HostTheBest United States Utah Unmanaged Linux VPS Test and Review
We’re putting the HostTheBest U.S. Utah-based unmanaged Linux VPS server to the test. It’s loaded with a powerful QEMU Virtual CPU (version 2.5+). It has a solid setup: 8 cores, 8 GB of memory, 60 GB of NVMe storage, a 1 GB network port, unlimited 1Gbps data transfer, IPv4 and IPv6 in Utah and a /64 to each VPS, and daily backup service.
Our review covers several checks: basic performance, network speed, response times, service availability worldwide, and website speed tests using tools like PageSpeed and GTmetrix. We’re looking at everything from how fast it runs to how well it connects, ensuring you know exactly what you’re getting.
About HostTheBest
HostTheBest is a Web Hosting provider founded in 2003. Since the beginning, HostTheBest has strived to provide unbeatable services at the best possible prices.
HostTheBest offers secure, reliable, and affordable Website and database hosting services to thousands of customers in over 100 countries. Each hosting plan includes a standard set of features, expert technical support, and a no-nonsense 30-day money-back guarantee.
Also, HostTheBest offers unmanaged vps and dedicated servers, vps starting from $3.5/mo, and dedicated servers starting from $29.95/mo. This makes them attractive for businesses looking for high-quality services without breaking the bank.
One of the standout features of HostTheBest is their dedicated support team. Their team has extensive experience providing Linux and Microsoft solutions and offers 24/7 support via a ticket system for technical and live support within business hours.
Official Website: https://HostTheBest.com
BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed
CPU Model : QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5+
CPU Cores : 8 @ 2299.998 MHz
CPU Cache : 16384 KB
AES-NI : ✗ Disabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✗ Disabled
Total Disk : 59.9 GB (1.8 GB Used)
Total Mem : 7.8 GB (84.4 MB Used)
Total Swap : 8.0 GB (0 Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 11 min
Load average : 0.21, 0.50, 0.38
OS : Debian GNU/Linux 11
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 5.10.0-8-amd64
TCP CC : bbr
Virtualization : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✓ Online / ✗ Offline
Organization : AS18450 WebNX, Inc.
Location : Lehi / US
Region : Utah
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 102 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 160 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 167 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 143.0 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 1574.10 Mbps 535.59 Mbps 28.02 ms
Los Angeles, US 2090.22 Mbps 1232.84 Mbps 22.49 ms
Dallas, US 1714.92 Mbps 1024.83 Mbps 33.65 ms
Montreal, CA 513.57 Mbps 359.36 Mbps 55.60 ms
Paris, FR 447.23 Mbps 543.49 Mbps 146.85 ms
Amsterdam, NL 538.45 Mbps 747.42 Mbps 130.52 ms
Shanghai, CN 314.04 Mbps 657.65 Mbps 212.65 ms
Hongkong, CN 1.60 Mbps 0.14 Mbps 173.19 ms
Mumbai, IN 257.00 Mbps 601.15 Mbps 247.16 ms
Singapore, SG 356.21 Mbps 532.72 Mbps 184.57 ms
Tokyo, JP 543.86 Mbps 1019.69 Mbps 122.94 ms
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Finished in : 7 min 1 sec
Timestamp : 2024-01-17 19:36:28 EST
YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark
Basic System Information:
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Uptime : 0 days, 0 hours, 20 minutes
Processor : QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5+
CPU cores : 8 @ 2299.998 MHz
AES-NI : ❌ Disabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ❌ Disabled
RAM : 7.8 GiB
Swap : 8.0 GiB
Disk : 51.9 GiB
Distro : Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Kernel : 5.10.0-8-amd64
VM Type : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline
IPv4 Network Information:
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ISP : WebNX, Inc.
ASN : AS18450 WebNX, Inc.
Host : Enotch Technologies, LLC
Location : Toronto, Ontario (ON)
Country : Canada
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 28.12 MB/s (7.0k) | 167.65 MB/s (2.6k)
Write | 28.14 MB/s (7.0k) | 168.53 MB/s (2.6k)
Total | 56.26 MB/s (14.0k) | 336.18 MB/s (5.2k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 372.04 MB/s (726) | 446.15 MB/s (435)
Write | 391.80 MB/s (765) | 475.87 MB/s (464)
Total | 763.85 MB/s (1.4k) | 922.02 MB/s (899)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 980 Mbits/sec | 599 Mbits/sec | --
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | busy | busy | 121 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | 363 Mbits/sec | 1.01 Gbits/sec | --
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 413 Mbits/sec | 496 Mbits/sec | --
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 1.72 Gbits/sec | 541 Mbits/sec | --
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 1.07 Gbits/sec | 957 Mbits/sec | --
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 476 Mbits/sec | 1.13 Gbits/sec | --
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 163
Multi Core | 527
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/4435025
YABS completed in 40 min 40 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance, A score higher is better
Benchmark Run: Wed Jan 17 2024 21:17:38 - 21:46:00
8 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 12809244.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 2291.8 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 758.1 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 92448.2 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 22021.2 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 244300.6 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 165032.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 13604.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 613.1 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 896.4 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 299.0 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 99996.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 12809244.2 1097.6
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 2291.8 416.7
Execl Throughput 43.0 758.1 176.3
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 92448.2 233.5
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 22021.2 133.1
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 244300.6 421.2
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 165032.5 132.7
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 13604.3 34.0
Process Creation 126.0 613.1 48.7
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 896.4 211.4
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 299.0 498.3
System Call Overhead 15000.0 99996.0 66.7
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System Benchmarks Index Score 185.2
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Benchmark Run: Wed Jan 17 2024 21:46:00 - 22:15:01
8 CPUs in system; running 8 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 82417444.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 15991.4 MWIPS (8.6 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 2435.8 lps (29.8 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 37229.8 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 11696.8 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 112970.7 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 978058.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 48118.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 2605.0 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 3904.7 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 765.9 lpm (60.3 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 606863.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 82417444.0 7062.3
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 15991.4 2907.5
Execl Throughput 43.0 2435.8 566.5
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 37229.8 94.0
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 11696.8 70.7
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 112970.7 194.8
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 978058.2 786.2
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 48118.8 120.3
Process Creation 126.0 2605.0 206.7
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 3904.7 920.9
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 765.9 1276.5
System Call Overhead 15000.0 606863.3 404.6
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System Benchmarks Index Score 477.4
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Looking Glass
Test IPv4: 216.250.247.30
Test IPv6: 2606:c0:1:1fe::1
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 129.87 MiB/s | 1038.96 Mbps | ping 12.247ms
Gdrive : 2.54 KiB/s | 0.02 Mbps | ping error!
