Oplink.net United States Texas Reliable AMD Ryzen 9 7950X VPS Test and Review
This time, we will test the Oplink,net United States, Texas Reliable VPS Server. The server is powered by an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core Processor, with the following configuration: 6 Cores CPU/16 GB DDR5 Memory/500 GB NVMe Gen4 Storage (Raid 10)/10 Gbps Internet Port/32 TB Data Per Month/1x IPv4 and 1x IPv6 Address/Always On DDoS Protection.
Our review includes various tests: the Basic Benchmark, Yabs, and Unix Benchmark for essential metrics, the Global Node Test for extensive network assessment, and the Global Ping Test for latency measurement. The Media Unlock Test is for media accessibility, the CloudFlare Internet Test is for connection quality, and web performance evaluations are via PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix Performance.
About Oplink.net
The Optimal Link Corporation, also known as Oplink.net, is a premium hosting company located in the Houston Metropolitan area. Oplink.net has been providing premium services for an affordable cost since 1999.
Oplink.net’s physical network resides in a Tier-4 (highest rated) premier data center, and they currently offer dedicated servers, virtual servers, colocation, and fiber Internet services.
Oplink.net began with a single T1 to Savvis Communications for Internet backbone and a single T1 to haul traffic locally to our customers on the AT&T ATM network. Now Oplink.net has 100 Gbs to Lumen (Level 3) with backup to Cogent Communications. 100 GB DDoS protection from Corero is on the front edge of their network.
Oplink.net provides 24/7 support across its services. Oplink.net proudly services customers with fast account setup, quick email ticket responses, and premium personal support. They have a huge loyal following, and Clients complement their high-quality technical personal support.
Official Website: https://www.oplink.net
BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed
CPU Model : AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core Processor
CPU Cores : 6 @ 4499.980 MHz
CPU Cache : 512 KB
AES-NI : ✓ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✓ Enabled
Total Disk : 484.5 GB (1.6 GB Used)
Total Mem : 15.6 GB (221.6 MB Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 2 min
Load average : 0.39, 0.13, 0.05
OS : Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 5.15.0-92-generic
TCP CC : bbr
Virtualization : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✓ Online / ✓ Online
Organization : AS40156 The Optimal Link Corporation
Location : Houston / US
Region : Texas
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 1.5 GB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 1.8 GB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 2.2 GB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 1877.3 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 7586.17 Mbps 8161.37 Mbps 0.75 ms
Los Angeles, US 2138.41 Mbps 3854.96 Mbps 43.46 ms
Dallas, US 7399.73 Mbps 5130.61 Mbps 5.25 ms
Montreal, CA 880.51 Mbps 882.29 Mbps 38.90 ms
Paris, FR 750.25 Mbps 5508.00 Mbps 107.29 ms
Amsterdam, NL 735.68 Mbps 2748.66 Mbps 112.95 ms
Shanghai, CN 16.49 Mbps 1684.88 Mbps 183.91 ms
Mumbai, IN 369.22 Mbps 2146.11 Mbps 224.30 ms
Singapore, SG 395.75 Mbps 3723.43 Mbps 201.61 ms
Tokyo, JP 604.17 Mbps 2078.46 Mbps 136.35 ms
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Finished in : 4 min 54 sec
Timestamp : 2024-02-01 00:02:22 UTC
YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark
Basic System Information:
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Uptime : 0 days, 0 hours, 20 minutes
Processor : AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core Processor
CPU cores : 6 @ 4499.980 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 15.6 GiB
Swap : 0.0 KiB
Disk : 484.5 GiB
Distro : Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
Kernel : 5.15.0-92-generic
VM Type : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ✔ Online
IPv6 Network Information:
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ISP : The Optimal Link Corporation
ASN : AS40156 The Optimal Link Corporation
Host : The Optimal Link Corporation
Location : Houston, Texas (TX)
Country : United States
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 479.26 MB/s (119.8k) | 5.56 GB/s (86.9k)
Write | 480.52 MB/s (120.1k) | 5.59 GB/s (87.3k)
Total | 959.79 MB/s (239.9k) | 11.15 GB/s (174.2k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 8.10 GB/s (15.8k) | 8.45 GB/s (8.2k)
Write | 8.53 GB/s (16.6k) | 9.01 GB/s (8.8k)
Total | 16.64 GB/s (32.5k) | 17.47 GB/s (17.0k)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | busy | busy | 102 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | 1.53 Gbits/sec | 1.73 Gbits/sec | 104 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | 1.40 Gbits/sec | 1.38 Gbits/sec | 115 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 676 Mbits/sec | 435 Mbits/sec | 210 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 5.13 Gbits/sec | 2.03 Gbits/sec | 35.1 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 7.62 Gbits/sec | 4.44 Gbits/sec | 5.90 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 4.76 Gbits/sec | 1.64 Gbits/sec | 36.2 ms
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 1.51 Gbits/sec | busy | 102 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | busy | busy | 104 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | 1.37 Gbits/sec | 1.45 Gbits/sec | 115 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | busy | busy | 210 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 5.25 Gbits/sec | 4.32 Gbits/sec | 35.1 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 8.12 Gbits/sec | 4.84 Gbits/sec | 5.87 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 4.68 Gbits/sec | 1.67 Gbits/sec | 36.3 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 2740
