Paperspace Netherlands Amsterdam Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 Virtual Machine Test and Review
In this review, we explored the performance of the Paperspace High-Performance Shared vCPU VPS Server based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Powering the server is an impressive Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620 v4 @ 2.10GHz Processor, supported by 4 GB of RAM and 50 GB SSD storage space. The server boasts a robust 10 Gbps Internet Port and unlimited traffic volume.
Our in-depth investigation includes the following meticulously planned tests:
- The Basic Benchmark, Yabs, and Unix Benchmark: These key testings enable us to gauge essential server metrics.
- Global Node Test: This comprehensive network assessment provides an expanded view of the network architecture’s resilience and capacity.
- Global Ping Test: This latency measuring tool assists us in verifying the server’s response time and speed.
- Media Unlock Test: To verify regional server accessibility and content unlock abilities.
- CloudFlare Internet Test: We utilize this test to measure the quality of server-internet connections.
- Web Performance Evaluation: PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix Performance provide an overview of the server’s web performance metrics.
We aim to provide profound and comprehensive insights into the server’s overall performance and efficiency by employing these exhaustive evaluations.
About Paperspace
Paperspace, a leading cloud computing platform, empowers individuals and enterprises to develop, launch, and manage various applications and projects spanning key areas such as data science, machine learning, and computer graphics. With its robust GPU-accelerated virtual machines, high-performance gradient servers tailored for machine learning, and many user-centric features, Paperspace aims to simplify and streamline the cloud computing experience.
One of Paperspace’s significant differentiators is its robust support for Natural Language Processing (NLP) via the NLTK toolkit. This toolkit equips users with the capability to execute various NLP maneuvers during the text processing phase, with easy access to over 50 corpora and lexical resources, including the renowned WordNet. With the integration of NLTK, users can seamlessly create models for tasks such as sentiment analysis and text classification, revolutionizing their textual data processing endeavors.
Beyond NLP, Paperspace extends its versatility to encompass audio analysis and signal processing. Here, users can apply diverse machine-learning techniques to audio data, providing an engaging platform to delve into the intricacies of audio analysis and apply rudimentary machine-learning techniques to sound data.
Furthermore, Paperspace stays ahead of the curve by facilitating advanced neural network architectures, such as Capsule Networks. In addressing certain constraints inherent in conventional Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), these networks elevate performance efficiency in tasks that require maintaining spatial hierarchies among features.
Official Website: https://www.Paperspace.com
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 @ 2100.126 MHz
CPU Cache : 20480 KB
AES-NI : Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : Disabled
Total Disk : 49.1 GB (3.4 GB Used)
Total Mem : 3.8 GB (207.1 MB Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 12 min
Load average : 0.00, 0.09, 0.09
OS : Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 5.4.0-147-generic
TCP CC : bbr
Virtualization : Xen-DomU
IPv4/IPv6 : Online / Offline
Organization : AS394996 47-2339071
Location : Amsterdam / NL
Region : North Holland
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 284 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 295 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 303 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 294.0 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 5880.41 Mbps 6549.96 Mbps 0.98 ms
Los Angeles, US 584.86 Mbps 1960.04 Mbps 138.35 ms
Dallas, US 725.11 Mbps 1581.50 Mbps 109.97 ms
Montreal, CA 575.34 Mbps 900.53 Mbps 84.03 ms
Paris, FR 7440.65 Mbps 5838.34 Mbps 10.30 ms
Amsterdam, NL 5772.15 Mbps 6914.16 Mbps 1.26 ms
Shanghai, CN 239.06 Mbps 735.91 Mbps 290.09 ms
Nanjing, CN 99.17 Mbps 1918.08 Mbps 245.29 ms
Hongkong, CN 238.83 Mbps 18.92 Mbps 363.78 ms
Singapore, SG 490.21 Mbps 2258.39 Mbps 172.48 ms
Tokyo, JP 344.72 Mbps 2067.65 Mbps 232.44 ms
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Finished in : 5 min 48 sec
Timestamp : 2023-09-19 02:25:29 UTC
YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark
Basic System Information:
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Uptime : 0 days, 0 hours, 19 minutes
Processor : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620 v4 @ 2.10GHz
CPU cores : 2 @ 2100.126 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ❌ Disabled
RAM : 3.8 GiB
Swap : 0.0 KiB
Disk : 49.1 GiB
Distro : Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS
Kernel : 5.4.0-147-generic
VM Type : XEN
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline
IPv4 Network Information:
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ISP : Hurricane Electric LLC
ASN : AS394996 47-2339071
Location : Amsterdam, North Holland (NH)
Country : Netherlands
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 65.89 MB/s (16.4k) | 288.38 MB/s (4.5k)
Write | 66.04 MB/s (16.5k) | 289.90 MB/s (4.5k)
Total | 131.94 MB/s (32.9k) | 578.28 MB/s (9.0k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 315.30 MB/s (615) | 309.10 MB/s (301)
Write | 332.06 MB/s (648) | 329.68 MB/s (321)
Total | 647.36 MB/s (1.2k) | 638.79 MB/s (622)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 564 Mbits/sec | 704 Mbits/sec | 7.35 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | busy | busy | 11.2 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | busy | busy | 1.27 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 2.16 Gbits/sec | 1.38 Gbits/sec | 95.5 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 48.2 Mbits/sec | 71.8 Mbits/sec | 79.5 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 31.6 Mbits/sec | 61.0 Mbits/sec | 124 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 26.1 Mbits/sec | 37.3 Mbits/sec | 150 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 699
Multi Core | 1259
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/2662593
