DigitalOcean New York Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 General Purpose Dedicated Server Test and Review
In this examination, we will evaluate the performance of the DigitalOcean General Purpose Dedicated CPU VPS Server strategically located in the United States, specifically New York. The server is equipped with an Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8168 Processor, clocking in at 2.70GHz, indicating formidable processing power.
It is enhanced with 2 CPU cores and a memory capacity of 8GB RAM. Moreover, it offers ample storage of 25GB SSD and supports 4TB of traffic. With a single IPv4 address, this server configuration is ideal for tasks requiring unwavering computational prowess.
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 DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean, a notable cloud hosting provider initially established in 2012, is headquartered in the bustling landscape of New York City, USA. With 15 strategically dispersed data centers scattered throughout the globe, it delivers robust cloud infrastructure-as-a-service platforms to a diverse clientele, including developers, startups, and SMBs.
Services DigitalOcean renders are cloud servers, container registry, app platform, and a comprehensive API that facilitates programmatic management of Droplets and other resources through standard HTTP requests. Many of their customer-focused tools embrace the open-source ethos available on GitHub for community collaboration. This commitment is further evidenced through their orchestration of the annual Hacktoberfest, a month-long virtual assembly celebrating the spirit and innovation of open-source software.
To support new adopters, DigitalOcean offers a comprehensive tutorial series, “Getting Started With Cloud Computing,” that encapsulates crucial topics from a rudimentary introduction to cloud computing, its historical development, delivery models, and offerings down to inherent risks. The series spans many topics, including cloud servers, SSH basics, web servers, database comprehension, container utilization, and rudimentary server security measures.
For well-versed professionals, DigitalOcean extends advanced integrations such as the private Docker Registry with DigitalOcean’s droplets and managed Kubernetes offerings. Additionally, it enables effortless deployment to container images with the DigitalOcean App Platform.
DigitalOcean is an excellent, developer-centric cloud hosting service with sterling features and unparalleled performance. It adopts an innovative pricing strategy with its Droplets, allowing clients to customize their package based on specific memory needs, the number of vCPUs, prescribed transfer limits, and SSD Disk size. Charges commence at a modest $0.007/hr, with monthly starting rates of $5, while accommodating budgets scaling up into the thousands based on unique requirements.
Official website: https://www.digitalocean.com
Looking Glass
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BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed
CPU Model : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8168 CPU @ 2.70GHz
CPU Cores : 2 @ 2693.670 MHz
CPU Cache : 4096 KB
AES-NI : Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : Enabled
Total Disk : 24.6 GB (1.1 GB Used)
Total Mem : 7.8 GB (92.7 MB Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 10 min
Load average : 0.12, 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 / Offline
Organization : AS14061 DigitalOcean, LLC
Location : North Bergen / US
Region : New Jersey
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 468 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 729 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 733 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 643.3 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 1995.72 Mbps 8454.42 Mbps 0.70 ms
Los Angeles, US 873.08 Mbps 10055.07 Mbps 64.43 ms
Dallas, US 766.76 Mbps 11077.39 Mbps 36.43 ms
Montreal, CA 935.91 Mbps 620.89 Mbps 8.68 ms
Paris, FR 1091.28 Mbps 6610.08 Mbps 73.09 ms
Amsterdam, NL 1038.58 Mbps 8042.89 Mbps 80.50 ms
Shanghai, CN 363.74 Mbps 2260.21 Mbps 211.26 ms
Nanjing, CN 116.29 Mbps 73.46 Mbps 311.49 ms
Hongkong, CN 4.83 Mbps 0.22 Mbps 227.95 ms
Singapore, SG 346.63 Mbps 23.05 Mbps 226.15 ms
Tokyo, JP 502.52 Mbps 5028.99 Mbps 152.82 ms
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Finished in : 5 min 13 sec
Timestamp : 2023-07-28 00:45:47 UTC
YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark
IPv4 Network Information:
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ISP : DigitalOcean, LLC
ASN : AS14061 DigitalOcean, LLC
Host : DigitalOcean, LLC
Location : North Bergen, New Jersey (NJ)
Country : United States
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 140.73 MB/s (35.1k) | 424.70 MB/s (6.6k)
Write | 141.10 MB/s (35.2k) | 426.93 MB/s (6.6k)
Total | 281.83 MB/s (70.4k) | 851.63 MB/s (13.3k)
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Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 607.81 MB/s (1.1k) | 675.17 MB/s (659)
Write | 640.11 MB/s (1.2k) | 720.13 MB/s (703)
Total | 1.24 GB/s (2.4k) | 1.39 GB/s (1.3k)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 1.88 Gbits/sec | 2.61 Gbits/sec | 71.6 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | 1.87 Gbits/sec | busy | 81.0 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | 1.89 Gbits/sec | busy | 79.7 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 1.25 Gbits/sec | 1.14 Gbits/sec | 156 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 2.01 Gbits/sec | 6.76 Gbits/sec | 1.73 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 1.96 Gbits/sec | 5.37 Gbits/sec | 34.8 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 1.89 Gbits/sec | 2.88 Gbits/sec | 65.0 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 909
Multi Core | 1251
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/2061861
YABS completed in 13 min 52 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance
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Benchmark Run: Fri Jul 28 2023 01:21:46 - 01:49:53
