HostVDS United States Dallas Intel Xeon Highload Cloud Server Test and Review
In this review, we’re testing the HostVDS Highload Cloud VDS Server in Dallas, United States. The server has an Intel Xeon E3-12xx v2 (Ivy Bridge, IBRS) Processor, supported by 4 CPU Cores, 16 GB RAM, 80 GB SSD Storage, a 1 Gbps Internet Port, and a generous 10 TB traffic limit. Accompanying all this is a dedicated IPv4 address.
We are employing intensive assessments to put this server through its paces. The Basic Benchmark, Yabs, and Unix Benchmark tests are designed to measure essential server metrics. Beyond those, we turn to the Global Node Test for a comprehensive examination of the server’s network performance, joined by the Global Ping Test to accurately measure latency.
We will also run the Media Unlock Test to analyze regional accessibility and the CloudFlare Internet Test to reflect the server’s connection quality accurately. Furthermore, we delve into web performance metrics through tools like PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix Performance.
About HostVDS
As a web hosting service provider, HostVDS.com is devoted to delivering stable, secure, and flexible solutions tailored to various hosting requirements. Established in 2018, the company is the offspring of a pioneering Russian company, skyhost.ru (LLC “IT Outsourcing” © 2004—2022 PSRN: 1107602002221, TIN: 7602077973), which set foot in the industry back in 2004.
HostVDS specializes in diverse services that meet customer demands, ranging from enterprise-scale applications to websites and thriving e-commerce platforms. They boast state-of-the-art Intel Xeon servers furnished with high-speed NVMe storage. These robust servers are strategically positioned in top-tier data centers and are linked to redundant Tier 1 internet providers. They ensure round-the-clock swift technical support for their clientele to sweeten the service.
A distinctive attribute of HostVDS is the flexibility and power of their server configurations. They present an array of packages designed to cater to diverse customer needs and scales. Case in point: their introductory package for the Silicone Valley data center in the U.S. provides 1 core, 1GB memory, 10GB storage, and 50Mbps bandwidth with unlimited traffic—all for a modest $0.99 monthly.
Complementing these adaptable server configurations, HostVDS presents a suite of high-caliber features. Their offerings encompass SSD acceleration, automated backups, top-tier DDoS defense, advanced security layers, and a user-friendly cloud-based control panel. These add-ons significantly simplify online business management for customers.
With data center footprints in Russia, the United States, the Netherlands, and France, HostVDS flaunts a global presence. This international coverage bolsters their capability to serve customers from across the globe, ensuring rapid website loading times for visitors, regardless of their geographical location.
Official Website: https://www.hostvds.com
BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed
CPU Model : Intel Xeon E3-12xx v2 (Ivy Bridge, IBRS)
CPU Cores : 4 @ 2699.998 MHz
CPU Cache : 16384 KB
AES-NI : Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : Enabled
Total Disk : 75.1 GB (832.8 MB Used)
Total Mem : 15.6 GB (97.5 MB Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 13 min
Load average : 0.07, 0.06, 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 : AS56971 CGI GLOBAL LIMITED
Location : Dallas / US
Region : Texas
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 565 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 611 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 623 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 599.7 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 623.21 Mbps 350.37 Mbps 33.93 ms
Los Angeles, US 801.74 Mbps 328.67 Mbps 32.12 ms
Dallas, US 794.48 Mbps 392.45 Mbps 1.13 ms
Montreal, CA 790.91 Mbps 280.05 Mbps 42.67 ms
Paris, FR 455.91 Mbps 358.99 Mbps 141.16 ms
Amsterdam, NL 584.69 Mbps 289.54 Mbps 109.71 ms
Shanghai, CN 279.16 Mbps 185.51 Mbps 210.27 ms
Nanjing, CN 214.74 Mbps 207.21 Mbps 236.10 ms
Hongkong, CN 162.38 Mbps 9.01 Mbps 213.27 ms
Singapore, SG 329.54 Mbps 262.96 Mbps 215.21 ms
Tokyo, JP 511.99 Mbps 249.58 Mbps 136.96 ms
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Finished in : 5 min 34 sec
Timestamp : 2023-09-12 00:10:35 UTC
YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark
IPv4 Network Information:
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ISP : CGI GLOBAL LIMITED
ASN : AS56971 CGI GLOBAL LIMITED
Host : CloudBackbone
Location : Fremont, California (CA)
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 | 40.03 MB/s (10.0k) | 343.45 MB/s (5.3k)
Write | 40.12 MB/s (10.0k) | 345.26 MB/s (5.3k)
Total | 80.15 MB/s (20.0k) | 688.71 MB/s (10.7k)
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Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 926.05 MB/s (1.8k) | 1.07 GB/s (1.0k)
Write | 975.26 MB/s (1.9k) | 1.14 GB/s (1.1k)
