DigitalOcean Netherlands Amsterdam Dedicated CPU-Optimized Droplets Test and Review
We recently tested DigitalOcean‘s Dedicated CPU-optimized droplets in Amsterdam, Netherlands, priced at $42 monthly. This server runs on an Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 CPU @ 2.70GHz with 2 CPU cores, 4 GB RAM, 25 GB SSD storage, a 1 Gbps internet port, 4 TB of traffic, and one IPv4 address.
Our review covers several tests: Basic Benchmark, Yabs, and Unix Benchmark for performance, Global Node Test for network speeds from different locations, and Global Ping Test for latency. We also check media access with The Media Unlock Test, connection quality with the CloudFlare Internet Test, and web performance using PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix.
About DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean is a cloud infrastructure provider that offers cloud services to help deploy, manage, and scale applications. Founded in 2011, it has grown rapidly, becoming a go-to platform for developers due to its user-friendly interface and cost-effective solutions. DigitalOcean’s mission is to simplify cloud computing so developers can spend more time building software that changes the world.
Simplicity and Ease of Use: One of DigitalOcean’s biggest strengths is its simplicity. The platform is designed to be user-friendly, with an intuitive interface that makes deploying and managing resources easy. Even if you’re new to cloud hosting, you’ll find DigitalOcean straightforward to navigate.
Cost-Effective Solutions: DigitalOcean offers competitive pricing, making it an attractive option for startups and small businesses. With transparent pricing and no hidden fees, you can easily predict costs and scale your infrastructure as needed.
Performance and Reliability: DigitalOcean’s infrastructure is built for performance. With SSD-based storage and a global network of data centers, you can expect fast and reliable service. The platform also boasts a 99.99% uptime SLA, ensuring your applications are always available.
Official website: https://www.digitalocean.com
BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed
CPU Model : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8168 CPU @ 2.70GHz
CPU Cores : 2 @ 2693.670 MHz
CPU Cache : 4096 KB
AES-NI : ✓ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✓ Enabled
Total Disk : 24.6 GB (1.6 GB Used)
Total Mem : 3.8 GB (206.6 MB Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 11 min
Load average : 0.24, 0.17, 0.10
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 : AS14061 DigitalOcean, LLC
Location : Amsterdam / NL
Region : North Holland
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 332 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 299 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 324 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 318.3 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 1976.97 Mbps 8306.04 Mbps 0.50 ms
Los Angeles, US 570.41 Mbps 4754.09 Mbps 141.89 ms
Dallas, US 728.72 Mbps 6666.82 Mbps 112.16 ms
Montreal, CA 586.14 Mbps 824.19 Mbps 83.53 ms
Amsterdam, NL 1984.43 Mbps 6201.43 Mbps 1.56 ms
Shanghai, CN 282.86 Mbps 1759.87 Mbps 256.34 ms
Hongkong, CN 404.29 Mbps 3888.38 Mbps 192.45 ms
Mumbai, IN 645.72 Mbps 6182.50 Mbps 125.22 ms
Singapore, SG 143.45 Mbps 521.19 Mbps 233.98 ms
Tokyo, JP 323.88 Mbps 3168.96 Mbps 238.93 ms
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Finished in : 5 min 4 sec
Timestamp : 2024-09-12 00:48:15 UTC
YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark
Basic System Information:
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Uptime : 0 days, 0 hours, 33 minutes
Processor : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8168 CPU @ 2.70GHz
CPU cores : 2 @ 2693.670 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 3.8 GiB
Swap : 0.0 KiB
Disk : 24.6 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 : DigitalOcean, LLC
ASN : AS14061 DigitalOcean, LLC
Host : Digital Ocean
Location : Amsterdam, 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 | 37.60 MB/s (9.4k) | 106.69 MB/s (1.6k)
Write | 37.69 MB/s (9.4k) | 107.25 MB/s (1.6k)
Total | 75.29 MB/s (18.8k) | 213.95 MB/s (3.3k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 125.44 MB/s (245) | 158.49 MB/s (154)
Write | 132.11 MB/s (258) | 169.05 MB/s (165)
Total | 257.55 MB/s (503) | 327.55 MB/s (319)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 2.01 Gbits/sec | 6.00 Gbits/sec | 9.73 ms
Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 2.02 Gbits/sec | 8.70 Gbits/sec | 0.932 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 1.68 Gbits/sec | 1.94 Gbits/sec | 95.2 ms
Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 833 Mbits/sec | 997 Mbits/sec | 166 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 1.05 Gbits/sec | 1.22 Gbits/sec | 141 ms
Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 1.87 Gbits/sec | 2.47 Gbits/sec | 75.9 ms
Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 720 Mbits/sec | 895 Mbits/sec | 200 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 1168
Multi Core | 1377
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/7726950
YABS completed in 14 min 1 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance, A Score Higher is Better
Benchmark Run: Thu Sep 12 2024 01:25:58 - 01:54:06
2 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 42947717.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 6469.5 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 3579.5 lps (29.5 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 428293.9 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 113065.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1311238.6 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 576551.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 93091.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 6465.8 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 7778.2 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1348.4 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 301167.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 42947717.7 3680.2
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 6469.5 1176.3
Execl Throughput 43.0 3579.5 832.4
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 428293.9 1081.6
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 113065.0 683.2
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1311238.6 2260.8
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 576551.6 463.5
