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 BBBBBBBBBBBBHetzner PX70-SSD d: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1271 v3 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel S1200RP, Memory: 4 x 8192 MB DDR3-1600MHz Kingston, Disk: 2 x 480GB SAMSUNG MZ7GE480 + 2000GB HGST HUS724020AL OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-123.13.2.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20140120, 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 |============= BBBBBBBBBBBBHetzner PX70-SSD d . 6303 |======================================== 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 |=========== BBBBBBBBBBBBHetzner PX70-SSD d . 6208.70 |===================================== 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 |==================== BBBBBBBBBBBBHetzner PX70-SSD d . 6782 |======================================== 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 |================== BBBBBBBBBBBBHetzner PX70-SSD d . 10585667 |==================================== 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 |======================= BBBBBBBBBBBBHetzner PX70-SSD d . 86253 |======================================= 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 |============================================ 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 |============================================== 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 |=============================================== 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 |============================================== 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 |=========================================== 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 |====================================== 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 |================================ 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 |=============== BBBBBBBBBBBBHetzner PX70-SSD d . 25.01 |==== 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 |====== BBBBBBBBBBBBHetzner PX70-SSD d . 64.41 |=== 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 |====== BBBBBBBBBBBBHetzner PX70-SSD d . 22.31 |==== 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 |======= BBBBBBBBBBBBHetzner PX70-SSD d . 7.02 |===== 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 |========================= BBBBBBBBBBBBHetzner PX70-SSD d . 4.40 |============= 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 |============================= BBBBBBBBBBBBHetzner PX70-SSD d . 11.84 |================ 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 |================================== BBBBBBBBBBBBHetzner PX70-SSD d . 11.16 |======= 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 |============================== BBBBBBBBBBBBHetzner PX70-SSD d . 627.37 |====================================== 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 |==== BBBBBBBBBBBBHetzner PX70-SSD d . 42606.15 |====================================