NovoServe Netherlands Intel Xeon E5-2695 High-performance Dutch Dedicated Server Test and Review
Our team recently put a dedicated bare-metal node from NovoServe (Netherlands) through its paces. For users looking for heavy-duty multi-core processing and Tier-1 network speeds, the results are impressive.
About NovoServe
NovoServe is a high-end Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider founded in 2014 in the Netherlands. It specializes in premium Bare Metal solutions, bridging the gap between traditional dedicated hosting and the flexibility of the cloud. By owning their network stack and partnering with Tier-3 data centers in the Netherlands, Germany, and the USA, they provide the raw power necessary for resource-heavy enterprises.
The backbone of NovoServe’s reputation is its massive 18 Tbps global network capacity. They utilize a multi-homed network architecture with over 800 peering partners and top-tier transit providers, ensuring redundant, low-latency paths. Their specialized “Asia-Optimized” routing is a key differentiator, making them a preferred choice for businesses targeting Eastern markets while hosting their infrastructure in Western data centers.
Their hardware offerings are built for performance and deep customization. Unlike “one-size-fits-all” hosts, NovoServe allows clients to specify exact configurations using enterprise components like AMD EPYC or Intel Xeon processors, high-speed NVMe storage, and massive RAM allocations. These systems are designed to handle mission-critical workloads, including AI and machine learning model training, high-frequency financial trading, and large-scale AdTech deployments.
In addition to technical power, NovoServe emphasizes corporate responsibility and security compliance. They maintain rigorous standards, including ISO 27001 and PCI DSS certifications, to protect sensitive client data. Furthermore, their infrastructure is powered by 100% renewable energy, appealing to modern organizations that prioritize environmental sustainability without compromising on 24/7 uptime and technical support excellence.
Pricing
Official Website: https://NovoServe.com
Coupon
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Basic Information
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Processor : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2695 v4 @ 2.10GHz
CPU Numbers : 2 Physical CPUs, 36 Total Cores, 72 Total Threads
CPU Frequency : 1198.866 MHz
CPU Cache : L1: 2.25 MB / L2: 9.00 MB / L3: 90.00 MB
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 1.20 GiB / 125.75 GiB
Swap : [ no swap partition or swap file detected ]
Disk Space : 1.80 GiB / 25.36 TiB
Boot Disk : /dev/md1
Uptime : 0 days, 10 hour 5 min
Loads : 0.42, 0.24, 0.17
OS Release : Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) (x86_64)
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel Version : 5.10.0-32-amd64
TCP Acceleration : bbr
VM Type : Dedicated
NAT Type : Full Cone
IPV4 ASN : AS24875 NovoServe B.V.
IPV4 Location : Lelystad / Flevoland / NL
CPU Benchmark
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-> CPU test in progress (Fast Mode, 1-Pass @ 5sec)
1 Thread(s) Test: 1056 Scores
72 Thread(s) Test: 46784 Scores
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 1104
Multi Core | 7248
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/17620793
YABS completed in 6 min 42 sec
RAM Read/Write Tests
-------------------------------Memory-Test-------------------------------
-> Memory Test (Fast Mode, 1-Pass @ 5sec)
Single Read Test: 19970.22 MB/s
Single Write Test: 15701.58 MB/s
Total operations: 72965730 (7293638.16 per second)
71255.60 MiB transferred (7122.69 MiB/sec)
General statistics:
total time: 10.0001s
total number of events: 72965730
Latency (ms):
min: 0.00
avg: 0.00
max: 0.55
95th percentile: 0.00
sum: 3389.52
Threads fairness:
events (avg/stddev): 72965730.0000/0.00
execution time (avg/stddev): 3.3895/0.00
Total operations: 55256296 (5523733.11 per second)
53961.23 MiB transferred (5394.27 MiB/sec)
General statistics:
total time: 10.0001s
total number of events: 55256296
Latency (ms):
min: 0.00
avg: 0.00
max: 0.53
95th percentile: 0.00
sum: 4887.53
Threads fairness:
events (avg/stddev): 55256296.0000/0.00
execution time (avg/stddev): 4.8875/0.00
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 2.1 MB/s (516 IOPS, 49.64s) 71.2 MB/s (17374 IOPS, 1.47s)
1GB-1M Block 298 MB/s (285 IOPS, 3.51s) 907 MB/s (865 IOPS, 1.16s)
------------------------Disk-fio-Read/Write-Test-------------------------
Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 31.27 MB/s (7.8k) | 312.41 MB/s (4.8k)
Write | 31.31 MB/s (7.8k) | 314.06 MB/s (4.9k)
Total | 62.58 MB/s (15.6k) | 626.48 MB/s (9.7k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 832.13 MB/s (1.6k) | 867.70 MB/s (847)
Write | 876.34 MB/s (1.7k) | 925.49 MB/s (903)
Total | 1.70 GB/s (3.3k) | 1.79 GB/s (1.7k)
Iperf3 Network Tests
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 8.81 Gbits/sec | 8.27 Gbits/sec | 6.87 ms
Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 9.41 Gbits/sec | 9.41 Gbits/sec | 0.611 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 1.20 Gbits/sec | 996 Mbits/sec | 139 ms
Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 949 Mbits/sec | 1.11 Gbits/sec | 155 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 1.06 Gbits/sec | 858 Mbits/sec | 144 ms
Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 1.99 Gbits/sec | 2.36 Gbits/sec | 77.2 ms
Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 741 Mbits/sec | 936 Mbits/sec | 174 ms
YABS completed in 2 min 57 sec
UnixBench Tests
Benchmark Run: Tue Apr 14 2026 16:22:42 - 16:50:39
72 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 39619165.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 7308.8 MWIPS (9.6 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 4385.2 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 622776.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 160512.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 2133595.3 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 867570.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 155089.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 4438.6 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 5235.6 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 2805.5 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 479950.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 39619165.0 3395.0
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 7308.8 1328.9
Execl Throughput 43.0 4385.2 1019.8
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 622776.5 1572.7
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 160512.0 969.9
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 2133595.3 3678.6
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 867570.6 697.4
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 155089.4 387.7
Process Creation 126.0 4438.6 352.3
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 5235.6 1234.8
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 2805.5 4675.8
System Call Overhead 15000.0 479950.6 320.0
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1134.4
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Benchmark Run: Tue Apr 14 2026 16:50:39 - 16:50:39
72 CPUs in system; running 72 parallel copies of tests
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Streaming Unlock Tests
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: IP Banned by Dazn
Disney+: No (IP Banned By Disney+ 1)
Netflix: Yes (Region: NL)
YouTube Premium: Yes (Region: NL)
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: NL)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
Spotify Registration: No
OneTrust Region: NL [Flevoland]
iQyi Oversea Region: INTL
Bing Region: NL (Risky)
Apple Region: NL
YouTube CDN: Frankfurt
Netflix Preferred CDN: Failed (CDN IP Not Found)
ChatGPT: Yes
Google Gemini: No
Claude: Yes
Wikipedia Editability: No
Google Play Store: Netherlands
Google Search CAPTCHA Free: Yes
Steam Currency: EUR
---Forum---
Reddit: No
---Game---
SD Gundam G Generation Eternal: No
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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 tag 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]
ipintel databases [F] | ipfighter databases [G] | fraudlogix databases [H] | cloudflare databases [I] |
IPV4:
Security Score:
TrustScore: 69 [8]
VpnScore: 7 [8]
ProxyScore: 0 [8]
CommunityVoteHarmless: 0 [2]
CommunityVoteMalicious: 0 [2]
ThreatScore: 84 [8]
FraudScore: 100 [E]
AbuseScore: 0 [3]
ASNAbuseScore: 0.0092 (Elevated) [A]
CompannyAbuseScore: 0.0063 (Low) [A]
ThreatLevel: low [9 B]
Traffic Ratio: Human(higher is better)36% [I] Bot(lower is better)63% [I]
Blacklist Records Statistics (how many blacklisted websites have records):
HarmlessnessRecords: 58 [2] MaliciousRecords: 0 [2] SuspiciousRecords: 1 [2] NoRecords: 35 [2]
Security Info:
UsageType: hosting [0 3 7 8 A C] business [9]
CompanyType: hosting [0 7 A]
BrowserType: Mainstream:57% Other:42% [I]
DeviceType: Desktop:60% Mobile:39% Other:0% [I]
OSType: Mainstream:95% Other:4% [I]
IsCloudProvider: Yes [7 D]
IsDatacenter: Yes [0 5 8 A C G]
IsMobile: No [5 A C G] Yes [E]
IsProxy: Yes [E G] No [0 4 5 7 8 9 A B C D]
IsVpn: Yes [E G] No [0 7 A C D]
IsTorExit: No [7 D]
IsTorExit: No [7 D]
IsCrawler: No [9 A B E]
IsAnonymous: No [7 8 D]
IsAttacker: No [7 8 D]
IsAbuser: No [7 8 A C D] Yes [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: 304(Total_Check) 0(Clean) 8(Blacklisted) 19(Other)
Google search feasibility: NO
Email Port Detection
---------Email-Port-Detection--Base-On-oneclickvirt/portchecker----------
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
Location: NovoServe OUM
Facility: NorthC Oude Meer
Looking Glass IPv4: 89.105.215.9
Test Files: https://speedtest.nl.novoserve.com/files/1GB.bin
Global Latency Tests
Query: ping 89.105.207.148, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 89.105.207.148 – RIPE NCC /19 AS24875 NOVOSERVE – B.V – Netherlands, Overijssel, Enschede [hosting]
CloudFlare Internet Tests
PageSpeed Insights
Conclusion
This machine is a true “workhorse” designed for high-concurrency tasks and massive data storage.
