ShiftHosting United States Dallas Budget Cloud Server Test and Review
We recently reviewed the ShiftHosting budget cloud server in Dallas, USA. This server uses a powerful AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core Processor with these specs: 16-core CPU, 32GB of RAM, 320GB SSD for storage, a fast 1Gbps internet connection, 16TB of data transfer, and both IPv4 and IPv6 address.
In our evaluation, we conducted a series of tests. We started with basic performance checks (Basic Benchmark, Yabs, and Unix Benchmark), which gave us a good overview of the server’s capabilities. We then looked at the server’s network performance worldwide (Global Node Test) and checked how quickly it responds to pings (Global Ping Test), which is important for a snappy user experience.
Our team also examined if the server can stream media from various regions (Media Unlock Test), how well it connects through CloudFlare’s network (CloudFlare Internet Test), and how fast it loads webpages (using tools like PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix Performance).
About ShiftHosting
ShiftHosting.com is a web hosting service provider gaining recognition for its Virtual Private Server (VPS) offerings. The company’s VPS servers are known for their reliability, performance, and excellent customer service.
ShiftHosting’s VPS servers are designed to provide a stable and high-performing hosting environment. Users have reported perfect uptime and no issues with connections or hardware. This means that websites hosted on ShiftHosting’s VPS servers are likely to be always accessible and run smoothly, providing a good user experience for visitors.
The infrastructure of ShiftHosting is also commendable. The company seems to have invested in robust hardware and network systems to ensure the hosting services are stable and performant. This is crucial for businesses that rely on their websites for operations and cannot afford frequent downtimes or slow loading times.
ShiftHosting’s VPS servers are versatile and can cater to various hosting needs. Whether running a small personal blog or a large e-commerce site, ShiftHosting’s VPS servers can provide the necessary resources and features. They offer services ranging from colocation and VPS to dedicated servers.
Official Website: https://www.ShiftHosting.com
BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed
CPU Model : AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core Processor
CPU Cores : 16 @ 2249.998 MHz
CPU Cache : 512 KB
AES-NI : ✓ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✓ Enabled
Total Disk : 320.0 GB (3.8 GB Used)
Total Mem : 31.3 GB (287.7 MB Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 4 hour 27 min
Load average : 0.14, 0.03, 0.01
OS : Debian GNU/Linux 11
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 5.10.0-20-amd64
TCP CC : bbr
Virtualization : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✓ Online / ✓ Online
Organization : AS394177 SHIFT HOSTING LLC
Location : Dallas / US
Region : Texas
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 736 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 803 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 816 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 785.0 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 8538.61 Mbps 8419.09 Mbps 0.49 ms
Los Angeles, US 2827.10 Mbps 8137.22 Mbps 28.93 ms
Dallas, US 9120.71 Mbps 8395.16 Mbps 0.88 ms
Montreal, CA 855.96 Mbps 857.97 Mbps 46.25 ms
Paris, FR 753.27 Mbps 6420.25 Mbps 108.14 ms
Amsterdam, NL 716.21 Mbps 3650.32 Mbps 109.76 ms
Shanghai, CN 350.57 Mbps 1408.81 Mbps 219.97 ms
Chongqing, CN 0.48 Mbps 0.46 Mbps 238.25 ms
Hongkong, CN 5.26 Mbps 4.88 Mbps 188.61 ms
Mumbai, IN 316.68 Mbps 3250.78 Mbps 247.70 ms
Singapore, SG 392.62 Mbps 3748.70 Mbps 204.89 ms
Tokyo, JP 580.07 Mbps 5205.70 Mbps 138.04 ms
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Finished in : 5 min 22 sec
Timestamp : 2023-12-27 01:47:45 CST
YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark
Basic System Information:
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Uptime : 0 days, 4 hours, 34 minutes
Processor : AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core Processor
CPU cores : 16 @ 2249.998 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 31.3 GiB
Swap : 0.0 KiB
Disk : 320.0 GiB
Distro : Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Kernel : 5.10.0-20-amd64
VM Type : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ✔ Online
IPv6 Network Information:
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ISP : Shift Hosting LLC
ASN : AS394177 SHIFT HOSTING LLC
Host : Shift Hosting LLC
Location : Sterling, Virginia (VA)
Country : United States
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 230.17 MB/s (57.5k) | 724.50 MB/s (11.3k)
Write | 230.78 MB/s (57.6k) | 728.31 MB/s (11.3k)
Total | 460.96 MB/s (115.2k) | 1.45 GB/s (22.6k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 399.00 MB/s (779) | 616.32 MB/s (601)
Write | 420.20 MB/s (820) | 657.37 MB/s (641)
