SurferCloud China Hong Kong UHost Intel Xeon Cloud Server Test and Review

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SurferCloud China Hong Kong UHost Intel Xeon Cloud Server Test and Review

We recently tested the SurferCloud China Hong Kong UHost Cloud Server. This server runs on an Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake) and has the following specs: 2 CPU cores, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB SSD storage, a 5 Mbps internet port, and 1 IPv4 address.

Our review covers several tests: Basic Benchmark, Yabs, and Unix Benchmark for performance, Global Node Test for network speeds across different locations, and Global Ping Test for latency. We also check media accessibility with The Media Unlock Test, connection quality with the CloudFlare Internet Test, and web performance using PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix.

About SurferCloud

Performance is one of the most critical factors when choosing a hosting provider. SurferCloud excels in this area by offering cloud servers that provide exceptional computing, storage, and networking performance. Their services are comparable to those of industry giants like AWS-EC2 but at a fraction of the cost. This means you can enjoy top-notch performance without breaking the bank.

SurferCloud promises 99.95% service availability, ensuring that your website remains accessible to your users at all times. They achieve this high level of reliability through their robust infrastructure, which includes RAID for data protection and three-copy disaster recovery capability. In the event of a failure, SurferCloud offers uninterrupted online migration technology, so you can rest assured that your data is safe and your website remains operational.

Another standout feature of SurferCloud is its flexibility and scalability. As your business grows, your hosting needs may change. SurferCloud allows you to scale cloud resources horizontally and vertically at any time, eliminating resource waste and ensuring you only pay for what you need. Upgrade or downgrade the host CPU and memory within minutes and even adjust public network bandwidth online. This level of flexibility is perfect for businesses that experience fluctuating traffic or have evolving hosting requirements.

Official Website: https://www.SurferCloud.com

BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed

 CPU Model          : Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake)
 CPU Cores          : 2 @ 2992.968 MHz
 CPU Cache          : 16384 KB
 AES-NI             : ✓ Enabled
 VM-x/AMD-V         : ✗ Disabled
 Total Disk         : 39.2 GB (1.7 GB Used)
 Total Mem          : 3.8 GB (255.0 MB Used)
 System uptime      : 0 days, 0 hour 15 min
 Load average       : 0.03, 0.12, 0.09
 OS                 : Debian GNU/Linux 11
 Arch               : x86_64 (64 Bit)
 Kernel             : 5.10.0-23-amd64
 TCP CC             : bbr
 Virtualization     : KVM
 IPv4/IPv6          : ✓ Online / ✗ Offline
 Organization       : AS142002 Scloud Pte Ltd
 Location           : Hong Kong / HK
 Region             : Hong Kong
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 I/O Speed(1st run) : 141 MB/s
 I/O Speed(2nd run) : 138 MB/s
 I/O Speed(3rd run) : 138 MB/s
 I/O Speed(average) : 139.0 MB/s
----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Node Name        Upload Speed      Download Speed      Latency     
 Speedtest.net    2.94 Mbps         48.49 Mbps          1.36 ms     
 Los Angeles, US  5.17 Mbps         102.15 Mbps         155.64 ms   
 Dallas, US       4.98 Mbps         77.79 Mbps          209.57 ms   
 Montreal, CA     4.95 Mbps         102.92 Mbps         227.73 ms   
 Amsterdam, NL    4.87 Mbps         101.85 Mbps         189.27 ms   
 Hongkong, CN     4.70 Mbps         59.05 Mbps          2.68 ms     
 Mumbai, IN       4.87 Mbps         50.24 Mbps          92.44 ms    
 Singapore, SG    4.78 Mbps         48.35 Mbps          36.87 ms    
 Tokyo, JP        4.77 Mbps         62.66 Mbps          44.13 ms    
----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Finished in        : 4 min 34 sec
 Timestamp          : 2024-08-18 08:53:53 HKT

YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark

Basic System Information:
---------------------------------
Uptime     : 0 days, 0 hours, 21 minutes
Processor  : Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake)
CPU cores  : 2 @ 2992.968 MHz
AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ❌ Disabled
RAM        : 3.8 GiB
Swap       : 0.0 KiB
Disk       : 39.2 GiB
Distro     : Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Kernel     : 5.10.0-23-amd64
VM Type    : KVM
IPv4/IPv6  : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline

