Paperspace United States California Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 Virtual Machine Test and Review
In this evaluation round, our subject is the High-Performance Shared vCPU VPS Server provided by Paperspace in Santa Clara, California, United States. It’s powered by the dynamic Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620 v4 @ 2.10GHz processor and possesses 2 CPU cores, complemented by 4 GB of RAM and 50 GB of SSD storage. Not to mention, the server comes with the perk of unlimited traffic and a single IPv4.
Our tests:
The Basic Benchmark, Unix Benchmark, and Yabs form the skeleton of our examination to yield essential system metrics. In network evaluation, the Global Node Test offers a comprehensive analysis. Latency gets its limelight via the Global Ping Test to ensure real-time responsiveness.
To understand the broader applicability of the server, we put regional accessibility through its paces with the Media Unlock Test. The quality of the connection is gauged using the comprehensive CloudFlare Internet Test. Lastly, we employ industry standards such as PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix Performance to ascertain web performance.
This extensive test suite offers deep insights into the overall server performance, ensuring a holistic view of its capability and suitability for various applications.
About Paperspace
Paperspace is a platform for AI developers that provides the speed and scale needed to take AI models from concept to production. It offers accelerated cloud computing focused on simplicity, speed, and affordability. With Paperspace, developers can launch a Notebook to build a proof of concept, train or fine-tune models with machines, and convert models into scalable API endpoints.
Paperspace offers infinite computing at your fingertips with instance access to blazing-fast GPU and IPUs with a world-class developer experience. It also offers low-cost GPUs with per-second billing, allowing you to save up to 70% on compute costs compared to the major public clouds or buying your servers. With on-demand pricing, you only pay for what you use and can easily change instance types anytime, so you always have access to the mix of cost and performance you need.
Paperspace also offers an ML platform called Gradient that enables individuals and teams to quickly develop, track, and collaborate on Machine Learning models of any size and complexity. Gradient offers simple, flexible pricing with platform plans for individuals, teams, and enterprises. With Gradient, you can create a free account to explore the Paperspace platform or choose from one of the paid plans that offer additional features such as private projects, more storage, faster free GPUs, and expert support.
Paperspace is growing fast. It is based in NYC and has team members worldwide. Users have received praise for its ease of use, pricing and instance availability transparency, system information graphs, and the ability to mount additional storage with public machine-learning datasets for free. Paperspace is a powerful, no-fuss environment that “just works” for AI developers.
Official Website: https://www.Paperspace.com
Looking Glass
Test IPv4: 64.62.255.1
BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed
CPU Model : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620 v4 @ 2.10GHz
CPU Cores : 2 @ 2100.056 MHz
CPU Cache : 20480 KB
AES-NI : Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : Disabled
Total Disk : 49.1 GB (4.0 GB Used)
Total Mem : 3.8 GB (201.3 MB Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 8 min
Load average : 0.06, 0.05, 0.03
OS : Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 5.15.0-70-generic
TCP CC : bbr
Virtualization : Xen-DomU
IPv4/IPv6 : Online / Offline
Organization : AS394996 47-2339071
Location : Santa Clara / US
Region : California
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 349 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 368 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 465 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 394.0 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 890.15 Mbps 789.39 Mbps 1.84 ms
Los Angeles, US 7306.07 Mbps 5553.43 Mbps 10.69 ms
Dallas, US 1927.00 Mbps 2450.72 Mbps 42.93 ms
Montreal, CA 606.40 Mbps 936.80 Mbps 76.24 ms
Paris, FR 539.85 Mbps 4213.73 Mbps 152.57 ms
Amsterdam, NL 566.08 Mbps 2400.83 Mbps 148.82 ms
Nanjing, CN 562.99 Mbps 3083.90 Mbps 138.34 ms
Hongkong, CN 4.70 Mbps 2.64 Mbps 167.90 ms
Singapore, SG 455.51 Mbps 1389.19 Mbps 178.70 ms
Tokyo, JP 596.16 Mbps 3256.55 Mbps 107.55 ms
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Finished in : 4 min 52 sec
Timestamp : 2023-08-26 03:30:52 UTC
YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark
IPv4 Network Information:
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ISP : Hurricane Electric LLC
ASN : AS394996 47-2339071
Location : Brooklyn, New York (NY)
Country : United States
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 78.14 MB/s (19.5k) | 346.75 MB/s (5.4k)
Write | 78.35 MB/s (19.5k) | 348.58 MB/s (5.4k)
Total | 156.49 MB/s (39.1k) | 695.34 MB/s (10.8k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 364.73 MB/s (712) | 359.40 MB/s (350)
Write | 384.11 MB/s (750) | 383.34 MB/s (374)
Total | 748.84 MB/s (1.4k) | 742.74 MB/s (724)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 27.5 Mbits/sec | 33.9 Mbits/sec | 139 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | 1.37 Gbits/sec | 1.07 Gbits/sec | 143 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | 1.16 Gbits/sec | 1.09 Gbits/sec | 147 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 756 Mbits/sec | 557 Mbits/sec | 241 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 2.51 Gbits/sec | 511 Mbits/sec | 71.7 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 107 Mbits/sec | 171 Mbits/sec | 37.5 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 344 Mbits/sec | 560 Mbits/sec | 10.5 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 911
Multi Core | 1575
