SurferCloud China Hong Kong UHost Intel Xeon Cloud Server Test and Review
We recently tested the SurferCloud China Hong Kong UHost Cloud Server. This server runs on an Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake) and has the following specs: 2 CPU cores, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB SSD storage, a 5 Mbps internet port, and 1 IPv4 address.
Our review covers several tests: Basic Benchmark, Yabs, and Unix Benchmark for performance, Global Node Test for network speeds across different locations, and Global Ping Test for latency. We also check media accessibility with The Media Unlock Test, connection quality with the CloudFlare Internet Test, and web performance using PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix.
About SurferCloud
Performance is one of the most critical factors when choosing a hosting provider. SurferCloud excels in this area by offering cloud servers that provide exceptional computing, storage, and networking performance. Their services are comparable to those of industry giants like AWS-EC2 but at a fraction of the cost. This means you can enjoy top-notch performance without breaking the bank.
SurferCloud promises 99.95% service availability, ensuring that your website remains accessible to your users at all times. They achieve this high level of reliability through their robust infrastructure, which includes RAID for data protection and three-copy disaster recovery capability. In the event of a failure, SurferCloud offers uninterrupted online migration technology, so you can rest assured that your data is safe and your website remains operational.
Another standout feature of SurferCloud is its flexibility and scalability. As your business grows, your hosting needs may change. SurferCloud allows you to scale cloud resources horizontally and vertically at any time, eliminating resource waste and ensuring you only pay for what you need. Upgrade or downgrade the host CPU and memory within minutes and even adjust public network bandwidth online. This level of flexibility is perfect for businesses that experience fluctuating traffic or have evolving hosting requirements.
Official Website: https://www.SurferCloud.com
BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed
CPU Model : Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake)
CPU Cores : 2 @ 2992.968 MHz
CPU Cache : 16384 KB
AES-NI : ✓ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✗ Disabled
Total Disk : 39.2 GB (1.7 GB Used)
Total Mem : 3.8 GB (255.0 MB Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 15 min
Load average : 0.03, 0.12, 0.09
OS : Debian GNU/Linux 11
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 5.10.0-23-amd64
TCP CC : bbr
Virtualization : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✓ Online / ✗ Offline
Organization : AS142002 Scloud Pte Ltd
Location : Hong Kong / HK
Region : Hong Kong
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 141 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 138 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 138 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 139.0 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 2.94 Mbps 48.49 Mbps 1.36 ms
Los Angeles, US 5.17 Mbps 102.15 Mbps 155.64 ms
Dallas, US 4.98 Mbps 77.79 Mbps 209.57 ms
Montreal, CA 4.95 Mbps 102.92 Mbps 227.73 ms
Amsterdam, NL 4.87 Mbps 101.85 Mbps 189.27 ms
Hongkong, CN 4.70 Mbps 59.05 Mbps 2.68 ms
Mumbai, IN 4.87 Mbps 50.24 Mbps 92.44 ms
Singapore, SG 4.78 Mbps 48.35 Mbps 36.87 ms
Tokyo, JP 4.77 Mbps 62.66 Mbps 44.13 ms
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Finished in : 4 min 34 sec
Timestamp : 2024-08-18 08:53:53 HKT
YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark
Basic System Information:
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Uptime : 0 days, 0 hours, 21 minutes
Processor : Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake)
CPU cores : 2 @ 2992.968 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ❌ Disabled
RAM : 3.8 GiB
Swap : 0.0 KiB
Disk : 39.2 GiB
Distro : Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Kernel : 5.10.0-23-amd64
VM Type : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline
IPv4 Network Information:
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ISP : Scloud Pte Ltd
ASN : AS142002 Scloud Pte Ltd
Host : Scloud Pte Ltd
Location : Hong Kong, Kowloon ()
Country : Hong Kong
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 5.66 MB/s (1.4k) | 67.31 MB/s (1.0k)
Write | 5.69 MB/s (1.4k) | 67.69 MB/s (1.0k)
Total | 11.35 MB/s (2.8k) | 135.00 MB/s (2.1k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 65.33 MB/s (127) | 64.99 MB/s (63)
Write | 68.68 MB/s (134) | 69.19 MB/s (67)
Total | 134.01 MB/s (261) | 134.18 MB/s (130)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 4.91 Mbits/sec | 96.4 Mbits/sec | 211 ms
Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 4.52 Mbits/sec | 94.4 Mbits/sec | 191 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 5.00 Mbits/sec | 48.2 Mbits/sec | 186 ms
Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 5.18 Mbits/sec | 103 Mbits/sec | 40.7 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 4.99 Mbits/sec | 97.4 Mbits/sec | 158 ms
Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 4.91 Mbits/sec | 95.4 Mbits/sec | 216 ms
Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 4.75 Mbits/sec | 70.9 Mbits/sec | 316 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 1155
Multi Core | 2226
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/7381722
YABS completed in 15 min 18 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance, A Score Higher is Better
Benchmark Run: Sun Aug 18 2024 09:13:59 - 09:42:01
2 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 45085722.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 6902.1 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 3683.5 lps (29.9 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 415752.2 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 121910.3 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1115613.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 642415.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 138514.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 6885.1 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 9989.0 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1829.5 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 330285.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 45085722.3 3863.4
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 6902.1 1254.9
Execl Throughput 43.0 3683.5 856.6
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 415752.2 1049.9
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 121910.3 736.6
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1115613.4 1923.5