IPv4 Network Information:
---------------------------------
ISP        : Scloud Pte Ltd
ASN        : AS142002 Scloud Pte Ltd
Host       : Scloud Pte Ltd
Location   : Hong Kong, Kowloon ()
Country    : Hong Kong

fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
---------------------------------
Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 5.66 MB/s     (1.4k) | 67.31 MB/s    (1.0k)
Write      | 5.69 MB/s     (1.4k) | 67.69 MB/s    (1.0k)
Total      | 11.35 MB/s    (2.8k) | 135.00 MB/s   (2.1k)
           |                      |                     
Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 65.33 MB/s     (127) | 64.99 MB/s      (63)
Write      | 68.68 MB/s     (134) | 69.19 MB/s      (67)
Total      | 134.01 MB/s    (261) | 134.18 MB/s    (130)

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
---------------------------------
Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping           
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 4.91 Mbits/sec  | 96.4 Mbits/sec  | 211 ms         
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 4.52 Mbits/sec  | 94.4 Mbits/sec  | 191 ms         
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 5.00 Mbits/sec  | 48.2 Mbits/sec  | 186 ms         
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 5.18 Mbits/sec  | 103 Mbits/sec   | 40.7 ms        
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 4.99 Mbits/sec  | 97.4 Mbits/sec  | 158 ms         
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 4.91 Mbits/sec  | 95.4 Mbits/sec  | 216 ms         
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 4.75 Mbits/sec  | 70.9 Mbits/sec  | 316 ms         

Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
---------------------------------
Test            | Value                         
                |                               
Single Core     | 1155                          
Multi Core      | 2226                          
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/7381722

YABS completed in 15 min 18 sec

UnixBench: CPU Performance, A Score Higher is Better

Benchmark Run: Sun Aug 18 2024 09:13:59 - 09:42:01
2 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       45085722.3 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     6902.1 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               3683.5 lps   (29.9 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        415752.2 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks          121910.3 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks       1115613.4 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                              642415.4 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                 138514.3 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                               6885.1 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                   9989.0 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                   1829.5 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                         330285.9 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   45085722.3   3863.4
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       6902.1   1254.9
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       3683.5    856.6
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     415752.2   1049.9
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0     121910.3    736.6
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0    1115613.4   1923.5
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0     642415.4    516.4
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0     138514.3    346.3
Process Creation                                126.0       6885.1    546.4
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4       9989.0   2355.9
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0       1829.5   3049.2
System Call Overhead                          15000.0     330285.9    220.2
                                                                   ========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                         996.2

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Benchmark Run: Sun Aug 18 2024 09:42:01 - 10:10:03
2 CPUs in system; running 2 parallel copies of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       89652723.0 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                    13832.9 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               6664.0 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        630697.4 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks          208949.3 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks       2485254.9 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                             1286563.9 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                 283390.6 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                              14187.6 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                  14703.2 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                   1941.8 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                         634722.7 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   89652723.0   7682.3
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0      13832.9   2515.1
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       6664.0   1549.8
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     630697.4   1592.7
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0     208949.3   1262.5
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0    2485254.9   4284.9
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0    1286563.9   1034.2
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0     283390.6    708.5
Process Creation                                126.0      14187.6   1126.0
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4      14703.2   3467.7
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0       1941.8   3236.3
System Call Overhead                          15000.0     634722.7    423.1
                                                                   ========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                        1779.9

======= Script description and score comparison completed! ======= 

Looking Glass

Test IPv4: 165.154.225.787

Global Latency Test

SurferCloud China Hong Kong UHost Intel Xeon Cloud Server Test and Review SurferCloud China Hong Kong UHost Intel Xeon Cloud Server Test and Review

Query: ping 165.154.225.39, interval: 5s, dense mode: no

Probing 165.154.225.39 – APNIC /24 AS142002 SCLOUDPTELTD-AS – Hong Kong, Hong Kong [hosting]

Global Node Test

 ## CDN Speedtest

 CacheFly :   2.71 KiB/s |    0.02 Mbps  | ping   1.386ms
 Gdrive   :   4.44 KiB/s |    0.03 Mbps  | ping   2.232ms


 ## North America Speedtest

 Softlayer, Washington, USA : 195.25 KiB/s |    1.53 Mbps  | ping 218.005ms
 SoftLayer, San Jose, USA   :       0 B/s |      N/A       | ping error!
 Vultr, New Jersey, USA     :  65.54 KiB/s |    0.51 Mbps  | ping 210.892ms
 Vultr, Seattle, USA        :   4.09 MiB/s |   32.71 Mbps  | ping 148.673ms
 Vultr, Dallas, USA         : 281.61 KiB/s |    2.20 Mbps  | ping 186.208ms
 Vultr, Los Angeles, USA    : 344.09 KiB/s |    2.69 Mbps  | ping 150.906ms
 Ramnode, New York, USA     : 179.42 KiB/s |    1.40 Mbps  | ping 215.381ms
 Ramnode, Atlanta, USA      :   3.43 MiB/s |   27.42 Mbps  | ping 203.676ms


