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VPS6.NETBackground:
DataShack offers great prices on low to medium end dedicated servers. This quad core AMD FX-4100 system was offered for $69 per month and was upgraded to 1TB hard drive for $10 more, making the overall monthly bill $79 per month.
Hardware:
# cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 21 model : 1 model name : AMD FX(tm)-4100 Quad-Core Processor stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 1400.000 cache size : 2048 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 4 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 0 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 13 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc nonstop_tsc pni ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs ts ttp tm 100mhzsteps hwpstate [8] [9] bogomips : 3068.58 processor : 1 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 21 model : 1 model name : AMD FX(tm)-4100 Quad-Core Processor stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 1400.000 cache size : 2048 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 4 core id : 1 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 1 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 13 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc nonstop_tsc pni ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs ts ttp tm 100mhzsteps hwpstate [8] [9] bogomips : 3068.58 processor : 2 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 21 model : 1 model name : AMD FX(tm)-4100 Quad-Core Processor stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 1400.000 cache size : 2048 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 4 core id : 2 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 2 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 13 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc nonstop_tsc pni ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs ts ttp tm 100mhzsteps hwpstate [8] [9] bogomips : 3068.58 processor : 3 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 21 model : 1 model name : AMD FX(tm)-4100 Quad-Core Processor stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 1400.000 cache size : 2048 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 4 core id : 3 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 3 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 13 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc nonstop_tsc pni ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs ts ttp tm 100mhzsteps hwpstate [8] [9] bogomips : 3068.58
Hardware Benchmarks:
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BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.3)
System: 173.208.xxx: GNU/Linux
OS: GNU/Linux -- 2.6.18-274.el5PAE -- #1 SMP Fri Jul 22 05:34:36 EDT 2011
Machine: i686 (i386)
Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8")
CPU 0: AMD FX(tm)-4100 Quad-Core Processor (3068.6 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET
CPU 1: AMD FX(tm)-4100 Quad-Core Processor (3068.6 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET
CPU 2: AMD FX(tm)-4100 Quad-Core Processor (3068.6 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET
CPU 3: AMD FX(tm)-4100 Quad-Core Processor (3068.6 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET
16:08:33 up 3 days, 16:55, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00; runlevel 3
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Benchmark Run: Sat Mar 03 2012 16:08:33 - 16:36:23
4 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 11755205.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 1880.6 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 1249.8 lps (29.9 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 287246.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 78176.9 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 894465.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 514861.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 52077.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 5353.5 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 2568.2 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 2008.2 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 666108.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 11755205.0 1007.3
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 1880.6 341.9
Execl Throughput 43.0 1249.8 290.7
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 287246.5 725.4
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 78176.9 472.4
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 894465.0 1542.2
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 514861.2 413.9
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 52077.2 130.2
Process Creation 126.0 5353.5 424.9
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 2568.2 605.7
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 2008.2 3347.0
System Call Overhead 15000.0 666108.6 444.1
========
System Benchmarks Index Score 566.4
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Benchmark Run: Sat Mar 03 2012 16:36:23 - 17:04:22
