ServerPoint United States Las Vegas Intel Xeon Gold High Frequency CPU VPS Test and Review
We recently tested the ServerPoint United States Las Vegas High-Frequency CPU VPS. The server is powered by Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6144 CPU @ 3.50GHz Processor, with the following configuration: 2 Cores CPU/4 GB RAM/80 GB SSD Storage/1 Gbps Internet Port/7 TB Traffic/1x IPv4 Address.
In our review, we conducted various tests to measure its performance. These included the Basic Benchmark, Yabs, and Unix Benchmark to check its performance levels. We also tested network speeds from different locations with the Global Node Test and measured latency with the Global Ping Test.
Additionally, we checked how well it handles media content with the Media Unlock Test, analyzed connection quality through the CloudFlare Internet Test, and evaluated overall web performance using tools like PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix.
About ServerPoint
ServerPoint offers diverse services, but its crown jewel is the cloud computing platform ColossusCloud. This platform allows you to deploy anything from web hosting for small websites to bare metal servers or Windows and Linux virtual servers. The beauty of this platform lies in its scalability. As your business grows, so does the platform, without surprise costs.
Now, let’s delve into the specifics of their virtual server offerings. ServerPoint provides both Linux and Windows virtual servers. These servers are powered by ServerPoint’s ColossusCloud platform. You can deploy these servers at any of their worldwide locations, including Silicon Valley, Las Vegas, Dallas, Ashburn, Amsterdam, and Singapore.
ServerPoint offers a variety of virtual server plans to cater to different needs. They have general-purpose virtual servers, high-frequency virtual servers, storage-optimized virtual servers, and high-memory-optimized virtual servers. Each category has plans for varying CPU, RAM, SSD disk, and transfer amounts. This variety ensures a plan for every need, whether you’re hosting many websites for your clients, running large RAM-based databases, or storing large amounts of data.
One of the standout features of ServerPoint’s virtual servers is their distributed SSD storage. Your virtual server’s disk contents are powered by Ceph, ensuring every piece of data is replicated across multiple disks and servers for high-performance I/O and redundancy.
Another noteworthy feature is the availability of popular Linux distros such as Ubuntu, AlmaLinux, and CentOS, as well as Windows 10, 2012, 2016, 2019, and 2022. This wide range of operating systems ensures compatibility with various applications and environments.
ServerPoint also offers a one-click installation of cPanel, making it easier for users to manage their websites. This feature, coupled with their in-house support, makes ServerPoint a user-friendly choice for beginners and experienced users.
Official Website: https://www.ServerPoint.com
BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed
CPU Model : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6144 CPU @ 3.50GHz
CPU Cores : 2 @ 3499.998 MHz
CPU Cache : 16384 KB
AES-NI : ✓ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✓ Enabled
Total Disk : 78.6 GB (2.6 GB Used)
Total Mem : 3.8 GB (212.5 MB Used)
Total Swap : 128.0 MB (0 Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 8 min
Load average : 0.49, 0.42, 0.20
OS : Debian GNU/Linux 11
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 5.10.0-21-amd64
TCP CC : bbr
Virtualization : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✓ Online / ✗ Offline
Organization : AS26277 ServerPoint.com
Location : Las Vegas / US
Region : Nevada
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 417 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 353 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 424 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 398.0 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 502.83 Mbps 2004.64 Mbps 48.30 ms
Los Angeles, US 498.76 Mbps 824.65 Mbps 7.32 ms
Dallas, US 501.33 Mbps 823.57 Mbps 35.95 ms
Montreal, CA 499.97 Mbps 933.70 Mbps 74.44 ms
Amsterdam, NL 458.90 Mbps 745.49 Mbps 140.89 ms
Hongkong, CN 5.08 Mbps 5.12 Mbps 190.95 ms
Mumbai, IN 299.75 Mbps 825.84 Mbps 257.98 ms
Singapore, SG 96.41 Mbps 373.62 Mbps 199.40 ms
Tokyo, JP 343.10 Mbps 831.10 Mbps 114.58 ms
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Finished in : 4 min 26 sec
Timestamp : 2024-04-21 17:50:21 PDT
YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark
Basic System Information:
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Uptime : 0 days, 0 hours, 13 minutes
Processor : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6144 CPU @ 3.50GHz
CPU cores : 2 @ 3499.998 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 3.8 GiB
Swap : 128.0 MiB
Disk : 78.4 GiB
Distro : Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Kernel : 5.10.0-21-amd64
VM Type : MICROSOFT
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline
IPv4 Network Information:
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ISP : Las Vegas NV Datacenter
ASN : AS26277 ServerPoint.com
Host : ServerPoint.com
Location : Las Vegas, Nevada (NV)
Country : United States
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 40.76 MB/s (10.1k) | 396.37 MB/s (6.1k)
Write | 40.84 MB/s (10.2k) | 398.45 MB/s (6.2k)
Total | 81.60 MB/s (20.4k) | 794.82 MB/s (12.4k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 396.44 MB/s (774) | 402.45 MB/s (393)
Write | 417.50 MB/s (815) | 429.25 MB/s (419)
Total | 813.95 MB/s (1.5k) | 831.70 MB/s (812)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 444 Mbits/sec | 335 Mbits/sec | 131 ms
Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (10G) | 450 Mbits/sec | 795 Mbits/sec | 139 ms
Telia | Helsinki, FI (10G) | busy | busy | 165 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 400 Mbits/sec | 204 Mbits/sec | 239 ms
Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 425 Mbits/sec | 579 Mbits/sec | 180 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 500 Mbits/sec | 886 Mbits/sec | 8.85 ms
Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 474 Mbits/sec | 680 Mbits/sec | 67.9 ms
Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 405 Mbits/sec | 238 Mbits/sec | 212 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 1327
Multi Core | 2388
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/5812220
