Linode Akamai Singapore AMD EPYC 7713 Dedicated CPU Instance Test and Review
In this evaluation, we will conduct an exhaustive investigation into the capabilities of the Linode Akamai Singapore Dedicated CPU Virtual Private Server. Under its hood, the server runs on the impressive power of an AMD EPYC 7713 64-core Processor.
The configuration comprises 4 CPU cores, a robust 8 GB RAM, and a fleet-footed 160 GB SSD storage. With 5 TB of traffic capacity and both IPv4 and IPv6 support, this remarkable server promises a comprehensive and rewarding experience.
Our analysis encompasses various rigorous tests: the Basic Benchmark, Yabs, and Unix Benchmark for essential metrics, the Global Node Test for extensive network assessment, and the Global Ping Test for latency measurement.
The Media Unlock Test for regional accessibility, the CloudFlare Internet Test for connection quality, and web performance evaluations via PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix Performance. You will gain profound insights into overall server performance through these exhaustive assessments.
About Linode
Linode, a pioneering US-based enterprise in cloud computing, is renowned for providing developers with a complete toolset required to start smoothly. The company champions robust, high-speed hosting infrastructure serving over 800,000 global customers. This infrastructure is designed to facilitate seamless cloud server deployment, leverage the speed of native SSDs over a blisteringly fast 40GB/s network, and utilize high-end hardware such as E5 processors.
The suite of services provided by Linode extends beyond primary offerings. These include tailored infrastructure management, NodeBalancers (load balancers rendered as a service), a resourceful DNS manager, block and object storage solutions, and professional consulting services.
Linode’s remarkable global presence encompasses eleven data centers strategically placed worldwide. These include four U.S. locations (Atlanta, Dallas, Fremont, and Newark) and others in the U.K. (London), Germany (Frankfurt), Canada (Toronto), India (Mumbai), Singapore, Japan (Tokyo), and Australia (Sydney).
Linode promises a customizable and flexible cloud platform for diverse applications. While this affords cost savings and control to the users, it requires manual deployment and configuration for many services typically included in shared hosting. A 2GB Linode is sufficient for more straightforward projects, and its capabilities can be expanded according to the project’s growth and needs.
Official Website: https://www.linode.com
Looking Glass
Speed Test: http://speedtest.singapore.linode.com
BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed
CPU Model : AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor
CPU Cores : 4 @ 2000.000 MHz
CPU Cache : 512 KB
AES-NI : Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : Disabled
Total Disk : 156.9 GB (1.0 GB Used)
Total Mem : 7.8 GB (84.8 MB Used)
Total Swap : 512.0 MB (0 Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 12 min
Load average : 0.05, 0.05, 0.01
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 : AS63949 Akamai Connected Cloud
Location : Singapore / SG
Region : Singapore
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 1.8 GB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 1.8 GB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 1.8 GB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 1843.2 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 5336.53 Mbps 17485.28 Mbps 0.50 ms
Los Angeles, US 472.31 Mbps 4592.84 Mbps 178.11 ms
Dallas, US 364.00 Mbps 3530.58 Mbps 228.20 ms
Montreal, CA 327.44 Mbps 928.70 Mbps 238.25 ms
Paris, FR 340.29 Mbps 2941.67 Mbps 232.35 ms
Amsterdam, NL 501.39 Mbps 4888.39 Mbps 160.21 ms
Shanghai, CN 178.00 Mbps 90.49 Mbps 333.24 ms
Nanjing, CN 327.34 Mbps 786.97 Mbps 226.94 ms
Singapore, SG 4998.97 Mbps 9056.30 Mbps 1.42 ms
Tokyo, JP 1153.08 Mbps 11183.82 Mbps 66.75 ms
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Finished in : 5 min 23 sec
Timestamp : 2023-07-27 00:32:07 UTC
YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark
IPv6 Network Information:
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ISP : Akamai Technologies
ASN : AS63949 Akamai Connected Cloud
Host : Linode
Location : Singapore, North West (03)
Country : Singapore
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 266.15 MB/s (66.5k) | 3.00 GB/s (46.8k)
Write | 266.85 MB/s (66.7k) | 3.01 GB/s (47.1k)
Total | 533.01 MB/s (133.2k) | 6.01 GB/s (94.0k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 8.92 GB/s (17.4k) | 8.94 GB/s (8.7k)
Write | 9.39 GB/s (18.3k) | 9.53 GB/s (9.3k)
Total | 18.31 GB/s (35.7k) | 18.47 GB/s (18.0k)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 674 Mbits/sec | 726 Mbits/sec | 222 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | 1.27 Gbits/sec | 1.18 Gbits/sec | 156 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | busy | 1.03 Gbits/sec | 231 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | busy | busy | 258 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 672 Mbits/sec | busy | 217 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | busy | busy | 201 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 975 Mbits/sec | busy | 167 ms
