Zenlayer United Kingdom London Basic Compute Virtual Machine Test and Review

Zenlayer United Kingdom London Basic Compute Virtual Machine Test and Review

This test is conducted on a Zenlayer London, UK, compute-optimized server. These servers are designed for heavy-duty tasks, usually offering more processing power per unit of memory, like 1 CPU for every 2 GB of RAM, which is perfect for demanding jobs.

The server runs on an Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake), equipped with 4 CPUs, 8 GB of RAM, 30 GB of storage, a 100 Mbps connection, and a single IPv4 address. Charges are calculated hourly, but you can boost your server’s capabilities, such as increasing disk space or network speed, whenever needed.

Zenlayer’s Virtual Machine Instance falls under Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud offerings aimed at delivering powerful, reliable, and scalable computing services. With Zenlayer, setting up computing nodes worldwide is straightforward and flexible, allowing you to adjust to your needs easily.

Official website: https://www.zenlayer.com

About Zenlayer

Zenlayer kicked off its mission in 2014 to create a more connected world. Since launching, they’ve been on a roll, enhancing digital experiences globally with their instant edge cloud services, now available in more than 290 locations worldwide. They’re particularly good at making waves in fast-growing areas like Southeast Asia, South America, the Middle East, and Africa.

Their big aim? To improve digital experiences for everyone by providing top-notch edge cloud services. What sets Zenlayer apart is its ability to get online applications to users super fast, with over 85% of the internet population just under 25 milliseconds away. This kind of speed and their on-demand global reach make them stand out in a crowded tech market.

Zenlayer has had a pretty exciting journey, hitting major milestones like rolling out Edge Data Center Services, launching Bare Metal Cloud, setting up a private global internet backbone, and securing millions in funding. They’ve also raked in impressive accolades, including being named a “Top 10 Hot SD-WAN startup” by Network World and snagging PTC’s “Best Networking Innovation” award.

Basic Bench

 CPU Model          : Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake)
 CPU Cores          : 4 @ 2095.076 MHz
 CPU Cache          : 16384 KB
 AES-NI             : Enabled
 VM-x/AMD-V         : Enabled
 Total Disk         : 29.5 GB (1.4 GB Used)
 Total Mem          : 7.8 GB (96.4 MB Used)
 System uptime      : 0 days, 0 hour 2 min
 Load average       : 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
 OS                 : Debian GNU/Linux 11
 Arch               : x86_64 (64 Bit)
 Kernel             : 5.10.0-19-amd64
 TCP CC             : bbr
 Virtualization     : KVM
 Organization       : AS21859 Zenlayer Inc
 Location           : London / GB
 Region             : England
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 I/O Speed(1st run) : 123 MB/s
 I/O Speed(2nd run) : 176 MB/s
 I/O Speed(3rd run) : 175 MB/s
 I/O Speed(average) : 158.0 MB/s
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 Node Name        Upload Speed      Download Speed      Latency     
 Speedtest.net    102.10 Mbps       101.47 Mbps         1.01 ms     
 Los Angeles, US  107.59 Mbps       127.36 Mbps         130.58 ms   
 Dallas, US       103.26 Mbps       127.13 Mbps         102.74 ms   
 Montreal, CA     103.48 Mbps       114.47 Mbps         75.03 ms    
 Paris, FR        101.11 Mbps       101.76 Mbps         8.71 ms     
 Amsterdam, NL    100.60 Mbps       99.21 Mbps          7.05 ms     
 Shanghai, CN     114.44 Mbps       112.21 Mbps         184.57 ms   
 Nanjing, CN      120.18 Mbps       121.80 Mbps         242.31 ms   
 Guangzhou, CN    5.43 Mbps         79.39 Mbps          248.50 ms   
 Hongkong, CN     4.96 Mbps         4.45 Mbps           256.13 ms   
 Singapore, SG    112.21 Mbps       125.68 Mbps         177.76 ms   
 Tokyo, JP        113.17 Mbps       121.48 Mbps         232.43 ms   
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 Finished in        : 6 min 33 sec
 Timestamp          : 2023-06-01 06:42:21 UTC

Looking Glass

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Yabs Performance Bench

IPv4 Network Information:
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ISP        : Zenlayer Inc
ASN        : AS21859 Zenlayer Inc
Host       : Zenlayer Inc
Location   : London, England (ENG)
Country    : United Kingdom

fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
---------------------------------
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       | 95.56 MB/s     (186) | 95.02 MB/s      (92)
Write      | 100.64 MB/s    (196) | 101.35 MB/s     (98)
Total      | 196.21 MB/s    (382) | 196.37 MB/s    (190)

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping           
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 116 Mbits/sec   | 121 Mbits/sec   | 1.51 ms        
Scaleway        | Paris, FR (10G)           | busy            | busy            | 8.16 ms        
NovoServe       | North Holland, NL (40G)   | busy            | 120 Mbits/sec   | 7.96 ms        
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 115 Mbits/sec   | 118 Mbits/sec   | 99.2 ms        
Clouvider       | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | busy            | 119 Mbits/sec   | 73.7 ms        
Clouvider       | Dallas, TX, US (10G)      | 113 Mbits/sec   | 117 Mbits/sec   | 108 ms         
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 111 Mbits/sec   | 117 Mbits/sec   | 129 ms         

Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test            | Value                         
                |                               
Single Core     | 984                           
Multi Core      | 3185                          
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/1444169

YABS completed in 11 min 38 sec

Summarize

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Global Node Test

 ## CDN Speedtest

 CacheFly :  18.11 MiB/s |  144.87 Mbps  | ping   1.818ms
 Gdrive   :  12.73 MiB/s |  101.85 Mbps  | ping   2.254ms


 ## North America Speedtest

 Softlayer, Washington, USA :   2.49 MiB/s |   19.95 Mbps  | ping  75.029ms
 SoftLayer, San Jose, USA   :  10.66 MiB/s |   85.30 Mbps  | ping 142.302ms
 SoftLayer, Dallas, USA     :       0 B/s |      N/A       | ping error!
 Vultr, New Jersey, USA     :  16.31 MiB/s |  130.50 Mbps  | ping  73.152ms
 Vultr, Seattle, USA        :  12.45 MiB/s |   99.56 Mbps  | ping 131.953ms
 Vultr, Dallas, USA         :  12.37 MiB/s |   98.98 Mbps  | ping 123.725ms
 Vultr, Los Angeles, USA    :  11.99 MiB/s |   95.94 Mbps  | ping 129.022ms
 Ramnode, New York, USA     :  11.66 MiB/s |   93.29 Mbps  | ping  70.723ms
 Ramnode, Atlanta, USA      :  12.71 MiB/s |  101.66 Mbps  | ping  86.082ms


 ## Europe Speedtest

 Vultr, London, UK            :  12.48 MiB/s |   99.81 Mbps  | ping   1.231ms
 LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany :  12.28 MiB/s |   98.27 Mbps  | ping  13.056ms
 Hetzner, Germany             :  12.17 MiB/s |   97.37 Mbps  | ping  21.156ms
 Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL    :  11.92 MiB/s |   95.37 Mbps  | ping  10.578ms
 Vultr, Amsterdam, NL         :  12.41 MiB/s |   99.25 Mbps  | ping   6.602ms
 EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden      :   2.74 KiB/s |    0.02 Mbps  | ping  24.914ms
 OVH, Roubaix, France         :   7.56 KiB/s |    0.06 Mbps  | ping   4.912ms
 Online, France               :  12.77 MiB/s |  102.12 Mbps  | ping   7.955ms
 Prometeus, Milan, Italy      :   2.05 KiB/s |    0.02 Mbps  | ping  22.210ms


 ## Exotic Speedtest

 Sydney, Australia     :   1.69 MiB/s |   13.53 Mbps  | ping 334.315ms
 Lagoon, New Caledonia :     326 B/s |      N/A       | ping 283.991ms
 Hosteasy, Moldova     :  14.66 MiB/s |  117.27 Mbps  | ping  48.155ms
 Prima, Argentina      : 193.00 KiB/s |    1.51 Mbps  | ping error!


 ## Asia Speedtest

 SoftLayer, Singapore :   8.29 MiB/s |   66.33 Mbps  | ping 162.607ms
 Linode, Tokyo, Japan :   6.12 MiB/s |   48.95 Mbps  | ping 231.313ms
 Linode, Singapore    :  12.64 MiB/s |  101.12 Mbps  | ping 153.747ms
 Vultr, Tokyo, Japan  : 227.62 KiB/s |    1.78 Mbps  | ping 219.011ms


 Benchmark finished in 125 seconds

Media Unlock Test

============[ Multination ]============
 Dazn:                                  No
 HotStar:                               Yes (Region: GB)
 Disney+:                               No
 Netflix:                               Originals Only
 YouTube Premium:                       Yes (Region: GB)
 Amazon Prime Video:                    Yes (Region: GB)
 TVBAnywhere+:                          Yes
 iQyi Oversea Region:                   GB
 Viu.com:                               No
 YouTube CDN:                           London 
 Netflix Preferred CDN:                 London  
 Spotify Registration:                  No
 Steam Currency:                        GBP
 ChatGPT:                               Yes
=======================================

No IPv6 Connectivity Found, Abort IPv6 Testing...

Testing Done! 

Global Ping Test

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CloudFlare Internet Test

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PageSpeed Insights

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GTmetrix Performance

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Server Pricing

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Official website: https://www.zenlayer.com

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Conclusion

Starting with the Basic Benchmark, the server showed reliable performance, managing a solid 158 MB/s average across three tests for I/O speed. Moreover, it delivered varied results when it came to upload and download speeds worldwide. The cherry on top? It reached a super low latency of just 1.01ms on Speedtest.net.

Moving to the Yabs Performance Bench, the results were mixed in the fio Disk Speed Tests. Depending on the block size, speeds varied significantly from 4k to 1m. For example, in the smallest block size of 4k, speeds hit 16.04 MB/s. Jump up to a 512k block, soaring to 196.21 MB/s, with the 1m block size test slightly edging out at 196.37 MB/s. These figures underline the server’s robust disk performance.

Then, there’s the Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test, which also turned out impressive scores—984 for single core and 3185 for multicore. These scores highlight the server’s power in handling heavy computational demands.

To wrap up, the Zenlayer UK London Compute-Optimized server stands out for its muscle in processing and network performance. It shines in tasks needing a lot of processor power, proving it’s built for heavy-duty computing. It also offers great network speed across various countries. However, improving access to certain media platforms could further broaden its appeal to users, making it even more versatile.

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