YABS completed in 13 min 14 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance, A Score Higher is Better
Benchmark Run: Sun Apr 21 2024 18:08:54 - 18:36:55
2 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 50318340.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 7742.8 MWIPS (9.6 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 4088.5 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 501466.3 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 127849.2 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1558033.8 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 659704.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 81935.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 7596.6 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 8508.2 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1995.9 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 347595.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 50318340.0 4311.8
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 7742.8 1407.8
Execl Throughput 43.0 4088.5 950.8
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 501466.3 1266.3
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 127849.2 772.5
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1558033.8 2686.3
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 659704.4 530.3
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 81935.3 204.8
Process Creation 126.0 7596.6 602.9
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 8508.2 2006.6
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1995.9 3326.5
System Call Overhead 15000.0 347595.7 231.7
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1036.4
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Benchmark Run: Sun Apr 21 2024 18:36:55 - 19:04:58
2 CPUs in system; running 2 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 100950677.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 15662.3 MWIPS (9.6 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 7461.5 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 848212.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 220588.8 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 2679566.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 1317426.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 293374.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 17028.9 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 15447.6 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 2183.4 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 671759.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 100950677.7 8650.4
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 15662.3 2847.7
Execl Throughput 43.0 7461.5 1735.2
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 848212.5 2142.0
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 220588.8 1332.9
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 2679566.0 4619.9
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 1317426.3 1059.0
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 293374.4 733.4
Process Creation 126.0 17028.9 1351.5
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 15447.6 3643.3
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 2183.4 3639.0
System Call Overhead 15000.0 671759.8 447.8
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1974.6
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Looking Glass
None
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 90.01 MiB/s | 720.07 Mbps | ping 6.459ms
Gdrive : 7.88 KiB/s | 0.06 Mbps | ping 6.673ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 31.56 MiB/s | 252.49 Mbps | ping 63.215ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 1.96 MiB/s | 15.69 Mbps | ping 62.953ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 56.27 MiB/s | 450.20 Mbps | ping 35.882ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 56.88 MiB/s | 455.06 Mbps | ping 34.930ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 66.49 MiB/s | 531.91 Mbps | ping 16.573ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 30.66 MiB/s | 245.32 Mbps | ping 70.805ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 37.40 MiB/s | 299.19 Mbps | ping 56.124ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 16.05 MiB/s | 128.36 Mbps | ping 130.095ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 35.12 KiB/s | 0.27 Mbps | ping 141.251ms
Hetzner, Germany : 201 B/s | N/A | ping 152.422ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 14.40 MiB/s | 115.21 Mbps | ping 140.692ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 13.60 MiB/s | 108.82 Mbps | ping 138.417ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 248 B/s | N/A | ping 159.946ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 217 B/s | N/A | ping 148.506ms
Online, France : 11.35 MiB/s | 90.82 Mbps | ping 139.491ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 322 B/s | N/A | ping 153.435ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 11.01 MiB/s | 88.05 Mbps | ping 165.033ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 182 B/s | N/A | ping 210.478ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 5.83 MiB/s | 46.64 Mbps | ping 175.397ms
Prima, Argentina : 3.17 MiB/s | 25.38 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 3.43 MiB/s | 27.45 Mbps | ping 178.296ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 14.31 MiB/s | 114.48 Mbps | ping 111.395ms
Linode, Singapore : 5.72 MiB/s | 45.75 Mbps | ping 174.265ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 19.72 MiB/s | 157.76 Mbps | ping 119.139ms
Benchmark finished in 119 seconds
Global Latency Test
Query: ping 216.108.236.11, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 216.108.236.11 – ARIN /24 AS26277 SERVERPOINT – United States [hosting]
Media Unlock Test
** Test Starts At: Sun 21 Apr 2024 05:43:03 PM PDT
** Checking Results Under IPv4
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** Your Network Provider: Serverpoint (216.108.*.*)
============[ 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: Los Angeles, CA
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
With ServerPoint’s ColossusCloud’s virtual server management portal, deploying a cloud virtual server is as simple as choosing the size and location and setting a root/Administrator password. A new Linux or Windows cloud virtual server is ready for use within minutes.
