phoenixNAP USA Seattle Bare Metal Cloud Single CPU Instances Test and Review
We will test the Seattle Bare Metal Cloud Servers from phoenixNAP in the USA. These servers run on a single Intel Xeon E-2388G processor with 8 cores at 3.2GHz. They’re configured with 64GB of DDR4 RAM, 1TB of NVMe storage, and a speedy 20Gbps internet connection.
Our review is going to cover quite a few checks. We’ll run the Basic Benchmark, Yabs, and Unix Benchmark to see how the server handles everyday tasks. To test the network thoroughly, we’re doing the Global Node Test, and we’ll measure how quickly the server responds with the Global Ping Test.
We also want to see if there are any regional restrictions, so we’ve got the Media Unlock Test on our list. To check on how the server connects to the rest of the internet, we’ll use the CloudFlare Internet Test. Lastly, we’ll see how fast this server can deliver web content with the help of PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix Performance tests.
About phoenixNAP
PhoenixNAP Bare Metal Cloud (BMC) is a powerful, flexible, and scalable Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solution. It’s designed to meet the evolving needs of businesses looking for agility, security, and control over their IT resources.
At its core, BMC offers dedicated, single-tenant servers that combine the control and performance of traditional bare metal servers with the flexibility and scalability of the cloud. This means you get the raw horsepower of dedicated hardware and the ability to scale up or down as your needs change.
One of the key features of BMC is its automation capabilities. With BMC, you can automate server deployments, configurations, and scaling operations using popular infrastructure such as code (IaC) tools. This can significantly speed up your workflows and reduce the risk of human error.
BMC also offers a wide range of server configurations to choose from. Whether you need a high-frequency CPU for compute-intensive workloads, a high-capacity RAM for memory-intensive applications, or a high-performance SSD for fast data access, BMC has a server configuration that fits your needs.
Finally, BMC offers transparent, pay-as-you-go pricing. You only pay for what you use, with no hidden fees or long-term contracts. This makes it a cost-effective choice for businesses of all sizes.
Official Website: https://www.phoenixNAP.com
BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed
CPU Model : Intel(R) Xeon(R) E-2388G CPU @ 3.20GHz
CPU Cores : 16 @ 1839.948 MHz
CPU Cache : 16384 KB
AES-NI : ✓ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✓ Enabled
Total Disk : 923.8 GB (10.5 GB Used)
Total Mem : 62.1 GB (478.4 MB Used)
Total Swap : 8.0 GB (0 Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 30 min
Load average : 0.02, 0.06, 0.02
OS : Debian GNU/Linux 11
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 5.10.0-27-amd64
TCP CC : bbr
Virtualization : Dedicated
IPv4/IPv6 : ✓ Online / ✗ Offline
Organization : AS46385 PhoenixNAP LLC
Location : Seattle / US
Region : Washington
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 810 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 777 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 821 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 802.7 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 1857.23 Mbps 7618.83 Mbps 57.34 ms
Los Angeles, US 3145.08 Mbps 13612.04 Mbps 26.52 ms
Dallas, US 1510.70 Mbps 7627.30 Mbps 54.52 ms
Montreal, CA 728.94 Mbps 931.36 Mbps 67.57 ms
Paris, FR 514.48 Mbps 2742.30 Mbps 161.34 ms
Amsterdam, NL 495.68 Mbps 3455.10 Mbps 139.56 ms
Shanghai, CN 191.16 Mbps 1638.99 Mbps 251.49 ms
Chongqing, CN 2.22 Mbps 0.23 Mbps 195.95 ms
Hongkong, CN 5.12 Mbps 2.18 Mbps 180.86 ms
Mumbai, IN 309.74 Mbps 1520.75 Mbps 257.11 ms
Singapore, SG 357.64 Mbps 1916.88 Mbps 234.27 ms
Tokyo, JP 625.79 Mbps 3006.50 Mbps 126.89 ms
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Finished in : 6 min 8 sec
Timestamp : 2024-01-29 06:11:30 UTC
YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark
Basic System Information:
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Uptime : 0 days, 0 hours, 37 minutes
Processor : Intel(R) Xeon(R) E-2388G CPU @ 3.20GHz
CPU cores : 16 @ 2202.960 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 62.1 GiB
Swap : 8.0 GiB
Disk : 915.8 GiB
Distro : Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Kernel : 5.10.0-27-amd64
VM Type : NONE
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline
IPv4 Network Information:
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ISP : PhoenixNAP LLC
ASN : AS46385 PhoenixNAP LLC
Host : Secured Servers LLC
Location : Tempe, Arizona (AZ)
Country : United States
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 534.69 MB/s (133.6k) | 592.53 MB/s (9.2k)
Write | 536.10 MB/s (134.0k) | 595.65 MB/s (9.3k)
Total | 1.07 GB/s (267.6k) | 1.18 GB/s (18.5k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 639.79 MB/s (1.2k) | 674.94 MB/s (659)
Write | 673.79 MB/s (1.3k) | 719.89 MB/s (703)
Total | 1.31 GB/s (2.5k) | 1.39 GB/s (1.3k)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 1.24 Gbits/sec | 1.21 Gbits/sec | 125 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | 1.07 Gbits/sec | 457 Mbits/sec | 141 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | 1.17 Gbits/sec | 867 Mbits/sec | 139 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 581 Mbits/sec | 397 Mbits/sec | 227 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 2.69 Gbits/sec | 2.00 Gbits/sec | 60.5 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 3.59 Gbits/sec | 3.16 Gbits/sec | 49.5 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 5.94 Gbits/sec | 6.14 Gbits/sec | 32.0 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 2580
Multi Core | 10236
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/4642621
YABS completed in 8 min 38 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance, A score higher is better
Benchmark Run: Mon Jan 29 2024 06:41:29 - 07:09:27
