Oplink.net Texas Houston AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 100Gbps DDoS Protection VPS Test and Review
In a recent evaluation, the Oplink.net Texas Houston VPS under the Core 9950x plan was put through rigorous testing to assess its suitability for enterprise environments. Powered by an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X processor with a single core allocation, 4GB RAM, 100GB NVMe SSD, and a 10Gbps port backed by 100Gbps DDoS protection, this setup targets users needing reliable, cost-effective hosting in the US.
Our goal was to benchmark key metrics like CPU efficiency, memory throughput, disk I/O, network bandwidth, streaming capabilities, and IP integrity, providing actionable insights for IT admins managing web apps, databases, or media services. Conducted on Debian 12 with KVM virtualization, the tests simulated real-world workloads to highlight strengths in a competitive VPS market.
About Oplink.net
Oplink.net, operated by The Optimal Link Corporation, is a premium hosting provider headquartered in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1999, the company has over 25 years of experience delivering reliable server hosting solutions to businesses, startups, and individuals worldwide. Specializing in flexible, secure, and cost-effective services, Oplink.net stands out for its commitment to fast account setups, quick support responses, and mission-critical performance without the high costs of traditional cloud providers.
At its core, Oplink.net offers a comprehensive suite of hosting options tailored to diverse needs. These include bare metal dedicated servers for handling intensive workloads, virtual private servers (VPS) powered by AMD Ryzen and EPYC processors, and virtual dedicated servers (VDS) for enhanced control and scalability.
Colocation services allow clients to house their own hardware in Oplink’s state-of-the-art datacenter in Spring, TX, benefiting from advanced power, cooling, and 10Gbps network connectivity. Additionally, the provider delivers secure web and email hosting, complete with DDoS protection up to 100Gbps to safeguard against cyber threats. Fiber internet and custom configurations further enhance its offerings, making it ideal for growing enterprises.
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Official Website: https://Oplink.net
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Basic Information
Processor : AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core Processor
CPU Numbers : 1
CPU Frequency : 4291.932 MHz
CPU Cache : L1: 64.00 KB / L2: 512.00 KB / L3: 16.00 MB
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 392.85 MiB / 3.82 GiB
Swap : [ no swap partition or swap file detected ]
Disk Space : 2.71 GiB / 99.94 GiB
Boot Disk : /dev/sda1
Uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 6 min
Loads : 0.06, 0.08, 0.04
OS Release : Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) (x86_64)
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel Version : 6.1.0-9-amd64
TCP Acceleration : bbr
VM Type : KVM
NAT Type : Full Cone
IPV4 ASN : AS40156 The Optimal Link Corporation
IPV4 Location : Houston / Texas / US
IPV6 ASN : AS40156 THEOPT-HOU
IPV6 Location : United States
IPV6 Subnet Mask : 128
CPU Benchmark
---------------------------CPU-Sysbench-Test----------------------------
-> CPU test in progress (Fast Mode, 1-Pass @ 5sec)
1 Thread(s) Test: 6779 Scores
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
|
Single Core | 3328
Multi Core | 3284
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/13596482
YABS completed in 5 min 40 sec
RAM Read/Write Tests
----------------------------Memory-Test---------------------------------
-> Memory Test (Fast Mode, 1-Pass @ 5sec)
Single Read Test: 108637.67 MB/s
Single Write Test: 40740.65 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: 104857600 (11566342.69 per second)
102400.00 MiB transferred (11295.26 MiB/sec)
General statistics:
total time: 9.0652s
total number of events: 104857600
Latency (ms):
min: 0.00
avg: 0.00
max: 0.57
95th percentile: 0.00
sum: 2639.51
Threads fairness:
events (avg/stddev): 104857600.0000/0.00
execution time (avg/stddev): 2.6395/0.00
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: 99037626 (9903172.49 per second)
96716.43 MiB transferred (9671.07 MiB/sec)
General statistics:
