Gcore South Africa Johannesburg Standard vCPU Unlimited Traffic VPS Hosting Test and Review
We will be conducting a comprehensive test on the Gcore South Africa Johannesburg Standard Virtual Server, which is specifically designed for a wide range of workloads and offers consistent performance.
This server is equipped with Intel Xeon E3-12xx v2 (Ivy Bridge, IBRS) Processors, providing exceptional processing power. It features 2 CPU cores and 4 GB of RAM, ensuring smooth multitasking capabilities. With 50 GB of SSD storage, you can store your data efficiently. Additionally, unlimited data transfer allows for seamless data flow. The server comes with a 1x IPv4 address for easy connectivity.
For optimal performance, the cloud platform offers various vCPU and RAM configurations. The shared type provides partial core usage, while the Standard/CPU/RAM/GPU types offer dedicated core usage. This flexibility allows you to choose the configuration that best suits your needs.
About Gcore
Gcore is a global hosting company that offers a range of services including CDN, Edge and Cloud Services, and Bare Metal Security. Their platform is designed to help businesses go global faster with low-latency services around the world.
Gcore’s network consists of more than 140 CDN POPs and 15 Cloud locations, and their products seamlessly integrate state-of-the-art DDoS and web protection. They also offer a ready-made infrastructure for faster development around the world with their Edge Cloud service, which includes 16 core and edge locations and over 20 IaaS and PaaS services.
Official Website: https://www.gcore.com
Basic Bench
CPU Model : Intel Xeon E3-12xx v2 (Ivy Bridge, IBRS)
CPU Cores : 2 @ 1999.988 MHz
CPU Cache : 16384 KB
AES-NI : Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : Disabled
Total Disk : 48.2 GB (875.7 MB Used)
Total Mem : 3.8 GB (79.0 MB Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 4 min
Load average : 0.30, 0.24, 0.11
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 : Johannesburg / ZA
Region : Gauteng
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 62.4 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 53.8 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 43.5 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 53.2 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 4342.96 Mbps 942.10 Mbps 0.32 ms
Los Angeles, US 254.55 Mbps 827.61 Mbps 302.43 ms
Dallas, US 284.08 Mbps 1026.26 Mbps 288.09 ms
Montreal, CA 319.06 Mbps 938.28 Mbps 244.66 ms
Paris, FR 423.18 Mbps 896.83 Mbps 199.71 ms
Amsterdam, NL 429.97 Mbps 904.87 Mbps 186.05 ms
Shanghai, CN 176.52 Mbps 721.19 Mbps 417.49 ms
Guangzhou, CN 68.60 Mbps 193.14 Mbps 350.66 ms
Hongkong, CN 177.29 Mbps 735.83 Mbps 257.58 ms
Singapore, SG 162.68 Mbps 451.76 Mbps 431.23 ms
Tokyo, JP 180.37 Mbps 672.45 Mbps 428.80 ms
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Finished in : 8 min 11 sec
Timestamp : 2023-06-19 01:10:33 UTC
Looking Glass
IPv4: 5.188.133.207
IPv6: 2a03:90c0:1f5::3c
Yabs Performance Bench
IPv4 Network Information:
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ISP : G-Core Labs S.A.
ASN : AS199524 G-Core Labs S.A.
