ServerPoint Netherlands Amsterdam ColossusCloud General Purpose VPS Test and Review
We’re currently testing the ServerPoint Netherlands Amsterdam ColossusCloud General Purpose VPS Server. It’s powered by an Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz Processor and comes equipped with 4 CPU cores, 4 GB of RAM, 80 GB of SSD storage, a 1 Gbps internet connection, 4 TB of bandwidth, and a single IPv4 address.
Our review will cover a variety of tests: Basic Benchmark, Yabs, and Unix Benchmark to see how they perform; the Global Node Test to check network speeds from different locations; and the Global Ping Test to measure response times.
We also used the Media Unlock Test to see which media services it can access, the CloudFlare Internet Test to check the connection quality, and web performance tests using PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix.
About ServerPoint
ServerPoint offers a cloud web hosting platform that grows with you. It’s like a partner that understands your needs and evolves with your business. From their point-and-click Client Portal, you can deploy anything from web hosting for small websites to bare metal servers or Windows and Linux virtual servers.
Now, let’s talk about their web hosting. It’s the easiest way to host a website, powered by popular platforms like WordPress and Weebly. You can also use your design if you prefer. The starting price is as low as $6 per month.
Moving on to their cloud computing services, they offer Linux and Windows virtual servers powered by ServerPoint’s ColossusCloud platform. The starting price for this service is $5 per month.
For those who need maximum performance, ServerPoint offers bare metal servers with a 10-gig network and solid-state disks. The starting price for this service is $59 per month.
One of the unique features of ServerPoint is its global deployment. You can deploy web hosting, cloud hosting, and virtual server hosting at any of their worldwide locations. They have locations in Silicon Valley, California; Las Vegas, NV, US; Dallas, TX, US; Ashburn, VA, US; 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 E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
CPU Cores : 4 @ 2399.996 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 (225.1 MB Used)
Total Swap : 128.0 MB (0 Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 12 min
Load average : 0.35, 0.32, 0.20
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 : Amsterdam / NL
Region : North Holland
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 292 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 307 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 198 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 265.7 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 499.15 Mbps 1085.04 Mbps 1.72 ms
Los Angeles, US 464.52 Mbps 879.74 Mbps 152.11 ms
Dallas, US 492.50 Mbps 1006.87 Mbps 118.67 ms
Montreal, CA 412.78 Mbps 803.71 Mbps 102.79 ms
Hongkong, CN 336.46 Mbps 747.62 Mbps 242.35 ms
Mumbai, IN 454.37 Mbps 881.05 Mbps 182.05 ms
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Finished in : 4 min 44 sec
Timestamp : 2024-03-09 01:31:18 CET
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 E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
CPU cores : 4 @ 2399.996 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 : Amsterdam NL Datacenter
Location : Schiphol-Rijk, North Holland (NH)
Country : The Netherlands
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 33.43 MB/s (8.3k) | 264.26 MB/s (4.1k)
Write | 33.52 MB/s (8.3k) | 265.65 MB/s (4.1k)
Total | 66.96 MB/s (16.7k) | 529.91 MB/s (8.2k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 352.64 MB/s (688) | 343.81 MB/s (335)
Write | 371.38 MB/s (725) | 366.71 MB/s (358)
Total | 724.02 MB/s (1.4k) | 710.53 MB/s (693)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 500 Mbits/sec | 1.15 Gbits/sec | 8.19 ms
Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (10G) | 503 Mbits/sec | busy | 1.39 ms
HOSTKEY | Helsinki, FI (10G) | 491 Mbits/sec | 928 Mbits/sec | 33.3 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 395 Mbits/sec | 264 Mbits/sec | 240 ms
Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 435 Mbits/sec | 557 Mbits/sec | 168 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 409 Mbits/sec | 274 Mbits/sec | 151 ms
Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 468 Mbits/sec | 800 Mbits/sec | 78.4 ms
Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 427 Mbits/sec | 312 Mbits/sec | 167 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 928
Multi Core | 2978
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/5234777
YABS completed in 14 min 12 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance, A Score Higher is Better
Benchmark Run: Sat Mar 09 2024 01:53:11 - 02:21:15
4 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 33428096.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 6358.5 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 3019.6 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 505015.7 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 131244.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1408581.7 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 721160.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 107905.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 6008.0 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 8405.1 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 2752.2 lpm (60.2 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 413132.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 33428096.9 2864.4
