DigitalOcean Netherlands Amsterdam Dedicated CPU-Optimized Droplets Test and Review

Tests4~weeks ago~Published LetsHosting
223 0
DigitalOcean Netherlands Amsterdam Dedicated CPU-Optimized Droplets Test and Review

We recently tested DigitalOcean‘s Dedicated CPU-optimized droplets in Amsterdam, Netherlands, priced at $42 monthly. This server runs on an Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 CPU @ 2.70GHz with 2 CPU cores, 4 GB RAM, 25 GB SSD storage, a 1 Gbps internet port, 4 TB of traffic, and one IPv4 address.

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

About DigitalOcean

DigitalOcean is a cloud infrastructure provider that offers cloud services to help deploy, manage, and scale applications. Founded in 2011, it has grown rapidly, becoming a go-to platform for developers due to its user-friendly interface and cost-effective solutions. DigitalOcean’s mission is to simplify cloud computing so developers can spend more time building software that changes the world.

Simplicity and Ease of Use: One of DigitalOcean’s biggest strengths is its simplicity. The platform is designed to be user-friendly, with an intuitive interface that makes deploying and managing resources easy. Even if you’re new to cloud hosting, you’ll find DigitalOcean straightforward to navigate.

Cost-Effective Solutions: DigitalOcean offers competitive pricing, making it an attractive option for startups and small businesses. With transparent pricing and no hidden fees, you can easily predict costs and scale your infrastructure as needed.

Performance and Reliability: DigitalOcean’s infrastructure is built for performance. With SSD-based storage and a global network of data centers, you can expect fast and reliable service. The platform also boasts a 99.99% uptime SLA, ensuring your applications are always available.

Official website: https://www.digitalocean.com

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

 CPU Model          : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8168 CPU @ 2.70GHz
 CPU Cores          : 2 @ 2693.670 MHz
 CPU Cache          : 4096 KB
 AES-NI             : ✓ Enabled
 VM-x/AMD-V         : ✓ Enabled
 Total Disk         : 24.6 GB (1.6 GB Used)
 Total Mem          : 3.8 GB (206.6 MB Used)
 System uptime      : 0 days, 0 hour 11 min
 Load average       : 0.24, 0.17, 0.10
 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       : AS14061 DigitalOcean, LLC
 Location           : Amsterdam / NL
 Region             : North Holland
----------------------------------------------------------------------
 I/O Speed(1st run) : 332 MB/s
 I/O Speed(2nd run) : 299 MB/s
 I/O Speed(3rd run) : 324 MB/s
 I/O Speed(average) : 318.3 MB/s
----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Node Name        Upload Speed      Download Speed      Latency     
 Speedtest.net    1976.97 Mbps      8306.04 Mbps        0.50 ms     
 Los Angeles, US  570.41 Mbps       4754.09 Mbps        141.89 ms   
 Dallas, US       728.72 Mbps       6666.82 Mbps        112.16 ms   
 Montreal, CA     586.14 Mbps       824.19 Mbps         83.53 ms    
 Amsterdam, NL    1984.43 Mbps      6201.43 Mbps        1.56 ms     
 Shanghai, CN     282.86 Mbps       1759.87 Mbps        256.34 ms   
 Hongkong, CN     404.29 Mbps       3888.38 Mbps        192.45 ms   
 Mumbai, IN       645.72 Mbps       6182.50 Mbps        125.22 ms   
 Singapore, SG    143.45 Mbps       521.19 Mbps         233.98 ms   
 Tokyo, JP        323.88 Mbps       3168.96 Mbps        238.93 ms   
----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Finished in        : 5 min 4 sec
 Timestamp          : 2024-09-12 00:48:15 UTC

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

Basic System Information:
---------------------------------
Uptime     : 0 days, 0 hours, 33 minutes
Processor  : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8168 CPU @ 2.70GHz
CPU cores  : 2 @ 2693.670 MHz
AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM        : 3.8 GiB
Swap       : 0.0 KiB
Disk       : 24.6 GiB
Distro     : Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Kernel     : 5.10.0-23-amd64
VM Type    : KVM
IPv4/IPv6  : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline

IPv4 Network Information:
---------------------------------
ISP        : DigitalOcean, LLC
ASN        : AS14061 DigitalOcean, LLC
Host       : Digital Ocean
Location   : Amsterdam, North Holland (NH)
Country    : The Netherlands

fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
---------------------------------
Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 37.60 MB/s    (9.4k) | 106.69 MB/s   (1.6k)
Write      | 37.69 MB/s    (9.4k) | 107.25 MB/s   (1.6k)
Total      | 75.29 MB/s   (18.8k) | 213.95 MB/s   (3.3k)
           |                      |                     
Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 125.44 MB/s    (245) | 158.49 MB/s    (154)
Write      | 132.11 MB/s    (258) | 169.05 MB/s    (165)
Total      | 257.55 MB/s    (503) | 327.55 MB/s    (319)