YABS completed in 16 min 32 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance, A score higher is better
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Benchmark Run: Tue Sep 19 2023 02:55:33 - 03:23:39
2 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 26126316.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 4882.0 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 2686.8 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 491367.6 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 135009.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1145569.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 765906.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 62749.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 5898.6 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 6988.8 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1363.6 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 588590.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 26126316.7 2238.8
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 4882.0 887.6
Execl Throughput 43.0 2686.8 624.8
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 491367.6 1240.8
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 135009.0 815.8
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1145569.0 1975.1
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 765906.4 615.7
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 62749.7 156.9
Process Creation 126.0 5898.6 468.1
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 6988.8 1648.3
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1363.6 2272.7
System Call Overhead 15000.0 588590.0 392.4
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System Benchmarks Index Score 860.6
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Benchmark Run: Tue Sep 19 2023 03:23:39 - 03:51:46
2 CPUs in system; running 2 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 52113908.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 9869.4 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 4960.7 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 691793.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 187412.2 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1709783.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 1419104.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 208239.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 10800.9 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 9318.1 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1346.5 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 1056899.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 52113908.8 4465.6
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 9869.4 1794.4
Execl Throughput 43.0 4960.7 1153.7
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 691793.4 1747.0
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 187412.2 1132.4
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1709783.0 2947.9
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 1419104.6 1140.8
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 208239.0 520.6
Process Creation 126.0 10800.9 857.2
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 9318.1 2197.7
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1346.5 2244.1
System Call Overhead 15000.0 1056899.0 704.6
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1462.0
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Looking Glass
None
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 781.25 MiB/s | 6250.00 Mbps | ping 1.060ms
Gdrive : 66.01 MiB/s | 528.05 Mbps | ping 1.019ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 849.30 KiB/s | 6.64 Mbps | ping 84.054ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 3.32 MiB/s | 26.53 Mbps | ping 148.626ms
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 787.53 KiB/s | 6.15 Mbps | ping 74.397ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 14.09 MiB/s | 112.70 Mbps | ping 141.326ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 17.02 MiB/s | 136.16 Mbps | ping 123.219ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 13.46 MiB/s | 107.71 Mbps | ping 144.357ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 28.92 MiB/s | 231.33 Mbps | ping 78.855ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 23.85 MiB/s | 190.78 Mbps | ping 94.871ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 266.67 MiB/s | 2133.33 Mbps | ping 7.088ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 494.93 KiB/s | 3.87 Mbps | ping 8.130ms
Hetzner, Germany : 28.24 MiB/s | 225.92 Mbps | ping 9.477ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 107.52 MiB/s | 860.13 Mbps | ping 3.385ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 450.45 MiB/s | 3603.60 Mbps | ping 1.749ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 536 B/s | N/A | ping 20.581ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 3.44 KiB/s | 0.03 Mbps | ping 9.751ms
Online, France : 194.23 MiB/s | 1553.85 Mbps | ping 11.455ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 1.49 KiB/s | 0.01 Mbps | ping 20.426ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 2.34 MiB/s | 18.75 Mbps | ping 315.371ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 123 B/s | N/A | ping 318.776ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 15.20 MiB/s | 121.57 Mbps | ping 43.220ms
Prima, Argentina : 166.79 KiB/s | 1.30 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 1.12 MiB/s | 8.94 Mbps | ping 166.102ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 5.29 MiB/s | 42.36 Mbps | ping 243.151ms
Linode, Singapore : 4.61 MiB/s | 36.89 Mbps | ping 247.930ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 6.41 MiB/s | 51.25 Mbps | ping 218.774ms
Benchmark finished in 110 seconds
Global Latency Test
Query: ping 74.82.29.42, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 74.82.29.42 – ARIN /23 AS394996 PAPERSPACE – Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam
Media Unlock Test
** Test Starts At: Tue 19 Sep 2023 02:46:47 AM UTC
** Checking Results Under IPv4
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** Your Network Provider: Paperspace (74.82.*.*)
============[ 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: Amsterdam
Netflix Preferred CDN: Newark, NJ
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: EUR
ChatGPT: Yes
=======================================
No IPv6 Connectivity Found, Abort IPv6 Testing...
