Zenlayer Spain Madrid High-Performance Dedicated Virtual Machine Test and Review
We recently tested the Zenlayer Spain Madrid High-Performance Dedicated vCPU Virtual Machine (Plan: h.2c4g). This server runs on an Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake) and features 2 CPU cores, 4 GB RAM, a 40 GB standard disk, a 1000 Mbps internet port, and 1 IPv4 address.
Our review covers several tests: Basic Benchmark, Yabs, and Unix Benchmark for performance checks, Global Node Test for network speeds in different locations, and Global Ping Test for latency. We also ran the Media Unlock Test for media access and the Cloudflare Internet Test for connection quality and assessed web performance using PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix.
About Zenlayer
Zenlayer, founded in 2014, has quickly established itself as a leader in the hosting industry. The company focuses on providing edge cloud services designed to accelerate dynamic content delivery, reduce latency, and offer scalable solutions for businesses of all sizes. With a presence in over 50 countries and over 300 edge nodes, Zenlayer ensures its clients can reach their target audience with minimal delay.
Several factors set Zenlayer apart from other hosting providers. Firstly, Zenlayer’s commitment to low-latency delivery ensures users experience minimal delays when accessing content. This is particularly important for businesses that rely on real-time data transmission, such as financial institutions and live-streaming platforms.
Secondly, Zenlayer’s global presence allows businesses to reach a wider audience. With edge nodes in over 50 countries, Zenlayer ensures that content is delivered quickly and efficiently, regardless of the user’s location. Zenlayer’s partnerships with leading cloud service providers, including AWS, Google Cloud, and Alibaba Cloud, further enhance this global reach.
Moreover, Zenlayer’s focus on scalability means businesses can easily adjust their infrastructure as their needs evolve. Whether a company is experiencing rapid growth or requires additional resources for a specific project, Zenlayer’s flexible solutions can accommodate these changes.
Official Website: https://www.zenlayer.com
BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed
CPU Model : Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake)
CPU Cores : 2 @ 2900.006 MHz
CPU Cache : 16384 KB
AES-NI : ✓ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✓ Enabled
Total Disk : 39.3 GB (2.1 GB Used)
Total Mem : 3.8 GB (266.6 MB Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 12 min
Load average : 0.31, 0.57, 0.31
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 : Madrid / ES
Region : Madrid
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 134 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 143 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 142 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 139.7 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 1057.61 Mbps 1031.81 Mbps 0.21 ms
Los Angeles, US 497.77 Mbps 1243.15 Mbps 148.48 ms
Dallas, US 661.60 Mbps 1261.24 Mbps 119.83 ms
Montreal, CA 558.68 Mbps 861.05 Mbps 110.53 ms
Amsterdam, NL 1037.69 Mbps 1192.24 Mbps 29.11 ms
Shanghai, CN 388.91 Mbps 1233.45 Mbps 197.98 ms
Hongkong, CN 307.46 Mbps 1270.78 Mbps 266.53 ms
Mumbai, IN 623.26 Mbps 1243.64 Mbps 135.39 ms
Singapore, SG 99.83 Mbps 344.27 Mbps 334.02 ms
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Finished in : 5 min 9 sec
Timestamp : 2024-09-21 06:54:14 UTC
YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark
Basic System Information:
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Uptime : 0 days, 0 hours, 19 minutes
Processor : Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake)
CPU cores : 2 @ 2900.006 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 3.8 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 : Madrid, Madrid (MD)
Country : Spain
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 8.00 MB/s (2.0k) | 97.84 MB/s (1.5k)
Write | 8.04 MB/s (2.0k) | 98.35 MB/s (1.5k)
Total | 16.04 MB/s (4.0k) | 196.19 MB/s (3.0k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 95.54 MB/s (186) | 94.95 MB/s (92)
Write | 100.62 MB/s (196) | 101.27 MB/s (98)
Total | 196.16 MB/s (382) | 196.22 MB/s (190)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 1.21 Gbits/sec | 1.20 Gbits/sec | 25.4 ms
Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 1.20 Gbits/sec | 1.20 Gbits/sec | 31.4 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 1.13 Gbits/sec | 1.07 Gbits/sec | 136 ms
Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 519 Mbits/sec | 246 Mbits/sec | 253 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 947 Mbits/sec | 1.10 Gbits/sec | 150 ms
Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 1.13 Gbits/sec | 1.06 Gbits/sec | 89.5 ms
Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 676 Mbits/sec | 847 Mbits/sec | 204 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 1175
Multi Core | 2128
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/7892700
YABS completed in 13 min 10 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance, A Score Higher is Better
Benchmark Run: Sat Sep 21 2024 07:10:15 - 07:38:21
2 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 37103262.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 5592.6 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 4205.7 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1016734.6 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 271581.3 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 2748933.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 1907090.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 113515.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 8112.3 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 10895.5 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 2056.2 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 2165580.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 37103262.2 3179.4
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 5592.6 1016.8
Execl Throughput 43.0 4205.7 978.1
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 1016734.6 2567.5
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 271581.3 1641.0
