HostUp Sweden Stockholm High-Performance VPS Hosting Test and Review
We recently tested HostUp‘s High-Performance VPS Hosting in Stockholm, Sweden (Plan: VPSXS). The server uses an AMD EPYC-Milan-v2 processor with 2 CPU cores, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB NVMe SSD storage, a 25 Gbps internet port, 2 TB of data transfer, and both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
Our review covered several tests: Basic Benchmark, Yabs, and Unix Benchmark for performance, Global Node Test for network speed from different locations, and Global Ping Test for latency. We also checked media access with The Media Unlock Test, connection quality with the CloudFlare Internet Test, and web performance using PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix.
About HostUp
HostUp.se is a web hosting company that prides itself on offering fast, reliable, and affordable hosting solutions. Based in Sweden, HostUp.se is known for providing excellent customer service and support. Whether you’re a small business owner, a blogger, or a developer, HostUp.se has a range of hosting plans to suit your needs.
Performance and Reliability
Performance is one of the most critical factors when choosing a web hosting provider. HostUp.se excels in this area, offering high-speed servers that ensure your website loads quickly. This is crucial for user experience and search engine rankings. Additionally, HostUp.se guarantees an impressive uptime, meaning your website will be accessible to visitors almost always.
Flexible Hosting Plans
HostUp.se offers a variety of hosting plans to cater to different needs. Whether you’re looking for shared hosting, VPS hosting, or dedicated servers, HostUp.se has you covered. Each plan has various features to enhance your website’s performance and security. For instance, their VPS hosting plans provide root access, allowing you to customize your server environment.
Official Website: https://www.HostUp.se
BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed
CPU Model : AMD EPYC-Milan-v2 Processor
CPU Cores : 2 @ 2644.834 MHz
CPU Cache : 512 KB
AES-NI : ✓ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✗ Disabled
Total Disk : 50.0 GB (2.5 GB Used)
Total Mem : 3.8 GB (263.8 MB Used)
System uptime : 1 days, 20 hour 49 min
Load average : 0.07, 0.08, 0.04
OS : Debian GNU/Linux 11
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 5.10.0-20-amd64
TCP CC : bbr
Virtualization : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✓ Online / ✓ Online
Organization : AS214640 Hostup AB
Location : Stockholm / SE
Region : Stockholm
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 856 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 1.8 GB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 2.8 GB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 1855.5 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 21485.94 Mbps 12805.20 Mbps 0.47 ms
Los Angeles, US 507.04 Mbps 4847.21 Mbps 160.13 ms
Dallas, US 619.05 Mbps 5101.51 Mbps 132.32 ms
Montreal, CA 625.93 Mbps 919.76 Mbps 99.86 ms
Amsterdam, NL 3893.33 Mbps 7979.50 Mbps 21.48 ms
Mumbai, IN 595.01 Mbps 5678.52 Mbps 133.88 ms
Singapore, SG 132.95 Mbps 482.76 Mbps 255.67 ms
Tokyo, JP 250.73 Mbps 3084.08 Mbps 249.38 ms
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Finished in : 4 min 22 sec
Timestamp : 2024-09-03 00:00:09 UTC
YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark
Basic System Information:
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Uptime : 1 days, 20 hours, 54 minutes
Processor : AMD EPYC-Milan-v2 Processor
CPU cores : 2 @ 2644.834 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ❌ Disabled
RAM : 3.8 GiB
Swap : 0.0 KiB
Disk : 50.0 GiB
Distro : Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Kernel : 5.10.0-20-amd64
VM Type : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ✔ Online
IPv6 Network Information:
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ISP : Hostup AB
ASN : AS214640 Hostup AB
Host : Hostup AB
Location : Stockholm, Stockholm County (AB)
Country : Sweden
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 166.30 MB/s (41.5k) | 1.20 GB/s (18.8k)
Write | 166.73 MB/s (41.6k) | 1.21 GB/s (18.9k)
Total | 333.03 MB/s (83.2k) | 2.42 GB/s (37.8k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 2.58 GB/s (5.0k) | 2.69 GB/s (2.6k)
Write | 2.71 GB/s (5.3k) | 2.87 GB/s (2.8k)
Total | 5.30 GB/s (10.3k) | 5.57 GB/s (5.4k)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 7.05 Gbits/sec | 7.51 Gbits/sec | 25.4 ms
Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 9.00 Gbits/sec | 9.86 Gbits/sec | 20.8 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 2.30 Gbits/sec | 2.59 Gbits/sec | 76.6 ms
Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 540 Mbits/sec | 680 Mbits/sec | 190 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 945 Mbits/sec | 1.15 Gbits/sec | 149 ms
Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 1.71 Gbits/sec | 1.98 Gbits/sec | 94.1 ms
Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 624 Mbits/sec | 777 Mbits/sec | 221 ms
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 6.75 Gbits/sec | 6.89 Gbits/sec | 25.1 ms
Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 8.66 Gbits/sec | 9.18 Gbits/sec | 20.8 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 2.12 Gbits/sec | 2.46 Gbits/sec | 76.5 ms
Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 776 Mbits/sec | 938 Mbits/sec | 190 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 962 Mbits/sec | 1.12 Gbits/sec | 149 ms
Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 1.71 Gbits/sec | 1.96 Gbits/sec | 94.1 ms
Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 603 Mbits/sec | 765 Mbits/sec | 221 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
|
Single Core | 1598
Multi Core | 2941
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/7608232
YABS completed in 13 min 37 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance, A Score Higher is Better
Benchmark Run: Tue Sep 03 2024 00:18:21 - 00:46:20
2 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 47550927.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 8054.7 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 5388.0 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1484163.1 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 399782.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 4387655.1 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 2649274.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 47412.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 10926.7 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 12931.4 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 2362.8 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 3392708.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 47550927.1 4074.6
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 8054.7 1464.5
Execl Throughput 43.0 5388.0 1253.0
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 1484163.1 3747.9