Total | 1.90 GB/s (3.7k) | 2.22 GB/s (2.1k)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 36.4 Mbits/sec | 48.0 Mbits/sec | 106 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | 587 Mbits/sec | 268 Mbits/sec | 111 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | busy | busy | 111 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | busy | busy | 203 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | busy | busy | 36.6 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 723 Mbits/sec | 393 Mbits/sec | 0.961 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 125 Mbits/sec | 220 Mbits/sec | 31.7 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 523
Multi Core | 1683
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/2572163
YABS completed in 16 min 35 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance, A score higher is better
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Benchmark Run: Sep 12 2023 01:32:16 - 02:00:15
4 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 32081320.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 4940.9 MWIPS (9.4 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 2331.5 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 366684.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 100357.7 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1035363.6 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 637687.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 72784.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 4376.7 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 4451.1 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1385.6 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 401532.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 32081320.8 2749.0
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 4940.9 898.3
Execl Throughput 43.0 2331.5 542.2
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 366684.0 926.0
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 100357.7 606.4
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1035363.6 1785.1
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 637687.4 512.6
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 72784.2 182.0
Process Creation 126.0 4376.7 347.4
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 4451.1 1049.8
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1385.6 2309.4
System Call Overhead 15000.0 401532.2 267.7
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System Benchmarks Index Score 742.8
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Benchmark Run: Sep 12 2023 02:00:15 - 02:28:20
4 CPUs in system; running 4 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 122479538.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 19698.4 MWIPS (9.4 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 9074.5 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 707540.7 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 192335.8 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 2100163.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 2491223.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 405177.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 20326.3 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 12730.8 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1852.1 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 1467642.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 122479538.3 10495.2
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 19698.4 3581.5
Execl Throughput 43.0 9074.5 2110.4
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 707540.7 1786.7
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 192335.8 1162.1
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 2100163.4 3621.0
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 2491223.2 2002.6
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 405177.6 1012.9
Process Creation 126.0 20326.3 1613.2
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 12730.8 3002.6
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1852.1 3086.8
System Call Overhead 15000.0 1467642.8 978.4
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System Benchmarks Index Score 2259.4
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Looking Glass
None
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 45.66 MiB/s | 365.30 Mbps | ping 1.047ms
Gdrive : 35.84 MiB/s | 286.74 Mbps | ping 2.134ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 28.92 MiB/s | 231.38 Mbps | ping 31.088ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 32.23 MiB/s | 257.86 Mbps | ping 39.872ms
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 31.64 MiB/s | 253.08 Mbps | ping 36.858ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 34.83 MiB/s | 278.65 Mbps | ping 57.525ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 46.06 MiB/s | 368.49 Mbps | ping 0.810ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Ramnode, New York, USA : 35.74 MiB/s | 285.96 Mbps | ping 34.658ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 37.56 MiB/s | 300.49 Mbps | ping 19.346ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 21.51 MiB/s | 172.09 Mbps | ping 107.875ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 36.08 KiB/s | 0.28 Mbps | ping 114.850ms