Multi Core | 9614
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/4693092
YABS completed in 11 min 0 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance, A score higher is better
Benchmark Run: Thu Feb 01 2024 00:14:08 - 00:42:10
6 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 76446801.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 12709.8 MWIPS (9.7 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 7853.7 lps (29.8 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 2370804.7 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 636404.6 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 6747492.3 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 3531683.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 257257.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 14310.5 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 15682.1 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 8165.5 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 2829431.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 76446801.9 6550.7
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 12709.8 2310.9
Execl Throughput 43.0 7853.7 1826.4
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 2370804.7 5986.9
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 636404.6 3845.3
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 6747492.3 11633.6
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 3531683.8 2839.0
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 257257.9 643.1
Process Creation 126.0 14310.5 1135.8
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 15682.1 3698.6
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 8165.5 13609.2
System Call Overhead 15000.0 2829431.9 1886.3
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System Benchmarks Index Score 3263.2
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Benchmark Run: Thu Feb 01 2024 00:42:10 - 01:10:37
6 CPUs in system; running 6 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 453129785.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 76366.0 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 26883.7 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1740142.7 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 498479.6 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 3541943.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 20177471.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 1435090.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 52064.3 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 73699.7 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 10572.2 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 7923054.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 453129785.0 38828.6
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 76366.0 13884.7
Execl Throughput 43.0 26883.7 6252.0
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 1740142.7 4394.3
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 498479.6 3012.0
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 3541943.4 6106.8
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 20177471.4 16219.8
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 1435090.5 3587.7
Process Creation 126.0 52064.3 4132.1
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 73699.7 17382.0
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 10572.2 17620.4
System Call Overhead 15000.0 7923054.7 5282.0
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System Benchmarks Index Score 8294.1
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Looking Glass
Server Location: Spring, TX
Test IPv4: 216.230.224.34
Test files: 1000MB
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 84.76 MiB/s | 678.07 Mbps | ping 27.885ms
Gdrive : 9.10 KiB/s | 0.07 Mbps | ping 6.064ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 13.61 MiB/s | 108.91 Mbps | ping 30.331ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 25.47 MiB/s | 203.74 Mbps | ping 43.611ms
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 4.10 MiB/s | 32.83 Mbps | ping 33.675ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 41.21 MiB/s | 329.69 Mbps | ping 55.324ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 50.77 MiB/s | 406.18 Mbps | ping 5.651ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 61.74 MiB/s | 493.89 Mbps | ping 35.765ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 37.10 MiB/s | 296.78 Mbps | ping 34.492ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 87.22 MiB/s | 697.75 Mbps | ping 18.817ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 22.15 MiB/s | 177.16 Mbps | ping 101.015ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 39.69 KiB/s | 0.31 Mbps | ping 114.489ms
Hetzner, Germany : 297 B/s | N/A | ping 114.407ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 10.65 MiB/s | 85.21 Mbps | ping 113.979ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 19.18 MiB/s | 153.47 Mbps | ping 112.635ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 400 B/s | N/A | ping 137.679ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 363 B/s | N/A | ping 110.873ms
Online, France : 501.25 KiB/s | 3.92 Mbps | ping 104.054ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 418 B/s | N/A | ping 121.831ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 6.32 MiB/s | 50.54 Mbps | ping 233.600ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 292 B/s | N/A | ping 235.014ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 4.86 MiB/s | 38.85 Mbps | ping 149.269ms
