SalmonCloud San Jose [US] AMD EPYC-Milan High Performance VPS Test and Review

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We recently tested the SalmonCloud San Jose High-Performance VPS on their Starter plan. This server is equipped with an AMD EPYC-Milan processor, offering 1 CPU core, 1 GB of RAM, 10 GB of SSD storage, a 1 Gbps internet connection, and 1 TB of monthly traffic. It also includes both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, providing flexibility for various hosting requirements.

About SalmonCloud

SalmonCloud is a relatively new player in the hosting industry, founded in 2023. Despite its recent entry, it has quickly established itself as a reliable provider of Virtual Private Servers (VPS), dedicated servers, and colocation hosting products. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, SalmonCloud operates with a small but dedicated team of five employees.

Services Offered

SalmonCloud offers a range of hosting services designed to meet the needs of various customers, from small businesses to large enterprises. Here are some of the key services provided by SalmonCloud:

VPS Hosting: SalmonCloud’s VPS hosting plans are designed to offer flexibility and scalability. Customers can choose from a variety of instance types and plans, each tailored to different performance and budget requirements. The VPS plans are powered by 3rd-Gen AMD EPYC Milan cores, ensuring high performance and reliability.

Dedicated Servers: For customers who require more control and resources, SalmonCloud offers dedicated server hosting. This service provides customers with their physical server, which can be customized to meet specific needs.

Colocation Hosting: SalmonCloud also offers colocation hosting services, allowing customers to house their servers in SalmonCloud’s data centers. This service is ideal for businesses that want to maintain control over their hardware while benefiting from the infrastructure and security provided by a professional data center.

Data Centers

SalmonCloud operates data centers in two key locations: Hong Kong and the United States. These data centers are strategically located to provide optimal performance and reliability for customers around the world. The data centers are equipped with advanced infrastructure and security measures to ensure the safety and availability of customer data.

Pricing

Location / Plan	Starter	Medium	Large	Advanced
San Jose (SJC)
Price (Monthly)	$4.15	$6.65	$11.65	$21.65
vCPU (3rd Gen EPYC Milan)	1 Core	2 Cores	4 Cores	8 Cores
RAM (DDR4 ECC)	1 GB	2 GB	4 GB	8 GB
Storage (PCIe Gen 4 NVMe RAID-10)	10-500 GB	10-500 GB	10-500 GB	10-500 GB
Monthly Traffic (Ingress & Egress)	1-200 TB	1-200 TB	1-200 TB	1-200 TB
Public Network Port	10 Gbps	10 Gbps	10 Gbps	10 Gbps
Public IPv4 Addresses	1-5	1-5	1-5	1-5
Dedicated IPv6 Block	/64	/64	/64	/64
Windows Template				Available
Virtualization	KVM	KVM	KVM	KVM
Control Panel	VirtFusion	VirtFusion	VirtFusion	VirtFusion
Hong Kong (HKG)
Price (Monthly)	$4.30	$6.80	$11.80	$21.80
vCPU (3rd Gen EPYC Milan)	1 Core	2 Cores	4 Cores	8 Cores
RAM (DDR4 ECC)	1 GB	2 GB	4 GB	8 GB
Storage (PCIe Gen 4 NVMe RAID-10)	10-500 GB	10-500 GB	10-500 GB	10-500 GB
Monthly Traffic (Ingress & Egress)	1-200 TB	1-200 TB	1-200 TB	1-200 TB
Public Network Port	10 Gbps	10 Gbps	10 Gbps	10 Gbps
Public IPv4 Addresses	1-5	1-5	1-5	1-5
Dedicated IPv6 Block	/64	/64	/64	/64
Windows Template				Available
Virtualization	KVM	KVM	KVM	KVM
Control Panel	VirtFusion	VirtFusion	VirtFusion	VirtFusion

Official Website: https://SalmonCloud.co.uk

Coupon

🎊 San Jose / Hong Kong VPS Discount (LIFETIME 20% off) 🎊

Use this coupon code — SALMONCLOUDSPRINGSALE2025 — to get a lifetime recurring 20% off for all monthly-billed San Jose and Hong Kong VPS packages! You can use it for as many orders as you want as long as it’s still within the promotion period, and the discount applies to every eligible item in the order.