Host : G-Core Labs S.A
Location : Johannesburg, Gauteng (GP)
Country : South Africa
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 4.35 MB/s (1.0k) | 22.89 MB/s (357)
Write | 4.38 MB/s (1.0k) | 23.31 MB/s (364)
Total | 8.73 MB/s (2.1k) | 46.20 MB/s (721)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 70.43 MB/s (137) | 88.31 MB/s (86)
Write | 74.17 MB/s (144) | 94.19 MB/s (91)
Total | 144.60 MB/s (281) | 182.51 MB/s (177)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 581 Mbits/sec | 568 Mbits/sec | 166 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | busy | 775 Mbits/sec | 198 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | busy | busy | 216 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | busy | 369 Mbits/sec | 307 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | busy | 476 Mbits/sec | 265 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | busy | 391 Mbits/sec | 300 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | busy | 373 Mbits/sec | 329 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
|
Single Core | 497
Multi Core | 901
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/1645718
YABS completed in 24 min 38 sec
Summarize
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 26.08 MiB/s | 208.60 Mbps | ping 0.680ms
Gdrive : 467.04 KiB/s | 3.65 Mbps | ping 250.878ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 1.73 MiB/s | 13.84 Mbps | ping 241.020ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 301.93 KiB/s | 2.36 Mbps | ping 326.800ms
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 976.20 KiB/s | 7.63 Mbps | ping 249.295ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 1.65 MiB/s | 13.17 Mbps | ping 299.930ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 2.76 MiB/s | 22.07 Mbps | ping 277.500ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 1.89 MiB/s | 15.16 Mbps | ping 313.520ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 4.77 MiB/s | 38.16 Mbps | ping 248.099ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 4.61 MiB/s | 36.87 Mbps | ping 252.606ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 9.04 MiB/s | 72.29 Mbps | ping 178.009ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 7.12 MiB/s | 56.93 Mbps | ping 189.807ms
Hetzner, Germany : 6.33 MiB/s | 50.67 Mbps | ping 182.331ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 8.68 MiB/s | 69.48 Mbps | ping 198.882ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 8.09 MiB/s | 64.68 Mbps | ping 185.981ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 255 B/s | N/A | ping 196.271ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 262 B/s | N/A | ping 184.159ms
Online, France : 9.45 MiB/s | 75.60 Mbps | ping 197.936ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 232 B/s | N/A | ping 180.789ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 1.17 MiB/s | 9.38 Mbps | ping 320.124ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 159 B/s | N/A | ping 479.020ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 3.77 MiB/s | 30.17 Mbps | ping 235.691ms
Prima, Argentina : 143.49 KiB/s | 1.12 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 100.38 KiB/s | 0.78 Mbps | ping 406.151ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 448.90 KiB/s | 3.51 Mbps | ping 447.564ms
Linode, Singapore : 1.63 MiB/s | 13.02 Mbps | ping 369.745ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 2.08 MiB/s | 16.66 Mbps | ping 325.383ms
Benchmark finished in 379 seconds
Media Unlock Test
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: No
HotStar: No
Disney+: No
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Yes (Region: ZA)
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: LU)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
iQyi Oversea Region: INTL
Viu.com: Yes (Region: ZA)
YouTube CDN: Sao Paulo
Netflix Preferred CDN: Johannesburg
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: ZAR
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
=======================================
=============[ Hong Kong ]=============
Now E: Failed (Unexpected Result: )
Viu.TV: No
MyTVSuper: No
HBO GO Asia: No
BiliBili Hongkong/Macau/Taiwan: No
=======================================
===============[ 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
=======================================
===========[ 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: Yes
NBC TV: No
Fubo TV: No
Tubi TV: No
Sling TV: Yes
Pluto TV: Yes
Acorn TV: No
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
=======================================
===========[ South America ]===========
Star+: No
HBO Max: No
DirecTV Go: Yes (Region: REGISTRARSE)
Funimation: No
=======================================
===============[ 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
=======================================
==============[ Oceania ]==============
NBA TV: Yes
Acorn TV: No
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
=======================================
==============[ Korean ]===============
Wavve: No
Tving: No
Coupang Play: No
Naver TV: No
Afreeca TV: Yes
KBS Domestic: No
=======================================
No IPv6 Connectivity Found, Abort IPv6 Testing...
Testing Done!Global Ping Test
Query: ping 94.156.93.157, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 94.156.93.157 – RIPENCC /24 AS199524 GCORE – South Africa, Gauteng, Johannesburg
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Admin Control Panel
Gcore offers an extensive Cloud Control Panel that seamlessly integrates with their products, such as CDN, Streaming, Storage, Cloud, DDoS Protection, and DNS Hosting, providing a comprehensive solution for your cloud management needs. The control panel features an intuitive user interface, allowing for effortless navigation and efficient management of your services.
With the control panel, you gain convenient access to monitor the performance of your resources, ensuring optimal functionality and performance. Setting up your account with Gcore is quick and hassle-free, allowing you to start utilizing the extensive features of the control panel within just 5 minutes and easily manage your cloud services.
Server Pricing
Official Website: https://www.gcore.com
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Conclusion
In addition to their hosting services, Gcore also offers a powerful global network with over 110 Tbps total network capacity, more than 100 IXPs connected, and over 11,000 peering partners. Their platform is developer-friendly with a fully-featured API, detailed documentation, SDKs and libraries, Terraform integration, and OctoDNS integration.
Gcore also offers virtual and dedicated servers in certified data centers around the world with superb connectivity, flexible traffic packages, support for all operating systems, DDoS protection, and 24/7 multi-language support. Overall, Gcore provides a secure and reliable platform for businesses looking to expand their online presence globally.
Official Website: https://www.gcore.com
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