Zenlayer Peru Lima Intel Xeon General-Purpose Virtual Machine Test and Review
We recently tested the Zenlayer Peru Lima General-Purpose Virtual Machine (Plan: g.2c8g). The server runs on an Intel Xeon Processor (Icelake) and has the following specs: 2 CPU cores, 8 GB RAM, 40 GB standard disk, 1 Gbps internet port, and 1 IPv4 address.
Our review covers several tests: Basic Benchmark, Yabs, and Unix Benchmark for performance metrics, Global Node Test for network speeds from 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 Zenlayer
Zenlayer offers a range of services designed to meet the diverse needs of businesses. One of their standout offerings is their hyperconnected cloud. This service allows businesses to deploy and run applications on a cloud platform that reaches 85% of internet users in less than 25 milliseconds. This means faster application performance and a better user experience for customers worldwide.
In addition to their hyperconnected cloud, Zenlayer provides bare metal servers. These are 100% dedicated servers with high-performance Intel® Xeon® processors. Businesses can benefit from the power and reliability of these servers, ensuring their applications run smoothly and efficiently. For those looking for a more scalable and affordable option, Zenlayer also offers virtual machines. These virtual machines can be customized to meet specific needs and scale on demand.
One of the key advantages of Zenlayer is its global network. With over 300 edge nodes and 10,000+ global peers, Zenlayer’s network is optimized for low-latency delivery. Data can be transmitted quickly and efficiently, reducing lag and improving overall performance. Businesses can also use Zenlayer’s private global network, which avoids public internet congestion and provides a more secure and reliable connection.
Zenlayer’s services are not limited to just hosting. They also offer a range of networking solutions. For example, their multi-cloud networking service allows businesses to move workloads in real-time and create seamless multi-cloud networks. This is particularly useful for businesses that operate in multiple regions and need to ensure their applications are always available and performing at their best.
Official Website: https://www.zenlayer.com
BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed
CPU Model : Intel Xeon Processor (Icelake)
CPU Cores : 2 @ 2394.354 MHz
CPU Cache : 16384 KB
AES-NI : ✓ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✓ Enabled
Total Disk : 39.3 GB (2.0 GB Used)
Total Mem : 7.8 GB (256.9 MB Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 20 min
Load average : 0.35, 0.34, 0.25
OS : Debian GNU/Linux 11
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 5.10.0-19-amd64
TCP CC : bbr
Virtualization : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✓ Online / ✗ Offline
Organization : AS21859 Zenlayer Inc
Location : Lima / PE
Region : Lima Province
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 151 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 158 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 151 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 153.3 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 737.90 Mbps 1263.30 Mbps 110.02 ms
Los Angeles, US 729.35 Mbps 1260.06 Mbps 111.09 ms
Dallas, US 776.28 Mbps 1257.84 Mbps 105.01 ms
Montreal, CA 506.98 Mbps 786.34 Mbps 91.92 ms
Amsterdam, NL 505.30 Mbps 1241.90 Mbps 161.05 ms
Hongkong, CN 0.53 Mbps 0.29 Mbps 275.24 ms
Mumbai, IN 222.91 Mbps 1226.04 Mbps 287.53 ms
Singapore, SG 52.77 Mbps 21.92 Mbps 368.75 ms
Tokyo, JP 328.66 Mbps 1247.43 Mbps 237.55 ms
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Finished in : 5 min 32 sec
Timestamp : 2024-07-21 01:01:06 UTC
YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark
Basic System Information:
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Uptime : 0 days, 0 hours, 27 minutes
Processor : Intel Xeon Processor (Icelake)
CPU cores : 2 @ 2394.354 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 7.8 GiB
Swap : 0.0 KiB
Disk : 39.3 GiB
Distro : Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Kernel : 5.10.0-19-amd64
VM Type : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline
IPv4 Network Information:
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ISP : Zenlayer Inc
ASN : AS21859 Zenlayer Inc
Host : Zenlayer Inc
Location : Lima, Lima Province (LMA)
Country : Peru
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 7.89 MB/s (1.9k) | 96.08 MB/s (1.5k)
Write | 7.92 MB/s (1.9k) | 96.58 MB/s (1.5k)
Total | 15.82 MB/s (3.9k) | 192.67 MB/s (3.0k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 95.21 MB/s (185) | 94.53 MB/s (92)
Write | 100.27 MB/s (195) | 100.82 MB/s (98)
Total | 195.49 MB/s (380) | 195.35 MB/s (190)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 911 Mbits/sec | 1.03 Gbits/sec | 155 ms
Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 895 Mbits/sec | 1.11 Gbits/sec | 160 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 511 Mbits/sec | 662 Mbits/sec | 256 ms
Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | busy | busy | 299 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | busy | 1.14 Gbits/sec | 109 ms
Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 1.13 Gbits/sec | 1.04 Gbits/sec | 97.8 ms
Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 1.15 Gbits/sec | 1.16 Gbits/sec | 78.8 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 1349
Multi Core | 2438
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/6995241
YABS completed in 13 min 24 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance, A Score Higher is Better
Benchmark Run: Sun Jul 21 2024 01:18:03 - 01:46:26
2 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 39382906.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 5614.5 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 5292.5 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1169525.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 322423.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 2444376.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 2193976.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 160150.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 10159.7 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 12605.1 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 2387.8 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 2476192.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 39382906.3 3374.7
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 5614.5 1020.8
Execl Throughput 43.0 5292.5 1230.8
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 1169525.0 2953.3
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 322423.0 1948.2
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 2444376.4 4214.4
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 2193976.0 1763.6
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 160150.9 400.4
Process Creation 126.0 10159.7 806.3
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 12605.1 2972.9
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 2387.8 3979.6
System Call Overhead 15000.0 2476192.4 1650.8
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1798.2
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Benchmark Run: Sun Jul 21 2024 01:46:26 - 02:14:48