Basic Information

 Processor         : AMD EPYC-Milan Processor
 CPU Numbers       : 1
 CPU Frequency     : 2645.030 MHz
 CPU Cache         : L1: 64.00 KB / L2: 512.00 KB / L3: 32.00 MB
 AES-NI            : ✔ Enabled
 VM-x/AMD-V        : ✘ Disabled
 RAM               : 227.55 MiB / 976.60 MiB
 Swap              : [ no swap partition or swap file detected ]
 Disk Space        : 2.12 GiB / 9.87 GiB
 Boot Disk         : /dev/vda3
 Uptime            : 0 days, 2 hour 8 min
 Loads             : 0.18, 0.10, 0.08
 OS Release        : Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) (x86_64)
 Arch              : x86_64 (64 Bit)
 Kernel Version    : 5.10.0-20-amd64
 TCP Acceleration  : bbr
 VM Type           : KVM
 NAT Type          : Full Cone
 IPV4 ASN          : AS53616 ASYMPTOTE NETWORK, LLC
 IPV4 Location     : San Jose / California / US
 IPV6 ASN          : AS53616 Asymptote
 IPV6 Location     : San Jose / California / United States
 IPV6 Subnet Mask  : 64

GB6 Benchmark

Geekbench 6 test failed and low memory was detected. Add at least 1GB of SWAP or use GB4 instead (higher compatibility with low memory systems).

YABS completed in 2 min 26 sec

Geekbench 5 test failed and low memory was detected. Add at least 1GB of SWAP or use GB4 instead (higher compatibility with low memory systems).

YABS completed in 46 sec

Geekbench 4 test failed. Run manually to determine cause.

YABS completed in 4 min 42 sec

CPU Sysbench Test

 -> CPU test in progress (Fast Mode, 1-Pass @ 5sec)
 1 Thread(s) Test:              3860 Scores

RAM Read/Write Tests

----------------------------Memory-Test---------------------------------
 -> Memory Test (Fast Mode, 1-Pass @ 5sec)
 Single Read Test:              43328.46 MB/s
 Single Write Test:             20682.67 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: 69361201 (6935747.64 per second)

67735.55 MiB transferred (6773.19 MiB/sec)


General statistics:
    total time:                          10.0001s
    total number of events:              69361201

Latency (ms):
         min:                                    0.00
         avg:                                    0.00
         max:                                   13.95
         95th percentile:                        0.00
         sum:                                 2918.14

Threads fairness:
    events (avg/stddev):           69361201.0000/0.00
    execution time (avg/stddev):   2.9181/0.00

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: 57244893 (5724144.36 per second)

55903.22 MiB transferred (5589.98 MiB/sec)


General statistics:
    total time:                          10.0001s
    total number of events:              57244893

Latency (ms):
         min:                                    0.00
         avg:                                    0.00
         max:                                   11.10
         95th percentile:                        0.00
         sum:                                 3962.44

Threads fairness:
    events (avg/stddev):           57244893.0000/0.00
    execution time (avg/stddev):   3.9624/0.00

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         46.8 MB/s (11.42 IOPS, 2.24s))          55.6 MB/s (13566 IOPS, 1.89s)
 1GB-1M Block           1.1 GB/s (1053 IOPS, 0.95s)             1.1 GB/s (1051 IOPS, 0.95s)
-----------------------Disk-fio-Read/Write-Test-------------------------
Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 80.08 MB/s   (20.0k) | 1.02 GB/s    (15.9k)
Write      | 80.29 MB/s   (20.0k) | 1.02 GB/s    (16.0k)
Total      | 160.38 MB/s  (40.0k) | 2.04 GB/s    (31.9k)
           |                      |                     
Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 972.80 MB/s   (1.9k) | 960.06 MB/s    (937)
Write      | 1.02 GB/s     (2.0k) | 1.02 GB/s     (1.0k)
Total      | 1.99 GB/s     (3.9k) | 1.98 GB/s     (1.9k)