total time: 10.0000s
total number of events: 99037626
Latency (ms):
min: 0.00
avg: 0.00
max: 10.24
95th percentile: 0.00
sum: 3909.58
Threads fairness:
events (avg/stddev): 99037626.0000/0.00
execution time (avg/stddev): 3.9096/0.00
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 55.1 MB/s (13.46 IOPS, 1.90s)) 89.6 MB/s (21863 IOPS, 1.17s)
1GB-1M Block 2.0 GB/s (1886 IOPS, 0.53s) 3.9 GB/s (3756 IOPS, 0.27s)
-----------------------Disk-fio-Read/Write-Test-------------------------
Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 216.67 MB/s (54.1k) | 1.64 GB/s (25.6k)
Write | 217.24 MB/s (54.3k) | 1.65 GB/s (25.8k)
Total | 433.92 MB/s (108.4k) | 3.29 GB/s (51.4k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 8.13 GB/s (15.8k) | 8.42 GB/s (8.2k)
Write | 8.57 GB/s (16.7k) | 8.98 GB/s (8.7k)
Total | 16.71 GB/s (32.6k) | 17.40 GB/s (16.9k)
Iperf3 Network Tests
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 1.80 Gbits/sec | 1.91 Gbits/sec | 105 ms
Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 4.33 Gbits/sec | 2.49 Gbits/sec | 113 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 3.43 Gbits/sec | 2.50 Gbits/sec | 206 ms
Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 3.87 Gbits/sec | 4.46 Gbits/sec | 219 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 5.45 Gbits/sec | 1.56 Gbits/sec | 37.7 ms
Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 6.64 Gbits/sec | 4.69 Gbits/sec | 38.7 ms
Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 2.51 Gbits/sec | 2.83 Gbits/sec | 142 ms
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
---------------------------------
Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | busy | busy | 105 ms
Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 4.66 Gbits/sec | busy | 113 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | busy | busy | 206 ms
Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 3.09 Gbits/sec | 4.63 Gbits/sec | 219 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 5.19 Gbits/sec | 4.74 Gbits/sec | 37.0 ms
Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 5.24 Gbits/sec | 4.51 Gbits/sec | 38.7 ms
Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 1.10 Gbits/sec | 140 Mbits/sec | 143 ms UnixBench Tests
Benchmark Run: Mon Sep 01 2025 02:04:45 - 02:33:08
1 CPU in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 104328334.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 13702.4 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 4942.4 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 2321006.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 589265.8 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 8215268.2 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 4174449.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 454389.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 31985.1 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 16090.4 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 2132.0 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 3819634.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 104328334.9 8939.9
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 13702.4 2491.4
Execl Throughput 43.0 4942.4 1149.4
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 2321006.4 5861.1
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 589265.8 3560.5
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 8215268.2 14164.3
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 4174449.3 3355.7
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 454389.3 1136.0
Process Creation 126.0 31985.1 2538.5
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 16090.4 3794.9
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 2132.0 3553.3
System Call Overhead 15000.0 3819634.6 2546.4
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System Benchmarks Index Score 3414.8
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Streaming Unlock Tests
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Yes (Region: US)
Disney+: Yes (Region: US)
Netflix: Yes (Region: US)
YouTube Premium: Yes (Region: US)
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: US)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
Spotify Registration: Yes (Region: US)
OneTrust Region: US [Texas]
iQyi Oversea Region: US
