George Datacenter USA Los Angeles Intel Xeon E5-2690 Unmetered Bandwidth VPS Test and Review
The George Datacenter USA Los Angeles VPS, specifically the GeorgeStarter plan, underwent a thorough performance evaluation to gauge its suitability for small to medium-sized businesses and individual users seeking an affordable hosting option. Powered by an Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 processor with 2 cores, 3 GB RAM, 40 GB SSD storage, a 1 Gbps internet port, and unmetered bandwidth with both IPv4 and IPv6 support, this test aimed to assess its capability across various workloads.
About George Datacenter
George Datacenter is a hosting provider known for its cost-effective VPS (Virtual Private Server) and dedicated server solutions, catering to small businesses and individuals. They have data centers in Los Angeles and Dallas, ensuring low-latency access for users in the USA and Europe.
The company operates data centers in Los Angeles and Dallas, with mentions of serving Europe as well, though specific European locations were not detailed in the reviewed sources. They claim to own their data centers, which could imply greater control over infrastructure and potentially better service quality.
Their infrastructure includes enterprise-class hardware from Supermicro, utilizing KVM virtualization for VPS and IPMI for dedicated servers, which supports industry-leading load times and high performance. They also offer a 99.9% uptime guarantee, free consultations, and a no-contract policy with the option to cancel anytime, enhancing user flexibility.
Pricing
Official Website: https://www.GeorgeDatacenter.com
Coupon
Get a Special 50% Discount on VPS LA! Use Coupon: 50OFF
Basic Information
Processor : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz
CPU Numbers : 2
CPU Frequency : 2599.980 MHz
CPU Cache : L1: 128.00 KB / L2: 512.00 KB / L3: 70.00 MB
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 300.06 MiB / 2.91 GiB
Swap : 0 KiB / 1024.00 MiB
Disk Space : 3.10 GiB / 39.26 GiB
Boot Disk : /dev/vda1
Uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 13 min
Loads : 0.56, 0.49, 0.37
OS Release : Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) (x86_64)
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel Version : 5.10.0-23-amd64
TCP Acceleration : bbr
VM Type : KVM
NAT Type : Full Cone
IPV4 ASN : AS46573 Vault Host
IPV4 Location : Los Angeles / California / US
IPV6 ASN : AS46573 VAULT-HOST
IPV6 Location : United States
IPV6 Subnet Mask : 64
CPU Benchmark
---------------------------CPU-Sysbench-Test----------------------------
-> CPU test in progress (Fast Mode, 1-Pass @ 5sec)
1 Thread(s) Test: 717 Scores
2 Thread(s) Test: 1054 Scores
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
---------------------------------
Test | Value
|
Single Core | 522
Multi Core | 763
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/13178261
YABS completed in 16 min 23 sec
RAM Read/Write Tests
----------------------------Memory-Test---------------------------------
-> Memory Test (Fast Mode, 1-Pass @ 5sec)
Single Read Test: 13437.31 MB/s
Single Write Test: 6944.52 MB/s
Running memory speed test with the following options:
block size: 1KiB
total size: 102400MiB
operation: read
scope: global
Initializing worker threads...
Threads started!
Total operations: 31387936 (3137668.58 per second)
30652.28 MiB transferred (3064.13 MiB/sec)
General statistics:
total time: 10.0010s
total number of events: 31387936
Latency (ms):
min: 0.00
avg: 0.00
max: 43.61
95th percentile: 0.00
sum: 3795.21
Threads fairness:
events (avg/stddev): 31387936.0000/0.00
execution time (avg/stddev): 3.7952/0.00
Running memory speed test with the following options:
block size: 1KiB
total size: 102400MiB
operation: write
scope: global
Initializing worker threads...
Threads started!
