Hetzner Finland Helsinki Intel Xeon Shared CPU VPS Hosting Test and Review
We are excited to present the Hetzner Finland Helsinki Shared vCPU VPS Server, specifically engineered to provide unparalleled value and scalability. This server is ideally suited for various applications, including individual projects, distributed systems, dynamic clusters, and development environments.
This server is powered by the cutting-edge Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS) and has impressive capabilities. With 4 CPU Cores, 16 GB of RAM, and 160 GB of SSD storage, it offers substantial resources to handle even the most demanding workloads. Furthermore, it provides ample bandwidth with 20 TB of outbound traffic, accompanied by 1x IPv4 and 1x IPv6 addresses.
Hetzner Cloud‘s steadfast commitment to excellence and customer satisfaction has been acknowledged with the prestigious “Platinum” award. This remarkable recognition marks the fourth consecutive time Hetzner has received this honor at the esteemed Service Provider Awards 2023. It is a testament to the exceptional quality and reliability of Hetzner’s Cloud products.
About Hetzner
Hetzner is a highly regarded web hosting company that provides comprehensive services tailored to various needs. Their lineup includes dedicated servers, cloud hosting, storage, and managed servers, offering options suitable for beginners and seasoned professionals.
Hetzner’s cloud servers are housed in state-of-the-art data centers in Germany and Finland and partner data centers in the USA. With cutting-edge hardware such as Ampere® Altra®, AMD EPYC™ 2nd Gen, and Intel® Xeon® Gold processors, combined with speedy NVMe SSDs, Hetzner ensures best-in-class performance for their customers.
Regarding user experience, Hetzner excels by offering an intuitive interface that enables server instance creation in just seconds, typically within 10 seconds. Furthermore, their dedicated support staff, comprising knowledgeable data center technicians, is available 24/7 via telephone and email to provide reliable assistance.
Hetzner believes in affordability, making their cloud hosting pricing highly competitive. Starting from just €4.51, Hetzner offers flexible options for vCPUs, allowing users to optimize their workloads based on their specific requirements, whether CPU-intensive applications or seeking unmatched value and scalability.
Additionally, Hetzner offers web hosting services for those who prefer a quick and hassle-free way to set up their websites. Their web hosting packages utilize NVMe SSDs, resulting in faster read and write speeds. With prices starting at only €2.09, Hetzner’s web hosting plans strike the perfect balance between affordability and performance.
Official Website: https://www.hetzner.com
Basic Bench
CPU Model : Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS)
CPU Cores : 4 @ 2294.608 MHz
CPU Cache : 16384 KB
AES-NI : Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : Disabled
Total Disk : 150.2 GB (1.1 GB Used)
Total Mem : 15.3 GB (84.5 MB Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 14 min
Load average : 0.02, 0.04, 0.00
OS : Debian GNU/Linux 11
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 5.10.0-23-amd64
TCP CC : bbr
Virtualization : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : Online / Online
Organization : AS24940 Hetzner Online GmbH
Location : Tuusula / FI
Region : Uusimaa
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 781 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 972 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 852 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 868.3 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 3536.04 Mbps 6048.26 Mbps 23.37 ms
Los Angeles, US 461.07 Mbps 3703.43 Mbps 179.43 ms
Dallas, US 542.54 Mbps 4559.68 Mbps 151.22 ms
Montreal, CA 609.07 Mbps 608.05 Mbps 122.23 ms
Paris, FR 1938.93 Mbps 4874.93 Mbps 44.81 ms
Amsterdam, NL 3063.06 Mbps 4356.22 Mbps 27.46 ms
Shanghai, CN 310.77 Mbps 1762.60 Mbps 260.24 ms
Nanjing, CN 279.33 Mbps 1284.39 Mbps 280.51 ms
Guangzhou, CN 0.85 Mbps 77.50 Mbps 277.98 ms
Hongkong, CN 348.84 Mbps 3779.74 Mbps 165.63 ms
Singapore, SG 447.27 Mbps 342.96 Mbps 194.89 ms
Tokyo, JP 307.52 Mbps 1234.07 Mbps 244.50 ms
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Finished in : 6 min 35 sec
Timestamp : 2023-06-30 06:05:01 UTC
Looking Glass
Test Files
Yabs Performance Bench
Network Information:
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ISP : Hetzner Online GmbH
ASN : AS24940 Hetzner Online GmbH
Host : Hetzner
Location : Helsinki, Uusimaa (18)
Country : Finland
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
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Read | 150.01 MB/s (37.5k) | 1.63 GB/s (25.4k)
Write | 150.41 MB/s (37.6k) | 1.64 GB/s (25.6k)
Total | 300.43 MB/s (75.1k) | 3.27 GB/s (51.1k)
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Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 3.11 GB/s (6.0k) | 3.69 GB/s (3.6k)
Write | 3.28 GB/s (6.4k) | 3.94 GB/s (3.8k)
Total | 6.40 GB/s (12.5k) | 7.63 GB/s (7.4k)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 5.66 Gbits/sec | 4.24 Gbits/sec | 33.9 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | 5.64 Gbits/sec | 5.00 Gbits/sec | 37.6 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | busy | 5.82 Gbits/sec | 29.8 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 3.31 Gbits/sec | 2.72 Gbits/sec | 66.5 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 1.74 Gbits/sec | 1.51 Gbits/sec | 104 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 1.22 Gbits/sec | 1.26 Gbits/sec | 133 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 961 Mbits/sec | 998 Mbits/sec | 156 ms
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 5.69 Gbits/sec | 5.58 Gbits/sec | 33.7 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | 6.04 Gbits/sec | 5.00 Gbits/sec | 35.7 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | 6.46 Gbits/sec | 6.37 Gbits/sec | 29.9 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 2.96 Gbits/sec | 2.76 Gbits/sec | 66.6 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 1.72 Gbits/sec | 1.49 Gbits/sec | 104 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 1.30 Gbits/sec | 1.34 Gbits/sec | 133 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 1.07 Gbits/sec | 1.11 Gbits/sec | 157 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 912
Multi Core | 2868
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/1767779
YABS completed in 14 min 46 sec
Moving on to the disk speed tests using fio, the results show impressive performance across different block sizes. For the 4k block size, the read and write speeds are around 150 MB/s, while for the 64k block size, the read and write speeds are in the 1.6-1.6 GB/s range. The total throughput increases significantly for larger block sizes, reaching 6.4 GB/s for the 512k block size and 7.6 GB/s for the 1m block size.
