SmartHost United Kingdom England Intel Xeon E5-2667 KVM Linux VPS Test and Review
We recently tested the SmartHost KVM NVME SSD Linux VPS, specifically their budget-friendly plan hosted in Wolverhampton, UK. This plan packs a single Intel Xeon E5-2667 v4 core (running around 3.20GHz), 1GB of RAM, and a speedy 10GB NVMe SSD drive. It connects to the internet via a 1Gbps port with 1TB of monthly traffic included. Our goal was simple: see how this affordable VPS handles common tasks.
About SmartHost
Established in 1998, SmartHost.net is a premier hosting provider based in Henderson, Nevada, with a robust global reach. Specializing in a wide array of services, they offer Virtual Private Servers (VPS), Cloud Hosting, Dedicated Servers, and Shared Hosting, catering to businesses of all sizes. With data centers strategically located in the US and Europe, SmartHost.net ensures fast, reliable, and high-performance hosting solutions tailored to diverse needs.
The company’s management team brings over 30 years of combined experience in the web hosting industry, reflecting their expertise and dedication to innovation. A key strength is their focus on personalized customer service, providing 24/7 support to promptly address client queries and concerns. This commitment ensures a seamless experience for users, whether they’re launching a small website or managing a large enterprise platform.
SmartHost.net stands out with its 99.9% uptime guarantee, backed by cutting-edge infrastructure and proactive monitoring, ensuring stability and reliability for your online presence. Whether you’re a startup or an established corporation, SmartHost.net delivers customized hosting solutions designed to meet your unique requirements, making it a trusted partner in the digital landscape.
Pricing
| Plan Type | Monthly Fee | Disk Space | RAM (Memory) | Bandwidth / Port |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen KVM NVME SSD Linux VPS | $3.95 | 10GB NVME SSD Disk Space | 1GB Guaranteed | 1000GB / 1Gbps |
| KVM NVME SSD Linux VPS | $2.95 | 10GB NVME SSD Disk Space | 1GB Guaranteed | 1000GB / 1Gbps |
| KVM NVME SSD Windows VPS | $7.95 | 20GB NVME SSD Disk Space | 1GB Guaranteed | 1000GB / 1Gbps |
| KVM Linux Storage VPS | $6.95 | 1TB SAS RAID-6 Disk Space | 1GB Guaranteed | 5000GB / 1Gbps |
| KVM NVME SSD Linux VPS – Block Storage | $2.95 | 10GB NVME SSD Disk Space + Optional RAID-6 SAS HDD | 1GB Guaranteed | 1000GB / 1Gbps |
Official Website: https://www.SmartHost.net
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Basic Information
Processor : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2667 v4 @ 3.20GHz
CPU Numbers : 1
CPU Frequency : 3199.996 MHz
CPU Cache : L1: 64.00 KB / L2: 4.00 MB / L3: 16.00 MB
AES-NI : ✘ Disabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 255.38 MiB / 976.39 MiB
Swap : 3.02 MiB / 1024.00 MiB
Disk Space : 1.68 GiB / 8.78 GiB
Boot Disk : /dev/vda1
Uptime : 0 days, 1 hour 51 min
Loads : 0.82, 0.28, 0.10
OS Release : Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) (x86_64)
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel Version : 5.10.0-8-amd64
TCP Acceleration : bbr
VM Type : KVM
NAT Type : Full Cone
IPV4 ASN : AS3170 VeloxServ Communications Ltd
IPV4 Location : Birmingham / England / GB
GB6 Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
|
Single Core | 435
Multi Core | 330
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/11450689
YABS completed in 30 min 14 sec
RAM Read/Write Tests
----------------------------Memory-Test---------------------------------
-> Memory Test (Fast Mode, 1-Pass @ 5sec)
Single Read Test: 21246.63 MB/s
Single Write Test: 12862.80 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: 59978122 (5994866.91 per second)
58572.38 MiB transferred (5854.36 MiB/sec)
General statistics:
total time: 10.0002s
total number of events: 59978122
Latency (ms):
min: 0.00
avg: 0.00
max: 12.09
95th percentile: 0.00
sum: 3335.05
Threads fairness:
events (avg/stddev): 59978122.0000/0.00
execution time (avg/stddev): 3.3351/0.00
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: 46729499 (4672050.35 per second)
45634.28 MiB transferred (4562.55 MiB/sec)
General statistics:
total time: 10.0002s
total number of events: 46729499
Latency (ms):
min: 0.00
avg: 0.00
max: 10.46
95th percentile: 0.00
sum: 4825.95
Threads fairness:
events (avg/stddev): 46729499.0000/0.00
execution time (avg/stddev): 4.8260/0.00
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 32.1 MB/s (7846 IOPS, 3.26s) 39.1 MB/s (9544 IOPS, 2.68s)
1GB-1M Block 395 MB/s (377 IOPS, 2.65s) 209 MB/s (198 IOPS, 5.03s)
-----------------------Disk-fio-Read/Write-Test-------------------------
Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 8.50 MB/s (2.1k) | 139.04 MB/s (2.1k)
Write | 8.54 MB/s (2.1k) | 139.77 MB/s (2.1k)
Total | 17.05 MB/s (4.2k) | 278.82 MB/s (4.3k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 185.36 MB/s (362) | 211.96 MB/s (206)
Write | 195.21 MB/s (381) | 226.08 MB/s (220)
Total | 380.57 MB/s (743) | 438.04 MB/s (426)
Iperf3 Network Tests
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 328 Mbits/sec | 318 Mbits/sec | 6.90 ms
Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 373 Mbits/sec | 907 Mbits/sec | 13.5 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 330 Mbits/sec | 68.8 Mbits/sec | 106 ms
Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 250 Mbits/sec | 261 Mbits/sec | 162 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 293 Mbits/sec | 168 Mbits/sec | 134 ms
Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 313 Mbits/sec | 323 Mbits/sec | 73.1 ms
Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 299 Mbits/sec | 126 Mbits/sec | 188 ms UnixBench Tests
Benchmark Run: Thu Apr 10 2025 05:27:00 - 05:57:36
