Gcore Australia Sydney Standard vCPU Unlimited Data Transfer VPS Hosting Test and Review
Introducing the Gcore Australia Sydney Shared vCPU VPS Server instances, explicitly designed for workloads prioritizing cost-efficiency over high performance.
The server has an Intel Xeon E3-12xx v2 (Ivy Bridge, IBRS) Processor, ensuring reliable performance and stability. With 2 CPU Cores, 4 GB RAM, and 50 GB SSD Storage, these instances provide the necessary resources for efficient workloads. Moreover, enjoy unlimited traffic and 1x IPv4 connectivity for seamless communication.
About Gcore
Gcore is a leading global provider of comprehensive solutions in public cloud and edge computing, content delivery, hosting, and security. With their extensive global infrastructure, they cater to enterprise-level businesses by offering world-class edge and cloud-based services. Gcore’s portfolio includes the following core services: Edge Cloud, Edge Network, Streaming Platform, Bare Metal, and Security.
Gcore’s Edge Cloud provides a turnkey infrastructure that enables rapid worldwide development. Their cloud services empower businesses to deploy projects efficiently and cost-effectively, scaling seamlessly as their operations expand. With over 20 core and edge locations, Gcore offers its clients a diverse range of IaaS and PaaS services. Additionally, they offer private, hybrid, and on-premises cloud solutions to meet specific business requirements.
For those who envision a dedicated server but feel unprepared, Gcore’s Virtual Dedicated Server (VDS) based on KVM virtualization technology is the ideal solution. It can be set up effortlessly with just a few clicks and offers easy scalability.
Gcore provides servers in the USA and Europe, starting from just €3.25 per month. Their server offerings come with many benefits, including 200 Mbit/s guaranteed speed with no traffic restrictions, support for any operating system, fast SSD drives, certified Tier III data centers, exceptional connectivity, protection against DDoS attacks, and round-the-clock technical support.
With a wide range of hosting solutions, Gcore caters to beginners and professionals who seek to create and manage their websites. Their services are flexible, scalable, secure, globally distributed, and designed with developers in mind. Furthermore, Gcore boasts superb connectivity, boasting over 140 CDN POPs and 15 Cloud locations worldwide for optimal performance and accessibility.
Official Website: https://www.Gcore.com
Basic Bench
CPU Model : Intel Xeon E3-12xx v2 (Ivy Bridge, IBRS)
CPU Cores : 2 @ 1999.997 MHz
CPU Cache : 16384 KB
AES-NI : Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : Disabled
Total Disk : 49.2 GB (875.8 MB Used)
Total Mem : 3.8 GB (72.8 MB Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 14 min
Load average : 0.15, 0.06, 0.06
OS : Debian GNU/Linux 11
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 5.10.0-13-amd64
TCP CC : bbr
Virtualization : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : Online / Offline
Organization : AS199524 G-Core Labs S.A.
Location : Sydney / AU
Region : New South Wales
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 37.0 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 56.9 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 45.3 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 46.4 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 3364.54 Mbps 2271.87 Mbps 0.21 ms
Los Angeles, US 539.87 Mbps 1599.84 Mbps 148.78 ms
Dallas, US 400.35 Mbps 1735.01 Mbps 189.23 ms
Montreal, CA 320.96 Mbps 740.15 Mbps 224.57 ms
Amsterdam, NL 318.93 Mbps 1056.83 Mbps 251.65 ms
Shanghai, CN 289.53 Mbps 1116.30 Mbps 272.85 ms
Nanjing, CN 285.70 Mbps 1232.76 Mbps 305.98 ms
Hongkong, CN 517.67 Mbps 2200.52 Mbps 123.27 ms
Singapore, SG 856.26 Mbps 2339.76 Mbps 92.11 ms
Tokyo, JP 492.52 Mbps 1503.20 Mbps 141.97 ms
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Finished in : 6 min 33 sec
Timestamp : 2023-07-11 03:22:20 UTC
Looking Glass
Test IPv4: 146.185.214.47
Test IPv6: 2a03:90c0:105::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 : Sydney, New South Wales (NSW)
Country : Australia
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 5.72 MB/s (1.4k) | 25.94 MB/s (405)
Write | 5.72 MB/s (1.4k) | 26.40 MB/s (412)
Total | 11.45 MB/s (2.8k) | 52.34 MB/s (817)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 78.54 MB/s (153) | 99.00 MB/s (96)
Write | 82.72 MB/s (161) | 105.59 MB/s (103)
Total | 161.26 MB/s (314) | 204.59 MB/s (199)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 568 Mbits/sec | 540 Mbits/sec | 262 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | busy | busy | 247 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | 621 Mbits/sec | busy | 251 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 620 Mbits/sec | 482 Mbits/sec | 280 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 762 Mbits/sec | 783 Mbits/sec | 208 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 744 Mbits/sec | 421 Mbits/sec | 212 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 1.13 Gbits/sec | 1.05 Gbits/sec | 148 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
|
Single Core | 497
Multi Core | 892
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/1879611
YABS completed in 24 min 11 sec
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 65.79 MiB/s | 526.32 Mbps | ping 0.294ms
Gdrive : 20.76 MiB/s | 166.08 Mbps | ping 0.753ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 284.17 KiB/s | 2.22 Mbps | ping 226.030ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 7.83 MiB/s | 62.66 Mbps | ping 154.662ms