Prima, Argentina : 280.71 KiB/s | 2.19 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 141.00 KiB/s | 1.10 Mbps | ping 205.761ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 12.03 MiB/s | 96.24 Mbps | ping 141.534ms
Linode, Singapore : 6.70 MiB/s | 53.58 Mbps | ping 232.179ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 14.27 MiB/s | 114.16 Mbps | ping 150.413ms
Benchmark finished in 118 seconds
Global Latency Test
Query: ping 66.187.76.90, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 66.187.76.90 – ARIN /20 AS40156 THEOPT-HOU – United States, Texas, Houston
Media Unlock Test
** Test Starts At: Thu Feb 1 00:07:53 UTC 2024
** Checking Results Under IPv4
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** Your Network Provider: The Optimal Link Corporation (66.187.*.*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Yes (Region: US)
HotStar: No
Disney+: No
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Yes
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: US)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
iQyi Oversea Region: US
Viu.com: No
YouTube CDN: Washington DC
Netflix Preferred CDN: Dallas, TX
Spotify Registration: Yes (Region: US)
Steam Currency: USD
ChatGPT: Yes
Bing Region: US
Instagram Licensed Audio: Yes
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** Checking Results Under IPv6
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** Your Network Provider: The Optimal Link Corporation (2604:e880:3:*:*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Failed (Network Connection)
HotStar: Yes (Region: US)
Disney+: No
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Yes
Amazon Prime Video: Unsupported
TVBAnywhere+: Failed (Network Connection)
iQyi Oversea Region: Failed
Viu.com: Failed
YouTube CDN: Dallas, TX
Netflix Preferred CDN: Atlanta, GA
Spotify Registration: Yes (Region: US)
Steam Currency: Failed (Network Connection)
ChatGPT: Failed
Bing Region: US
Instagram Licensed Audio: Yes
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Testing Done!
CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Admin Control Panel
Server Pricing
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Payments
Oplink.net currently accepts payments primarily through Credit cards and PayPal.
Oplink.net offers a 3-day money-back guarantee for VPS server subscriptions, allowing you to experience services risk-free. However, the client is responsible for at least one month’s cost for Dedicated Servers and Collocated Servers. This policy reflects the significant resources and labor invested in initializing these services. Please note that they do not issue refunds for administrative fees, ancillary service add-ons, software licenses, or domain name registrations.
Customers interested in services from Oplink.net are encouraged to regularly visit their official website for the latest information and updates.
Customer Support
Oplink.net provides customer support through various channels. You can reach out to them for any inquiries or assistance regarding their service:
Ticket Support: Customers can access the service by submitting a request via ticket support.
Phone or Text: You can call or text them at 281-445-9800. They will respond quickly.
Address: Their office is located at Oplink.net, 2626 Spring Cypress Road, Spring, TX 77388
Finally, well done.
Based on the test results, the conclusion for the VPS testing of the Oplink.net United States Texas Reliable AMD Ryzen CPU VPS Server can be summarized as follows:
1. I/O Performance
The storage I/O performance was consistently high across three tests, averaging 1877.3 MB/s. This suggests that the NVMe Gen4 storage in the Raid 10 configuration provides fast data transfer rates suitable for high-performance applications involving frequent read/write operations.
2. Network Performance
The server’s network speed was exceptional when tested with nearby locations like Speedtest.net, Dallas, and Los Angeles, showing very high upload speeds, reaching up to 7586.17 Mbps and download speeds up to 8161.37 Mbps.
3. Disk Speed
The disk speed tests with YabsBench showed impressive results, especially with larger block sizes. The disk speeds exceeded 8 GB/s for both read and write operations, which is indicative of the excellent performance capabilities of the provided storage solution.
4. CPU Performance
The Geekbench 6 benchmark showed a robust CPU performance with a single-core score of 2740 and a multi-core score of 9614. It implies that the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-core Processor can efficiently handle single-threaded and multi-threaded workloads.
5. UnixBench Scores
The UnixBench scores showed the VPS performance to be substantially higher than the baseline across various tests, indicating the VPS’s ability to excel in CPU performance, file operations, and system functionality. The system benchmarks index score was very high in single and multi-user tests, with the multi-user test showing impressive scaling with more CPUs.
In conclusion
The Oplink.net Texas Reliable AMD Ryzen CPU VPS Server demonstrates exceptional performance across CPU, I/O, and network benchmarks. The server is well-equipped to deal with heavy computational tasks intense I/O operations, and provides ample bandwidth for robust network connectivity.
The VPS should be highly suitable for compute-intensive applications, hosting high-traffic websites or services, and performing large-scale data processing tasks. The included DDoS protection is a valuable feature for security and reliability. Overall, the server’s performance and specifications make it a compelling choice for users seeking a high-performance VPS solution.
Official Website: https://www.oplink.net