test-linode comparison with linode. tested on DO test-linode: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996), Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 51GB QEMU HDD OS: CentOS 6.8, Kernel: 4.6.5-x86_64-linode71 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4 compare: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2650L v3 @ 1.80GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: DigitalOcean Droplet v20160415, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB RAM, Disk: 59GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: CentOS 6.8, Kernel: 2.6.32-642.4.2.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4 AIO-Stress 0.21 Test: Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better test-linode . 805.41 |========================================================= compare ..... 686.43 |================================================= SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better test-linode . 11.46 |============================================= compare ..... 14.85 |========================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better test-linode . 4918.67 |======================================================== compare ..... 3974.87 |============================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better test-linode . 510.88 |========================================================= compare ..... 429.36 |================================================ PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better test-linode . 2586 |=================================================== compare ..... 2988 |=========================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Copy - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better test-linode . 13116.20 |======================================================= compare ..... 10891.56 |============================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better test-linode . 18210.53 |===================================================== compare ..... 19043.08 |======================================================= 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better test-linode . 5061 |=========================================================== compare ..... 4338 |=================================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better test-linode . 549.63 |========================================================= compare ..... 536.39 |======================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better test-linode . 181.97 |========================================================= compare ..... 151.83 |================================================ Redis 3.0.1 Test: LPOP Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better test-linode . 1168725.67 |===================================================== compare ..... 798768.65 |==================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SADD Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better test-linode . 858036.90 |====================================================== compare ..... 617618.80 |======================================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: LPUSH Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better test-linode . 790292.62 |====================================================== compare ..... 657021.19 |============================================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better test-linode . 1057656.38 |===================================================== compare ..... 765966.17 |====================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better test-linode . 730043.17 |====================================================== compare ..... 553012.61 |========================================= PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better test-linode . 3445 |======================================================== compare ..... 3643 |=========================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better test-linode . 4638.93 |======================================== compare ..... 6561.70 |======================================================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better test-linode . 70501 |========================================================= compare ..... 71271 |==========================================================