Sharktech United States Los Angeles Intel Core Broadwell Cloud Virtual Server Test and Review
We recently tested the Sharktech Los Angeles Cloud Virtual Server (Plan: XS) to evaluate its performance and suitability for various web hosting needs. The server has an Intel Core Processor (Broadwell), 1 CPU core, 2 GB of RAM, 40 GB SSD storage, and a 1 Gbps internet port. Running on Debian GNU/Linux 11, the server showed solid performance in benchmarks and tests, making it a viable option for lightweight applications.
About Sharktech
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Sharktech is an infrastructure company founded in 2003. They initially gained recognition as a market-first provider of DDoS-protected solutions. Over the years, Sharktech has expanded its offerings to include a wide range of cloud infrastructure services. They operate in five locations: Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Denver, Chicago, and Amsterdam.
Sharktech serves over 1,000 businesses in 73 countries. Their services include dedicated servers, public and private cloud services, cloud virtual servers, colocation, remote DDoS protection, IP transit, and game server hosting. They also offer Acronis Cyber Protection for backup and disaster recovery.
Official Website: https://Sharktech.net
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Basic Information
Processor : Intel Core Processor (Broadwell)
CPU Numbers : 1
CPU Frequency : 2099.996 MHz
CPU Cache : L1: 64.00 KB / L2: 4.00 MB / L3: 16.00 MB
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 299.04 MiB / 1.94 GiB
Swap : 0 KiB / 2.00 GiB
Disk Space : 1.43 GiB / 37.24 GiB
Boot Disk : /dev/vda1
Uptime : 0 days, 4 hour 58 min
Loads : 1.04, 0.59, 0.52
OS Release : Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) (x86_64)
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel Version : 5.10.0-26-cloud-amd64
TCP Acceleration : bbr
VM Type : KVM
NAT Type : Full Cone
IPV4 ASN : AS46844 Sharktech
IPV4 Location : Los Angeles / California / US
GB6 Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
|
Single Core | 761
Multi Core | 749
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/9961522
YABS completed in 18 min 1 sec
RAM Read/Write Tests
----------------------------Memory-Test---------------------------------
-> Memory Test (Fast Mode, 1-Pass @ 5sec)
Single Read Test: 16196.31 MB/s
Single Write Test: 11227.40 MB/s
Running memory speed test with the following options:
block size: 1KiB
total size: 102400MiB
operation: read
scope: global
Initializing worker threads...
Threads started!
Total operations: 43698475 (4368835.30 per second)
42674.29 MiB transferred (4266.44 MiB/sec)
General statistics:
total time: 10.0002s
total number of events: 43698475
Latency (ms):
min: 0.00
avg: 0.00
max: 12.02
95th percentile: 0.00
sum: 3313.60
Threads fairness:
events (avg/stddev): 43698475.0000/0.00
execution time (avg/stddev): 3.3136/0.00
Running memory speed test with the following options:
block size: 1KiB
total size: 102400MiB
operation: write
scope: global
Initializing worker threads...
Threads started!
Total operations: 36912176 (3690229.07 per second)
36047.05 MiB transferred (3603.74 MiB/sec)
General statistics:
total time: 10.0002s
total number of events: 36912176
Latency (ms):
min: 0.00
avg: 0.00
max: 12.09
95th percentile: 0.00
sum: 4729.41
Threads fairness:
events (avg/stddev): 36912176.0000/0.00
execution time (avg/stddev): 4.7294/0.00
Disk Read/Write Tests
------------------------Disk-dd-Read/Write-Test-------------------------
-> Disk test in progress (4K Block/1M Block, Direct Mode)
Block Size Write Test Read Test
100MB-4K Block 58.6 MB/s (14.32 IOPS, 1.79s)) 76.7 MB/s (18724 IOPS, 1.37s)
1GB-1M Block 341 MB/s (326 IOPS, 3.07s) 2.1 GB/s (2005 IOPS, 0.50s)
-----------------------Disk-fio-Read/Write-Test-------------------------
Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 43.53 MB/s (10.8k) | 11.33 MB/s (177)
Write | 43.61 MB/s (10.9k) | 11.91 MB/s (186)
Total | 87.14 MB/s (21.7k) | 23.24 MB/s (363)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 52.57 MB/s (102) | 55.11 MB/s (53)
Write | 55.28 MB/s (107) | 59.21 MB/s (57)
Total | 107.86 MB/s (209) | 114.32 MB/s (110)
Iperf3 Network Tests
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 21.7 Mbits/sec | busy | 126 ms
Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 116 Mbits/sec | 26.5 Mbits/sec | 146 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 67.7 Mbits/sec | 15.9 Mbits/sec | 243 ms
Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 16.0 Mbits/sec | 22.2 Mbits/sec | 177 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 8.90 Gbits/sec | 2.55 Gbits/sec | 0.336 ms
Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 47.6 Mbits/sec | 68.8 Mbits/sec | 59.0 ms
Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 16.1 Mbits/sec | 23.8 Mbits/sec | 163 ms UnixBench Tests
Benchmark Run: Fri Jan 17 2025 05:49:34 - 06:19:27
1 CPU in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 28738071.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 5592.4 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 3082.7 lps (29.5 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 630215.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 164500.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1889345.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 940776.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 164881.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 7794.3 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 6522.7 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 857.7 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 677207.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 28738071.8 2462.6
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 5592.4 1016.8
Execl Throughput 43.0 3082.7 716.9
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 630215.4 1591.5
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 164500.5 994.0
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1889345.4 3257.5
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 940776.3 756.3
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 164881.3 412.2
