Gcore United Arab Emirates Dubai Standard vCore Unlimited Data Transfer VPS Test and Review
We will now conduct a test on the Gcore United Arab Emirates Dubai Standard Virtual Server. This server is specifically designed for production-grade workloads and offers reliable and consistent performance.
The server is equipped with powerful Intel Xeon E3-12xx v2 (Ivy Bridge, IBRS) Processors, ensuring optimal performance. It provides 2 CPU cores, 4 GB of RAM, 50 GB of SSD storage, unlimited data transfer, and 1 IPv4 address.
Gcore’s cloud platform offers various configurations for vCPU and RAM. You can choose between the shared type, which allows partial use of the core, or Standard/CPU/RAM/GPU Types, which provide dedicated use of the core based on your specific requirements.
About Gcore
Gcore is a leading global hosting company renowned for its comprehensive range of services, including CDN, Edge, and Cloud Services. Trusted by large online businesses, Gcore offers a secure and low-latency platform that ensures seamless and high-performing services across the globe.
Gcore offers a range of pricing plans for their different services. For their Cloud services, they have a Cloud Calculator on their website where you can choose your region, operating system, vCPU/RAM, IP address, and outgoing traffic to calculate the cost of your configuration.
For their Edge Network service, they offer four pricing plans: Free, Start, Pro, and Enterprise. The Free plan is for personal websites and blogs and includes 1 TB of traffic and 1 billion requests. The Start plan costs €35 per month and is for small business websites. It includes 1.5 TB of traffic and 1 billion requests. The Pro plan costs €100 per month and is for professional web projects. It includes 5 TB of traffic and 1 billion requests. The Enterprise plan is custom and for large online services.
Official Website: https://www.gcore.com
Basic Bench
CPU Model : Intel Xeon E3-12xx v2 (Ivy Bridge, IBRS)
CPU Cores : 2 @ 2394.368 MHz
CPU Cache : 16384 KB
AES-NI : Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : Disabled
Total Disk : 49.2 GB (882.6 MB Used)
Total Mem : 3.8 GB (76.2 MB Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 1 min
Load average : 0.10, 0.04, 0.01
OS : Debian GNU/Linux 11
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 5.10.0-21-amd64
TCP CC : bbr
Virtualization : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : Online / Offline
Organization : AS59605 MENA LEVANT W.L.L
Location : Dubai / AE
Region : Dubai
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 52.0 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 52.1 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 52.1 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 52.1 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 4736.61 Mbps 9161.80 Mbps 0.24 ms
Los Angeles, US 309.26 Mbps 1766.97 Mbps 263.28 ms
Dallas, US 337.11 Mbps 1972.09 Mbps 221.98 ms
Montreal, CA 393.09 Mbps 928.76 Mbps 193.12 ms
Paris, FR 527.26 Mbps 3889.72 Mbps 168.94 ms
Amsterdam, NL 536.56 Mbps 621.76 Mbps 143.80 ms
Shanghai, CN 191.95 Mbps 2148.44 Mbps 362.66 ms
Nanjing, CN 223.29 Mbps 2786.99 Mbps 276.77 ms
Guangzhou, CN 70.14 Mbps 257.35 Mbps 290.69 ms
Hongkong, CN 417.78 Mbps 2449.62 Mbps 129.98 ms
Singapore, SG 299.02 Mbps 1193.46 Mbps 271.04 ms
Tokyo, JP 168.88 Mbps 3059.72 Mbps 281.16 ms
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Finished in : 7 min 38 sec
Timestamp : 2023-06-16 09:33:31 UTC
Looking Glass
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 : Dubai, Dubai (DU)
Country : United Arab Emirates
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 1.18 MB/s (296) | 18.98 MB/s (296)
Write | 1.21 MB/s (304) | 19.51 MB/s (304)
Total | 2.40 MB/s (600) | 38.50 MB/s (600)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 100.22 MB/s (195) | 99.58 MB/s (97)
Write | 105.55 MB/s (206) | 106.21 MB/s (103)
Total | 205.78 MB/s (401) | 205.79 MB/s (200)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | busy | 1.53 Gbits/sec | 103 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | 1.65 Gbits/sec | busy | 108 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | busy | 1.62 Gbits/sec | 126 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 847 Mbits/sec | 566 Mbits/sec | 197 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 639 Mbits/sec | 52.5 Mbits/sec | 188 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 606 Mbits/sec | 668 Mbits/sec | 225 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 588 Mbits/sec | 650 Mbits/sec | 254 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 875
Multi Core | 1623
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/1615437
YABS completed in 16 min 35 sec
Summarize
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 955.08 KiB/s | 7.46 Mbps | ping 133.921ms
Gdrive : 0 B/s | N/A | ping 105.293ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 270.10 KiB/s | 2.11 Mbps | ping 219.123ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 530.58 KiB/s | 4.15 Mbps | ping 286.871ms