Iperf3 Network Tests

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
---------------------------------
Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping           
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 1.30 Gbits/sec  | 1.06 Gbits/sec  | 130 ms         
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 2.08 Gbits/sec  | 871 Mbits/sec   | 136 ms         
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | busy            | 894 Mbits/sec   | 226 ms         
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 1.10 Gbits/sec  | 1000 Mbits/sec  | 181 ms         
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 7.93 Gbits/sec  | 4.84 Gbits/sec  | 6.89 ms        
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 3.70 Gbits/sec  | 2.31 Gbits/sec  | 64.1 ms        
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | busy            | 815 Mbits/sec   | 168 ms         

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
---------------------------------
Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping           
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 1.34 Gbits/sec  | 925 Mbits/sec   | 129 ms         
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 2.01 Gbits/sec  | 502 Mbits/sec   | 136 ms         
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 1.19 Gbits/sec  | 905 Mbits/sec   | 226 ms         
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 1.43 Gbits/sec  | 2.26 Gbits/sec  | 181 ms         
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 8.42 Gbits/sec  | 5.18 Gbits/sec  | 6.97 ms        
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 4.53 Gbits/sec  | 2.77 Gbits/sec  | 63.9 ms        
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 1.54 Gbits/sec  | 1.02 Gbits/sec  | 168 ms

UnixBench Tests

Benchmark Run: Wed Feb 19 2025 00:02:36 - 00:30:36
1 CPU in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       48039233.5 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     8378.3 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               6688.5 lps   (29.7 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks       1502134.5 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks          402375.7 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks       3972130.3 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                             2593813.8 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                 310831.1 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                              21710.4 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                  13040.3 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                   1689.7 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                        3461743.6 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   48039233.5   4116.5
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       8378.3   1523.3
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       6688.5   1555.5
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0    1502134.5   3793.3
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0     402375.7   2431.3
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0    3972130.3   6848.5
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0    2593813.8   2085.1
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0     310831.1    777.1
Process Creation                                126.0      21710.4   1723.0
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4      13040.3   3075.5
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0       1689.7   2816.2
System Call Overhead                          15000.0    3461743.6   2307.8
                                                                   ========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                        2387.9

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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:                  Yes (Region: US)
 OneTrust Region:                       US [California]
 iQyi Oversea Region:                   US
 Bing Region:                           US
 Apple Region:                          US
 YouTube CDN:                           [FCIXUS] in [San Jose, CA]
 Netflix Preferred CDN:                 Los Angeles, CA
 ChatGPT:                               Yes
 Google Gemini:                         Yes (Region: USA)
 Claude:                                Yes
 Wikipedia Editability:                 Yes
 Google Play Store:                     United States 
 Google Search CAPTCHA Free:            Yes
 Steam Currency:                        USD
 ---Forum---
 Reddit:                                No
=======================================

