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2683 v4 @ 2.10GHz
CPU cores : 4 @ 2100.034 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 3.8 GiB
Swap : 128.0 MiB
Disk : 79.2 GiB
Distro : Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Kernel : 5.10.0-13-amd64
VM Type : MICROSOFT
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline
IPv4 Network Information:
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ISP : ServerPoint.com
ASN : AS26277 ServerPoint.com
Host : Ashburn VA Datacenter
Location : Ashburn, Virginia (VA)
Country : United States
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 49.25 MB/s (12.3k) | 283.88 MB/s (4.4k)
Write | 49.34 MB/s (12.3k) | 285.37 MB/s (4.4k)
Total | 98.59 MB/s (24.6k) | 569.25 MB/s (8.8k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 404.69 MB/s (790) | 388.28 MB/s (379)
Write | 426.19 MB/s (832) | 414.14 MB/s (404)
Total | 830.88 MB/s (1.6k) | 802.43 MB/s (783)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 468 Mbits/sec | 496 Mbits/sec | 77.2 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | 466 Mbits/sec | busy | 84.9 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | 469 Mbits/sec | 970 Mbits/sec | 87.7 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 433 Mbits/sec | 334 Mbits/sec | 192 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 500 Mbits/sec | 1.15 Gbits/sec | 7.79 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 488 Mbits/sec | 718 Mbits/sec | 37.1 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 476 Mbits/sec | busy | 65.1 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
|
Single Core | 790
Multi Core | 2502
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/4657071
YABS completed in 14 min 56 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance, A score higher is better
Benchmark Run: Mon Jan 29 2024 19:49:41 - 20:17:47
4 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 28607419.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 5660.0 MWIPS (9.8 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 2533.3 lps (29.8 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 419516.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 113047.6 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1063066.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 621975.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 92254.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 5136.2 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 6835.2 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 2302.4 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 357718.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 28607419.0 2451.4
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 5660.0 1029.1
Execl Throughput 43.0 2533.3 589.1
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 419516.5 1059.4
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 113047.6 683.1
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1063066.5 1832.9
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 621975.4 500.0
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 92254.9 230.6
Process Creation 126.0 5136.2 407.6
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 6835.2 1612.1
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 2302.4 3837.3
System Call Overhead 15000.0 357718.1 238.5
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System Benchmarks Index Score 847.2
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Benchmark Run: Mon Jan 29 2024 20:17:47 - 20:45:55
4 CPUs in system; running 4 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 115140164.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 22547.1 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 9441.2 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 772796.2 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 199358.1 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 2161187.7 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 2443987.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 570542.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 21360.0 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 19815.8 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 2735.2 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 1331022.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 115140164.0 9866.3
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 22547.1 4099.5
Execl Throughput 43.0 9441.2 2195.6
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 772796.2 1951.5
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 199358.1 1204.6
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 2161187.7 3726.2
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 2443987.2 1964.6
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 570542.4 1426.4
Process Creation 126.0 21360.0 1695.2
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 19815.8 4673.5
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 2735.2 4558.6
System Call Overhead 15000.0 1331022.0 887.3
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System Benchmarks Index Score 2533.3
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Looking Glass
None
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 25.41 MiB/s | 203.25 Mbps | ping 6.312ms
Gdrive : 6.89 KiB/s | 0.05 Mbps | ping 13.370ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping 6.263ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping 66.332ms
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping 6.870ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping 71.592ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping 35.819ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 14.58 MiB/s | 116.62 Mbps | ping 58.830ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 41.79 MiB/s | 334.33 Mbps | ping 7.259ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 35.24 MiB/s | 281.94 Mbps | ping 22.464ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 16.08 MiB/s | 128.66 Mbps | ping 75.780ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 40.41 KiB/s | 0.32 Mbps | ping 87.186ms
Hetzner, Germany : 198 B/s | N/A | ping 92.489ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 13.73 MiB/s | 109.86 Mbps | ping 87.726ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 12.58 MiB/s | 100.65 Mbps | ping 91.277ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 349 B/s | N/A | ping 110.738ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 242 B/s | N/A | ping 79.347ms
Online, France : 764.07 KiB/s | 5.97 Mbps | ping 84.723ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 361 B/s | N/A | ping 95.956ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 3.46 MiB/s | 27.69 Mbps | ping 222.618ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 129 B/s | N/A | ping 250.437ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 6.71 MiB/s | 53.72 Mbps | ping 121.499ms
Prima, Argentina : 4.49 MiB/s | 35.96 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 2.40 MiB/s | 19.16 Mbps | ping 240.606ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 6.33 MiB/s | 50.65 Mbps | ping 158.708ms
Linode, Singapore : 2.93 MiB/s | 23.41 Mbps | ping 225.824ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 6.48 MiB/s | 51.80 Mbps | ping 155.536ms
Benchmark finished in 134 seconds
Global Latency Test
Query: ping 64.235.34.46, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 64.235.34.46 – ARIN /24 AS26277 SERVERPOINT – United States, Virginia, Ashburn
Media Unlock Test
** Test Starts At: Mon 29 Jan 2024 07:49:01 PM EST
** Checking Results Under IPv4
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** Your Network Provider: Serverpoint.com (64.235.*.*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Yes (Region: US)
HotStar: No
Disney+: Yes (Region: US)
Netflix: Yes (Region: US)
YouTube Premium: Yes
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: US)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
iQyi Oversea Region: US
Viu.com: No
YouTube CDN: NETIX in Sofia
Netflix Preferred CDN: New York, NY
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: USD
ChatGPT: Yes
Bing Region: US
Instagram Licensed Audio: Yes
=======================================
No IPv6 Connectivity Found, Abort IPv6 Testing...