 ## Europe Speedtest

 Vultr, London, UK            : 237.11 KiB/s |    1.85 Mbps  | ping 204.353ms
 LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany :  13.55 KiB/s |    0.11 Mbps  | ping 254.667ms
 Hetzner, Germany             :     113 B/s |      N/A       | ping 297.487ms
 Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL    :   3.03 MiB/s |   24.27 Mbps  | ping 259.040ms
 Vultr, Amsterdam, NL         : 252.21 KiB/s |    1.97 Mbps  | ping 212.256ms
 EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden      :     208 B/s |      N/A       | ping 281.818ms
 OVH, Roubaix, France         :     163 B/s |      N/A       | ping 294.401ms
 Online, France               :   4.66 MiB/s |   37.25 Mbps  | ping 181.037ms
 Prometeus, Milan, Italy      :      88 B/s |      N/A       | ping 270.579ms


 ## Exotic Speedtest

 Sydney, Australia     :   5.50 MiB/s |   44.01 Mbps  | ping 125.724ms
 Lagoon, New Caledonia :     240 B/s |      N/A       | ping 137.164ms
 Hosteasy, Moldova     :   2.77 MiB/s |   22.17 Mbps  | ping 210.722ms
 Prima, Argentina      :  56.33 KiB/s |    0.44 Mbps  | ping error!


 ## Asia Speedtest

 SoftLayer, Singapore :   4.92 MiB/s |   39.37 Mbps  | ping  34.731ms
 Linode, Tokyo, Japan :   6.10 MiB/s |   48.83 Mbps  | ping  46.985ms
 Linode, Singapore    :   6.28 MiB/s |   50.24 Mbps  | ping  35.136ms
 Vultr, Tokyo, Japan  :   6.57 MiB/s |   52.52 Mbps  | ping  51.558ms


 Benchmark finished in 129 seconds

CloudFlare Internet Test

SurferCloud China Hong Kong UHost Intel Xeon Cloud Server Test and Review

PageSpeed Insights

SurferCloud China Hong Kong UHost Intel Xeon Cloud Server Test and Review

GTmetrix Performance

SurferCloud China Hong Kong UHost Intel Xeon Cloud Server Test and Review

Media Unlock Test

============[ Multination ]============
 Dazn:                                  Yes (Region: HK)
 Disney+:                               Yes (Region: SG)
 Netflix:                               Yes (Region: SG)
 YouTube Premium:                       Yes (Region: SG)
 Amazon Prime Video:                    Yes (Region: SG)
 TVBAnywhere+:                          No
 Spotify Registration:                  No
 Instagram Licensed Audio:              No
 OneTrust Region:                       HK [Unknown]
 iQyi Oversea Region:                   HK
 Bing Region:                           HK
 YouTube CDN:                           Hong Kong
 Netflix Preferred CDN:                 Failed (CDN IP Not Found)
 ChatGPT:                               No (Only Available with Mobile APP)
 Google Gemini:                         Yes (Region: SGP)
 Wikipedia Editability:                 No
 Google Search CAPTCHA Free:            Yes
 Steam Currency:                        HKD
 ---Forum---
 Reddit:                                Yes
=======================================

Admin Control Panel

SurferCloud China Hong Kong UHost Intel Xeon Cloud Server Test and Review

Server Pricing

SurferCloud China Hong Kong UHost Intel Xeon Cloud Server Test and Review

Official Website: https://www.SurferCloud.com

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Conclusion

In our Basic Benchmark test, the server’s I/O speed averaged 139 MB/s, below the acceptable threshold for good performance. Upload speeds varied, peaking at 5.17 Mbps, while download speeds reached 102.92 Mbps. Latency was impressively low within Hong Kong at 1.36 ms but increased significantly for international locations.

The Yabs performance test showed mixed results. The read and write speeds for smaller block sizes were modest, with total speeds of 11.35 MB/s for 4k blocks and 135 MB/s for 64k blocks. Larger block sizes performed better, with total speeds of around 134 MB/s for 512k and 1m blocks.

The Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test highlighted the server’s strong CPU performance. It scored 1155 for single-core and 2226 for multi-core, indicating good performance in both categories. The UnixBench results further confirmed this, with high scores across various tests, particularly in file copy and shell script performance.

In conclusion, the SurferCloud China Hong Kong UHost Cloud Server offers solid CPU performance, making it suitable for compute-intensive tasks. However, its I/O speed is below par, which might affect tasks requiring fast read/write operations. This server is a viable option for users prioritizing CPU performance over I/O speed.

Official Website: https://www.SurferCloud.com

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