Total operations: 20806478 (2080156.83 per second)
20318.83 MiB transferred (2031.40 MiB/sec)
General statistics:
total time: 10.0002s
total number of events: 20806478
Latency (ms):
min: 0.00
avg: 0.00
max: 40.36
95th percentile: 0.00
sum: 5193.73
Threads fairness:
events (avg/stddev): 20806478.0000/0.00
execution time (avg/stddev): 5.1937/0.00
Disk Read/Write Tests
------------------------Disk-dd-Read/Write-Test-------------------------
-> Disk test in progress (4K Block/1M Block, Direct Mode)
Block Size Write Test Read Test
100MB-4K Block 10.5 MB/s (2555 IOPS, 10.02s) 10.0 MB/s (2444 IOPS, 10.47s)
1GB-1M Block 186 MB/s (177 IOPS, 5.63s) 1.6 GB/s (1505 IOPS, 0.66s)
-----------------------Disk-fio-Read/Write-Test-------------------------
Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 17.10 MB/s (4.2k) | 132.51 MB/s (2.0k)
Write | 17.09 MB/s (4.2k) | 133.21 MB/s (2.0k)
Total | 34.19 MB/s (8.5k) | 265.73 MB/s (4.1k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 466.51 MB/s (911) | 776.42 MB/s (758)
Write | 491.30 MB/s (959) | 828.13 MB/s (808)
Total | 957.82 MB/s (1.8k) | 1.60 GB/s (1.5k)
Iperf3 Network Tests
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
---------------------------------
Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 584 Mbits/sec | 478 Mbits/sec | 141 ms
Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 645 Mbits/sec | 747 Mbits/sec | 158 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 555 Mbits/sec | busy | 240 ms
Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 616 Mbits/sec | 460 Mbits/sec | 210 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 602 Mbits/sec | 793 Mbits/sec | 0.967 ms
Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 725 Mbits/sec | 524 Mbits/sec | 79.5 ms
Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 592 Mbits/sec | 344 Mbits/sec | 289 ms
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
---------------------------------
Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 606 Mbits/sec | 510 Mbits/sec | 138 ms
Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 706 Mbits/sec | 731 Mbits/sec | 158 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 614 Mbits/sec | 170 Mbits/sec | 240 ms
Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 586 Mbits/sec | 448 Mbits/sec | 210 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 764 Mbits/sec | 840 Mbits/sec | 0.942 ms
Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 620 Mbits/sec | 513 Mbits/sec | 68.5 ms
Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 561 Mbits/sec | 482 Mbits/sec | 284 ms UnixBench Tests
Benchmark Run: Mon Aug 04 2025 23:39:55 - 00:08:11
2 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 20723092.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 4862.9 MWIPS (10.1 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 1709.9 lps (29.9 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 249441.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 69631.9 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 701798.8 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 455379.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 20741.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 2248.0 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 2321.7 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 519.1 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 273747.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 20723092.7 1775.8
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 4862.9 884.2
Execl Throughput 43.0 1709.9 397.7
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 249441.0 629.9
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 69631.9 420.7
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 701798.8 1210.0
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 455379.6 366.1
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 20741.8 51.9
Process Creation 126.0 2248.0 178.4
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 2321.7 547.6
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 519.1 865.2
System Call Overhead 15000.0 273747.8 182.5
========
System Benchmarks Index Score 444.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Benchmark Run: Tue Aug 05 2025 00:08:11 - 00:36:37
2 CPUs in system; running 2 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 37113543.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 9466.6 MWIPS (9.6 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 2934.0 lps (29.9 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 297079.2 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 75434.6 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 748248.1 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 833716.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 162433.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 6470.8 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 4452.4 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 755.2 lpm (60.2 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 500209.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 37113543.5 3180.3
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 9466.6 1721.2
Execl Throughput 43.0 2934.0 682.3
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 297079.2 750.2
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 75434.6 455.8
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 748248.1 1290.1
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 833716.7 670.2
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 162433.9 406.1
Process Creation 126.0 6470.8 513.6
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 4452.4 1050.1
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 755.2 1258.6
System Call Overhead 15000.0 500209.7 333.5
========
System Benchmarks Index Score 826.4
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Streaming Unlock Tests
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Yes (Region: CA)
Disney+: Yes (Region: CA)
Netflix: Yes (Region: CA)
YouTube Premium: Yes (Region: US)
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: US)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
Spotify Registration: Yes (Region: CA)
OneTrust Region: US [California]
iQyi Oversea Region: US
Bing Region: CA (Risky)
