Gcore Netherlands Amsterdam Standard vCPU Unlimited Traffic VPS Hosting Test and Review
We will be reviewing the Gcore Netherlands Amsterdam Standard Virtual Server, an exceptional option designed to meet the demands of various workloads while ensuring reliable and consistent performance.
Operating on Intel Xeon Processor (Icelake) Processors, this server offers an impressive performance with 2 CPU Cores, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB SSD Storage, unlimited data transfer, and 1x IPv4 address.
The cloud platform provides a range of vCPU and RAM configurations, allowing for flexibility and customization. It offers shared types, which partially utilize the core, as well as dedicated options like Standard/CPU/RAM/GPU Types that ensure exclusive use of the core resources.
This versatile virtual server is suitable for a wide array of applications and workloads, guaranteeing optimal performance and scalability for your business needs.
About Gcore
Gcore is a leading global hosting company that offers a comprehensive range of services, including CDN, Edge and Cloud Services, and Bare Metal Security. Their platform is specifically designed to enable businesses to expand their global reach quickly, providing low-latency services across the globe. With over 140 CDN POPs and 15 Cloud locations, Gcore’s network ensures seamless integration and efficient operation at the edge.
One of Gcore’s standout services is their Edge Cloud, which offers a pre-built infrastructure for accelerated global development. Businesses can deploy projects at a reduced cost and easily scale as their needs grow. Gcore’s cloud services encompass 16 core and edge locations, over 20 IaaS and PaaS services, and provide private, hybrid, and on-premises cloud solutions.
In addition to their impressive cloud services, Gcore boasts a powerful global network with over 110 Tbps total network capacity, seamless connectivity to more than 100 IXPs, and partnerships with over 11,000 peering partners. Their developer-friendly platform allows users to programmatically control the edge with a full-featured API, comprehensive documentation, SDKs and libraries, Terraform integration, and OctoDNS integration.
Official Website: https://www.gcore.com
Basic Bench
CPU Model : Intel Xeon Processor (Icelake)
CPU Cores : 2 @ 2095.078 MHz
CPU Cache : 16384 KB
AES-NI : Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : Disabled
Total Disk : 49.2 GB (875.7 MB Used)
Total Mem : 3.8 GB (75.5 MB Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 8 min
Load average : 0.01, 0.07, 0.06
OS : Debian GNU/Linux 11
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 5.10.0-11-amd64
TCP CC : bbr
Virtualization : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : Online / Offline
Organization : AS199524 G-Core Labs S.A.
Location : Amsterdam / NL
Region : North Holland
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 47.1 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 68.3 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 71.8 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 62.4 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 6823.13 Mbps 2296.72 Mbps 0.49 ms
Los Angeles, US 582.92 Mbps 1160.82 Mbps 137.11 ms
Dallas, US 722.40 Mbps 1225.67 Mbps 109.49 ms
Montreal, CA 590.12 Mbps 844.25 Mbps 79.52 ms
Paris, FR 5748.16 Mbps 2240.43 Mbps 13.97 ms
Amsterdam, NL 4781.10 Mbps 2183.61 Mbps 7.34 ms
Shanghai, CN 417.94 Mbps 1008.15 Mbps 202.19 ms
Nanjing, CN 329.88 Mbps 1537.40 Mbps 255.30 ms
Guangzhou, CN 8.75 Mbps 42.75 Mbps 260.35 ms
Hongkong, CN 409.18 Mbps 1767.31 Mbps 196.40 ms
Singapore, SG 473.75 Mbps 1493.65 Mbps 158.50 ms
Tokyo, JP 331.24 Mbps 1540.77 Mbps 239.85 ms
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Finished in : 6 min 53 sec
Timestamp : 2023-06-16 07:52:20 UTC
Looking Glass
IPv4: 92.38.184.167
IPv6: 2a03:90c0:15::96
Yabs Performance Bench
IPv4 Network Information:
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ISP : G-Core Labs S.A.
ASN : AS199524 G-Core Labs S.A.