2 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 21392761.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 5308.6 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 2571.6 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 411177.9 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 109542.8 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1162467.7 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 561558.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 102740.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 6117.6 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 7554.0 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1313.8 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 293679.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 21392761.1 1833.1
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 5308.6 965.2
Execl Throughput 43.0 2571.6 598.0
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 411177.9 1038.3
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 109542.8 661.9
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1162467.7 2004.3
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 561558.9 451.4
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 102740.3 256.9
Process Creation 126.0 6117.6 485.5
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 7554.0 1781.6
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1313.8 2189.7
System Call Overhead 15000.0 293679.2 195.8
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System Benchmarks Index Score 793.9
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Benchmark Run: Fri Jul 28 2023 01:49:53 - 02:17:58
2 CPUs in system; running 2 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 56459878.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 11716.8 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 4689.6 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 527120.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 137052.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1576786.3 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 709331.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 167327.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 12123.3 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 9998.2 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1333.1 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 341746.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 56459878.5 4838.0
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 11716.8 2130.3
Execl Throughput 43.0 4689.6 1090.6
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 527120.4 1331.1
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 137052.5 828.1
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1576786.3 2718.6
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 709331.0 570.2
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 167327.7 418.3
Process Creation 126.0 12123.3 962.2
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 9998.2 2358.1
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1333.1 2221.8
System Call Overhead 15000.0 341746.2 227.8
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1203.4
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 581.40 MiB/s | 4651.16 Mbps | ping 0.854ms
Gdrive : 57.97 MiB/s | 463.77 Mbps | ping 1.256ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 97.86 MiB/s | 782.90 Mbps | ping 6.943ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 25.12 MiB/s | 200.94 Mbps | ping 71.634ms
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 28.81 MiB/s | 230.48 Mbps | ping 1.913ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 36.76 MiB/s | 294.12 Mbps | ping 61.738ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 55.77 MiB/s | 446.18 Mbps | ping 40.895ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 37.30 MiB/s | 298.40 Mbps | ping 61.541ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 109.37 MiB/s | 874.93 Mbps | ping 1.939ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 94.14 MiB/s | 753.15 Mbps | ping 18.274ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 30.68 MiB/s | 245.47 Mbps | ping 78.554ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 37.80 KiB/s | 0.30 Mbps | ping 85.008ms
Hetzner, Germany : 10.04 MiB/s | 80.33 Mbps | ping 90.221ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 27.64 MiB/s | 221.14 Mbps | ping 79.336ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 30.14 MiB/s | 241.11 Mbps | ping 77.969ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 845 B/s | N/A | ping 88.103ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 531 B/s | N/A | ping 71.831ms
Online, France : 27.11 MiB/s | 216.87 Mbps | ping 80.700ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 460 B/s | N/A | ping 128.236ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 3.18 MiB/s | 25.48 Mbps | ping 202.469ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 165 B/s | N/A | ping 282.161ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 13.24 MiB/s | 105.90 Mbps | ping 119.200ms
Prima, Argentina : 926.73 KiB/s | 7.24 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 232.92 KiB/s | 1.82 Mbps | ping 233.285ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 9.28 MiB/s | 74.28 Mbps | ping 154.867ms
Linode, Singapore : 7.53 MiB/s | 60.23 Mbps | ping 221.041ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 13.10 MiB/s | 104.78 Mbps | ping 151.339ms
Benchmark finished in 97 seconds
Global Ping Test
Query: ping 134.209.119.65, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 134.209.119.65 – ARIN /20 AS14061 DIGITALOCEAN – United States, New Jersey, North Bergen
Media Unlock Test
** Test Starts At: Fri Jul 28 01:13:53 UTC 2023
** Checking Results Under IPv4
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** Your Network Provider: Digital Ocean (134.209.*.*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: No
HotStar: No
Disney+: No
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Failed
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: US)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
iQyi Oversea Region: US
Viu.com: No
YouTube CDN: New York, NY
Netflix Preferred CDN: Newark, NJ
Spotify Registration: Yes (Region: US)
Steam Currency: USD
ChatGPT: No
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No IPv6 Connectivity Found, Abort IPv6 Testing...
