99Stack United States New York Intel Xeon Processor Standard Instance Test and Review
In this evaluation round, we will comprehensively examine the 99Stack‘s Shared vCPU VPS Server, specifically the one located in New York, United States. Endowed with a potent DO-Premium-AMD Processor, this server promises reliable performance. It boasts 2 CPU cores, a generous 4 GB RAM, and 80 GB of SSD storage. Furthermore, it supports vast data transfers up to 4 TB.
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 99Stack
99Stack is a cloud hosting provider that offers SSD VPS, Cloud Servers, and Cloud Hosting. They are known for their decentralized cloud, which has privacy by default. They have public cloud resources on every continent near their customers and serve areas typically under-served by other cloud providers, in addition to the significant popular regions.
One of the critical features of 99Stack is its focus on privacy. They do not collect more than the absolute minimum amount of personal information required to establish a contract. You can top up your balance with any primary cryptocurrency, including privacy coins. 99Stack Cloud is powered by a wide range of fully independent data center operators. You can manage your public cloud resources through a unified UI without vendor lock-in or centralized dependencies.
99Stack also offers object storage instances optimized for storing unstructured files and data. These instances are fully S3 compatible, fully scalable, and powered by a Min.io open-source object storage engine. Their services are powered by KVM virtualization, tweaked for performance, well documented, and kept simple to ensure security, redundancy, and maximum performance.
99Stack also has a flexible API that is well-documented and easy to use. It has proper version management and no breaking changes. The input and output formats are set to JSON by default, which is easy to work with in most languages and systems. Fast-distributed servers and generous rate limits allow easy integration.
They have received positive reviews for their affordability, excellent privacy, fast servers, and responsive API. Customers have praised them for being an excellent choice for small businesses, having fast support knowledgeable about most things, having fast servers with no throttling on the hardware, and having a great and responsive API with local endpoints that makes management easy and highly available.
Official Website: https://www.99stack.com
Looking Glass
Test IPv4: 104.156.230.107
BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed
CPU Model : DO-Premium-AMD
CPU Cores : 2 @ 1996.248 MHz
CPU Cache : 512 KB
AES-NI : Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : Enabled
Total Disk : 78.7 GB (1.1 GB Used)
Total Mem : 3.8 GB (83.8 MB Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 10 min
Load average : 0.07, 0.02, 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 : AS14061 DigitalOcean, LLC
Location : North Bergen / US
Region : New Jersey
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 543 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 921 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 829 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 764.3 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 1995.91 Mbps 12093.02 Mbps 0.44 ms
Los Angeles, US 1259.99 Mbps 8637.02 Mbps 64.61 ms
Dallas, US 1995.75 Mbps 9625.83 Mbps 36.44 ms
Montreal, CA 746.39 Mbps 389.97 Mbps 9.28 ms
Paris, FR 993.08 Mbps 6986.50 Mbps 73.15 ms
Amsterdam, NL 1065.79 Mbps 8161.85 Mbps 73.17 ms
Shanghai, CN 245.91 Mbps 1560.02 Mbps 230.87 ms
Nanjing, CN 355.22 Mbps 1113.07 Mbps 226.19 ms
Singapore, SG 351.95 Mbps 12.00 Mbps 225.80 ms
Tokyo, JP 468.04 Mbps 4778.52 Mbps 168.39 ms
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Finished in : 4 min 49 sec
Timestamp : 2023-08-01 00:29:38 UTC
YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark
IPv6 Network Information:
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ISP : DigitalOcean, LLC
ASN : AS14061 DigitalOcean, LLC
Host : Digital Ocean
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)
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Read | 83.48 MB/s (20.8k) | 705.92 MB/s (11.0k)
Write | 83.69 MB/s (20.9k) | 709.63 MB/s (11.0k)
Total | 167.17 MB/s (41.7k) | 1.41 GB/s (22.1k)
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Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 1.20 GB/s (2.3k) | 1.20 GB/s (1.1k)
Write | 1.27 GB/s (2.4k) | 1.28 GB/s (1.2k)
Total | 2.47 GB/s (4.8k) | 2.48 GB/s (2.4k)
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 | 2.51 Gbits/sec | 78.2 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | 1.88 Gbits/sec | 2.25 Gbits/sec | 84.9 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | busy | busy | 80.7 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 1.25 Gbits/sec | 764 Mbits/sec | 160 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 2.01 Gbits/sec | 4.07 Gbits/sec | 3.23 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 1.96 Gbits/sec | 4.90 Gbits/sec | 43.2 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 1.45 Gbits/sec | 2.81 Gbits/sec | 66.8 ms