4 CPUs in system; running 4 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 34341290.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 6040.0 MWIPS (10.2 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 10382.1 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 85515.2 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 22041.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 299361.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 1428961.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 546707.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 29753.5 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 15538.8 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 2307.4 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 1537238.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 34341290.8 2942.7
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 6040.0 1098.2
Execl Throughput 43.0 10382.1 2414.4
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 85515.2 215.9
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 22041.0 133.2
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 299361.4 516.1
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 1428961.4 1148.7
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 546707.8 1366.8
Process Creation 126.0 29753.5 2361.4
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 15538.8 3664.8
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 2307.4 3845.7
System Call Overhead 15000.0 1537238.8 1024.8
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1164.2
ioping default:
********************************** dd (sequential disk speed test)... ********************************** dd if=/dev/zero of=testfilex bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync 16384+0 records in 16384+0 records out 1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 9.7172 seconds, 110 MB/s ************************ starting ioping tests... *************************************************** ioping disk I/O test (default 1MB working set) *************************************************** disk I/O: /dev/sda --- /dev/sda (device 931.5 Gb) ioping statistics --- 5 requests completed in 4111.3 ms, 47 iops, 0.2 mb/s min/avg/max/mdev = 9.4/21.4/35.1/8.9 ms ********************************************** seek rate test (default 1MB working set) ********************************************** seek rate: /dev/sda --- /dev/sda (device 931.5 Gb) ioping statistics --- 148 requests completed in 3005.4 ms, 52 iops, 0.2 mb/s min/avg/max/mdev = 3.7/19.4/86.9/9.0 ms ********************************************** sequential test (default 1MB working set) ********************************************** ----------------------- sequential: /dev/sda --- /dev/sda (device 931.5 Gb) ioping statistics --- 564 requests completed in 3003.8 ms, 218 iops, 54.4 mb/s min/avg/max/mdev = 4.2/4.6/95.2/4.0 ms ----------------------- sequential cached I/O: /dev/sda --- /dev/sda (device 931.5 Gb) ioping statistics --- 1333 requests completed in 3001.1 ms, 1085 iops, 271.3 mb/s min/avg/max/mdev = 0.1/0.9/31.0/1.6 ms
ioping custom:
Run custom request size 4 32 64 256 (KB) test ? [y/n]: y ################################ ioping disk I/O test (custom 4 32 64 256 (KB) request size) ################################ *************************************** [/dev/sda] ioping disk I/O test: 4K test *************************************** --- /dev/sda (device 931.5 Gb) ioping statistics --- 5 requests completed in 4166.9 ms, 31 iops, 0.1 mb/s min/avg/max/mdev = 10.6/32.3/91.9/30.2 ms *************************************** [/dev/sda] ioping disk I/O test: 32K test *************************************** --- /dev/sda (device 931.5 Gb) ioping statistics --- 5 requests completed in 4103.4 ms, 50 iops, 1.6 mb/s min/avg/max/mdev = 15.0/19.9/31.8/6.1 ms *************************************** [/dev/sda] ioping disk I/O test: 64K test *************************************** --- /dev/sda (device 931.5 Gb) ioping statistics --- 5 requests completed in 4106.9 ms, 49 iops, 3.1 mb/s min/avg/max/mdev = 15.0/20.5/35.0/7.3 ms *************************************** [/dev/sda] ioping disk I/O test: 256K test *************************************** --- /dev/sda (device 931.5 Gb) ioping statistics --- 5 requests completed in 4190.0 ms, 27 iops, 6.7 mb/s min/avg/max/mdev = 17.1/37.1/101.6/32.4 ms ################################ ioping seek rate test (custom 4 32 64 256 (KB) request size) ################################ *************************************** [/dev/sda] ioping seek rate test: 4K test *************************************** --- /dev/sda (device 931.5 Gb) ioping statistics --- 118 requests completed in 3014.3 ms, 41 iops, 0.2 mb/s min/avg/max/mdev = 4.1/24.5/56.0/11.7 ms *************************************** [/dev/sda] ioping seek rate test: 32K test *************************************** --- /dev/sda (device 931.5 Gb) ioping statistics --- 140 requests completed in 3004.3 ms, 49 iops, 1.5 mb/s min/avg/max/mdev = 5.9/20.4/83.6/8.9 ms *************************************** [/dev/sda] ioping seek rate test: 64K test *************************************** --- /dev/sda (device 931.5 Gb) ioping statistics --- 139 requests completed in 3005.4 ms, 49 iops, 3.0 mb/s min/avg/max/mdev = 6.3/20.5/59.0/7.3 ms *************************************** [/dev/sda] ioping seek rate test: 256K test *************************************** --- /dev/sda (device 931.5 Gb) ioping statistics --- 117 requests completed in 3024.7 ms, 40 iops, 10.1 mb/s min/avg/max/mdev = 10.8/24.8/55.2/6.3 ms
Conclusion:
It’s not the fastest hardware, but DataShack’s low end hardware is very affordable.