Process Creation 126.0 7794.3 618.6
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 6522.7 1538.4
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 857.7 1429.5
System Call Overhead 15000.0 677207.0 451.5
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1048.8
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Streaming Unlock Tests
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Failed (Error: )
Disney+: No (IP Banned By Disney+ 1)
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Yes (Region: US)
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: US)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
Spotify Registration: No
OneTrust Region: US [California]
iQyi Oversea Region: US
Bing Region: US
YouTube CDN: Los Angeles, CA
Netflix Preferred CDN: Failed (CDN IP Not Found)
ChatGPT: Yes
Google Gemini: Yes (Region: USA)
Wikipedia Editability: No
Google Play Store: United States
Google Search CAPTCHA Free: Yes
Steam Currency: USD
---Forum---
Reddit: No
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IP Quality Detection
Data for reference only, does not represent 100% accurate, if and the actual situation is not consistent with the manual query multiple database comparison
The following is the number of each database, the output will come with the corresponding number of the database source
ipinfo databases [0] | scamalytics databases [1] | virustotal databases [2] | abuseipdb databases [3] | ip2location databases [4]
ip-api databases [5] | ipwhois databases [6] | ipregistry databases [7] | ipdata databases [8] | db-ip databases [9]
ipapiis databases [A] | ipapicom databases [B] | bigdatacloud databases [C] | cheervision databases [D] | ipqualityscore databases [E]
IPV4:
Security Score:
Reputation: 0 [2]
TrustScore: 0 [8]
VpnScore: 100 [8]
ProxyScore: 100 [8]
CommunityVoteHarmless: 0 [2]
CommunityVoteMalicious: 0 [2]
ThreatScore: 100 [8]
FraudScore: 43 [1] 93 [E]
AbuseScore: 0 [3]
ASNAbuseScore: 0.0024 (Low) [A]
CompannyAbuseScore: 0.0015 (Low) [A]
ThreatLevel: low [9 B]
Blacklist_Records_Statistics(how many blacklisted websites have records):
HarmlessnessRecords: 0 [2] MaliciousRecords: 0 [2] SuspiciousRecords: 0 [2] NoRecords: 94 [2]
Security Info:
UsageType: hosting - high probability [C] hosting [0 7 9 A] business [8] DataCenter/WebHosting/Transit [3]
CompanyType: hosting [0 A] business [7]
IsCloudProvider: Yes [7 D]
IsDatacenter: Yes [0 5 6 A C] No [1 8]
IsMobile: Yes [E] No [5 A C]
IsProxy: No [0 1 4 7 8 9 A B C D] Yes [5 6 E]
IsVpn: Yes [7 A D E] No [0 1 6 C]
IsTorExit: No [1 7 D]
IsTorExit: No [1 7 D]
IsCrawler: No [9 A B E]
IsAnonymous: No [1 8] Yes [6 7 D]
IsAttacker: No [7 8 D]
IsAbuser: No [7 8 A C D] Yes [E]
IsThreat: No [7 8 C D]
IsRelay: No [0 7 8 C D]
IsBogon: No [7 8 A C D]
IsBot: No [E]
DNS-BlackList: 314(Total_Check) 0(Clean) 8(Blacklisted) 9(Other)
Google search feasibility: NO
Email Port Detection
Platform SMTP SMTPS POP3 POP3S IMAP IMAPS
LocalPort ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
QQ ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
163 ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Sohu ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Yandex ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Gmail ✘ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
Outlook ✘ ✘ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Office365 ✘ ✘ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Yahoo ✘ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
MailCOM ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
MailRU ✘ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✔ ✘
AOL ✘ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
GMX ✘ ✘ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Sina ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘ Looking Glass
https://sharktech.net/data-centers/los-angeles/
Global Latency Tests
Query: ping 107.167.2.165, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 107.167.2.165 – /24 AS46844 SHARKTECH – United States, California, Los Angeles [hosting]
CloudFlare Internet Tests
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Admin Control Panel
Conclusion
The server delivered decent CPU performance, scoring 761 and 749 in Geekbench 6 single-core and multi-core tests, respectively. RAM speeds were impressive, with read and write speeds of 16,196.31 MB/s and 11,227.40 MB/s, ensuring smooth multitasking. Disk performance was also reliable, with read speeds reaching 2.1 GB/s for 1M blocks and write speeds at 341 MB/s. These results indicate that the server is well-suited for fast data access and processing tasks.
Network performance was excellent locally, with speeds of 8.9 Gbps down and 2.55 Gbps up to Los Angeles. However, international speeds were slower, with uploads ranging from 15.9 Mbits/sec to 116 Mbits/sec depending on the location. Streaming tests revealed that the server supports US-based services like YouTube Premium and Amazon Prime Video but is limited to Netflix originals and blocked by Disney+. This makes it ideal for US-focused applications but less suitable for global streaming needs.
The server’s IP address showed a low risk of abuse, with a hosting usage type and no malicious records. It scored well in security metrics, with no threats or blacklist records detected. However, some databases flagged it as a VPN and proxy, which could affect certain use cases. Email port detection showed compatibility with most major email platforms, though some services like Gmail and Outlook had limited support.
The Sharktech Los Angeles Cloud Virtual Server offers strong performance for lightweight, US-focused applications, with fast RAM and disk speeds, and excellent local network performance. However, its international network speeds and streaming limitations may not meet the needs of global users. This server is a solid choice if you’re looking for a reliable hosting solution for small-scale projects or US-based services. You may need to explore other options for broader international reach or streaming-heavy applications.
Official Website: https://Sharktech.net
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