1 CPU in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 23379289.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 7570.1 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 1925.5 lps (34.9 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 458780.7 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 138677.8 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 617606.1 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 604686.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 140896.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 4055.7 lps (31.2 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 5888.7 lpm (60.5 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 924.2 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 572163.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 23379289.5 2003.4
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 7570.1 1376.4
Execl Throughput 43.0 1925.5 447.8
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 458780.7 1158.5
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 138677.8 837.9
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 617606.1 1064.8
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 604686.8 486.1
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 140896.8 352.2
Process Creation 126.0 4055.7 321.9
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 5888.7 1388.8
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 924.2 1540.4
System Call Overhead 15000.0 572163.5 381.4
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System Benchmarks Index Score 788.1
======= Script description and score comparison completed! ======= Streaming Unlock Tests
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Yes (Region: GB)
Disney+: Yes (Region: GB)
Netflix: Yes (Region: GB)
YouTube Premium: Yes (Region: GB)
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: GB)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
Spotify Registration: No
OneTrust Region: GB [England]
iQyi Oversea Region: GB
Bing Region: GB (Risky)
Apple Region: GB
YouTube CDN: London
Netflix Preferred CDN: London
ChatGPT: Yes
Google Gemini: No
Claude: No
Wikipedia Editability: Yes
Google Play Store: United Kingdom
Google Search CAPTCHA Free: Yes
Steam Currency: GBP
---Forum---
Reddit: Yes
=======================================
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: 5 [8]
VpnScore: 100 [8]
ProxyScore: 99 [8]
CommunityVoteHarmless: 0 [2]
CommunityVoteMalicious: 0 [2]
ThreatScore: 88 [8]
FraudScore: 100 [1] 93 [E]
AbuseScore: 0 [3]
ASNAbuseScore: 0.0012 (Low) [A]
CompannyAbuseScore: 0.0039 (Low) [A]
ThreatLevel: low [9]
Blacklist_Records_Statistics(how many blacklisted websites have records):
HarmlessnessRecords: 0 [2] MaliciousRecords: 0 [2] SuspiciousRecords: 0 [2] NoRecords: 94 [2]
Security Info:
UsageType: business [8] known as a PROXY server [C] hosting [0 7 9 A] DataCenter/WebHosting/Transit [3]
CompanyType: isp [0] business [7 A]
IsCloudProvider: Yes [7 D]
IsDatacenter: Yes [0 A] No [1 5 6 8 C]
IsMobile: No [5 A C] Yes [E]
IsProxy: No [0 8 9] Yes [1 4 5 6 7 A C D E]
IsVpn: Yes [E] No [0 1 6 7 A C D]
IsTorExit: No [1 7 D]
IsTorExit: No [1 7 D]
IsCrawler: No [9 A 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: 313(Total_Check) 0(Clean) 6(Blacklisted) 150(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
Carriers: Zayo, LINX, Cogent, Hurricane Electric, Goscomb, Telia, NTT & 60+ Peers
IPv4 Test: 45.95.184.185
Test IPv6: 2606:6680:3:1::2e41:5025
Test files: 25MB 50MB 100MB 1000MB
Looking Glass: uk1.smarthost.net
Global Latency Tests
Query: ping 2.58.175.193, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 2.58.175.193 – RIPE NCC /24 AS3170 VELOXSERV – United Kingdom, England, Wolverhampton [hosting]
CloudFlare Internet Tests
PageSpeed Insights
Admin Control Panel
Conclusion
Performance-wise, the results were quite good for the price. The CPU benchmark (Geekbench 6) showed decent single-core (435) and multi-core (330) scores, suggesting it can handle basic web hosting or small applications without issue. Memory speed was impressive, hitting over 21 GB/s read and nearly 13 GB/s write in quick tests. The NVMe storage shone, delivering fast read and write speeds, especially noticeable in the sequential tests (around 395 MB/s write, 209 MB/s read) and showing solid random performance (IOPS) crucial for responsiveness.
Network speeds were generally strong, especially within the UK and Europe. We saw excellent speeds connecting to London (under 7ms ping) and Amsterdam (over 900 Mbps receive). Connections to the US East Coast were also respectable, hovering around 300 Mbps. As expected, speeds dropped for far-off locations like Asia or South America but remained usable. This VPS seems well-connected, particularly for users targeting a European audience.
Interestingly, this VPS worked perfectly for streaming UK content, unlocking services like Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime Video without a problem. However, IP address checks revealed it’s flagged as a hosting/proxy IP by several databases, scoring high on fraud detection metrics. This didn’t stop basic Google searches but might cause issues with stricter websites or services. Email capabilities were also mixed; while many standard ports were open, some secure ports for major providers like Gmail and Outlook were blocked, limiting its use as a primary mail server.
The SmartHost KVM NVME SSD Linux VPS offers impressive core performance (CPU, RAM, NVMe disk) for its very low price. Network speeds are solid, especially within Europe, and it’s great for accessing UK streaming content. The main things to keep in mind are the IP address reputation, which could affect certain online activities, and the limitations on some email ports. Overall, it’s a strong contender for general-purpose tasks, development environments, or as a personal VPN, particularly if your focus is within the UK/EU.
Official Website: https://www.SmartHost.net
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