Testing Done! CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Admin Control Panel
DigitalOcean provides an intuitive control panel that allows users to manage settings and features. The control panel provides an overview of your servers and resources and the ability to create, manage, configure, and delete those resources.
You can log in to your DigitalOcean account using your email, password, Google, or GitHub. DigitalOcean protects your account with device verification by default.
Server Pricing
DigitalOcean approaches the issue of pricing in a unique way. Instead of offering pre-made plans with features that scale up with the price, they offer so-called Droplets, where you choose the amount of memory you need, the number of vCPUs, transfer limits, and SSD Disk size.
They’re charged by the hour, starting at $0.007/hr, up to $5 per month, but go up into the thousands depending on specific needs. DigitalOcean accepts credit/debit cards and PayPal, but they do not offer refunds. However, they offer a 60-day $200 credit to new users.
Official website: https://www.digitalocean.com
Coupon
Free trial with a $200 credit for 60 days
Your free trial will start when you sign up for DigitalOcean if you are eligible.
Customer Support
DigitalOcean provides free ticket-based support to all customers, accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Paid support plans that grant access to additional resources and faster response times are also available.
DigitalOcean offers a range of support plans, including Starter, Developer, Standard, and Premium. The Starter plan is included for all customers and provides general guidance and troubleshooting. The Developer plan is for teams developing and testing with non-production workloads.
The Standard plan includes live chat for teams deploying and maintaining production workloads. The Premium plan is for businesses serving large customer bases with mission-critical applications and offers response times within 30 minutes.
You can find further details and pricing on these support plans on the DigitalOcean Support Plans product page. I hope this information helps you better understand DigitalOcean’s support options.
Conclusion
The server exhibited strong performances in a series of I/O speed tests, with recorded run speeds of 468 MB/s, 729 MB/s, and 733 MB/s, culminating in an impressive average speed of 643.3 MB/s. It demonstrated varying performance across different global locations in terms of server connectivity.
The highest download speed recorded was from Dallas, US, at 11077.39 Mbps, while the lowest was from Hong Kong, CN. As for latencies, the shortest time was recorded from the nearest server at Speedtest.net with a 0.70 ms delay and the longest from Nanjing, CN, with 311.49 ms.
Fio Disk Speed boosted impressive mixed Read/Write figures with a solid performance in small and large block sizes. Meanwhile, the Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test consistently performed, scoring 909 in single-core and 1251 in multi-core tests. These tests were completed in approximately 13 minutes and 52 seconds.
Furthermore, the server underwent rigorous benchmark tests featuring various I/O operations and CPU-intensive tasks. The Dhrystone 2 using register variables test, a CPU-bound benchmark, offered significant scores, indicating a formidable processing capacity. Meanwhile, the Shell Scripts tests, which measure the system’s ability to handle high loads and parallel tasks, reiterated the server’s robust multitasking performance.
The trial concludes that the DigitalOcean General Purpose Dedicated CPU VPS Server displays exceptional performance across various workloads, excelling in processing power, I/O speeds, and connectivity. The versatility and efficiency reflected in these tests reaffirm DigitalOcean’s reputation as a reliable and robust cloud hosting provider.
Official website: https://www.digitalocean.com
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