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
---------------------------------
Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping           
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 2.01 Gbits/sec  | 6.00 Gbits/sec  | 9.73 ms        
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 2.02 Gbits/sec  | 8.70 Gbits/sec  | 0.932 ms       
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 1.68 Gbits/sec  | 1.94 Gbits/sec  | 95.2 ms        
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 833 Mbits/sec   | 997 Mbits/sec   | 166 ms         
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 1.05 Gbits/sec  | 1.22 Gbits/sec  | 141 ms         
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 1.87 Gbits/sec  | 2.47 Gbits/sec  | 75.9 ms        
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 720 Mbits/sec   | 895 Mbits/sec   | 200 ms         

Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
---------------------------------
Test            | Value                         
                |                               
Single Core     | 1168                          
Multi Core      | 1377                          
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/7726950

YABS completed in 14 min 1 sec

UnixBench: CPU Performance, A Score Higher is Better

Benchmark Run: Thu Sep 12 2024 01:25:58 - 01:54:06
2 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       42947717.7 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     6469.5 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               3579.5 lps   (29.5 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        428293.9 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks          113065.0 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks       1311238.6 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                              576551.6 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                  93091.9 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                               6465.8 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                   7778.2 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                   1348.4 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                         301167.6 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   42947717.7   3680.2
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       6469.5   1176.3
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       3579.5    832.4
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     428293.9   1081.6
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0     113065.0    683.2
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0    1311238.6   2260.8
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0     576551.6    463.5
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0      93091.9    232.7
Process Creation                                126.0       6465.8    513.2
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4       7778.2   1834.5
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0       1348.4   2247.4
System Call Overhead                          15000.0     301167.6    200.8
                                                                   ========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                         898.2

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Benchmark Run: Thu Sep 12 2024 01:54:06 - 02:22:12
2 CPUs in system; running 2 parallel copies of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       61192273.5 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                    11783.2 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               4792.3 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        540612.9 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks          141400.0 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks       1727770.5 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                              716945.4 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                 166750.8 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                              12548.4 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                  10170.7 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                   1370.6 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                         346202.9 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   61192273.5   5243.6
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0      11783.2   2142.4
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       4792.3   1114.5
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     540612.9   1365.2
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0     141400.0    854.4
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0    1727770.5   2978.9
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0     716945.4    576.3
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0     166750.8    416.9
Process Creation                                126.0      12548.4    995.9
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4      10170.7   2398.8
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0       1370.6   2284.3
System Call Overhead                          15000.0     346202.9    230.8
                                                                   ========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                        1239.6

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

Looking Glass

None

Global Latency Test

DigitalOcean Netherlands Amsterdam Dedicated CPU-Optimized Droplets Test and Review DigitalOcean Netherlands Amsterdam Dedicated CPU-Optimized Droplets Test and Review

Query: ping 188.166.96.20, interval: 5s, dense mode: no

Probing 188.166.96.20 – RIPENCC /18 AS14061 DIGITALOCEAN – The Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam [hosting]

Global Node Test

 ## CDN Speedtest

 CacheFly : 892.86 MiB/s | 7142.86 Mbps  | ping   0.653ms
 Gdrive   :   7.67 KiB/s |    0.06 Mbps  | ping   0.763ms


 ## North America Speedtest

 Softlayer, Washington, USA :       0 B/s |      N/A       | ping  82.579ms
 Vultr, New Jersey, USA     :  65.67 KiB/s |    0.51 Mbps  | ping  97.854ms
 Vultr, Seattle, USA        : 413.87 KiB/s |    3.23 Mbps  | ping 135.761ms
 Vultr, Dallas, USA         : 470.19 KiB/s |    3.67 Mbps  | ping 118.909ms
 Vultr, Los Angeles, USA    : 640.16 KiB/s |    5.00 Mbps  | ping 142.600ms
 Ramnode, New York, USA     :  30.82 MiB/s |  246.59 Mbps  | ping  75.923ms
 Ramnode, Atlanta, USA      :  24.56 MiB/s |  196.48 Mbps  | ping  94.352ms