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 642415.4 516.4
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 138514.3 346.3
Process Creation 126.0 6885.1 546.4
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 9989.0 2355.9
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1829.5 3049.2
System Call Overhead 15000.0 330285.9 220.2
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System Benchmarks Index Score 996.2
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Benchmark Run: Sun Aug 18 2024 09:42:01 - 10:10:03
2 CPUs in system; running 2 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 89652723.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 13832.9 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 6664.0 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 630697.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 208949.3 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 2485254.9 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 1286563.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 283390.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 14187.6 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 14703.2 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1941.8 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 634722.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 89652723.0 7682.3
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 13832.9 2515.1
Execl Throughput 43.0 6664.0 1549.8
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 630697.4 1592.7
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 208949.3 1262.5
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 2485254.9 4284.9
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 1286563.9 1034.2
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 283390.6 708.5
Process Creation 126.0 14187.6 1126.0
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 14703.2 3467.7
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1941.8 3236.3
System Call Overhead 15000.0 634722.7 423.1
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1779.9
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Looking Glass
Test IPv4: 165.154.225.787
Global Latency Test
Query: ping 165.154.225.39, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 165.154.225.39 – APNIC /24 AS142002 SCLOUDPTELTD-AS – Hong Kong, Hong Kong [hosting]
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 2.71 KiB/s | 0.02 Mbps | ping 1.386ms
Gdrive : 4.44 KiB/s | 0.03 Mbps | ping 2.232ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 195.25 KiB/s | 1.53 Mbps | ping 218.005ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 65.54 KiB/s | 0.51 Mbps | ping 210.892ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 4.09 MiB/s | 32.71 Mbps | ping 148.673ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 281.61 KiB/s | 2.20 Mbps | ping 186.208ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 344.09 KiB/s | 2.69 Mbps | ping 150.906ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 179.42 KiB/s | 1.40 Mbps | ping 215.381ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 3.43 MiB/s | 27.42 Mbps | ping 203.676ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 237.11 KiB/s | 1.85 Mbps | ping 204.353ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 13.55 KiB/s | 0.11 Mbps | ping 254.667ms
Hetzner, Germany : 113 B/s | N/A | ping 297.487ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 3.03 MiB/s | 24.27 Mbps | ping 259.040ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 252.21 KiB/s | 1.97 Mbps | ping 212.256ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 208 B/s | N/A | ping 281.818ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 163 B/s | N/A | ping 294.401ms
Online, France : 4.66 MiB/s | 37.25 Mbps | ping 181.037ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 88 B/s | N/A | ping 270.579ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 5.50 MiB/s | 44.01 Mbps | ping 125.724ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 240 B/s | N/A | ping 137.164ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 2.77 MiB/s | 22.17 Mbps | ping 210.722ms
Prima, Argentina : 56.33 KiB/s | 0.44 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 4.92 MiB/s | 39.37 Mbps | ping 34.731ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 6.10 MiB/s | 48.83 Mbps | ping 46.985ms
Linode, Singapore : 6.28 MiB/s | 50.24 Mbps | ping 35.136ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 6.57 MiB/s | 52.52 Mbps | ping 51.558ms
Benchmark finished in 129 seconds
CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Media Unlock Test
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Yes (Region: HK)
Disney+: Yes (Region: SG)
Netflix: Yes (Region: SG)
YouTube Premium: Yes (Region: SG)
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: SG)
TVBAnywhere+: No
Spotify Registration: No
Instagram Licensed Audio: No
OneTrust Region: HK [Unknown]
iQyi Oversea Region: HK
Bing Region: HK
YouTube CDN: Hong Kong
Netflix Preferred CDN: Failed (CDN IP Not Found)
ChatGPT: No (Only Available with Mobile APP)
Google Gemini: Yes (Region: SGP)
Wikipedia Editability: No
Google Search CAPTCHA Free: Yes
Steam Currency: HKD
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Reddit: Yes
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Admin Control Panel
Server Pricing
Official Website: https://www.SurferCloud.com
Coupon
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Conclusion
In our Basic Benchmark test, the server’s I/O speed averaged 139 MB/s, below the acceptable threshold for good performance. Upload speeds varied, peaking at 5.17 Mbps, while download speeds reached 102.92 Mbps. Latency was impressively low within Hong Kong at 1.36 ms but increased significantly for international locations.
The Yabs performance test showed mixed results. The read and write speeds for smaller block sizes were modest, with total speeds of 11.35 MB/s for 4k blocks and 135 MB/s for 64k blocks. Larger block sizes performed better, with total speeds of around 134 MB/s for 512k and 1m blocks.
The Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test highlighted the server’s strong CPU performance. It scored 1155 for single-core and 2226 for multi-core, indicating good performance in both categories. The UnixBench results further confirmed this, with high scores across various tests, particularly in file copy and shell script performance.
In conclusion, the SurferCloud China Hong Kong UHost Cloud Server offers solid CPU performance, making it suitable for compute-intensive tasks. However, its I/O speed is below par, which might affect tasks requiring fast read/write operations. This server is a viable option for users prioritizing CPU performance over I/O speed.
Official Website: https://www.SurferCloud.com
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