Hostiger Turkey Istanbul Intel Xeon E7-8890 Reliable VPS Hosting Test and Review
Hostiger’s Turkey VPS (2 vCore, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB SSD, 1 Gbps port) was evaluated to assess its suitability for enterprise workloads, focusing on web hosting, small-scale applications, and regional connectivity. Conducted in Istanbul, the test targeted IT administrators seeking cost-effective, high-performance VPS solutions for Turkish and Middle Eastern markets.
About Hostiger
Hostiger, established in 2015, is a global web hosting provider dedicated to delivering reliable, affordable, and high-performance hosting solutions. With over 20 years of industry experience, Hostiger combines local expertise with a worldwide reach, serving businesses and individuals across Asia, Europe, and America. Their mission is to empower customers with scalable, user-friendly hosting services, ensuring seamless digital transformation.
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Pricing
1 vCore – 1 GB RAM – 20 GB NVMe SSD – 20 TB BW – 1 Gbps Network – $2.49/mo [Order Now]
2 vCore – 4 GB RAM – 50 GB NVMe SSD – 20 TB BW – 1 Gbps Network – $3.49/mo [Order Now]
2 vCore – 6 GB RAM – 75 GB NVMe SSD – 20 TB BW – 1 Gbps Network – $4.49/mo [Order Now]
4 vCore – 8 GB RAM – 100 GB NVMe SSD – 20 TB BW – 1 Gbps Network – $6.49/mo [Order Now]
4 vCore – 12 GB RAM – 150 GB NVMe SSD – 20 TB BW – 1 Gbps Network – $8.99/mo [Order Now]
6 vCore – 16 GB RAM – 200 GB NVMe SSD – 20 TB BW – 1 Gbps Network – $11.99/mo [Order Now]
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Basic Information
Processor : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E7-8890 v3 @ 2.50GHz
CPU Numbers : 2
CPU Frequency : 3171.400 MHz
CPU Cache : L1: 2.25 MB / L2: 9.00 MB / L3: 90.00 MB
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 188.61 MiB / 4.00 GiB
Swap : [ no swap partition or swap file detected ]
Disk Space : 545.75 MiB / 51200.00 MiB
Boot Disk : zfspool0/subvol-296-disk-0
Uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 6 min
Loads : 6.23, 5.90, 5.69
OS Release : Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) (x86_64)
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel Version : 6.8.12-9-pve
TCP Acceleration : cubic
VM Type : LXC
NAT Type : Full Cone
IPV4 ASN : AS205399 Hostigger INC.
IPV4 Location : Istanbul / Istanbul / TR
CPU Benchmark
---------------------------CPU-Sysbench-Test----------------------------
-> CPU test in progress (Fast Mode, 1-Pass @ 5sec)
1 Thread(s) Test: 875 Scores
72 Thread(s) Test: 1052 Scores
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
|
Single Core | 929
Multi Core | 944
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/13734038
YABS completed in 12 min 4 sec
RAM Read/Write Tests
----------------------------Memory-Test---------------------------------
-> Memory Test (Fast Mode, 1-Pass @ 5sec)
Single Read Test: 19050.67 MB/s
Single Write Test: 14343.25 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: 68469846 (6845621.15 per second)
66865.08 MiB transferred (6685.18 MiB/sec)
General statistics:
total time: 10.0001s
total number of events: 68469846
Latency (ms):
min: 0.00
avg: 0.00
max: 6.01
95th percentile: 0.00
sum: 3339.23
Threads fairness:
events (avg/stddev): 68469846.0000/0.00
execution time (avg/stddev): 3.3392/0.00
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: 52212513 (5220171.97 per second)
50988.78 MiB transferred (5097.82 MiB/sec)
General statistics:
total time: 10.0001s
total number of events: 52212513
Latency (ms):
min: 0.00
avg: 0.00
max: 4.08
95th percentile: 0.00
sum: 4837.99
Threads fairness:
events (avg/stddev): 52212513.0000/0.00
execution time (avg/stddev): 4.8380/0.00
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 572 MB/s (139.75 IOPS, 0.18s)) 197 MB/s (48055 IOPS, 0.53s)
1GB-1M Block 1.3 GB/s (1203 IOPS, 0.83s) 5.8 GB/s (5507 IOPS, 0.18s)
-----------------------Disk-fio-Read/Write-Test-------------------------
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition zfspool0/subvol-296-disk-0):
Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 41.23 MB/s (10.3k) | 333.96 MB/s (5.2k)
Write | 41.31 MB/s (10.3k) | 335.72 MB/s (5.2k)
Total | 82.55 MB/s (20.6k) | 669.69 MB/s (10.4k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 799.87 MB/s (1.5k) | 725.62 MB/s (708)
Write | 842.37 MB/s (1.6k) | 773.94 MB/s (755)
Total | 1.64 GB/s (3.2k) | 1.49 GB/s (1.4k)
Iperf3 Network Tests
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 1.62 Gbits/sec | 1.33 Gbits/sec | 46.5 ms
Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 1.35 Gbits/sec | 6.49 Gbits/sec | 43.6 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 909 Mbits/sec | 217 Mbits/sec | 208 ms
Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 1.05 Gbits/sec | 1.73 Gbits/sec | 184 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 591 Mbits/sec | 873 Mbits/sec | 171 ms
Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 1.04 Gbits/sec | 2.55 Gbits/sec | 118 ms
Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | busy | 44.7 Mbits/sec | 335 ms UnixBench Tests
Benchmark Run: Wed Sep 10 2025 01:34:03 - 02:13:36
2 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 36163425.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 5882.5 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 2378.5 lps (29.6 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 140156.2 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 35865.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 519384.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 715276.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 141010.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 5263.2 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 3710.0 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 796.8 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 405699.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 36163425.9 3098.8
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 5882.5 1069.6
Execl Throughput 43.0 2378.5 553.1
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 140156.2 353.9
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 35865.0 216.7
