DigitalOcean Droplets Ubuntu 13.10 Cloud Benchmarks
my benchmark


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

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

4GB - 2 CPUs - 60GB SSD: 

	Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB RAM, Disk: 59GB, 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

loft8170: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 @ 3.29GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: HP ProLiant DL320e Gen8, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/Ivy, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 512GB LOGICAL VOLUME + 2000GB LOGICAL VOLUME, Graphics: Matrox s MGA G200EH, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5717 Gigabit PCIe

	OS: CentOS 6.6, Kernel: 2.6.32-504.1.3.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 766  |=======
1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 521  |=====
2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 1017 |=========
4GB - 2 CPUs - 60GB SSD ... 1606 |===============
8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 2085 |===================
16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 2000 |==================
loft8170 .................. 4967 |=============================================


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 |==========================
4GB - 2 CPUs - 60GB SSD ... 2105.06 |===============
8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 2645.64 |===================
16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 1817.94 |=============
loft8170 .................. 5802.51 |==========================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 462  |====
1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 693  |======
2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 1291 |===========
4GB - 2 CPUs - 60GB SSD ... 813  |=======
8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 1561 |=============
16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 3332 |=============================
loft8170 .................. 5234 |=============================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 1122667  |==
1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 1680333  |====
2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 3237500  |=======
4GB - 2 CPUs - 60GB SSD ... 2239667  |=====
8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 5167333  |===========
16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 5431333  |============
loft8170 .................. 18496000 |=========================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 7501  |====
1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 11548 |=======
2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 21304 |============
4GB - 2 CPUs - 60GB SSD ... 10504 |======
8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 26976 |================
16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 50245 |=============================
loft8170 .................. 75433 |============================================


x264 2014-01-09
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 13.83  |====
1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 21.17  |======
2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 33.68  |==========
4GB - 2 CPUs - 60GB SSD ... 18.59  |======
8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 39.59  |============
16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 80.18  |=========================
loft8170 .................. 140.61 |===========================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Blur
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 23  |=========
1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 30  |============
2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 44  |=================
4GB - 2 CPUs - 60GB SSD ... 35  |=============
8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 52  |====================
16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 51  |====================
loft8170 .................. 120 |==============================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 9  |======
1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 11 |=======
2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 19 |============
4GB - 2 CPUs - 60GB SSD ... 16 |==========
8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 31 |===================
16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 45 |============================
loft8170 .................. 76 |===============================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 32  |==========
1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 40  |=============
2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 58  |==================
4GB - 2 CPUs - 60GB SSD ... 42  |=============
8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 66  |=====================
16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 65  |=====================
loft8170 .................. 145 |==============================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 53  |==============
1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 74  |====================
2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 90  |========================
4GB - 2 CPUs - 60GB SSD ... 60  |================
8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 86  |=======================
16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 82  |======================
loft8170 .................. 171 |==============================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 42 |=========================
1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 56 |=================================
2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 53 |===============================
4GB - 2 CPUs - 60GB SSD ... 40 |========================
8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 47 |============================
16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 45 |==========================
loft8170 .................. 80 |===============================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 821.22  |======================
1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 1072.59 |============================
2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 1022.49 |===========================
4GB - 2 CPUs - 60GB SSD ... 811.99  |=====================
8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 921.91  |========================
16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 825.84  |======================
loft8170 .................. 1601.17 |==========================================


Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 225.51 |===========================================
1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 170.04 |================================
2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 97.25  |===================
4GB - 2 CPUs - 60GB SSD ... 153.26 |=============================
8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 99.77  |===================
16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 89.13  |=================
loft8170 .................. 39.20  |=======


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 909.64 |===========================================
1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 695.93 |=================================
2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 349.17 |=================
4GB - 2 CPUs - 60GB SSD ... 552.06 |==========================
8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 271.00 |=============
16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 148.24 |=======
loft8170 .................. 87.32  |====


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 228.66 |===========================================
1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 194.40 |=====================================
2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 99.15  |===================
4GB - 2 CPUs - 60GB SSD ... 143.02 |===========================
8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 64.06  |============
16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 33.48  |======
loft8170 .................. 51.01  |==========


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 |======================
4GB - 2 CPUs - 60GB SSD ... 43.19 |===================================
8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 21.68 |=================
16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 10.22 |========
loft8170 .................. 8.64  |=======


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 10.86 |=====================================
1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 7.77  |===========================
2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 8.24  |============================
4GB - 2 CPUs - 60GB SSD ... 12.78 |============================================
8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 9.23  |================================
16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 8.33  |=============================
loft8170 .................. 6.05  |=====================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 29.06 |============================================
1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 20.65 |===============================
2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 22.33 |==================================
4GB - 2 CPUs - 60GB SSD ... 28.65 |===========================================
8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 24.89 |======================================
16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 21.89 |=================================
loft8170 .................. 14.23 |======================


FFmpeg 2.1.1
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 59.25 |============================================
1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 45.02 |=================================
2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 33.22 |=========================
4GB - 2 CPUs - 60GB SSD ... 51.23 |======================================
8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 36.10 |===========================
16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 51.69 |======================================
loft8170 .................. 29.21 |======================


OpenSSL 1.0.1f
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 58.97  |=====
1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 84.13  |=======
2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 155.90 |=============
4GB - 2 CPUs - 60GB SSD ... 85.23  |=======
8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 210.27 |==================
16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 492.35 |==========================================
loft8170 .................. 508.93 |===========================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
512MB - 1 CPU - 20GB SSD .. 3547.66  |=======
1GB - 1 CPU - 30GB SSD .... 4585.82  |========
2GB - 2 CPUs - 40GB SSD ... 7900.69  |==============
4GB - 2 CPUs - 60GB SSD ... 5274.27  |==========
8GB - 4 CPUs - 80GB SSD ... 10628.61 |===================
16GB - 8 CPUs - 160GB SSD . 5019.33  |=========
loft8170 .................. 22351.49 |=========================================