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 3.32 MiB/s | 26.55 Mbps | ping error!
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 22.81 MiB/s | 182.50 Mbps | ping error!
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 1.30 MiB/s | 10.41 Mbps | ping 50.240ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 92.42 MiB/s | 739.37 Mbps | ping 28.367ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 66.36 MiB/s | 530.86 Mbps | ping 31.449ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 21.41 MiB/s | 171.27 Mbps | ping 21.600ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 23.84 MiB/s | 190.73 Mbps | ping error!
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 33.54 MiB/s | 268.36 Mbps | ping error!
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 16.62 MiB/s | 132.99 Mbps | ping 136.612ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 18.48 KiB/s | 0.14 Mbps | ping error!
Hetzner, Germany : 239 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 6.94 MiB/s | 55.55 Mbps | ping error!
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 16.45 MiB/s | 131.57 Mbps | ping 121.187ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 223 B/s | N/A | ping error!
OVH, Roubaix, France : 262 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Online, France : 1.71 MiB/s | 13.71 Mbps | ping 125.123ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 228 B/s | N/A | ping error!
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 9.94 MiB/s | 79.53 Mbps | ping 164.788ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 106 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Hosteasy, Moldova : 8.70 MiB/s | 69.62 Mbps | ping error!
Prima, Argentina : 306.34 KiB/s | 2.39 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 693.01 KiB/s | 5.41 Mbps | ping error!
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 11.43 MiB/s | 91.41 Mbps | ping error!
Linode, Singapore : 6.57 MiB/s | 52.59 Mbps | ping error!
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 15.90 MiB/s | 127.19 Mbps | ping 123.429ms
Benchmark finished in 206 seconds
Global Latency Test
Query: ping 216.250.247.214, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 216.250.247.214 – ARIN /24 AS18450 WEBNX – United States
Media Unlock Test
** Test Starts At: Wed 17 Jan 2024 08:48:15 PM EST
** Checking Results Under IPv4
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** Your Network Provider: WebNX (216.250.*.*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Yes (Region: US)
HotStar: Yes (Region: US)
Disney+: Yes (Region: US)
Netflix: Yes (Region: US)
YouTube Premium: Yes
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: US)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
iQyi Oversea Region: US
Viu.com: No
YouTube CDN: Los Angeles, CA
Netflix Preferred CDN: Newark, NJ
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: USD
ChatGPT: Yes
Bing Region: US
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No IPv6 Connectivity Found, Abort IPv6 Testing...
Testing Done! CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Admin Control Panel
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Server Pricing
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Payments
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If you have funds available in your HostTheBest Billing account, they can be refunded. However, there is a 20% holding fee, and the payment can only be refunded to the payment gateway you originally paid through.
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Customer Support
HostTheBest’s customer support is one of their standout features. They have a dedicated support team that works around the clock to resolve all issues as soon as possible. If you have questions about their services before purchasing, you can join them on their Live Support or submit a Support Ticket.
Also, If you require any more information, send an email to [email protected].
Conclusion
Starting with the Basic Bench test, we found that the input/output (I/O) performance averaged 143 MB per second. During the upload and download tests, particularly in nodes closer to home, like Los Angeles, with the server hitting over 2,000 Mbps for uploads and around 1,200 Mbps for downloads. The Yabs Performance Bench test showed varied results depending on the block size, with large blocks reaching up to 922 MB/s, signaling good performance. The UnixBench test showed that the server’s CPU could handle a high workload, especially with eight simultaneous processes.
In conclusion, the HostTheBest server from Utah performs no problem. It handles data and processes efficiently, boasting significant speeds, especially in regional tests. The mixed read/write speeds are solid, scaling well with larger block sizes.
Overall, this unmanaged VPS offers a dependable environment for most web-based needs, making it a worthy consideration for those looking for performance and price in their server choice.
Official Website: https://HostTheBest.com
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