Host : GCL
Location : Amsterdam, North Holland (NH)
Country : Netherlands
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 5.52 MB/s (1.3k) | 57.91 MB/s (904)
Write | 5.53 MB/s (1.3k) | 58.47 MB/s (913)
Total | 11.05 MB/s (2.7k) | 116.38 MB/s (1.8k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 173.33 MB/s (338) | 210.64 MB/s (205)
Write | 182.54 MB/s (356) | 224.67 MB/s (219)
Total | 355.87 MB/s (694) | 435.31 MB/s (424)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 7.39 Gbits/sec | 2.54 Gbits/sec | 7.99 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | 7.24 Gbits/sec | 2.10 Gbits/sec | 8.80 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | 7.39 Gbits/sec | 2.85 Gbits/sec | 0.826 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 2.19 Gbits/sec | 794 Mbits/sec | 83.7 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 2.19 Gbits/sec | 210 Mbits/sec | 75.1 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 1.42 Gbits/sec | 904 Mbits/sec | 115 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 1.16 Gbits/sec | 1.00 Gbits/sec | 136 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 1157
Multi Core | 2089
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/1614602
YABS completed in 13 min 44 sec
Summarize
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 69.98 MiB/s | 559.83 Mbps | ping 0.751ms
Gdrive : 0 B/s | N/A | ping 0.483ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 18.88 MiB/s | 151.04 Mbps | ping 87.127ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 9.17 MiB/s | 73.35 Mbps | ping 144.854ms
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 28.80 MiB/s | 230.41 Mbps | ping 79.984ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 13.88 MiB/s | 111.03 Mbps | ping 140.358ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 17.17 MiB/s | 137.34 Mbps | ping 115.374ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 14.26 MiB/s | 114.09 Mbps | ping 146.091ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 30.26 MiB/s | 242.05 Mbps | ping 78.673ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 24.73 MiB/s | 197.86 Mbps | ping 93.887ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 67.16 MiB/s | 537.27 Mbps | ping 6.735ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 38.86 MiB/s | 310.90 Mbps | ping 8.177ms
Hetzner, Germany : 53 B/s | N/A | ping 11.442ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 65.95 MiB/s | 527.62 Mbps | ping 3.195ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 65.36 MiB/s | 522.88 Mbps | ping 0.937ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 2.58 KiB/s | 0.02 Mbps | ping 19.225ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 5.99 KiB/s | 0.05 Mbps | ping 5.839ms
Online, France : 2.75 MiB/s | 22.00 Mbps | ping 8.792ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 2.87 KiB/s | 0.02 Mbps | ping 15.258ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 4.73 MiB/s | 37.82 Mbps | ping 266.481ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 339 B/s | N/A | ping 276.944ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 51.15 MiB/s | 409.21 Mbps | ping 42.591ms
Prima, Argentina : 1.13 MiB/s | 9.04 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 3.29 MiB/s | 26.30 Mbps | ping 169.812ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 5.33 MiB/s | 42.62 Mbps | ping 277.420ms
Linode, Singapore : 5.04 MiB/s | 40.34 Mbps | ping 243.520ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 5.95 MiB/s | 47.60 Mbps | ping 221.731ms
Benchmark finished in 227 seconds
Media Unlock Test
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: No
HotStar: No
Disney+: No
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Yes (Region: NL)
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: NL)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
iQyi Oversea Region: INTL
Viu.com: No
YouTube CDN: Associated with [LUCIX]
Netflix Preferred CDN: Amsterdam
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: EUR
ChatGPT: Yes
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==============[ Taiwan ]===============
KKTV: No
LiTV: No
MyVideo: No
4GTV.TV: No
LineTV.TW: No
Hami Video: No
CatchPlay+: No
HBO GO Asia: No
Bahamut Anime: Failed (Network Connection)
Bilibili Taiwan Only: No
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=============[ Hong Kong ]=============
Now E: Failed (Unexpected Result: )
