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. 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 performance2-120 - Debian Testing: Processor: 32 x Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz (32 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU v4.1.5, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 16384 MB + 16384 MB + 16384 MB + 16384 MB + 16384 MB + 16384 MB + 16384 MB + 8188 MB RAM, Disk: 40GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 3.14-1-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.3, File-System: btrfs, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.1.5 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 |=================== performance2-120 - Debian Testing . 3927 |===================================== 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 |================ performance2-120 - Debian Testing . 3771.19 |================================== 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 |========= performance2-120 - Debian Testing . 13763 |==================================== 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 |======== performance2-120 - Debian Testing . 22322167 |================================= 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 |========= performance2-120 - Debian Testing . 189257 |=================================== 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 |=========== performance2-120 - Debian Testing . 257.71 |=================================== 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 |=================== performance2-120 - Debian Testing . 104 |====================================== 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 |================= performance2-120 - Debian Testing . 102 |====================================== 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 |==================== performance2-120 - Debian Testing . 122 |====================================== 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 |======================= performance2-120 - Debian Testing . 138 |====================================== 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 |============================== performance2-120 - Debian Testing . 58 |======================================= 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 |========================= performance2-120 - Debian Testing . 1140.23 |================================== 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 |============== performance2-120 - Debian Testing . 36.45 |====== 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 |====== performance2-120 - Debian Testing . 40.80 |== 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 |===== performance2-120 - Debian Testing . 10.93 |== 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 |======= performance2-120 - Debian Testing . 3.13 |== 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 |======================= performance2-120 - Debian Testing . 8.04 |======================= 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 |=========================== performance2-120 - Debian Testing . 21.11 |========================== 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 |=============================== performance2-120 - Debian Testing . 19.49 |============ 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 |============ performance2-120 - Debian Testing . 1452.53 |================================== 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 |=========== performance2-120 - Debian Testing . 15696.14 |=================================