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 4.21 MiB/s | 33.70 Mbps | ping 258.119ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 3.09 MiB/s | 24.72 Mbps | ping 285.981ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 6.32 MiB/s | 50.55 Mbps | ping 253.891ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 2.69 MiB/s | 21.51 Mbps | ping 251.086ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 3.82 MiB/s | 30.55 Mbps | ping 271.592ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 7.57 MiB/s | 60.54 Mbps | ping 241.675ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 21.28 MiB/s | 170.20 Mbps | ping 135.143ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 13.42 MiB/s | 107.32 Mbps | ping 125.795ms
Hetzner, Germany : 74 B/s | N/A | ping 132.500ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 14.02 MiB/s | 112.18 Mbps | ping 141.007ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 19.75 MiB/s | 157.98 Mbps | ping 108.496ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 396 B/s | N/A | ping 147.403ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 502 B/s | N/A | ping 127.058ms
Online, France : 18.27 MiB/s | 146.16 Mbps | ping 109.224ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 377 B/s | N/A | ping 118.846ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 1.05 MiB/s | 8.41 Mbps | ping 343.696ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 373 B/s | N/A | ping 297.064ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 6.46 MiB/s | 51.66 Mbps | ping 173.292ms
Prima, Argentina : 73.13 KiB/s | 0.57 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 609.56 KiB/s | 4.76 Mbps | ping 244.699ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 5.17 MiB/s | 41.35 Mbps | ping 265.934ms
Linode, Singapore : 8.61 MiB/s | 68.92 Mbps | ping 194.643ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 1.76 MiB/s | 14.09 Mbps | ping 256.231ms
Benchmark finished in 127 seconds
Media Unlock Test
============[ Multination ]============
awk: line 1: syntax error at or near end of line
Dazn: No
HotStar: No
Disney+: No
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Yes (Region: AE)
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: AE)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
iQyi Oversea Region: AE
Viu.com: Yes (Region: AE)
YouTube CDN:
Netflix Preferred CDN: Dubai
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: AED
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: No
Shudder: No
BritBox: Yes
Crackle: No
CW TV: No
A&E TV: No
NBA TV: Failed (Network Connection)
NBC TV: No
Fubo TV: Yes
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: Failed (Network Connection)
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: No
DirecTV Go: Yes (Region: REGISTRARSE)
Funimation: No
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===============[ Europe ]==============
Rakuten TV: Yes
Funimation: No
SkyShowTime: No
HBO Max: No
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 217.195.200.101, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 217.195.200.101 – RIPENCC /24 AS199524 GCORE – United Arab Emirates, Dubai
CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Admin Control Panel
Gcore offers a feature-rich Cloud Control Panel that seamlessly integrates with their extensive range of products, including CDN, Streaming, Storage, Cloud, DDoS Protection, and DNS Hosting. This all-in-one control panel provides a convenient and streamlined experience for managing your services.
The control panel is designed with an intuitive user interface, making it easy to navigate and effortlessly manage your resources. You can easily monitor the performance of your resources, ensuring they are functioning optimally.
Setting up your account with Gcore is quick and hassle-free. Within just 5 minutes, you can create an account and start utilizing the extensive features of the control panel. This allows you to efficiently manage your cloud services and make the most out of Gcore’s comprehensive offerings.
Server Pricing
Official Website: https://www.gcore.com
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Conclusion
Among their core services, Gcore’s Edge Cloud stands out, providing a ready-to-use infrastructure for accelerated global development. With 16 core and edge locations, over 20 IaaS and PaaS services, and flexible options for private, hybrid, and on-premises cloud solutions, Gcore empowers businesses to scale and innovate swiftly.
Additionally, Gcore offers virtual and dedicated servers housed in certified data centers worldwide. Customers can choose from a variety of configurations and enjoy seamless upgradability options, as well as comprehensive support for all operating systems. DDoS protection and 24/7 multi-language support further enhance Gcore’s hosting service, ensuring a reliable and secure environment for businesses of all sizes.
In summary, Gcore is a proven and dependable global hosting company offering a range of services that enable businesses to expand globally with ease. With a secure, flexible, and scalable platform, Gcore is an excellent choice for beginners and professionals alike, empowering them to thrive in the digital landscape.
Official Website: https://www.gcore.com