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 6358.5 1156.1
Execl Throughput 43.0 3019.6 702.2
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 505015.7 1275.3
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 131244.0 793.0
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1408581.7 2428.6
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 721160.8 579.7
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 107905.5 269.8
Process Creation 126.0 6008.0 476.8
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 8405.1 1982.3
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 2752.2 4587.0
System Call Overhead 15000.0 413132.7 275.4
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1005.4
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Benchmark Run: Sat Mar 09 2024 02:21:15 - 02:49:23
4 CPUs in system; running 4 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 133879516.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 25482.4 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 11211.5 lps (29.9 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 885276.6 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 244426.3 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 2717062.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 2848554.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 692931.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 25532.7 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 23472.2 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 3290.8 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 1541873.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 133879516.9 11472.1
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 25482.4 4633.2
Execl Throughput 43.0 11211.5 2607.3
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 885276.6 2235.5
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 244426.3 1476.9
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 2717062.4 4684.6
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 2848554.5 2289.8
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 692931.9 1732.3
Process Creation 126.0 25532.7 2026.4
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 23472.2 5535.9
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 3290.8 5484.7
System Call Overhead 15000.0 1541873.1 1027.9
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System Benchmarks Index Score 3003.0
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Looking Glass
None
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 7.21 MiB/s | 57.65 Mbps | ping 2.119ms
Gdrive : 2.39 KiB/s | 0.02 Mbps | ping 83.482ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping 236.268ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping 246.459ms
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping 80.751ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping 149.111ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping 114.442ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 7.56 MiB/s | 60.45 Mbps | ping 149.030ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 14.34 MiB/s | 114.68 Mbps | ping 81.665ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 11.20 MiB/s | 89.60 Mbps | ping 104.065ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 9.27 MiB/s | 74.16 Mbps | ping 7.903ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 0 B/s | N/A | ping 8.040ms
Hetzner, Germany : 0 B/s | N/A | ping 17.039ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 0 B/s | N/A | ping 9.196ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 0 B/s | N/A | ping 2.232ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 595 B/s | N/A | ping 23.972ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 349 B/s | N/A | ping 16.590ms
Online, France : 108.62 MiB/s | 868.95 Mbps | ping 11.423ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 392 B/s | N/A | ping 21.551ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 1.91 MiB/s | 15.29 Mbps | ping 270.416ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 115 B/s | N/A | ping 308.051ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 20.94 MiB/s | 167.54 Mbps | ping 40.262ms
Prima, Argentina : 1.85 MiB/s | 14.76 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 4.03 MiB/s | 32.21 Mbps | ping 178.889ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 3.05 MiB/s | 24.39 Mbps | ping 239.577ms
Linode, Singapore : 6.04 MiB/s | 48.32 Mbps | ping 160.642ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 2.82 MiB/s | 22.54 Mbps | ping 243.627ms
Benchmark finished in 145 seconds
Global Latency Test
Query: ping 216.108.228.54, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 216.108.228.54 – ARIN /24 AS26277 SERVERPOINT – The Netherlands, North Holland
Media Unlock Test
** Test Starts At: Sat 09 Mar 2024 01:23:00 AM CET
** Checking Results Under IPv4
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** Your Network Provider: Serverpoint (216.108.*.*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Yes (Region: NL)
HotStar: No
Disney+: Yes (Region: US)
Netflix: Yes (Region: NL)
YouTube Premium: Yes
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: NL)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
iQyi Oversea Region: INTL
Viu.com: No
YouTube CDN: NETIX in Sofia
Netflix Preferred CDN: London
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: EUR
ChatGPT: Yes
Bing Region: NL
Instagram Licensed Audio: Yes
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No IPv6 Connectivity Found, Abort IPv6 Testing...
