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 ServerLoft Xeon 5.0 L: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3 @ 2.40GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: HP ProLiant DL120 Gen9, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 2 x 16384 MB 2133MHz, Disk: 2 x 256GB SAMSUNG MZ7TE256, Graphics: Matrox s MGA G200EH, Network: Intel I350 Gigabit Connection OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-229.20.1.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.3 20140911, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 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 |=================== 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 |====== ServerLoft Xeon 5.0 L ..... 21.81 |==== 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 |====================================== 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 |=============== ServerLoft Xeon 5.0 L ..... 4961.90 |========================================== 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 |============================= ServerLoft Xeon 5.0 L ..... 5.53 |=================== 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 |================================ 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 |====================== ServerLoft Xeon 5.0 L ..... 6955 |============================================= 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 |===================== ServerLoft Xeon 5.0 L ..... 10845333 |========================================= 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 |========================= ServerLoft Xeon 5.0 L ..... 88297 |============================================ 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 |================================= ServerLoft Xeon 5.0 L ..... 15.15 |======================= 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 |================================= ServerLoft Xeon 5.0 L ..... 649.33 |=========================================== 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 |======== ServerLoft Xeon 5.0 L ..... 6.11 |===== 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 |================== ServerLoft Xeon 5.0 L ..... 5034 |============================================= 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 |================= 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 |======= 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 |============================================