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 399782.5 2415.6
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 4387655.1 7564.9
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 2649274.5 2129.6
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 47412.1 118.5
Process Creation 126.0 10926.7 867.2
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 12931.4 3049.9
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 2362.8 3938.0
System Call Overhead 15000.0 3392708.0 2261.8
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1951.2
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Benchmark Run: Tue Sep 03 2024 00:46:20 - 01:14:20
2 CPUs in system; running 2 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 95679453.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 16084.1 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 8515.1 lps (29.8 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1245322.3 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 355154.9 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 3213811.6 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 5225802.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 511487.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 23381.4 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 17841.1 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 2443.4 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 4761294.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 95679453.0 8198.8
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 16084.1 2924.4
Execl Throughput 43.0 8515.1 1980.2
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 1245322.3 3144.8
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 355154.9 2146.0
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 3213811.6 5541.1
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 5225802.3 4200.8
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 511487.2 1278.7
Process Creation 126.0 23381.4 1855.7
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 17841.1 4207.8
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 2443.4 4072.4
System Call Overhead 15000.0 4761294.5 3174.2
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System Benchmarks Index Score 3152.2
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Looking Glass
None
Global Latency Test
Query: ping 206.168.212.237, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 206.168.212.237 – ARIN /22 AS214640 HOSTUP – Sweden, Stockholm County [business]
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 116.14 MiB/s | 929.15 Mbps | ping 20.821ms
Gdrive : 6.04 KiB/s | 0.05 Mbps | ping 0.733ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 16.87 KiB/s | 0.13 Mbps | ping 113.002ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 358.10 KiB/s | 2.80 Mbps | ping 152.466ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 469.84 KiB/s | 3.67 Mbps | ping 124.568ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 368.08 KiB/s | 2.88 Mbps | ping 152.747ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 24.31 MiB/s | 194.48 Mbps | ping 94.729ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 19.74 MiB/s | 157.90 Mbps | ping 111.523ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 2.78 MiB/s | 22.26 Mbps | ping 25.579ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 60.91 KiB/s | 0.48 Mbps | ping 27.742ms
Hetzner, Germany : 945 B/s | N/A | ping 25.384ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 89.88 MiB/s | 719.08 Mbps | ping 22.163ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 53.76 MiB/s | 430.11 Mbps | ping 20.164ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 4.65 KiB/s | 0.04 Mbps | ping 1.613ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 1.31 KiB/s | 0.01 Mbps | ping 25.980ms
Online, France : 77.41 MiB/s | 619.27 Mbps | ping 28.854ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 658 B/s | N/A | ping 37.923ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 2.94 MiB/s | 23.51 Mbps | ping 290.703ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Hosteasy, Moldova : 31.12 MiB/s | 248.99 Mbps | ping 63.392ms
Prima, Argentina : 167.54 KiB/s | 1.31 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 0 B/s | N/A | ping 196.672ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 6.00 MiB/s | 48.03 Mbps | ping 238.197ms
Linode, Singapore : 410 B/s | N/A | ping 195.544ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 4.03 MiB/s | 32.27 Mbps | ping 264.376ms
Benchmark finished in 95 seconds
CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Media Unlock Test
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Yes (Region: SE)
Disney+: No (IP Banned By Disney+ 1)
Netflix: Yes (Region: SE)
YouTube Premium: Yes (Region: SE)
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: US)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
Spotify Registration: No
Instagram Licensed Audio: No
OneTrust Region: SE [Stockholm County]
iQyi Oversea Region: US
Bing Region: SE (Risky)
YouTube CDN: Stockholm
Netflix Preferred CDN: Failed (CDN IP Not Found)
ChatGPT: Yes
Google Gemini: No
Wikipedia Editability: Yes
Google Search CAPTCHA Free: Yes
Steam Currency: EUR
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Reddit: No
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Admin Control Panel
Managing your website should be straightforward, and HostUp.se makes this possible with its user-friendly control panel. The control panel is intuitive and easy to navigate, even for those who are not tech-savvy. You can manage your domains, set up email accounts, and install applications with just a few clicks. This ease of use is one of the reasons why many customers choose HostUp.se.
Server Pricing
Official Website: https://www.HostUp.se
Coupon
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Conclusion
In our Basic Benchmark tests, the I/O speed impressed us with an average of 1855.5 MB/s, which we rate excellent. Upload and download speeds were also strong, with notable performance in locations like Amsterdam, where download speeds reached 7979.50 Mbps. Latency remained low, especially in local and European tests.
The Yabs performance bench confirmed the server’s robust disk speed, achieving a total read/write speed of 5.57 GB/s with a 1m block size. These results indicate excellent I/O performance, ensuring fast data access and transfer.
In the Geekbench 6 test, the server scored 1598 in single-core and 2941 in multi-core performance, both of which are good. The UnixBench results further highlighted the server’s capabilities, with high file copy and shell script performance scores, demonstrating its strength in handling various tasks efficiently.
HostUp’s VPSXS plan offers impressive performance, excellent I/O speeds, and solid processing power. This makes it a great choice for users needing reliable and fast VPS hosting in Stockholm.
Official Website: https://www.HostUp.se
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