Apple Region: US
YouTube CDN: Los Angeles, CA
Netflix Preferred CDN: Dallas, TX
ChatGPT: Yes
Google Gemini: Yes (Region: USA)
Claude: Yes
Wikipedia Editability: Yes
Google Play Store: United States
Google Search CAPTCHA Free: Yes
Steam Currency: CAD
---Forum---
Reddit: Yes
---Game---
SD Gundam G Generation Eternal: Yes
=======================================
IP Quality Detection
Data for reference only, does not represent 100% accurate, if and the actual situation is not consistent with the manual query multiple database comparison
The following is the number of each database, the output will come with the corresponding number of the database source
ipinfo databases [0] | scamalytics databases [1] | virustotal databases [2] | abuseipdb databases [3] | ip2location databases [4]
ip-api databases [5] | ipwhois databases [6] | ipregistry databases [7] | ipdata databases [8] | db-ip databases [9]
ipapiis databases [A] | ipapicom databases [B] | bigdatacloud databases [C] | dkly databases [D] | ipqualityscore databases [E]
IPV4:
Security Score:
Reputation: 0 [2]
TrustScore: 34 [8]
VpnScore: 97 [8]
ProxyScore: 100 [8]
CommunityVoteHarmless: 0 [2]
CommunityVoteMalicious: 0 [2]
ThreatScore: 0 [8]
FraudScore: 0 [1] 65 [E]
AbuseScore: 0 [3]
ASNAbuseScore: 0.0004 (Very Low) [A]
CompannyAbuseScore: 0.0156 (Elevated) [A]
ThreatLevel: low [9]
Blacklist_Records_Statistics(how many blacklisted websites have records):
HarmlessnessRecords: 0 [2] MaliciousRecords: 0 [2] SuspiciousRecords: 0 [2] NoRecords: 94 [2]
Security Info:
UsageType: business [8] hosting [0 7 9 A] hosting - high probability [C] DataCenter/WebHosting/Transit [3]
CompanyType: business [A] hosting [0] isp [7]
IsCloudProvider: Yes [7]
IsDatacenter: No [6 8 A C] Yes [0 1 5]
IsMobile: Yes [E] No [5 A C]
IsProxy: Yes [E] No [0 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 A C]
IsVpn: No [0 1 6 7 A C] Yes [E]
IsTor: No [0 1 3 6 7 8 A C E]
IsTorExit: No [1 7]
IsCrawler: No [9 A E]
IsAnonymous: Yes [8] No [1 6 7]
IsAttacker: No [7 8]
IsAbuser: No [7 8 A C E]
IsThreat: No [7 8 C]
IsRelay: No [0 7 8 C]
IsBogon: No [7 8 A C]
IsBot: No [E]
DNS-BlackList: 315(Total_Check) 0(Clean) 8(Blacklisted) 17(Other)
IPV6:
Security Score:
FraudScore: 0 [1]
AbuseScore: 0 [3]
ASNAbuseScore: 0.0004 (Very Low) [A]
CompannyAbuseScore: 0 (Very Low) [A]
Security Info:
UsageType: hosting [A] DataCenter/WebHosting/Transit [3]
CompanyType: hosting [A]
IsDatacenter: Yes [1 A]
IsMobile: No [A]
IsProxy: No [1 A]
IsVpn: No [1 A]
IsTor: No [1 3 A]
IsTorExit: No [1]
IsCrawler: No [A]
IsAnonymous: No [1]
IsAbuser: No [A]
IsBogon: No [A]
DNS-BlackList: 315(Total_Check) 0(Clean) 0(Blacklisted) 315(Other)
Google search feasibility: NO
Email Port Detection
Platform SMTP SMTPS POP3 POP3S IMAP IMAPS
LocalPort ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
QQ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
163 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Sohu ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Yandex ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Gmail ✔ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
Outlook ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Office365 ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Yahoo ✔ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
MailCOM ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
MailRU ✔ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✔ ✘
AOL ✔ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
GMX ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Sina ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Apple ✘ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
FastMail ✘ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
ProtonMail✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
MXRoute ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Namecrane ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
XYAMail ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
ZohoMail ✘ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
Inbox_eu ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘
Free_fr ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘ Looking Glass
LOS ANGELES | LAYER-HOST | Test IP: 104.223.240.2
Global Latency Tests
Query: ping 158.51.78.101, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 158.51.78.101 – ARIN /24 AS46573 VAULT-HOST – Canada [hosting]
CloudFlare Internet Tests
PageSpeed Insights
Admin Control Panel
Conclusion
The test results paint a picture of a capable, budget-friendly server. CPU benchmarks, including Sysbench and Geekbench 6, delivered solid scores—717 for single-threaded and 1,054 for multi-threaded tasks, with Geekbench single-core at 522 and multi-core at 763. Memory shone with read speeds of 13,437 MB/s and write speeds of 6,944 MB/s. Disk performance varied: sequential reads hit an impressive 1.6 GB/s for 1M blocks, but 4K block reads lagged at 10.0 MB/s. Network tests averaged 600-700 Mbits/sec across IPv4 and IPv6, with sub-1ms latency to Los Angeles. Streaming unlock succeeded for platforms like Netflix and Disney+ (US/CA regions), though IP quality checks flagged potential proxy/VPN concerns, with a FraudScore of 65 in some databases.
Digging into the numbers, the VPS excels in CPU and memory tasks, making it a strong pick for lightweight apps or dev environments. However, the sluggish 4K disk performance could bottleneck I/O-heavy workloads—think of it like a sprinter stuck in quicksand. Network speeds are reliable but won’t dazzle for bandwidth-hungry setups. The streaming unlock feature is a nice perk for media users, yet the IP’s mixed reputation might trip up email servers or security-sensitive applications. It’s a bit like renting a budget apartment in a prime location—great value, but with some quirks to navigate.
In summary, the George Datacenter Los Angeles VPS offers a compelling mix of performance and affordability, ideal for testing, development, or small-scale hosting. Its CPU and memory strengths are notable, though disk I/O and IP quality warrant caution for specific use cases. For cost-conscious buyers, it’s a solid choice—just don’t expect it to handle every workload flawlessly. Those with high I/O needs or pristine IP demands might want to explore alternatives.
Official Website: https://www.GeorgeDatacenter.com
