DigitalOcean Droplets Ubuntu 13.10 Cloud Benchmarks DigitalOcean public cloud benchmarking of various cloud instances / droplets. Cloud benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. 1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD: Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 2.40GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 1024 MB RAM, Disk: 30GB, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, System Layer: QEMU 1.0 2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD: Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB RAM, Disk: 40GB, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, System Layer: QEMU 1.0 8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD: Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB RAM, Disk: 79GB, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, System Layer: QEMU 1.0 16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD: Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 2.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 16384 MB RAM, Disk: 158GB, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, System Layer: QEMU 1.0 512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD: Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 2.00GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 512 MB RAM, Disk: 20GB, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, System Layer: QEMU 1.0 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better 1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 521 |=========== 2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 1017 |====================== 8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 2085 |============================================= 16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 2000 |=========================================== 512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 766 |================= FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better 1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 3802.14 |========================================== 2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 3552.69 |======================================= 8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 2645.64 |============================= 16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 1817.94 |==================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better 1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 693 |========= 2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 1291 |================= 8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 1561 |===================== 16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 3332 |============================================= 512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 462 |====== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better 1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 1680333 |============= 2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 3237500 |========================= 8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 5167333 |======================================== 16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 5431333 |========================================== 512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 1122667 |========= John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better 1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 11548 |========== 2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 21304 |=================== 8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 26976 |======================== 16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 50245 |============================================ 512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 7501 |======= x264 2014-01-09 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 21.17 |============ 2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 33.68 |================== 8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 39.59 |====================== 16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 80.18 |============================================ 512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 13.83 |======== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 30 |=========================== 2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 44 |======================================== 8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 52 |=============================================== 16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 51 |============================================== 512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 23 |===================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 11 |=========== 2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 19 |==================== 8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 31 |================================ 16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 45 |=============================================== 512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 9 |========= GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 40 |============================ 2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 58 |========================================= 8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 66 |=============================================== 16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 65 |============================================== 512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 32 |======================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 74 |======================================= 2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 90 |=============================================== 8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 86 |============================================= 16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 82 |=========================================== 512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 53 |============================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 56 |=============================================== 2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 53 |============================================ 8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 47 |======================================= 16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 45 |====================================== 512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 42 |=================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better 1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 1072.59 |========================================== 2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 1022.49 |======================================== 8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 921.91 |==================================== 16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 825.84 |================================ 512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 821.22 |================================ Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 170.04 |================================ 2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 97.25 |=================== 8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 99.77 |=================== 16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 89.13 |================= 512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 225.51 |=========================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 695.93 |================================= 2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 349.17 |================= 8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 271.00 |============= 16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 148.24 |======= 512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 909.64 |=========================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better 1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 194.40 |===================================== 2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 99.15 |=================== 8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 64.06 |============ 16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 33.48 |====== 512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 228.66 |=========================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better 1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 54.93 |============================================ 2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 27.99 |====================== 8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 21.68 |================= 16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 10.22 |======== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better 1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 7.77 |=============================== 2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 8.24 |================================= 8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 9.23 |===================================== 16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 8.33 |================================== 512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 10.86 |============================================ LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better 1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 20.65 |=============================== 2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 22.33 |================================== 8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 24.89 |====================================== 16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 21.89 |================================= 512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 29.06 |============================================ FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better 1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 45.02 |================================= 2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 33.22 |========================= 8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 36.10 |=========================== 16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 51.69 |====================================== 512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 59.25 |============================================ OpenSSL 1.0.1f RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better 1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 84.13 |======= 2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 155.90 |============== 8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 210.27 |================== 16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 492.35 |=========================================== 512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 58.97 |===== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better 1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 4585.82 |================== 2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 7900.69 |============================== 8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 10628.61 |========================================= 16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 5019.33 |=================== 512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 3547.66 |==============