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 93091.9 232.7
Process Creation 126.0 6465.8 513.2
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 7778.2 1834.5
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1348.4 2247.4
System Call Overhead 15000.0 301167.6 200.8
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System Benchmarks Index Score 898.2
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Benchmark Run: Thu Sep 12 2024 01:54:06 - 02:22:12
2 CPUs in system; running 2 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 61192273.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 11783.2 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 4792.3 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 540612.9 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 141400.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1727770.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 716945.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 166750.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 12548.4 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 10170.7 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1370.6 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 346202.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 61192273.5 5243.6
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 11783.2 2142.4
Execl Throughput 43.0 4792.3 1114.5
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 540612.9 1365.2
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 141400.0 854.4
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1727770.5 2978.9
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 716945.4 576.3
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 166750.8 416.9
Process Creation 126.0 12548.4 995.9
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 10170.7 2398.8
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1370.6 2284.3
System Call Overhead 15000.0 346202.9 230.8
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1239.6
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Looking Glass
None
Global Latency Test
Query: ping 188.166.96.20, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 188.166.96.20 – RIPENCC /18 AS14061 DIGITALOCEAN – The Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam [hosting]
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 892.86 MiB/s | 7142.86 Mbps | ping 0.653ms
Gdrive : 7.67 KiB/s | 0.06 Mbps | ping 0.763ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping 82.579ms
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 65.67 KiB/s | 0.51 Mbps | ping 97.854ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 413.87 KiB/s | 3.23 Mbps | ping 135.761ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 470.19 KiB/s | 3.67 Mbps | ping 118.909ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 640.16 KiB/s | 5.00 Mbps | ping 142.600ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 30.82 MiB/s | 246.59 Mbps | ping 75.923ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 24.56 MiB/s | 196.48 Mbps | ping 94.352ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 44.54 MiB/s | 356.35 Mbps | ping 10.467ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 659.87 KiB/s | 5.16 Mbps | ping 8.522ms
Hetzner, Germany : 1.87 KiB/s | 0.01 Mbps | ping 9.766ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 108.37 MiB/s | 866.98 Mbps | ping 2.882ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 110.86 MiB/s | 886.92 Mbps | ping 0.914ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 2.59 KiB/s | 0.02 Mbps | ping 30.235ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 7.19 KiB/s | 0.06 Mbps | ping 8.663ms
Online, France : 216.74 MiB/s | 1733.95 Mbps | ping 10.220ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 1.23 KiB/s | 0.01 Mbps | ping 25.593ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 3.81 MiB/s | 30.51 Mbps | ping 268.427ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Hosteasy, Moldova : 38.15 MiB/s | 305.23 Mbps | ping 53.485ms
Prima, Argentina : 176.69 KiB/s | 1.38 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 0 B/s | N/A | ping 171.820ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 5.86 MiB/s | 46.85 Mbps | ping 241.115ms
Linode, Singapore : 10.32 MiB/s | 82.54 Mbps | ping 167.480ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 4.70 MiB/s | 37.60 Mbps | ping 254.841ms
Benchmark finished in 89 seconds
CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Media Unlock Test
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: No
Disney+: No (IP Banned By Disney+ 1)
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Yes (Region: NL)
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: NL)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
Spotify Registration: No
Instagram Licensed Audio: No
OneTrust Region: NL [North Holland]
iQyi Oversea Region: INTL
Bing Region: NL
YouTube CDN: Amsterdam
Netflix Preferred CDN: Failed (CDN IP Not Found)
ChatGPT: No (Only Available with Web Browser)
Google Gemini: No
Wikipedia Editability: No
Google Search CAPTCHA Free: Yes
Steam Currency: EUR
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Reddit: No
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Admin Control Panel
Server Pricing
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Conclusion
In our Basic Benchmark test, the I/O speed averaged 318.3 MB/s, which is good. Upload speeds reached 1984.43 Mbps in Amsterdam, while download speeds peaked at 8306.04 Mbps on Speedtest.net. Latency was impressively low at 0.50 ms locally, though it increased with distance, reaching 256.34 ms in Shanghai.
The Yabs Performance Bench showed mixed results, with disk read and write speeds averaging 75.29 MB/s for 4k blocks and 327.55 MB/s for 1m blocks. These speeds are adequate for most tasks but could be improved for more demanding applications.
In the Geekbench 6 test, the server scored 1168 for single-core and 1377 for multi-core performance, which is suitable for many applications. The UnixBench results highlighted strong CPU performance, with scores reflecting efficient processing capabilities.
In conclusion, DigitalOcean’s dedicated CPU-optimized droplets offer solid performance at a price, with good I/O speeds and reliable network performance. This makes them a great choice for users seeking a balance between cost and capability.
Official website: https://www.digitalocean.com
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