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 530 Mbits/sec | busy | 222 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | 803 Mbits/sec | 751 Mbits/sec | 231 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | busy | busy | 231 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | busy | busy | 258 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | busy | busy | 217 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 795 Mbits/sec | busy | 201 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 884 Mbits/sec | 1.01 Gbits/sec | 168 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 1264
Multi Core | 2941
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/2049832
YABS completed in 13 min 38 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance
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Benchmark Run: Thu Jul 27 2023 00:50:04 - 01:18:03
4 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 42637064.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 7195.6 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 5043.8 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1169465.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 309316.2 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 3739526.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 2029241.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 167901.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 12296.6 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 13043.1 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 3399.1 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 2348616.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 42637064.2 3653.6
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 7195.6 1308.3
Execl Throughput 43.0 5043.8 1173.0
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 1169465.4 2953.2
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 309316.2 1869.0
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 3739526.5 6447.5
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 2029241.1 1631.2
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 167901.8 419.8
Process Creation 126.0 12296.6 975.9
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 13043.1 3076.2
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 3399.1 5665.2
System Call Overhead 15000.0 2348616.0 1565.7
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1980.3
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Benchmark Run: Thu Jul 27 2023 01:18:03 - 01:46:04
4 CPUs in system; running 4 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 118781463.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 24775.2 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 13637.8 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1263693.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 315719.8 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 4233730.6 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 5606502.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 801314.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 37875.6 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 27244.3 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 3775.4 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 6307736.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 118781463.3 10178.4
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 24775.2 4504.6
Execl Throughput 43.0 13637.8 3171.6
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 1263693.5 3191.1
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 315719.8 1907.7
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 4233730.6 7299.5
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 5606502.5 4506.8
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 801314.5 2003.3
Process Creation 126.0 37875.6 3006.0
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 27244.3 6425.5
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 3775.4 6292.3
System Call Overhead 15000.0 6307736.1 4205.2
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System Benchmarks Index Score 4196.4
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 12.21 KiB/s | 0.10 Mbps | ping 0.483ms
Gdrive : 45.85 MiB/s | 366.80 Mbps | ping 1.332ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 172.21 KiB/s | 1.35 Mbps | ping 236.453ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 3.04 MiB/s | 24.29 Mbps | ping 167.269ms
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 185.89 KiB/s | 1.45 Mbps | ping 242.492ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 10.86 MiB/s | 86.91 Mbps | ping 195.089ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 7.10 MiB/s | 56.79 Mbps | ping 203.773ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 2.50 MiB/s | 20.04 Mbps | ping 208.279ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 7.54 MiB/s | 60.35 Mbps | ping 218.770ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 6.90 MiB/s | 55.16 Mbps | ping 217.871ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 12.11 MiB/s | 96.89 Mbps | ping 158.246ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 12.85 KiB/s | 0.10 Mbps | ping 232.650ms
Hetzner, Germany : 6.74 MiB/s | 53.92 Mbps | ping 168.769ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 12.25 MiB/s | 98.02 Mbps | ping 159.573ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 10.69 MiB/s | 85.51 Mbps | ping 165.273ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 143 B/s | N/A | ping 288.749ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 105 B/s | N/A | ping 238.663ms