Total | 819.20 MB/s (1.5k) | 1.27 GB/s (1.2k)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 1.53 Gbits/sec | 271 Mbits/sec | 104 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | 1.42 Gbits/sec | busy | 112 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | 1.34 Gbits/sec | 1.52 Gbits/sec | 109 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 680 Mbits/sec | 834 Mbits/sec | 200 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 4.93 Gbits/sec | 5.26 Gbits/sec | 37.4 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 9.32 Gbits/sec | 927 Mbits/sec | 0.860 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 5.41 Gbits/sec | 883 Mbits/sec | 31.2 ms
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 1.53 Gbits/sec | 1.62 Gbits/sec | 104 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | 1.57 Gbits/sec | busy | 103 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | 1.46 Gbits/sec | 1.67 Gbits/sec | 109 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 657 Mbits/sec | 844 Mbits/sec | 200 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 4.59 Gbits/sec | 5.07 Gbits/sec | 37.4 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 9.13 Gbits/sec | 8.35 Gbits/sec | 0.699 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 5.61 Gbits/sec | 6.02 Gbits/sec | 31.2 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
|
Single Core | 1305
Multi Core | 9025
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/4154844
YABS completed in 12 min 55 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance, A Score Higher is Better
Benchmark Run: Wed Dec 27 2023 02:29:19 - 02:57:17
16 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 40717335.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 7245.6 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 5292.0 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 999749.3 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 278278.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 2593675.9 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 1752039.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 48795.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 7624.4 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 10494.7 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 4661.7 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 1947850.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 40717335.6 3489.1
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 7245.6 1317.4
Execl Throughput 43.0 5292.0 1230.7
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 999749.3 2524.6
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 278278.4 1681.4
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 2593675.9 4471.9
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 1752039.5 1408.4
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 48795.8 122.0
Process Creation 126.0 7624.4 605.1
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 10494.7 2475.2
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 4661.7 7769.5
System Call Overhead 15000.0 1947850.5 1298.6
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1598.7
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Benchmark Run: Wed Dec 27 2023 02:57:17 - 03:25:19
16 CPUs in system; running 16 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 642087447.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 114950.0 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 20140.8 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 518229.9 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 131537.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1834439.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 27639223.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 1826162.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 42224.7 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 71462.0 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 8372.2 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 2505930.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 642087447.1 55020.3
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 114950.0 20900.0
Execl Throughput 43.0 20140.8 4683.9
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 518229.9 1308.7
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 131537.4 794.8
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1834439.0 3162.8
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 27639223.2 22218.0
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 1826162.1 4565.4
Process Creation 126.0 42224.7 3351.2
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 71462.0 16854.3
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 8372.2 13953.7
System Call Overhead 15000.0 2505930.0 1670.6
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System Benchmarks Index Score 6041.9
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Looking Glass
Test IPv4: 170.75.249.221
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 869.57 MiB/s | 6956.52 Mbps | ping 0.649ms
Gdrive : 0 B/s | N/A | ping 1.753ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 28.93 MiB/s | 231.45 Mbps | ping 37.296ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 41.55 MiB/s | 332.42 Mbps | ping 42.061ms
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 54.02 MiB/s | 432.20 Mbps | ping 36.402ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 39.67 MiB/s | 317.33 Mbps | ping 56.572ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 671.14 MiB/s | 5369.13 Mbps | ping 0.739ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 69.83 MiB/s | 558.66 Mbps | ping 31.603ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 57.87 MiB/s | 462.95 Mbps | ping 37.379ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 80.14 MiB/s | 641.13 Mbps | ping 15.471ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 21.30 MiB/s | 170.37 Mbps | ping 105.629ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 32.33 KiB/s | 0.25 Mbps | ping 121.388ms