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 145.19 KiB/s | 1.13 Mbps | ping 230.421ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 10.56 MiB/s | 84.52 Mbps | ping 170.340ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 8.72 MiB/s | 69.79 Mbps | ping 190.366ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 12.30 MiB/s | 98.43 Mbps | ping 145.507ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 6.11 MiB/s | 48.90 Mbps | ping 237.863ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 5.36 MiB/s | 42.88 Mbps | ping 195.620ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 5.38 MiB/s | 43.02 Mbps | ping 246.774ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 4.49 MiB/s | 35.89 Mbps | ping 247.675ms
Hetzner, Germany : 287.99 KiB/s | 2.25 Mbps | ping 259.089ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 5.33 MiB/s | 42.62 Mbps | ping 257.705ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 4.61 MiB/s | 36.85 Mbps | ping 262.538ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 280 B/s | N/A | ping 299.253ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 190 B/s | N/A | ping 265.209ms
Online, France : 5.37 MiB/s | 42.92 Mbps | ping 247.011ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 162 B/s | N/A | ping 257.706ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 64.72 MiB/s | 517.80 Mbps | ping 0.411ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 1.93 KiB/s | 0.02 Mbps | ping 23.884ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 2.97 MiB/s | 23.78 Mbps | ping 278.437ms
Prima, Argentina : 147.70 KiB/s | 1.15 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 20.54 MiB/s | 164.34 Mbps | ping 92.516ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 9.35 MiB/s | 74.83 Mbps | ping 177.867ms
Linode, Singapore : 23.08 MiB/s | 184.66 Mbps | ping 93.070ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 19.38 MiB/s | 155.04 Mbps | ping 113.045ms
Benchmark finished in 336 seconds
Media Unlock Test
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: No
HotStar: No
Disney+: No
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Yes (Region: AU)
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: LU)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
iQyi Oversea Region: AU
Viu.com: No
YouTube CDN: Sydney, N.S.W.
Netflix Preferred CDN: Sydney, N.S.W.
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: AUD
ChatGPT: Yes
=======================================
==============[ 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
U-NEXT: No
Hulu Japan: No
TVer: Yes
GYAO!: Yes
WOWOW: Failed
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: Yes
BritBox: Yes
Crackle: No
CW TV: No
A&E TV: No
NBA TV: Yes
NBC TV: No
Fubo TV: No
Tubi TV: Yes
Sling TV: Yes
Pluto TV: Yes
Acorn TV: Yes
SHOWTIME: Yes
encoreTVB: No
Funimation: Yes (Region: AU)
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: Yes (Region: AU)
=======================================
===============[ Europe ]==============
Rakuten TV: Yes
Funimation: Yes (Region: AU)
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: Yes
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: Yes
SHOWTIME: Yes
BritBox: Yes
Funimation: Yes (Region: AU)
Paramount+: No
---AU---
Stan: Yes
Binge: No
Docplay: Yes
7plus: No
Channel 9: No
Channel 10: No
ABC iView: No
Kayo Sports: Yes
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 87.121.33.60, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 87.121.33.60 – RIPENCC /24 AS199524 GCORE – Australia, New South Wales, Sydney
CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Admin Control Panel
Gcore offers a convenient Control Panel that enables seamless connectivity to your instance through the Console. Select your desired instance and click on the “Access to Console” option to establish a connection.
When connecting to Linux instances, the login typically follows the naming convention of the operating system. For instance, if you’re using an Ubuntu instance, the login would be “ubuntu.” You would have set the password when providing user data in the “Additional features” section during the instance creation process.
For Windows instances, the login for all instances is “Admin.” You would have set the password in the “Access” field during instance creation.
With Gcore’s Control Panel, accessing and managing your instances becomes hassle-free, allowing you to focus on your tasks without any connectivity barriers.
Server Pricing
Official Website: https://www.Gcore.com
Coupon
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Conclusion
The server’s I/O speed tests showcase consistent performance, with an average speed of 46.4 MB/s. Network speed tests reveal impressive upload and download speeds, with significant latency reduction compared to other locations.
Depending on block size, the server’s performance in fio Disk Speed Tests demonstrates good read and write speeds, ranging from 5.72 MB/s to 105.59 MB/s. In the Geekbench 6 Benchmark test, the server achieved a Single Core score of 497 and a Multi-Core score of 892, showcasing its capabilities.
In conclusion, the Gcore Australia Sydney Shared vCPU VPS Server instances offer a cost-effective solution for workloads prioritizing affordability over high performance. These instances are suitable for various applications with reliable performance, ample resources, and impressive network speeds.
Whether managing small-scale projects or deploying web applications, businesses can confidently rely on these instances to meet their needs without compromising their budget.
Official Website: https://www.Gcore.com
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