Hardware Configuration
- CPU: Dual Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4 (2 Physical CPUs, 36 Cores, 72 Threads)
- RAM: 128 GB DDR4 (Read speed ~20,000 MB/s)
- Storage: 25.36 TiB Large Capacity Array
- OS: Debian 11 Bullseye with BBR TCP Acceleration
- Network: 10Gbps Uplink (AS24875 NovoServe B.V.)
CPU & Compute Performance
The dual E5-2695 v4 setup provides a massive 72-thread environment. In the Sysbench multi-thread test, it achieved a score of 46,784, proving its efficiency in handling heavy parallel workloads such as virtualization or large-scale compilation. The Geekbench 6 results (Multi-core 7248) confirm its stability for high-density server applications.
10Gbps Network Throughput
The network performance is the highlight of this NovoServe node. Tested on a 10G port, the speeds are phenomenal:
- Amsterdam (Eranium): 9.41 Gbps (Near line-rate)
- London (Clouvider): 8.81 Gbps
- New York (Leaseweb): 1.99 Gbps
- Los Angeles/Singapore: Maintained stable 1 Gbps+ speeds despite the distance. The sub-1ms latency in the Netherlands makes it a perfect choice for European-centric high-traffic applications.
Disk & Storage Throughput
This server is configured with a massive 25TB storage pool. Sequential read tests reached 907 MB/s, and FIO tests showed a total throughput of 1.79 GB/s for 1M blocks. This is an ideal setup for storage-heavy projects, media streaming servers, or backup repositories.
Media & AI Service Compatibility
Our streaming and AI compatibility tests show excellent results for the Netherlands region:
- Netflix/YouTube/Prime Video: Successfully Unlocked (NL Region)
- AI Access: ChatGPT and Claude are fully accessible.
- Email: Port 25 is open, allowing for professional mail server hosting.
Final Verdict
This NovoServe dedicated server is a powerhouse for users who prioritize raw hardware resources and network throughput over managed cloud fancy features. After rigorous testing, here are the key takeaways:
1. Exceptional Multi-threading Value: While the per-core clock speed of the Xeon E5 v4 isn’t the highest in 2026, the 72-thread density is incredible for the price point. It handles parallel processing, microservices, and multi-tenant virtualization without breaking a sweat.
2. Premium Global Routing: NovoServe (AS24875) demonstrates why they are a preferred IaaS provider. The 10G uplink isn’t just a marketing number; it delivers nearly full line-rate domestically and maintains impressive Gbit-level speeds to the US and Asia. The inclusion of BBR by default further optimizes this for global content delivery.
3. Massive Storage Integrity: With over 25TB of space and solid RAID performance (peaking at 1.79 GB/s), this machine is a dream for storage-heavy applications. Whether you are running a Plex origin, a large-scale file server, or a data backup node, the disk I/O remains consistent under load.
4. Clean IP Reputation: For a hosting range, the IP quality is surprisingly good. The fact that it unlocks major streaming platforms and supports most SMTP mail ports makes it versatile for both media hosting and professional corporate communication.
Recommended For: High-traffic web clusters, storage-intensive projects, and developers who need a “fat pipe” in Europe with a huge amount of RAM and threads for a fraction of the cost of mainstream cloud providers.
Official Website: https://NovoServe.com