Hetzner, Germany : 380 B/s | N/A | ping 124.257ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 20.00 MiB/s | 160.02 Mbps | ping 111.604ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 18.54 MiB/s | 148.34 Mbps | ping 110.393ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 431 B/s | N/A | ping 124.452ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 661 B/s | N/A | ping 130.925ms
Online, France : 19.13 MiB/s | 153.05 Mbps | ping 112.066ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 440 B/s | N/A | ping 113.207ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 4.96 MiB/s | 39.70 Mbps | ping 244.980ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 461 B/s | N/A | ping 209.639ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 7.88 MiB/s | 63.08 Mbps | ping 145.539ms
Prima, Argentina : 720.93 KiB/s | 5.63 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 3.37 MiB/s | 27.00 Mbps | ping 213.671ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 15.40 MiB/s | 123.21 Mbps | ping 133.586ms
Linode, Singapore : 6.68 MiB/s | 53.44 Mbps | ping 201.901ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 15.28 MiB/s | 122.27 Mbps | ping 133.862ms
Benchmark finished in 84 seconds
Global Latency Test
Query: ping 170.39.176.154, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 170.39.176.154 – ARIN /24 AS394177 SHIFT-HOSTING-LLC – United States, Texas, Dallas
Media Unlock Test
** Test Starts At: Wed 27 Dec 2023 02:23:59 AM CST
** Checking Results Under IPv4
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** Your Network Provider: Shift Hosting LLC (170.39.*.*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Yes (Region: US)
HotStar: Failed (Network Connection)
Disney+: No
Netflix: Yes (Region: US)
YouTube Premium: Yes
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: US)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
iQyi Oversea Region: US
Viu.com: No
YouTube CDN: Dallas, TX
Netflix Preferred CDN: Atlanta, GA
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: USD
ChatGPT: Yes
Bing Region: US
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** Checking Results Under IPv6
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** Your Network Provider: Shift Hosting LLC (2607:29c0:1:*:*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Failed (Network Connection)
HotStar: Yes (Region: US)
Disney+: Yes (Region: US)
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: No (Region: CN)
Amazon Prime Video: Unsupported
TVBAnywhere+: Failed (Network Connection)
iQyi Oversea Region: Failed
Viu.com: Failed
YouTube CDN: Dallas, TX
Netflix Preferred CDN: Dallas, TX
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: Failed (Network Connection)
ChatGPT: Failed
Bing Region: US
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Testing Done! CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Admin Control Panel
Server Pricing
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Customer Support
Customers can swiftly contact the ShiftHosting support team for assistance by opening a support ticket and ensuring timely and accurate responses.
For sales inquiries, please feel free to email us at [email protected]. Alternatively, if you prefer to speak with a representative, contact us at +1 (877) 340-2250 for immediate assistance.
ShiftHosting also offers a comprehensive knowledgebase. This self-service resource allows customers to explore and discover solutions to their queries with ease independently.
Conclusion
Starting with the basics, our I/O speed tests yielded impressive results, with an average speed of 785 MB/s after three runs. A deeper dive into network performance via speed tests across various global nodes revealed inconsistencies. Local speeds in Dallas shone at over 9,000 Mbps for uploads and downloads, with latency under 1 ms. However, this performance dropped significantly in more distant locations like Chongqing and Hong Kong, which is not unusual due to the increased distance from the server.
The YABS performance bench balanced read and write operations, with mixed R/W speeds peaking at 1.45 GB/s for 64k block sizes, indicating swift and reliable disk performance — critical for data-heavy operations. To round it out, UnixBench tests demonstrated the server’s CPU might, flexing a multi-core score that soared well above 9,000, suggesting that the server is more than capable of handling demanding tasks and high levels of concurrent processing.
In conclusion, Shift Hosting’s budget cloud server exhibits exceptional performance, particularly in local nodes. It’s an excellent choice for CPU-intensive tasks thanks to its robust processing capabilities. Its disk speeds ensure efficient data handling, and while performance inevitably varies with distance, overall, it stands as a solid choice for a budget server with the resources to support a wide range of hosting needs capably.
Official Website: https://www.ShiftHosting.com
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