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 1.77 Gbits/sec | 2.47 Gbits/sec | 77.2 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | busy | busy | 81.0 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | 1.86 Gbits/sec | busy | 81.3 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 967 Mbits/sec | 1.10 Gbits/sec | 160 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 2.01 Gbits/sec | 8.97 Gbits/sec | 3.21 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 1.93 Gbits/sec | 4.11 Gbits/sec | 43.1 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 1.90 Gbits/sec | 2.79 Gbits/sec | 66.8 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 973
Multi Core | 1615
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/2107144
YABS completed in 15 min 54 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance
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Benchmark Run: Tue Aug 01 2023 00:48:09 - 01:16:13
2 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 31535315.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 6001.3 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 3573.6 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 697980.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 196834.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1811853.3 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 1390139.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 60674.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 7727.8 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 8642.0 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1533.0 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 1560763.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 31535315.0 2702.3
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 6001.3 1091.1
Execl Throughput 43.0 3573.6 831.1
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 697980.4 1762.6
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 196834.0 1189.3
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1811853.3 3123.9
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 1390139.7 1117.5
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 60674.7 151.7
Process Creation 126.0 7727.8 613.3
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 8642.0 2038.2
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1533.0 2554.9
System Call Overhead 15000.0 1560763.3 1040.5
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1201.4
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Benchmark Run: Tue Aug 01 2023 01:16:13 - 01:44:19
2 CPUs in system; running 2 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 58061027.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 11906.6 MWIPS (9.7 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 5942.8 lps (29.6 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 924816.6 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 256163.6 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 2655447.9 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 2645053.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 319542.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 16816.7 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 12819.7 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1720.7 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 2871993.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 58061027.0 4975.2
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 11906.6 2164.8
Execl Throughput 43.0 5942.8 1382.0
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 924816.6 2335.4
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 256163.6 1547.8
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 2655447.9 4578.4
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 2645053.4 2126.2
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 319542.9 798.9
Process Creation 126.0 16816.7 1334.7
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 12819.7 3023.5
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1720.7 2867.9
System Call Overhead 15000.0 2871993.8 1914.7
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System Benchmarks Index Score 2140.9
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 588.24 MiB/s | 4705.88 Mbps | ping 1.584ms
Gdrive : 0 B/s | N/A | ping 1.934ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 86.44 MiB/s | 691.55 Mbps | ping 7.964ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 11.27 MiB/s | 90.18 Mbps | ping 71.983ms
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 42.50 MiB/s | 339.99 Mbps | ping 2.746ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 36.64 MiB/s | 293.15 Mbps | ping 62.097ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 65.32 MiB/s | 522.53 Mbps | ping 33.972ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 34.20 MiB/s | 273.60 Mbps | ping 62.589ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 108.00 MiB/s | 864.03 Mbps | ping 1.987ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 91.88 MiB/s | 735.01 Mbps | ping 18.231ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 19.78 MiB/s | 158.21 Mbps | ping 67.598ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 62.35 KiB/s | 0.49 Mbps | ping 87.386ms
Hetzner, Germany : 23.52 MiB/s | 188.14 Mbps | ping 82.492ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 30.14 MiB/s | 241.13 Mbps | ping 82.114ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 28.15 MiB/s | 225.16 Mbps | ping 83.810ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 628 B/s | N/A | ping 88.906ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 512 B/s | N/A | ping 72.123ms