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 2748933.5 4739.5
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 1907090.1 1533.0
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 113515.6 283.8
Process Creation 126.0 8112.3 643.8
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 10895.5 2569.7
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 2056.2 3427.1
System Call Overhead 15000.0 2165580.4 1443.7
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1570.3
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Benchmark Run: Sat Sep 21 2024 07:38:21 - 08:06:28
2 CPUs in system; running 2 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 73617288.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 11184.0 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 7280.2 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1045562.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 270064.2 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 3204102.3 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 3769041.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 431171.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 17811.2 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 15920.0 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 2146.5 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 3172469.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 73617288.5 6308.3
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 11184.0 2033.5
Execl Throughput 43.0 7280.2 1693.1
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 1045562.4 2640.3
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 270064.2 1631.8
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 3204102.3 5524.3
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 3769041.8 3029.8
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 431171.2 1077.9
Process Creation 126.0 17811.2 1413.6
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 15920.0 3754.7
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 2146.5 3577.4
System Call Overhead 15000.0 3172469.9 2115.0
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System Benchmarks Index Score 2527.0
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Looking Glass
None
Global Latency Test
Query: ping 98.98.170.156, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 98.98.170.156 – ARIN /23 AS21859 ZEN-ECN – Spain, Madrid, Madrid [hosting]
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 909.09 MiB/s | 7272.73 Mbps | ping 0.507ms
Gdrive : 5.49 KiB/s | 0.04 Mbps | ping 0.664ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping 104.557ms
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 55.05 KiB/s | 0.43 Mbps | ping 106.924ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 724.08 KiB/s | 5.66 Mbps | ping 155.390ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 451.10 KiB/s | 3.52 Mbps | ping 123.885ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 360.09 KiB/s | 2.81 Mbps | ping 147.509ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 23.85 MiB/s | 190.78 Mbps | ping 97.057ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 22.33 MiB/s | 178.61 Mbps | ping 101.240ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 29.27 MiB/s | 234.19 Mbps | ping 24.379ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 102.84 KiB/s | 0.80 Mbps | ping 29.684ms
Hetzner, Germany : 1.41 KiB/s | 0.01 Mbps | ping 38.844ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 70.96 MiB/s | 567.66 Mbps | ping 31.432ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 2.13 MiB/s | 17.05 Mbps | ping 31.368ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 1.01 KiB/s | 0.01 Mbps | ping 49.733ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 1.41 KiB/s | 0.01 Mbps | ping 27.658ms
Online, France : 105.15 MiB/s | 841.17 Mbps | ping 24.747ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 1.18 KiB/s | 0.01 Mbps | ping 21.328ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 1.72 MiB/s | 13.78 Mbps | ping 330.319ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 336 B/s | N/A | ping 288.710ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 33.18 MiB/s | 265.43 Mbps | ping 61.115ms
Prima, Argentina : 231.71 KiB/s | 1.81 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 0 B/s | N/A | ping 172.620ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 5.17 MiB/s | 41.34 Mbps | ping 256.468ms
Linode, Singapore : 929.21 KiB/s | 7.26 Mbps | ping 387.586ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 5.25 MiB/s | 41.99 Mbps | ping 244.650ms
Benchmark finished in 109 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: ES)
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: ES)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
Spotify Registration: No
Instagram Licensed Audio: Failed (Error: PAGE ERROR)
OneTrust Region: ES [Madrid]
iQyi Oversea Region: ES
Bing Region: ES
YouTube CDN: Marseille
Netflix Preferred CDN: Failed (CDN IP Not Found)
ChatGPT: Yes
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
Official Website: https://www.zenlayer.com
Coupon
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Conclusion
In our Basic Benchmark tests, the server showed impressive network performance, with upload speeds reaching 1057.61 Mbps and download speeds up to 1270.78 Mbps. However, the I/O speed averaged 139.7 MB/s, considered poor and may affect disk-intensive tasks.
The Yabs Performance Benchmark confirmed moderate disk performance, with read and write speeds hovering around 196 MB/s for larger block sizes. This reinforces the need for improvement in I/O speeds for better disk operations.
The Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test highlighted strong CPU capabilities, scoring 1175 in single-core and 2128 in multi-core tests, both considered excellent. UnixBench results further supported this, showing high scores across various CPU performance metrics.
In conclusion, the Zenlayer server excels in CPU and network performance, making it ideal for applications that require high connectivity and processing power. However, its poor I/O speed could limit its effectiveness for tasks relying heavily on disk speed.
Official Website: https://www.zenlayer.com
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