16 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 77332635.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 10094.8 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 10397.8 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 2171235.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 588041.1 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5541869.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 4171237.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 109694.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 8182.5 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 12756.9 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 11750.3 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 4568071.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 77332635.3 6626.6
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 10094.8 1835.4
Execl Throughput 43.0 10397.8 2418.1
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 2171235.0 5482.9
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 588041.1 3553.1
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 5541869.4 9554.9
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 4171237.0 3353.1
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 109694.3 274.2
Process Creation 126.0 8182.5 649.4
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 12756.9 3008.7
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 11750.3 19583.9
System Call Overhead 15000.0 4568071.5 3045.4
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System Benchmarks Index Score 3024.8
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Benchmark Run: Mon Jan 29 2024 07:09:27 - 07:37:28
16 CPUs in system; running 16 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 526540704.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 130592.9 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 71613.1 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1529799.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 399786.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5173308.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 33245532.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 3951278.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 141781.8 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 146120.1 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 19148.7 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 12365140.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 526540704.0 45119.2
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 130592.9 23744.2
Execl Throughput 43.0 71613.1 16654.2
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 1529799.5 3863.1
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 399786.0 2415.6
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 5173308.4 8919.5
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 33245532.6 26724.7
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 3951278.7 9878.2
Process Creation 126.0 141781.8 11252.5
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 146120.1 34462.3
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 19148.7 31914.5
System Call Overhead 15000.0 12365140.0 8243.4
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System Benchmarks Index Score 13598.9
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Looking Glass
None
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 531.91 MiB/s | 4255.32 Mbps | ping 0.138ms
Gdrive : 5.79 KiB/s | 0.05 Mbps | ping 30.480ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 1.37 MiB/s | 10.92 Mbps | ping 57.402ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 38.92 MiB/s | 311.33 Mbps | ping 28.951ms
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 5.01 MiB/s | 40.04 Mbps | ping 60.042ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 740.74 MiB/s | 5925.93 Mbps | ping 1.059ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 12.47 MiB/s | 99.77 Mbps | ping 60.623ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 48.50 MiB/s | 387.97 Mbps | ping 28.080ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 24.85 MiB/s | 198.79 Mbps | ping 59.900ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 25.77 MiB/s | 206.20 Mbps | ping 55.178ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 7.87 MiB/s | 62.94 Mbps | ping 126.912ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 37.10 KiB/s | 0.29 Mbps | ping 139.296ms
Hetzner, Germany : 245 B/s | N/A | ping 138.743ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 8.71 MiB/s | 69.66 Mbps | ping 138.227ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 7.82 MiB/s | 62.54 Mbps | ping 139.149ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 476 B/s | N/A | ping 148.303ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 551 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Online, France : 6.37 MiB/s | 50.97 Mbps | ping 141.492ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 312 B/s | N/A | ping 177.789ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 3.66 MiB/s | 29.26 Mbps | ping 203.589ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 353 B/s | N/A | ping 184.810ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 4.26 MiB/s | 34.08 Mbps | ping 167.078ms
Prima, Argentina : 161.13 KiB/s | 1.26 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 319.61 KiB/s | 2.50 Mbps | ping 226.201ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 6.05 MiB/s | 48.41 Mbps | ping 126.434ms
Linode, Singapore : 2.25 MiB/s | 18.00 Mbps | ping 257.626ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 9.71 MiB/s | 77.68 Mbps | ping 125.744ms
Benchmark finished in 92 seconds
Global Latency Test
Query: ping 131.153.165.87, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 131.153.165.87 – ARIN /24 AS46385 PNAP-SE3 – United States
Media Unlock Test
** Test Starts At: Mon Jan 29 06:38:52 UTC 2024
** Checking Results Under IPv4
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** Your Network Provider: PhoenixNAP LLC (131.153.*.*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Yes (Region: US)
HotStar: No
Disney+: No
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Yes
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: US)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
iQyi Oversea Region: US
Viu.com: No
YouTube CDN: Seattle, WA
Netflix Preferred CDN: Seattle, WA
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: USD
ChatGPT: Yes
Bing Region: US
Instagram Licensed Audio: Yes
=======================================
No IPv6 Connectivity Found, Abort IPv6 Testing...