Testing Done! CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Admin Control Panel
ServerPoint’s admin portal, ServerChameleon, is a user-friendly interface designed to manage your virtual servers easily. It allows you to manage your virtual and bare metal/dedicated servers.
The portal provides a simple process to deploy cloud virtual servers. You can choose the size of RAM, CPU, and SSD disk space that you need, select from any of their global locations, set a root/Administrator password, and click “Deploy” to have a new Linux or Windows cloud virtual server ready for use within minutes.
One of the portal’s key features is Update Central, a ServerPoint.com patent-pending feature that shows how many updates are available for each virtual server. With just one click, available updates can be installed automatically. This feature is designed to simplify your life by automating and installing security updates across many servers.
Server Pricing
For users seeking more robust solutions, ServerPoint offers cloud computing services. Users can deploy Linux and Windows virtual servers powered by ServerPoint’s ColossusCloud platform, starting at $5 monthly. These virtual servers offer the speed of SSD storage and fast internet access.
ServerPoint offers bare metal servers with a 10-gig network and solid-state disks for maximum performance, starting at $59 monthly. These servers are ideal for businesses with high-performance needs.
Official Website: https://www.ServerPoint.com
Payments
ServerPoint offers a variety of payment options to cater to the diverse needs of its customers. They accept major credit cards, PayPal, and other popular payment methods. This makes it convenient for customers to pay for the services they choose.
Coupon
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Customer Support
ServerPoint offers a robust customer support system to assist its customers. They provide 24/7 in-house support, so their support team is always available to help you with any issues or queries.
If you need help, you can open a support ticket with their teams of experts. This can be done through ServerPoint’s Client Portal. Once you log in and click “Support” on the Portal’s menu, you can raise a ticket with their expert teams.
Their average response time is under 10 minutes, so that you can expect quick and efficient service. You can contact them via phone, email, ticket support, or live chat. They also have a presence on social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, providing additional avenues for you to reach out to them.
Conclusion
Starting with the I/O speeds reflecting how quickly the server can read and write data, our server showed a middling performance, averaging 242.7 MB/s over three runs. These numbers suggest that it’s capable, though not topping the charts. Network performance was a mix, with excellent download speeds peaking above 1 Gbps in some locations, which was particularly impressive coming from Speedtest.net’s 1154.31 Mbps download speed.
The Yabs performance tests revealed varying results: while the smaller 4k block sizes hovered just under 100 MB/s total, the larger blocks ramped up the performance significantly, especially the 512k and 1m blocks hitting over 800 MB/s, demonstrating strong capabilities for handling larger files. Regarding CPU prowess as gauged by Geekbench, our server’s single-core score was a tad underwhelming at 790, but the multi-core score flew past the 2500 mark, indicating excellent performance for tasks that spread their load across multiple cores.
The UnixBench score offered us a detailed peek into the server’s raw processing muscle. Under single-threaded tests, our server performed admirably well, with scores that one would expect from a reliable VPS. It truly shined in multi-threaded tests, with scores that speak to the server’s ability to manage a host of applications simultaneously without breaking a sweat.
In conclusion, the ColossusCloud VPS struts a commendable multi-core CPU performance, robust handling of large file operations, and solid network capabilities with high download speeds. However, it shows room for improvement in single-core CPU tasks and I/O operations with smaller files. It’s an option worth considering for users who prioritize strong multi-threaded server performance and manage large files regularly.
Official Website: https://www.ServerPoint.com
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