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: 3 [8] 
VpnScore: 92 [8] 
ProxyScore: 100 [8] 
CommunityVoteHarmless: 0 [2] 
CommunityVoteMalicious: 0 [2] 
ThreatScore: 100 [8]
FraudScore: 0 [1] 99 [E]
AbuseScore: 0 [3] 
ASNAbuseScore: 0.0008 (Low) [A] 
CompannyAbuseScore: 0.0174 (Elevated) [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 - moderate probability [C] hosting [0 7 9] business [8 A] DataCenter/WebHosting/Transit [3]
CompanyType: hosting [0 7 A] 
IsCloudProvider: Yes [7 D] 
IsDatacenter: No [5 6 8 C] Yes [0 1 A]
IsMobile: Yes [E] No [5 A C]
IsProxy: Yes [E] No [0 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D]
IsVpn: No [0 1 6 7 A C D] Yes [E]
IsTor: No [0 1 3 6 7 8 A B C D E] 
IsTorExit: No [1 7 D] 
IsCrawler: No [9 A B E] 
IsAnonymous: No [1 6 7 8 D] 
IsAttacker: No [7 8 D] 
IsAbuser: Yes [E] No [7 8 A C D]
IsThreat: No [7 8 C D] 
IsRelay: No [0 7 8 C D] 
IsBogon: No [7 8 A C D] 
IsBot: Yes [E]
IPV6:
Security Score:
FraudScore: 0 [1]
AbuseScore: 0 [3] 
ASNAbuseScore: 0.0008 (Low) [A] 
CompannyAbuseScore: 0 (Very Low) [A] 
ThreatLevel: low [B]
Security Info:
UsageType: DataCenter/WebHosting/Transit [3] business [A]
CompanyType: business [A] 
IsCloudProvider: Yes [D] 
IsDatacenter: Yes [1] No [A]
IsMobile: No [A] 
IsProxy: No [1 A B D] 
IsVpn: No [1 A D] 
IsTor: No [1 3 A B D] 
IsTorExit: No [1 D] 
IsCrawler: No [A B] 
IsAnonymous: No [1 D] 
IsAttacker: No [D] 
IsAbuser: No [A D] 
IsThreat: No [D] 
IsRelay: No [D] 
IsBogon: No [A D] 
DNS-BlackList: 313(Total_Check) 0(Clean) 0(Blacklisted) 313(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      ✘     ✔     ✔     ✘     ✔     ✘    
Apple     ✘     ✘     ✘     ✘     ✘     ✘    
FastMail  ✘     ✔     ✘     ✘     ✘     ✘    
ProtonMail✘     ✘     ✘     ✘     ✘     ✘    
MXRoute   ✘     ✘     ✔     ✘     ✔     ✘    
Namecrane ✘     ✔     ✔     ✘     ✔     ✘    
XYAMail   ✘     ✘     ✘     ✘     ✘     ✘    
ZohoMail  ✘     ✔     ✘     ✘     ✘     ✘    
Inbox_eu  ✘     ✔     ✔     ✘     ✘     ✘    
Free_fr   ✘     ✔     ✔     ✘     ✔     ✘

Looking Glass

Test IPv4: 104.234.4.254

Test IPv6: 2602:fa67:100:2::a

http://sjc.lg.salmoncloud.co.uk/index.php

Global Latency Tests

Query: ping 104.234.4.14, interval: 5s, dense mode: no

Probing 104.234.4.14 – ARIN /24 AS53616 ASYMPTOTE – United States, California, San Jose [hosting]

CloudFlare Internet Tests

PageSpeed Insights

GTmetrix Performance

Admin Control Panel

Conclusion

During our evaluations, we found that the server struggled with memory-intensive tasks. Geekbench 5 and 6 tests failed due to the limited 1 GB RAM, recommending the addition of a swap file or an upgrade for better performance. Despite this, the CPU performed well in the Sysbench test, scoring 3,860 points, which shows it can handle processing tasks effectively. Memory read and write speeds were impressive, with read rates reaching over 43 GB/s and write rates above 20 GB/s, ensuring quick data handling.

Disk performance was a strong point for this VPS. The server achieved high read and write speeds in our disk tests, especially with larger block sizes. For example, it reached over 1 GB/s in both read and write operations, demonstrating excellent storage capabilities. Network tests using iperf3 showed strong speeds, particularly within the United States. Connections to locations like Los Angeles and New York delivered gigabit speeds with low latency, ensuring fast and reliable internet performance.

Most platforms worked well on this server when it came to streaming services. Services like YouTube Premium, Amazon Prime Video, and Spotify were accessible, while some like Disney+ faced IP bans and Netflix was limited to original content only. This suggests that while the server’s IP is generally reliable, there may be restrictions with certain streaming providers. Additionally, email port tests showed mixed results, with standard services like SMTP and POP3 functioning correctly, but others like Gmail and ProtonMail not being supported.

In conclusion, the SalmonCloud San Jose VPS offers strong CPU and disk performance, making it suitable for tasks that require fast processing and data handling. However, the limited 1 GB of RAM may hinder memory-intensive applications unless upgraded. Network connectivity is robust in key regions, and most streaming and email services work well, making this VPS a solid choice for a variety of hosting needs.