 ## Europe Speedtest

 Vultr, London, UK            :  44.54 MiB/s |  356.35 Mbps  | ping  10.467ms
 LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 659.87 KiB/s |    5.16 Mbps  | ping   8.522ms
 Hetzner, Germany             :   1.87 KiB/s |    0.01 Mbps  | ping   9.766ms
 Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL    : 108.37 MiB/s |  866.98 Mbps  | ping   2.882ms
 Vultr, Amsterdam, NL         : 110.86 MiB/s |  886.92 Mbps  | ping   0.914ms
 EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden      :   2.59 KiB/s |    0.02 Mbps  | ping  30.235ms
 OVH, Roubaix, France         :   7.19 KiB/s |    0.06 Mbps  | ping   8.663ms
 Online, France               : 216.74 MiB/s | 1733.95 Mbps  | ping  10.220ms
 Prometeus, Milan, Italy      :   1.23 KiB/s |    0.01 Mbps  | ping  25.593ms


 ## Exotic Speedtest

 Sydney, Australia     :   3.81 MiB/s |   30.51 Mbps  | ping 268.427ms
 Lagoon, New Caledonia :       0 B/s |      N/A       | ping error!
 Hosteasy, Moldova     :  38.15 MiB/s |  305.23 Mbps  | ping  53.485ms
 Prima, Argentina      : 176.69 KiB/s |    1.38 Mbps  | ping error!


 ## Asia Speedtest

 SoftLayer, Singapore :       0 B/s |      N/A       | ping 171.820ms
 Linode, Tokyo, Japan :   5.86 MiB/s |   46.85 Mbps  | ping 241.115ms
 Linode, Singapore    :  10.32 MiB/s |   82.54 Mbps  | ping 167.480ms
 Vultr, Tokyo, Japan  :   4.70 MiB/s |   37.60 Mbps  | ping 254.841ms


 Benchmark finished in 89 seconds

CloudFlare Internet Test

DigitalOcean Netherlands Amsterdam Dedicated CPU-Optimized Droplets Test and Review

PageSpeed Insights

DigitalOcean Netherlands Amsterdam Dedicated CPU-Optimized Droplets Test and Review

GTmetrix Performance

DigitalOcean Netherlands Amsterdam Dedicated CPU-Optimized Droplets Test and Review

Media Unlock Test

============[ Multination ]============
 Dazn:                                  No
 Disney+:                               No (IP Banned By Disney+ 1)
 Netflix:                               Originals Only
 YouTube Premium:                       Yes (Region: NL)
 Amazon Prime Video:                    Yes (Region: NL)
 TVBAnywhere+:                          Yes
 Spotify Registration:                  No
 Instagram Licensed Audio:              No
 OneTrust Region:                       NL [North Holland]
 iQyi Oversea Region:                   INTL
 Bing Region:                           NL
 YouTube CDN:                           Amsterdam
 Netflix Preferred CDN:                 Failed (CDN IP Not Found)
 ChatGPT:                               No (Only Available with Web Browser)
 Google Gemini:                         No
 Wikipedia Editability:                 No
 Google Search CAPTCHA Free:            Yes
 Steam Currency:                        EUR
 ---Forum---
 Reddit:                                No
=======================================

Admin Control Panel

DigitalOcean Netherlands Amsterdam Dedicated CPU-Optimized Droplets Test and Review

Server Pricing

DigitalOcean Netherlands Amsterdam Dedicated CPU-Optimized Droplets Test and Review

Official website: https://www.digitalocean.com

Coupon

Free trial with a $200 credit for 60 days

Your free trial will start when you sign up for DigitalOcean if you are eligible. You will need a credit card so that DigitalOcean can verify your identity, but you will not be charged or billed during your free trial.

Conclusion

In our Basic Benchmark test, the I/O speed averaged 318.3 MB/s, which is good. Upload speeds reached 1984.43 Mbps in Amsterdam, while download speeds peaked at 8306.04 Mbps on Speedtest.net. Latency was impressively low at 0.50 ms locally, though it increased with distance, reaching 256.34 ms in Shanghai.

The Yabs Performance Bench showed mixed results, with disk read and write speeds averaging 75.29 MB/s for 4k blocks and 327.55 MB/s for 1m blocks. These speeds are adequate for most tasks but could be improved for more demanding applications.

In the Geekbench 6 test, the server scored 1168 for single-core and 1377 for multi-core performance, which is suitable for many applications. The UnixBench results highlighted strong CPU performance, with scores reflecting efficient processing capabilities.

In conclusion, DigitalOcean’s dedicated CPU-optimized droplets offer solid performance at a price, with good I/O speeds and reliable network performance. This makes them a great choice for users seeking a balance between cost and capability.

Official website: https://www.digitalocean.com

Related Posts