Testing Done! CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Admin Control Panel
PhoenixNAP’s Bare Metal Cloud (BMC) is an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solution that combines dedicated servers’ power and performance with cloud computing’s flexibility and scalability.
Dedicated, Single-Tenant Servers: BMC provides dedicated servers not shared with other users. This ensures optimal performance and security for your applications.
Automation Capabilities: BMC allows you to automate server deployments, configurations, and scaling operations using popular infrastructure such as code (IaC) tools. This can help streamline your workflows and reduce errors.
Wide Range of Server Configurations: Whether you need a high-frequency CPU, high-capacity RAM, or high-performance SSD, BMC offers a variety of server configurations to meet your specific needs.
High Network Performance: BMC provides low-latency, high-bandwidth connectivity, essential for applications requiring real-time data processing or fast data transfer.
Robust Security Features: With full system isolation, DDoS protection, and hardware-based security measures, BMC offers robust security for your data and applications.
Server Pricing
Official Website: https://www.phoenixNAP.com
Payments
PhoenixNAP accepts various payment options, including Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards, PayPal, and Wire. They offer two main payment methods for the cloud services:
Hourly Billing: This is a pay-as-you-go model where you are billed by the hour for the instance type you select in the Bare Metal Cloud portal. There are no contractual obligations or pre-payments required. In this model, each incomplete hour is charged as a full hour. It’s important to note that powering off your server does not stop hourly billing. To cancel hourly billing, you must delete the server.
Server Reservation: This method allows you to reserve hardware resources for a specific period. This can be beneficial if you have long-term needs and want to ensure the availability of resources.
A defined threshold amount is $100 for new and some existing accounts. Whenever you reach the threshold, you receive an invoice via email immediately, and the system sends an invoice on your monthly billing date for any leftover costs.
Coupon
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Customer Support
PhoenixNAP offers robust customer support for Bare Metal Cloud (BMC) services. Here are some key aspects of their customer support:
24/7 Assistance: PhoenixNAP provides round-the-clock support 365 days a year. This ensures that help is available whenever you need it.
Multiple Channels: You can reach their support team via telephone, live chat, and email. This gives you the flexibility to choose the most convenient method for you.
Proactive Monitoring: PhoenixNAP offers proactive monitoring to address issues and ensure smooth operations. This means they actively check your services for potential problems and work to resolve them before they affect your operations.
Client Portal: The phoenixNAP Client Portal allows you to manage your infrastructure easily. It provides an intuitive interface and essential tools for managing bare metal servers and other phoenixNAP products and services.
Conclusion
Regarding input/output operations, the servers maintained a consistent performance with an average I/O speed of 802.7 MB/s, which falls well within the ‘good’ category and skirts the edge of ‘excellent.’ Network speed was impressive, especially within the US, peaking at an upload speed of over 3 Gbps in Los Angeles and a download speed upwards of 13 Gbps in the same location.
The Yabs Performance Bench showed robust disk speeds with mixed read/write operations, confidently sitting in the ‘good’ and ‘excellent’ brackets. This suggests that the servers can handle intensive workloads efficiently. Further, the Geekbench 6 Benchmark portrayed the CPU performance as excellent, with a single-core score of 2580 and a multi-core tally of 10236. On the UnixBench scale, the servers demonstrated strong CPU performances, with the Process Creation and Shell Scripts tests, in particular, indicating high efficiency under load.
In conclusion, the Seattle Bare Metal Cloud Servers perform admirably across various benchmarks, indicating they’re well-suited for demanding tasks and applications. Their standout network speeds within the US and solid I/O throughput make them a reliable choice for businesses that require robust and consistent server performance. International performance may vary, but the servers exhibit the qualities necessary for a wide range of web hosting needs.
Official Website: https://www.phoenixNAP.com
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