Testing Done! CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Admin Control Panel
Firstly, the portal allows you to deploy anything from web hosting for small websites to bare metal servers or Windows and Linux virtual servers. It’s as simple as choosing the size and amount of RAM, CPU, and SSD disk space you need, selecting from any of their global locations, setting a root/Administrator password, and clicking “Deploy.”
Next, we have Update Central, a feature that makes your life easier by showing how many updates are available for each virtual server. With just one click, all available updates will be installed automatically. This feature saves you time and ensures your server’s operating systems are always up-to-date.
ServerPoint also offers a fully licensed, automated cPanel installation. This popular server management software is designed to easily manage essential server functions and host your websites.
Moreover, the portal provides informative resource usage charts. These charts give insights into what’s happening within your cloud virtual server, including reports about disk space, CPU usage, bandwidth, and more.
Lastly, the portal offers as much automation as possible. You can start, stop, or reboot your cloud virtual server. KVM over IP console access is also available, as well as the ability to re-install the operating system, reset its root/Administrator password, and much more.
Server Pricing
Official Website: https://www.ServerPoint.com
Payments
Firstly, it’s important to note that ServerPoint offers various services, each with its own pricing structure. For instance, their web hosting services start at $6 per month, while their cloud computing services start at $5 per month. Their bare metal servers start at $59 monthly if you’re looking for maximum performance.
When making payments, ServerPoint has made the process straightforward and convenient. While the exact payment methods are not explicitly mentioned on their website, it’s common for web hosting companies to accept various payment methods, including credit cards, debit cards, and online payment systems like PayPal.
Moreover, ServerPoint’s Client Portal, also known as ServerChameleon, is likely where you would manage your account and make payments. This user-friendly interface allows you to manage your services, view your usage, and likely handle your billing.
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Customer Support
ServerPoint offers a 24/7 support system. If you need help, you can open a support ticket with their teams of experts. This system allows you to get assistance anytime, ensuring you’re never left in the dark when you encounter issues or have questions.
You can still contact their team if you’re not a customer but have sales questions. This shows ServerPoint’s commitment to providing excellent service even before you become a customer.
Moreover, if you observe someone in their network misbehaving, ServerPoint encourages you to report it. This demonstrates their dedication to maintaining a safe and respectful environment for all users.
Lastly, if you’re already a customer, log in to ServerPoint’s Client Portal and click “Support” on the Portal’s menu. From there, you can raise a ticket with their expert teams. This streamlined process makes it easy to get the help you need.
Conclusion
In our Basic Bench tests, the server’s I/O speed, critical for data transfer and access speed, averaged 265.7 MB/s, placing it in the mid-range category as it didn’t cross the 500MB/s threshold for a good rating. Network capabilities were tested across multiple global locations, highlighting impressive upload and download speeds, particularly with a speedtest.net result of 1085.04 Mbps download and 499.15 Mbps upload at a very low latency of 1.72 ms. The Yabs Performance Bench assessed disk speed, showing strong read/write capabilities, especially at larger block sizes, achieving up to 710.53 MB/s total, indicating a robust performance for more demanding tasks.
The server’s compute power was evaluated using Geekbench and UnixBench tests. A Geekbench 6 single-core score of 928 falls into the standard range, while a multi-core score of 2978 suggests good processing capabilities. The UnixBench scores provide a deeper insight into CPU and system performance, with the server demonstrating outstanding strengths in script execution and context switching. Specifically, the multi-threaded run showed an exponential increase in performance metrics, notably achieving a system benchmark index score of 3003.0 in the multi-core setting, underlining the server’s excellent capability to handle parallel processes and heavy workloads.
In conclusion, the ServerPoint Netherlands Amsterdam ColossusCloud General Purpose VPS Server shows a well-rounded performance with slightly above-average I/O speeds, excellent network capabilities, and very good computing power. It stands out in handling parallel processing tasks, making it suitable for applications requiring robust computing and network performance. This server is a competitive choice for businesses needing reliable virtual private server hosting with a balance of speed, storage, and processing capability.
Official Website: https://www.ServerPoint.com
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