Bing Region: US (Risky)
Apple Region: US
YouTube CDN: Dallas, TX
Netflix Preferred CDN: Failed (CDN IP Not Found)
ChatGPT: Yes
Google Gemini: Yes (Region: USA)
Claude: Yes
Wikipedia Editability: Yes
Google Play Store: United States
Google Search CAPTCHA Free: Yes
Steam Currency: USD
---Forum---
Reddit: Yes
---Game---
SD Gundam G Generation Eternal: Yes
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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: 0 [8]
VpnScore: 100 [8]
ProxyScore: 99 [8]
CommunityVoteHarmless: 0 [2]
CommunityVoteMalicious: 0 [2]
ThreatScore: 100 [8]
FraudScore: 0 [1] 65 [E]
AbuseScore: 0 [3]
ASNAbuseScore: 0.0014 (Low) [A]
CompannyAbuseScore: 0.0017 (Low) [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] isp [A] hosting [0 7 9] hosting - high probability [C] DataCenter/WebHosting/Transit [3]
CompanyType: isp [A] hosting [0 7]
IsCloudProvider: Yes [7]
IsDatacenter: No [8 A C] Yes [0 1 5 6]
IsMobile: Yes [E] No [5 A C]
IsProxy: Yes [E] No [0 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 A C]
IsVpn: Yes [A E] No [0 1 6 7 C]
IsTorExit: No [1 7]
IsTorExit: No [1 7]
IsCrawler: No [9 A E]
IsAnonymous: No [1 6 7] Yes [8]
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) 6(Blacklisted) 58(Other)
IPV6:
Security Score:
FraudScore: 0 [1]
AbuseScore: 0 [3]
ASNAbuseScore: 0.0014 (Low) [A]
CompannyAbuseScore: 0 (Very Low) [A]
Security Info:
UsageType: DataCenter/WebHosting/Transit [3] isp [A]
CompanyType: isp [A]
IsDatacenter: No [A] Yes [1]
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
Looking Glass: https://speedtest.oplink.net/
Raw Test File: https://speedtest.oplink.net/1000MB.test
Test IPs: 216.230.232.34 & 216.230.224.34
IPv6 Test IP: 2604:e880:3::1
Global Latency Tests
Query: ping 66.187.76.141, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 66.187.76.141 – ARIN /20 AS40156 THEOPT-HOU – United States, Texas, Houston [hosting]
CloudFlare Internet Tests
PageSpeed Insights
Admin Control Panel
Conclusion
The results painted a solid picture of performance. CPU benchmarks demonstrated strong single-threaded performance, with Sysbench scoring 6779 and Geekbench delivering 3328 single-core and 3284 multi-core results—impressive for a one-core setup. Memory tests revealed blistering read speeds of over 108GB/s and writes around 40GB/s, though global tests averaged 11GB/s read and 9GB/s write under heavy loads. Disk I/O shone brightly, with fio benchmarks hitting 433MB/s for 4K blocks (108K IOPS total) and scaling to 17GB/s for 1M blocks.
Network tests via iperf3 demonstrated robust connectivity, peaking at 6.64Gbits/sec send to NYC and consistent 4-5Gbits/sec internationally, with IPv6 showing similar vigor despite some “busy” flags. Streaming unlocks were a standout, enabling US-region access to Netflix, Disney+, and others without hitches. IP quality indicated low fraud risks but flagged high VPN/proxy scores, while email port detection supported most platforms like QQ and Gmail on SMTP.
Digging deeper, these metrics underscore the VPS’s appeal for latency-sensitive tasks, where its Houston location minimizes US-East/West pings to under 40ms—think of it as a sprinter optimized for quick bursts rather than marathon multitasking. The NVMe disk’s high IOPS make it ideal for database queries or content delivery, but the single-core limit could bottleneck parallel operations, much like a high-end engine throttled in stop-and-go traffic.
Notably, the DDoS shield and full-cone NAT enhance security for public-facing apps, yet the IP’s datacenter classification might trigger blocks on strict platforms, posing challenges for anonymized browsing or certain APIs. Overall, it’s a budget-friendly powerhouse for solo workloads, but scaling up cores would unlock even more potential.
In summary, Oplink.net’s Houston VPS delivers commendable bang for the buck, excelling in speed and media handling while offering strong defenses against threats. For IT decision-makers eyeing VPS for e-commerce sites or streaming proxies, it’s a worthy contender—especially if US-centric traffic is key. Consider upgrading to multi-core plans for heavier lifts, and always verify IP compatibility for your stack. This setup proves reliable for mid-tier enterprises, blending affordability with enterprise-grade uptime.
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