Online, France : 28.08 MiB/s | 224.66 Mbps | ping 84.310ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 366 B/s | N/A | ping 99.107ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 6.32 MiB/s | 50.54 Mbps | ping 223.520ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 60 B/s | N/A | ping 230.930ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 2.52 MiB/s | 20.18 Mbps | ping 120.289ms
Prima, Argentina : 638.54 KiB/s | 4.99 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 509.58 KiB/s | 3.98 Mbps | ping 243.953ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 11.77 MiB/s | 94.12 Mbps | ping 159.082ms
Linode, Singapore : 5.86 MiB/s | 46.85 Mbps | ping 231.537ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 11.70 MiB/s | 93.63 Mbps | ping 159.456ms
Benchmark finished in 108 seconds
Global Ping Test
Query: ping 167.99.149.47, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 167.99.149.47 – ARIN /20 AS14061 DIGITALOCEAN – United States, New Jersey, North Bergen
Media Unlock Test
** Test Starts At: Tue Aug 1 01:14:48 UTC 2023
** Checking Results Under IPv4
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** Your Network Provider: Digital Ocean (167.99.*.*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: No
HotStar: No
Disney+: No
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Yes
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: US)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
iQyi Oversea Region: US
Viu.com: No
YouTube CDN: New York, NY
Netflix Preferred CDN: New York, NY
Spotify Registration: Yes (Region: US)
Steam Currency: USD
ChatGPT: Yes
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** Checking Results Under IPv6
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** Your Network Provider: Digital Ocean (2604:a880:400:*:*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Failed (Network Connection)
HotStar: Yes (Region: US)
Disney+: Yes (Region: US)
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Yes
Amazon Prime Video: Unsupported
TVBAnywhere+: Failed (Network Connection)
iQyi Oversea Region: Failed
Viu.com: Failed
YouTube CDN: New York, NY
Netflix Preferred CDN: New York, NY
Spotify Registration: Yes (Region: US)
Steam Currency: Failed (Network Connection)
ChatGPT: Yes
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Testing Done!
CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Admin Control Panel
They have a fully responsive, user-friendly control panel that works on any device with responsive scaling of elements to use screens of any size as efficiently as possible.
You can click on items in lists to expand and easily view more advanced information. You can also quickly access relevant pages in their knowledge base for more information on how to get started.
Server Pricing
They have a pay-as-you-go billing model, meaning you can deploy public cloud instances and resources with hourly billing and pay only for what you use. This allows you to have enterprise-grade infrastructure for a fraction of the cost compared to Big Tech clouds.
Official Website: https://www.99stack.com
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Customer Support
99Stack’s customer service is fast and knowledgeable about most things. Customers have praised their support for being quick to reply and always helpful. They state that no problem is unsolvable. However, it’s important to note that their support is only available via tickets, and they do not offer support for third-party software running on your instances.
Conclusion
The server went through thorough I/O speed tests, resulting in an average speed of 764.3 MB/s. Speed tests across several global locations, from the US to Singapore, displayed impressive upload and download speeds. This includes an extraordinary score with Speedtest.net, showing an upload speed of 1995.91 Mbps, a download speed of 12093.02 Mbps, and a latency of 0.44 ms.
Fio Disk Speed Tests conducted with a mixed Read/Write ratio of 50/50 revealed strong performance. With a block size of 4K, it achieved 83.48 MB/s for reading and 83.69 MB/s for writing. The speeds soared to 1.20 GB/s for reading and 1.27 GB/s for writing with a block size of 512k. The Geekbench 6 Benchmark test scored a decent single-core score of 973 and a multi-core score of 1615. The entire testing was completed efficiently within a time frame of 15 minutes and 54 seconds.
The server also underwent CPU performance testing, a critical aspect of server operating capacity. The results were awe-inspiring across the benchmark variables, elevating the server’s overall performance Index Score to 1201.4 during the first run and an even more impressive 2140.9 during the second run, which engaged two parallel copies of the tests.
In conclusion, the 99Stack’s Shared vCPU VPS Server certainly impresses with its top-tier performance metrics. The combination of potent processors and generous RAM makes it capable of handling sizeable tasks efficiently, while its robust storage and traffic allocation ensure its readiness for substantial data handling. The scores from the I/O speed and CPU Performance tests further attest to its potent delivery, making the server well-equipped for numerous high-scale usability and connectivity tasks.
Official Website: https://www.99stack.com