2 CPUs in system; running 2 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 79406572.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 11202.6 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 8645.7 lps (29.5 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1147565.3 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 303001.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 3098684.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 4299854.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 463250.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 22885.3 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 17858.5 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 2413.3 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 3704662.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 79406572.7 6804.3
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 11202.6 2036.8
Execl Throughput 43.0 8645.7 2010.6
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 1147565.3 2897.9
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 303001.4 1830.8
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 3098684.0 5342.6
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 4299854.2 3456.5
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 463250.9 1158.1
Process Creation 126.0 22885.3 1816.3
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 17858.5 4211.9
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 2413.3 4022.1
System Call Overhead 15000.0 3704662.5 2469.8
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System Benchmarks Index Score 2808.0
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Looking Glass
None
Global Latency Test
Query: ping 98.98.0.232, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 98.98.0.232 – ARIN /23 AS21859 ZEN-ECN – United States [hosting]
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 29.57 MiB/s | 236.55 Mbps | ping 77.782ms
Gdrive : 2.70 KiB/s | 0.02 Mbps | ping 100.060ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 1.86 MiB/s | 14.86 Mbps | ping 90.443ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 674.93 KiB/s | 5.27 Mbps | ping 86.451ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 13.63 MiB/s | 109.05 Mbps | ping 142.281ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 16.64 MiB/s | 133.15 Mbps | ping 105.459ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 19.36 MiB/s | 154.85 Mbps | ping 109.408ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 23.85 MiB/s | 190.78 Mbps | ping 97.433ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 24.50 MiB/s | 196.03 Mbps | ping 95.101ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 12.09 MiB/s | 96.69 Mbps | ping 153.724ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 22.30 KiB/s | 0.17 Mbps | ping 182.107ms
Hetzner, Germany : 201 B/s | N/A | ping 172.713ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 12.04 MiB/s | 96.34 Mbps | ping 162.096ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 11.27 MiB/s | 90.13 Mbps | ping 160.815ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 272 B/s | N/A | ping 196.646ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 295 B/s | N/A | ping 168.361ms
Online, France : 9.79 MiB/s | 78.33 Mbps | ping 167.022ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 179 B/s | N/A | ping 189.193ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 2.56 MiB/s | 20.44 Mbps | ping 297.301ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 219 B/s | N/A | ping 287.982ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 3.42 MiB/s | 27.37 Mbps | ping 205.461ms
Prima, Argentina : 10.80 MiB/s | 86.44 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 171.05 KiB/s | 1.34 Mbps | ping 325.589ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 6.78 MiB/s | 54.23 Mbps | ping 211.338ms
Linode, Singapore : 3.08 MiB/s | 24.66 Mbps | ping 289.495ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 5.86 MiB/s | 46.88 Mbps | ping 236.253ms
Benchmark finished in 186 seconds
CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Media Unlock Test
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Yes (Region: US)
Disney+: No (IP Banned By Disney+ 1)
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Yes (Region: PE)
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: PE)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
Spotify Registration: No
Instagram Licensed Audio: No
OneTrust Region: US [Unknown]
iQyi Oversea Region: PE
Bing Region: US
YouTube CDN: [PITPE] in [Lima]
Netflix Preferred CDN: Failed (CDN IP Not Found)
ChatGPT: Yes
Wikipedia Editability: No
Google Search CAPTCHA Free: Yes
Steam Currency: USD
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Reddit: No
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Admin Control Panel
Zenlayer’s services are also designed to be easy to use and deploy. Businesses can quickly get their applications and networks up and running with tools like Terraform, APIs, and Zenlayer’s web console. This ease of use is a significant advantage for businesses that need to deploy new services quickly and efficiently.
Server Pricing
Another standout feature of Zenlayer is its flexible billing terms. Businesses can choose from pay-as-you-go and multiple bandwidth pricing models, making it easier to manage costs and budget effectively. This flexibility is a significant advantage for businesses of all sizes, allowing them to scale their services up or down as needed without worrying about unexpected costs.
Official Website: https://www.zenlayer.com
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Conclusion
We tested the Zenlayer Peru Lima General-Purpose Virtual Machine (Plan: g.2c8g), which runs on an Intel Xeon Processor (Icelake) with 2 CPU cores, 8 GB RAM, 40 GB standard disk, 1 Gbps internet port, and 1 IPv4 address. The Basic Bench test revealed an average I/O speed of 153.3 MB/s, which is considered poor. However, the server showed impressive download speeds, reaching up to 1263.30 Mbps in some locations.
The Yabs Performance Bench showed mixed results. The disk speed tests indicated moderate performance, with total IOPS ranging from 190 to 3.9k across different block sizes. The Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test returned a single-core score of 1349 and a multi-core score of 2438, which is considered good for this server type.
The UnixBench test, which measures CPU performance, significantly improved when running parallel tests. The single-core test resulted in a System Benchmarks Index Score of 1798.2, while the dual-core test improved to 2808.0. This indicates that the server performs well under multi-threaded workloads.
In conclusion, the Zenlayer Peru Lima General-Purpose Virtual Machine shows mixed performance. While its I/O speed is below average, it excels in download speeds and CPU performance, especially in multi-threaded scenarios. This server would suit applications with good CPU performance and high download speeds but might struggle with I/O-intensive tasks. Consider your specific needs when deciding if this server is right for your project.
Official Website: https://www.zenlayer.com
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