Viu.TV: No
MyTVSuper: No
HBO GO Asia: No
BiliBili Hongkong/Macau/Taiwan: No
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===============[ Japan ]===============
DMM: Unsupported
DMM TV: No
Abema.TV: No
Niconico: No
music.jp: No
Telasa: No
Paravi: No
U-NEXT: No
Hulu Japan: No
TVer: Yes
GYAO!: Yes
WOWOW: No
VideoMarket: Failed (Unexpected Result: 404)
FOD(Fuji TV): No
Radiko: No
Karaoke@DAM: No
J:com On Demand: No
---Game---
Kancolle Japan: No
Pretty Derby Japan: No
Konosuba Fantastic Days: No
Princess Connect Re:Dive Japan: No
World Flipper Japan: Yes
Project Sekai: Colorful Stage: No
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===========[ North America ]===========
FOX: No
Hulu: Failed
NFL+: No
ESPN+:[Sponsored by Jam] No
Epix: No
Starz: No
Philo: No
FXNOW: No
TLC GO: No
HBO Max: Yes (Region: NL)
Shudder: No
BritBox: Yes
Crackle: No
CW TV: No
A&E TV: No
NBA TV: Yes
NBC TV: No
Fubo TV: No
Tubi TV: No
Sling TV: Yes
Pluto TV: Yes
Acorn TV: Yes
SHOWTIME: Yes
encoreTVB: No
Funimation: No
Discovery+: No
Paramount+: No
Peacock TV: No
Popcornflix: No
Crunchyroll: No
Directv Stream: No
KBS American: No
KOCOWA: No
Maths Spot: Failed (Network Connection)
---CA---
CBC Gem: No
Crave: Yes
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===========[ South America ]===========
Star+: No
HBO Max: Yes (Region: NL)
DirecTV Go: Yes (Region: REGISTRARSE)
Funimation: No
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===============[ Europe ]==============
Rakuten TV: Yes
Funimation: No
SkyShowTime: No
HBO Max: Yes (Region: NL)
Maths Spot: Failed (Network Connection)
---GB---
Sky Go: Yes
BritBox: Yes
ITV Hub: No
Channel 4: No
Channel 5: No
BBC iPLAYER: No
Discovery+ UK: No
---FR---
Salto: Failed (Network Connection)
Canal+: No
Molotov: No
---DE---
Joyn: No
Sky: No
ZDF: No
---NL---
NLZIET: Failed
videoland: Failed (Network Connection)
NPO Start Plus: No
---ES---
PANTAYA: Failed (Network Connection)
---IT---
Rai Play: Yes
---RU---
Amediateka: Yes
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==============[ Oceania ]==============
NBA TV: Yes
Acorn TV: Yes
SHOWTIME: Yes
BritBox: Yes
Funimation: No
Paramount+: No
---AU---
Stan: Yes
Binge: No
Docplay: No
7plus: No
Channel 9: No
Channel 10: No
ABC iView: No
Kayo Sports: No
Optus Sports: No
SBS on Demand: No
---NZ---
Neon TV: Yes
SkyGo NZ: No
ThreeNow: No
Maori TV: Yes
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==============[ Korean ]===============
Wavve: No
Tving: No
Coupang Play: No
Naver TV: No
Afreeca TV: Yes
KBS Domestic: No
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No IPv6 Connectivity Found, Abort IPv6 Testing...
Testing Done!
Global Ping Test
Query: ping 193.169.239.53, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 193.169.239.53 – RIPENCC /24 AS199524 GCORE – Luxembourg
CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Admin Control Panel
Gcore offers a robust and all-encompassing Cloud Control Panel that seamlessly integrates with their extensive range of products, such as CDN, Streaming, Storage, Cloud, DDoS Protection, and DNS Hosting. The control panel is designed with an intuitive user interface, providing effortless navigation and simplified management of your services.
With the control panel, you have the convenience of monitoring the performance of your resources in real time, ensuring optimal functionality and efficient utilization. Setting up your Gcore account is a breeze, taking just 5 minutes to get started and immediately access the full array of features available through the control panel.
Server Pricing
Official Website: https://www.gcore.com
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Conclusion
Gcore also offers virtual and dedicated server options in certified data centers worldwide. They provide flexible configurations, easy upgradability, complimentary server and OS installation, customizable traffic packages, various bandwidth options, support for all operating systems, global coverage, DDoS protection, and 24/7 multi-language support.
In summary, Gcore is an all-in-one solution for businesses seeking to establish a strong online presence on a global scale. Their wide range of services and flexible infrastructure makes them an ideal choice for both beginners and experienced professionals looking to create and manage websites efficiently.
Official Website: https://www.gcore.com