Online, France : 11.34 MiB/s | 90.69 Mbps | ping 156.347ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 161 B/s | N/A | ping 205.278ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 21.40 MiB/s | 171.20 Mbps | ping 103.293ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 85 B/s | N/A | ping 223.777ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 3.29 MiB/s | 26.28 Mbps | ping 184.952ms
Prima, Argentina : 95.38 KiB/s | 0.75 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 56.25 MiB/s | 450.02 Mbps | ping 1.171ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 34.70 MiB/s | 277.59 Mbps | ping 68.150ms
Linode, Singapore :1351.35 MiB/s | 10810.81 Mbps | ping 0.231ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 31.75 MiB/s | 253.97 Mbps | ping 84.793ms
Benchmark finished in 153 seconds
Global Ping Test
Query: ping 192.53.115.38, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 192.53.115.38 – RIPENCC /21 AS63949 AKAMAI-LINODE-AP – Singapore
Media Unlock Test
** Test Starts At: Thu 27 Jul 2023 01:51:49 AM UTC
** Checking Results Under IPv4
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** Your Network Provider: Akamai Connected Cloud (192.53.*.*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: No
HotStar: No
Disney+: No
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Failed
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: SG)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
iQyi Oversea Region: SG
Viu.com: Yes (Region: SG)
YouTube CDN: Singapore
Netflix Preferred CDN: Singapore
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: SGD
ChatGPT: Yes
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** Checking Results Under IPv6
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** Your Network Provider: Akamai Connected Cloud (2400:8901::*:*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Failed (Network Connection)
HotStar: No
Disney+: Yes (Region: SG)
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Failed
Amazon Prime Video: Unsupported
TVBAnywhere+: Failed (Network Connection)
iQyi Oversea Region: Failed
Viu.com: Failed
YouTube CDN: Singapore
Netflix Preferred CDN: Singapore
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: Failed (Network Connection)
ChatGPT: Yes
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Testing Done! CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Admin Control Panel
On Linux systems, a control panel is a graphical user interface (GUI) that displays a simplified set of controls for your system. Control panels can install, configure, and update common software packages and perform Linux system administration tasks.
Standard features of control panels include file management, web servers, databases, nameservers, email, firewalls, logging, monitoring, and analytics. The GUI, a control panel, helps beginner Linux users run a server without needing expertise with the command line interface.
Server Pricing
Linode, now Akamai, offers a variety of plans for their cloud computing services with predictable pricing. CPU, transfer, storage, and RAM are bundled into one flat price across all data centers. They offer several types of plans, including Shared CPU Plans, Dedicated CPU Plans, High Memory Plans, and Premium CPU Plans. The prices for these plans vary depending on the amount of RAM, CPUs, storage, and transfer included.
Official Website: https://www.linode.com
Coupon
Free trial with a $100 credit for 60 days
When you sign up for Linode, you can start your free 60-day trial if you meet the eligibility requirements. You’ll need to provide a credit card to verify your identity, but don’t worry – you won’t be charged or billed during your trial period. Take advantage of this generous offer and try out Linode’s powerful cloud hosting platform today!
Conclusion
This server consistently showed impressive I/O speeds in three separate tests, each recording 1.8 GB/s and an average speed of 1843.2 MB/s. We further checked how the server performed across different locations and found it delivered fast uploads and downloads, particularly with Speedtest.net near Singapore.
The disk speed tests highlight the server’s robust handling of reading and writing tasks involving different sizes of data blocks. For instance, with small 4k and 64k blocks, the speeds were about 266 MB/s (over 66,000 IOPS), and the combined speed for reading and writing was 533 MB/s (133,200 IOPS). For larger blocks of 512k and 1m, the server quickly processed requests with excellent speeds up to 8.92 GB/s for reading and 9.39 GB/s for writing.
Geekbench 6 tests also showcased strong performance, scoring 1264 for single-core operations and 2941 for multi-core, showing that our server can handle multiple tasks simultaneously without slowing down. Additionally, in two other system benchmarks, our server scored 1980.3 and 4196.4, clearly demonstrating it can efficiently manage a range of demanding activities, from processing data to creating processes.
In conclusion, the Linode Akamai Singapore Dedicated CPU Virtual Private Server stands out with top-notch performance in various technical benchmarks, making it a powerful choice for demanding server needs. It has proven itself as a reliable and consistent workhorse for different operational demands.
Official Website: https://www.linode.com
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