Testing Done! CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Get Started with Paperspace
Getting started with Paperspace is quite straightforward. Here are the steps you can follow:
- Sign Up: You can create a Paperspace account using an email address or with 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.
In addition to these steps, Paperspace provides a comprehensive tutorial for getting started with Gradient Notebooks. This tutorial covers everything you need to know to use notebooks backed by powerful free and paid GPU instances.
Remember, Paperspace is designed to be a powerful, no-fuss environment that “just works” and provides a world-class developer experience. It’s a great platform for AI developers and offers a wide range of features, from developing and training models to deploying them. Happy coding! 😊
Admin Control Panel
The Paperspace Core Console is a robust management interface precisely engineered for businesses to streamline their resources and infrastructure orchestration. Targeted at enterprises, it is enriched with enhanced security features, shared drive facilitation, and a commanding management console to ensure optimum control and oversight of your assets.
Here are some of the key features of the Core Console:
- User Management: Core for teams includes powerful tools that let you sort, filter, create, and connect users, machines, and networks.
- Enhanced Networking: The console easily manages resources such as a private network or VPN. Tasks that took days or weeks can now be done with just a few clicks.
- Optional Add-Ons & Integrations: Shared Drives can create ‘network attached storage’ that can be used to share files between instances. They also support IPsec tunnels that are out of the box.
- Desktop Access & API: Their built-in streaming technology for remote access works directly in a web browser. The Core API offers programmatic access for more advanced workloads.
- Reliability: The core is carefully monitored 24/7, so you don’t have to deal with broken servers and patches again.
You can sign up for a free account on their website and use the console immediately.
Server Pricing
Paperspace offers a variety of pricing options to cater to different needs. Here are some of the plans:
- Individual Plan: This free plan is aimed at beginners, explorers, and adventurous learners. It includes public projects and 5GB storage.
- Pro Plan: Priced at $8 per month, this plan is designed for ML/AI engineers, data scientists, and researchers. It offers private projects, 15GB storage, and faster free GPUs.
- Growth Plan: For teams, research groups, & startups, this plan costs $39 per month. It includes private projects, 50GB storage, high-end instances, and expert support.
- Enterprise Plan: This plan is for businesses that must host Gradient on their infrastructure and run without limits. You must schedule time with a product specialist to learn more about the custom plans.
Please note that these prices are in addition to the utilization costs on paid instances. You can visit the official Paperspace pricing page for more detailed information about the pricing.
Official Website: https://www.Paperspace.com
Payments
Paperspace accepts all major credit cards as payment methods, including Visa, MasterCard, American Express, JCB, and Discover. Please note that some electronic and prepaid cards may not work. They do not accept Apple Pay, Google Pay, or cryptocurrencies, but this may change.
Coupon
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Customer Support
Paperspace provides two levels of support:
- Standard Support: This is free for all customers and includes ticket-based support that is accessible seven days a week.
- Enterprise Support: This is available by contract and includes technical infrastructure assistance, best-effort third-party software support, and a team of customer success managers.
You can open a ticket if you have account questions or technical problems. Before submitting a ticket, they recommend checking the status page to see if a system-wide issue causes it. They also suggest searching for answers using Paperspace Docs search, which combines results from product and account management documentation. You can also browse their forum.
When submitting a ticket, including as much relevant information as possible is helpful. This could include explaining what you want to do and what you expect to happen, describing any problems as specifically as possible, including any error messages, and attaching screenshots where it makes sense.
Conclusion
The Basic Bench evaluation showcased exemplary I/O Speeds from the server, maintaining impressive consistency over three runs with an average output of 294.0 MB/s. Speedtest.net revealed remarkable upload and download speeds, registering promising speed measurements across several locations and a notable standout performance in European regions.
The comprehensive Yabs Performance Bench encapsulated mixed Read/Write speed tests, showcasing effective high-speed data manipulation. The server exhibited strong performance, especially with larger block sizes, peaking with Read speeds of 315.30 MB/s (512k) and Write speeds of 332.06 MB/s (512k).
The Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test yielded solid results, demonstrating sound Single-Core (699) and Multi-Core (1259) scores. Further details of the full test are accessible through the provided link.
Evaluating CPU Performance via UnixBench, the server underlined impressive performance metrics. In particular, these tests confirmed high benchmarks for ‘Dhrystone 2 using register variables’ and ‘File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 max blocks’, indicating excellent CPU and I/O capabilities, respectively.
In conclusion, the Paperspace High-Performance Shared vCPU VPS Server stationed in Amsterdam manifests strong performance across different tests, demonstrating its competence in handling high-demand operations, responsiveness, and data transfer capabilities. It’s an excellent choice for enterprises seeking stellar processing power and high-speed data management.
Official Website: https://www.Paperspace.com
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