The iperf3 network speed tests conducted over IPv4 and IPv6 demonstrate varying speeds and latencies. Providers like Clouvider in London and Scaleway in Paris offer high send and receive speeds exceeding 5 Gbits/sec. NovoServe in North Holland achieves busy status, indicating heavy load, while Uztelecom in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, shows lower speeds and increased latency.
In the Geekbench 6 benchmark test, the system obtained a single-core score of 912 and a multi-core score of 2868. The full test results can be viewed at the provided link.
Considering the strong disk performance, a mix of fast and moderate network speeds depending on location, and decent benchmark scores, the system appears to provide satisfactory performance and capabilities.
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 335.57 MiB/s | 2684.56 Mbps | ping 6.288ms
Gdrive : 46.45 MiB/s | 371.57 Mbps | ping 7.780ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 747.95 KiB/s | 5.84 Mbps | ping 101.798ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 1.69 MiB/s | 13.51 Mbps | ping 169.007ms
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 14.37 MiB/s | 114.97 Mbps | ping 105.877ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 11.16 MiB/s | 89.27 Mbps | ping 164.013ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 14.23 MiB/s | 113.82 Mbps | ping 140.111ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 11.13 MiB/s | 89.05 Mbps | ping 161.091ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 24.67 MiB/s | 197.35 Mbps | ping 93.108ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 18.14 MiB/s | 145.12 Mbps | ping 119.739ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 72.15 MiB/s | 577.20 Mbps | ping 34.379ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 61.73 MiB/s | 493.81 Mbps | ping 30.724ms
Hetzner, Germany : 3.77 MiB/s | 30.13 Mbps | ping 23.748ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 50.57 MiB/s | 404.53 Mbps | ping 28.968ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 79.87 MiB/s | 638.98 Mbps | ping 27.131ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 2.95 KiB/s | 0.02 Mbps | ping 7.025ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 1.06 KiB/s | 0.01 Mbps | ping 36.946ms
Online, France : 53.55 MiB/s | 428.38 Mbps | ping 37.582ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 1.09 KiB/s | 0.01 Mbps | ping 37.933ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 3.27 MiB/s | 26.16 Mbps | ping 294.746ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 96 B/s | N/A | ping 313.945ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 31.32 MiB/s | 250.55 Mbps | ping 56.858ms
Prima, Argentina : 171.83 KiB/s | 1.34 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 869.10 KiB/s | 6.79 Mbps | ping 202.887ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 4.38 MiB/s | 35.06 Mbps | ping 270.451ms
Linode, Singapore : 4.65 MiB/s | 37.18 Mbps | ping 250.793ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 4.28 MiB/s | 34.26 Mbps | ping 263.456ms
Benchmark finished in 115 seconds
Media Unlock Test
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: No
HotStar: No
Disney+: No
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Yes (Region: DE)
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: FI)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
iQyi Oversea Region: INTL
Viu.com: No
YouTube CDN: Stockholm
Netflix Preferred CDN: Stockholm
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: EUR
ChatGPT: Yes
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Testing Done!
Global Ping Test
Query: ping 65.21.158.255, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 65.21.158.255 – RIPENCC /16 AS24940 HETZNER – Finland, Uusimaa, Helsinki
CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Admin Control Panel
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Server Pricing
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Conclusion
Hetzner servers are top-notch in web hosting, known for their outstanding speed, reliability, and value. Hetzner Online GmbH stands out by providing various server options to cater to everyone’s needs.
When it comes to performance, Hetzner servers are hard to beat. They offer great disk speeds and ample data storage. Speed tests show that these servers can handle read and write tasks super fast – we’re talking up to 1.6 GB/s for certain tasks, with a whopping 7.6 GB/s for bigger jobs. This means they can manage heavy workloads and let you get to your data quickly and smoothly.
Also, the connections on Hetzner servers are solid and fast. Speed tests for their networks regularly show speeds over 5 Gbits/sec, ensuring you can send and receive data without a hitch. While some places might see slower speeds or a bit of delay across the board, Hetzner servers keep you well-connected.
Hetzner servers are a fantastic choice for anyone looking for reliable, high-speed hosting without breaking the bank. They’re a leading name in hosting for a good reason: top-tier infrastructure, dedication to their customers, and constant upgrades. Choosing Hetzner means a smooth and efficient web hosting experience, whether for business or personal use.
Official Website: https://www.hetzner.com