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 519384.5 895.5
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 715276.2 575.0
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 141010.8 352.5
Process Creation 126.0 5263.2 417.7
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 3710.0 875.0
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 796.8 1328.0
System Call Overhead 15000.0 405699.8 270.5
========
System Benchmarks Index Score 622.0
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Benchmark Run: Wed Sep 10 2025 02:13:36 - 02:54:34
2 CPUs in system; running 2 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 45172977.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 11818.2 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 2428.1 lps (29.8 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 134326.1 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 34442.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 501900.8 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 839986.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 116162.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 5209.8 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 5458.3 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 863.5 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 501783.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 45172977.8 3870.9
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 11818.2 2148.8
Execl Throughput 43.0 2428.1 564.7
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 134326.1 339.2
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 34442.4 208.1
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 501900.8 865.3
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 839986.4 675.2
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 116162.0 290.4
Process Creation 126.0 5209.8 413.5
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 5458.3 1287.3
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 863.5 1439.1
System Call Overhead 15000.0 501783.6 334.5
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System Benchmarks Index Score 702.4
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Streaming Unlock Tests
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: IP Banned by Dazn
Disney+: No (IP Banned By Disney+ 1)
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Yes (Region: US)
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: TR)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
Spotify Registration: Yes (Region: TR)
OneTrust Region: TR [Istanbul]
iQyi Oversea Region: INTL
Bing Region: TR (Risky)
Apple Region: TR
YouTube CDN: [VODAFONET] in [Izmir]
Netflix Preferred CDN: [Serbian Open Exchange DOO] in [Belgrade]
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: No
---Game---
SD Gundam G Generation Eternal: No
=======================================
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: 35 [8]
VpnScore: 6 [8]
ProxyScore: 99 [8]
CommunityVoteHarmless: 0 [2]
CommunityVoteMalicious: 0 [2]
ThreatScore: 90 [8]
FraudScore: 0 [1] 65 [E]
AbuseScore: 0 [3]
ASNAbuseScore: 0.0031 (Low) [A]
CompannyAbuseScore: 0 (Very Low) [A]
ThreatLevel: low [9]
Blacklist_Records_Statistics(how many blacklisted websites have records):
HarmlessnessRecords: 0 [2] MaliciousRecords: 0 [2] SuspiciousRecords: 0 [2] NoRecords: 95 [2]
Security Info:
UsageType: hosting ASN [C] DataCenter/WebHosting/Transit [3] hosting [0 7 9 A] business [8]
CompanyType: hosting [0 7 A]
IsCloudProvider: Yes [7 D]
IsDatacenter: No [8] Yes [0 1 5 6 A C]
IsMobile: No [5 A C] Yes [E]
IsProxy: No [0 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 A C D] Yes [E]
IsVpn: No [0 1 6 7 A C D] Yes [E]
IsTor: No [0 1 3 6 7 8 A C D E]
IsTorExit: No [1 7 D]
IsCrawler: No [9 A E]
IsAnonymous: No [1 6 7 8 D]
IsAttacker: No [7 8 D]
IsAbuser: No [7 8 A C D E]
IsThreat: No [7 8 C D]
IsRelay: No [0 7 8 C D]
IsBogon: No [7 8 A C D]
IsBot: No [E]
DNS-BlackList: 315(Total_Check) 0(Clean) 5(Blacklisted) 17(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
Istanbul
Test IPv4 : 185.219.135.57
Test File: http://lg-tr.hostigger.com/100MB.test
Global Latency Tests
Query: ping 185.181.208.64, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 185.181.208.64 – RIPE NCC /24 AS205399 HOSTIGGER – Türkiye, Istanbul, Istanbul [hosting]
CloudFlare Internet Tests
PageSpeed Insights
Admin Control Panel
Conclusion
The Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3 (2 cores, 3.17 GHz) delivered solid CPU performance, scoring 875 (single-thread) and 1052 (multi-thread) in Sysbench, with Geekbench 6 scores of 929 (single-core) and 944 (multi-core). Memory tests showed impressive read/write speeds of 19,050 MB/s and 14,343 MB/s, respectively. Disk performance excelled, with SSD read/write speeds reaching 5.8 GB/s and 1.3 GB/s for 1M blocks. Network tests revealed robust connectivity, with speeds up to 6.49 Gbits/sec (receive) to Amsterdam and low latency (43.6 ms to Amsterdam). Streaming tests indicated limitations, with Netflix restricted to originals and Disney+ blocked. IP quality showed a mixed reputation, with some databases flagging it as a proxy/VPN.
Hostiger’s VPS shines in disk and memory performance, ideal for data-intensive tasks like e-commerce or database hosting. Its network speeds leverage Istanbul’s strategic location, ensuring low latency for regional users—akin to a well-placed hub in a bustling trade route. However, CPU performance, while adequate, may bottleneck under heavy multi-threaded workloads, like a sports car stuck in traffic. Streaming restrictions and IP quality issues could hinder media or global services, suggesting a need for CDN integration or cleaner IPs for sensitive applications.
Hostiger’s Turkey VPS offers compelling value for businesses targeting Turkish or Middle Eastern audiences, with standout disk and network performance. It’s well-suited for web hosting and small-scale apps but may require optimization for CPU-heavy tasks or streaming. IT administrators should consider CDN solutions to mitigate IP restrictions. Overall, it’s a reliable, budget-friendly choice for regional deployments.
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