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/2390781
YABS completed in 14 min 44 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance, A score higher is better
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Benchmark Run: Sat Aug 26 2023 05:41:23 - 06:09:25
2 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 31449021.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 6004.5 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 2582.2 lps (29.6 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 743569.3 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 196079.3 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 2017201.8 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 1022637.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 101553.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 5333.7 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 6225.8 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1286.9 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 676937.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 31449021.9 2694.9
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 6004.5 1091.7
Execl Throughput 43.0 2582.2 600.5
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 743569.3 1877.7
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 196079.3 1184.8
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 2017201.8 3477.9
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 1022637.0 822.1
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 101553.5 253.9
Process Creation 126.0 5333.7 423.3
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 6225.8 1468.4
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1286.9 2144.9
System Call Overhead 15000.0 676937.6 451.3
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1046.1
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Benchmark Run: Sat Aug 26 2023 06:09:25 - 06:37:31
2 CPUs in system; running 2 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 61295381.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 11923.4 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 4621.3 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1188141.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 343368.8 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 2635431.8 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 1967586.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 308463.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 16060.4 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 9743.7 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1364.6 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 1203730.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 61295381.5 5252.4
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 11923.4 2167.9
Execl Throughput 43.0 4621.3 1074.7
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 1188141.5 3000.4
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 343368.8 2074.7
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 2635431.8 4543.8
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 1967586.6 1581.7
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 308463.7 771.2
Process Creation 126.0 16060.4 1274.6
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 9743.7 2298.0
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1364.6 2274.3
System Call Overhead 15000.0 1203730.5 802.5
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1903.1
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 236.08 MiB/s | 1888.65 Mbps | ping 1.423ms
Gdrive : 0 B/s | N/A | ping 2.016ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 7.96 MiB/s | 63.70 Mbps | ping 74.008ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 104.68 MiB/s | 837.43 Mbps | ping 1.725ms
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Ramnode, New York, USA : 30.15 MiB/s | 241.17 Mbps | ping 70.638ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 36.52 MiB/s | 292.19 Mbps | ping 53.781ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 33.58 KiB/s | 0.26 Mbps | ping 151.596ms
Hetzner, Germany : 6.83 MiB/s | 54.67 Mbps | ping 166.633ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 14.29 MiB/s | 114.32 Mbps | ping 141.954ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 476 B/s | N/A | ping 156.469ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 535 B/s | N/A | ping 145.829ms
Online, France : 12.25 MiB/s | 98.02 Mbps | ping 143.372ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 224 B/s | N/A | ping 160.928ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 283 B/s | N/A | ping 172.392ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 3.39 MiB/s | 27.08 Mbps | ping 187.304ms
Prima, Argentina : 606.26 KiB/s | 4.74 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 587.93 KiB/s | 4.59 Mbps | ping 189.754ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 15.44 MiB/s | 123.51 Mbps | ping 107.552ms
Linode, Singapore : 6.65 MiB/s | 53.17 Mbps | ping 214.436ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Benchmark finished in 116 seconds
Global Latency Test
Query: ping 65.19.132.109, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 65.19.132.109 – ARIN /24 AS394996 PAPERSPACE – United States, California, Moraga
Media Unlock Test
** Test Starts At: Sat Aug 26 03:55:09 AM UTC 2023
** Checking Results Under IPv4
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** Your Network Provider: Hurricane Electric (65.19.*.*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: No
HotStar: No
Disney+: Yes (Region: US)
Netflix: Yes (Region: US)
YouTube Premium: Yes
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: US)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
iQyi Oversea Region: US
Viu.com: No
YouTube CDN: Dallas, TX
Netflix Preferred CDN: San Jose, CA
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: USD
ChatGPT: Yes
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No IPv6 Connectivity Found, Abort IPv6 Testing...
Testing Done!
CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Admin Control Panel
Paperspace Core is an innovative platform designed to seamlessly build and run high-performing, accelerated applications across Linux or Windows environments. By harnessing Core, users avail themselves of limitless computing vigor and storage capacity, making it a perfect fit for applications steeped in demanding tasks. Its fundamental assets are modifiable machines, inherently scalable, and versatile across storage and networking configurations.
Unpacking the powers of Core reveals a diverse set of features:
- Various operating system options and custom templates are provided to cater to every unique requirement.
- It houses one of the globe’s most extensive and economically efficient suite of GPU machines.
- Powers expand across three strategic data center regions, ensuring global connectivity and accessibility.
- Users can manage and coordinate activities through the Teams feature.
- Enjoy free, unlimited bandwidth for seamless, unrestrained operations.
- A highly functional API is available for automating tasks, making user interaction smoother and more efficient.
As for storage needs, Core offers diverse solutions, equipping users to regulate public and private network traffic and share data securely across nodes.
Operational support forms an integral component of Core, maintained round-the-clock by a globally distributed team of adept engineers. They offer assistance in resolving the unique regulatory compliance challenges that companies face.
Users gain unfettered control over their infrastructure by building on Core through the console or the Core API. It empowers one to upscale or downscale based on fluctuating needs and enables collaborative work within the Paperspace platform. Core dynamically synchs with your project’s growth, allowing storage expansion and effortless teamwork.
Server Pricing
Paperspace Core stands out as a versatile platform designed to foster the creation and deployment of high-speed applications on both Linux and Windows systems.
Furnished with limitless computing prowess and unrestricted storage, it aptly caters to even the most computationally intensive applications. A monthly subscription to Core starts at a competitive rate of $268.
Additionally, you can opt for the Core – M4000 machine, which is billed hourly for $0.45. This flexibility makes it an attractive choice for varied project durations.
Getting started with Paperspace Core is easy! Here are the steps you can follow to get started:
- Sign Up: When creating a Paperspace account, you can sign up with an email address or your GitHub or Google account.
- Select the Core product: When logging into Paperspace, select Core from the product dropdown.
- Start Building: When you build on Core, you fully control your infrastructure using the console or the Core API. You can expand your project with more storage when needed, scale up or down as your needs change, and collaborate with others from within our platform.
In their Quick Start guide, you can find more information about starting with Paperspace Core.
Official Website: https://www.Paperspace.com
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Customer Support
Paperspace provides two levels of support: Standard and Enterprise. Standard support is free for all customers and includes ticket-based support that is accessible seven days a week. Enterprise support is available by contract and includes technical infrastructure assistance, best-effort third-party software support, and a team of customer success managers. If you are a business that requires enterprise-level support, you can contact the Paperspace Customer Success team.
To open a ticket for account questions and technical problems, you can use the ticket form available on the Paperspace website. Before submitting a ticket, it is recommended to check the Paperspace status page to see if a system-wide issue causes the problem, search for answers using Paperspace Docs search or browse their forum, and include relevant information in your ticket, such as explaining what you want to do and what you expect to happen, describing the problem as precisely as possible, including any error messages, and attaching screenshots where it makes sense.
You can also contact Paperspace for general inquiries by emailing them at [email protected].
Conclusion
The server scored significantly in the I/O Speed tests, recording an average speed of 394.0 MB/s across three runs. Furthermore, it displayed efficient performance in download and upload speeds in different locations worldwide, with an absolute maximum of 7306.07 Mbps upload speed in Los Angeles and 4213.73 Mbps download speed in Paris.
The disk speed tests executed with fio (flexible I/O tester) revealed a balanced Read/Write distribution with results demonstrating 78.14MB/s Read and 78.35 MB/s Write for a 4k block size (IOPS). The Mixed R/W 50/50 test showed robust performance with a Total speed of 156.49 MB/s (4k Block Size, IOPS) and 748.84 MB/s (512k Block Size, IOPS).
The server flaunted respectable scores in the Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test with single and multi-core scores at 911 and 1575, respectively. Through the UnixBench tests, the server exhibited excellent strengths in various areas. Notably, the system benchmarks index score for the first run was 1046.1, escalating to a higher value of 1903.1 in the second run, running two parallel copies of tests.
In conclusion, the robust read/write speeds and lofty benchmark scores make Paperspace’s High-Performance Shared vCPU VPS Server a standout performer. It provides a strong case in its favor, demonstrating high efficiency and impressive performance in several areas, suggesting its suitability to handle demanding computational tasks seamlessly. Notably, the server’s significant strides in various locations underscore its global network strength and the promise of assured performance, regardless of the user’s geographical location.
Official Website: https://www.Paperspace.com