Hetzner, Germany : 556.06 KiB/s | 4.34 Mbps | ping 122.423ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 94.00 KiB/s | 0.73 Mbps | ping 112.009ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 19.07 MiB/s | 152.57 Mbps | ping 110.872ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 403 B/s | N/A | ping 139.069ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 341 B/s | N/A | ping 115.584ms
Online, France : 19.17 MiB/s | 153.37 Mbps | ping 110.596ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 300 B/s | N/A | ping 124.395ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 5.74 MiB/s | 45.89 Mbps | ping 229.166ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 255 B/s | N/A | ping 206.851ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 6.91 MiB/s | 55.28 Mbps | ping 156.931ms
Prima, Argentina : 133.24 KiB/s | 1.04 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 791.32 KiB/s | 6.18 Mbps | ping 200.460ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 6.53 MiB/s | 52.22 Mbps | ping 137.711ms
Linode, Singapore : 3.17 MiB/s | 25.39 Mbps | ping 246.638ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 14.88 MiB/s | 119.05 Mbps | ping 130.964ms
Benchmark finished in 115 seconds
Global Latency Test
Query: ping 45.11.94.156, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 45.11.94.156 – RIPENCC /24 AS56971 CLOUDBACKBONE – United States, California, Fremont
Media Unlock Test
** Test Starts At: Tue Sep 12 00:35:18 UTC 2023
** Checking Results Under IPv4
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** Your Network Provider: Cgi Global Limited (45.11.*.*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Yes (Region: US)
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: Dallas, TX
Netflix Preferred CDN: Dallas, TX
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
HostVDS delivers an intuitive control panel designed to manage your cloud instances seamlessly. This user-friendly tool empowers you to augment your cloud instance with high-availability SSD block storage swiftly and effortlessly.
This feature lets you quickly increase storage capacity and reallocate volumes among your VDS in real time. With HostVDS, your data is not just stored—it’s protected. Every information is stored in triplicate, embodying the industry’s highest definition of data safety.
Furthermore, HostVDS boasts industry-leading IOPS throughput, underlining its commitment to optimal performance. Please remember that your browser must have JavaScript enabled to ensure the control panel performs its functions accurately and flawlessly.
Server Pricing
The cost implication for HostVDS’s services is contingent upon your specific plan. It’s crucial to acknowledge that these prices are fluid and may undergo changes.
To ensure you’re basing your decisions on the most current and accurate information, it’s highly recommended that you visit the official HostVDS website or reach out to their customer service team.
Official Website: https://www.hostvds.com
Payments
Regarding transaction facilitation, HostVDS accommodates a gamut of payment methods such as Alipay, traditional bank cards, and virtual currency. This diverse range of accepted payment platforms ensures customers from various geographical locations can conveniently acquire their services.
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Customer Support
HostVDS maintains an exceptionally professional and vigilant technical support team, offering round-the-clock assistance. They assure prompt response times and efficient issue resolution. This expert level of customer support is integral in the web hosting universe, where every minute of downtime could contribute to substantial business disruption and losses.
Conclusion
Our I/O speed tests provided consistent results over three runs, returning an average transfer speed close to 600 MB/s. When we looked at the network speed, we saw admirable results in upload and download speeds across multiple nodes, with an exciting low latency result of just 1.13 ms for Dallas, US. Our fio Disk Speed Tests showed an exhilarating read and write speed at 512k and 1m, indicating the server’s strong disk performance.
Further benchmark testing was done using Geekbench 6, generating solid results with single-core and multi-core performances measuring 523 and 1683, respectively. YABS (Yet Another Benchmark Script) tests concluded within 16 minutes and 35 seconds, reinforcing the server’s performance competency.
In the UnixBench tests, the HostVDS server displayed robust performance, with a System Benchmarks Index Score reaching 2259.4 when running 4 parallel copies of tests, considerably higher than the standard benchmark. The server showcased excellent performance in Dhrystone 2, Double-Precision Whetstone, and System Call Overhead tests, among others, underlining its promising efficiency.
To conclude, the HostVDS Highload Cloud VDS Server demonstrated robust performance, boasting dependable speeds in storage and network tests and scoring well above average in multiple benchmark tests. Given its formidable specifications and test results, this server is an excellent choice for businesses or tech-oriented users needing reliable, high-performance hosting solutions.
Official Website: https://www.hostvds.com