Transitioning to the topic of updates, ServerPoint has a unique feature called Update Central. This feature shows how many updates are available for each virtual server. With just one click, all available updates get installed automatically. This automation saves time and ensures your servers are always up-to-date.
ServerPoint also offers a fully licensed, automated cPanel installation. cPanel is a popular server management software, and ServerPoint has been supporting it for over a decade. This software allows you to manage essential server functions and host your websites easily.
Moving on to resource usage, ServerPoint provides informative resource usage charts. These charts give you insights into disk space, CPU usage, bandwidth, and more. This feature helps you understand what’s happening within your cloud virtual server.
Lastly, ServerPoint aims to automate as much as possible. You can start, stop, or reboot your cloud virtual server. KVM over IP console access is also available, along with 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
ServerPoint operates on a flat pricing model. This means you pay a fixed monthly amount with no hidden costs or surprises. This transparency allows you to budget effectively and ensures you get value for your money.
ServerPoint’s virtual servers start at just $5 per month. This entry-level price makes their services accessible to many users, from small businesses to larger enterprises.
For instance, their general-purpose virtual servers, which balance RAM and CPU for small to medium usage, start at $5 monthly. Their high-frequency virtual servers, designed for applications needing high processing power per hit, start at $10 monthly.
For those needing large storage, ServerPoint offers storage-optimized virtual servers starting at $40 per month. And for applications requiring a lot of RAM, their high memory-optimized virtual servers start at $60 monthly.
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Customer Support
ServerPoint offers 24/7 support. No matter the time of day, you can contact their team of experts for assistance. This round-the-clock support ensures that help is always just a click away.
Transitioning to the topic of communication, ServerPoint provides multiple channels for reaching out. You can open a support ticket with their teams of experts. This system allows for efficient tracking and resolution of issues.
In addition to technical support, ServerPoint also provides sales support. If you’re ready to sign up but have questions, you can freely ask their sales team. This ensures you have all the information you need to make an informed decision.
ServerPoint also has a system in place to report abuse. If someone in their network misbehaves, you can report it to them. This shows their commitment to maintaining a safe and respectful environment.
Conclusion
Starting with the Basic Benchmark, the average I/O speed of the server came to 398 MB/s across three tests, which places it in the ‘good’ category just below the upper ‘excellent’ range. Regarding internet connectivity, the server showed robust upload speeds near 500 Mbps and impressive download speeds, peaking at over 2,000 Mbps in some tests. However, performance varied considerably with geographic distance, especially in Hong Kong and Singapore.
Further, the Yabs performance tests provided insights into the mixed read/write operations, showing well over 800 MB/s in larger blocks, affirming the server’s robust handling of intensive operations. The Geekbench 6 results underscored a strong CPU performance, with a single-core score of 1327 and a multi-core score of 2388, indicating good capability. UnixBench tests echoed this with high CPU, I/O, and throughput scores, suggesting the server performs well under various computational loads.
In conclusion, this VPS from ServerPoint in Las Vegas demonstrates a commendable performance level suitable for high-demand applications. Its capabilities in handling data-intensive tasks and consistent connectivity make it a solid choice for businesses looking for reliable and powerful server solutions. Whether for web hosting, databases, or application development, it is a robust option in the competitive VPS arena.
Official Website: https://www.ServerPoint.com
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