Benchmark for BuyVM Slice 1024

From Leo's Notes
Last edited on 8 October 2019, at 22:04.

These are the benchmark results for BuyVM's Slice 1024 KVM VPS.

It was advertised as having only 1/4 of a CPU core 'fair-share' on their WebHostingTalk post but listed as 1 CPU core on their website. This VPS costs USD$3.50/mo and it comes with free DirectAdmin and Blesta billing software licenses which is just unbelievable.


Results Overview

Hardware BuyVM Slice 1024 KVM VPS
CPU Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1270 v3 @ 3.50GHz
Hypervisor XEN
Memory 1 GB
Disk 20 GB SSD
Operating System CentOS 7 x86_64
Score 936.9

Raw Output

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   BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.3)

   System: vps.steamr.com: GNU/Linux
   OS: GNU/Linux -- 3.10.0-957.el7.x86_64 -- #1 SMP Thu Nov 8 23:39:32 UTC 2018
   Machine: x86_64 (x86_64)
   Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8")
   CPU 0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1270 v3 @ 3.50GHz (7000.0 bogomips)
          x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   09:42:55 up 7 min,  1 user,  load average: 0.21, 0.18, 0.08; runlevel 2019-09-14

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Benchmark Run: Sat Sep 14 2019 09:42:55 - 10:11:07
1 CPU in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       28600383.1 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     4599.8 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               3160.3 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        549583.5 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks          154386.5 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks       1621047.2 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                              924814.7 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                 129307.5 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                               8778.6 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                   3930.4 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                    533.4 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                         912692.8 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   28600383.1   2450.8
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       4599.8    836.3
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       3160.3    734.9
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     549583.5   1387.8
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0     154386.5    932.8
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0    1621047.2   2794.9
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0     924814.7    743.4
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0     129307.5    323.3
Process Creation                                126.0       8778.6    696.7
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4       3930.4    927.0
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0        533.4    888.9
System Call Overhead                          15000.0     912692.8    608.5
                                                                   ========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                         936.9


Updated to CentOS 8 running DirectAdmin. Pages load very slowly, so I re-ran the benchmark. I would have expected better performance with the same stats.

Results Overview

Hardware BuyVM Slice 1024 KVM VPS
CPU Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1270 v3 @ 3.50GHz
Hypervisor XEN
Memory 1 GB
Disk 20 GB SSD
Operating System CentOS 8 x86_64
Score 1029.6

Raw Output

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   BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.3)

   System: vps.steamr.com: GNU/Linux
   OS: GNU/Linux -- 4.18.0-80.el8.x86_64 -- #1 SMP Tue Jun 4 09:19:46 UTC 2019
   Machine: x86_64 (x86_64)
   Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8")
   CPU 0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1270 v3 @ 3.50GHz (7000.0 bogomips)
          x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   14:24:36 up  3:40,  1 user,  load average: 0.54, 0.23, 0.39; runlevel 2019-10-08

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Benchmark Run: Tue Oct 08 2019 14:24:36 - 14:52:29
1 CPU in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       35306204.3 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     6588.2 MWIPS (8.7 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               3541.9 lps   (29.8 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        635311.5 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks          176133.5 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks       1595032.0 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                             1035323.3 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                 215080.3 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                               7592.6 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                   3860.3 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                    514.8 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                         720896.7 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   35306204.3   3025.4
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       6588.2   1197.9
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       3541.9    823.7
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     635311.5   1604.3
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0     176133.5   1064.3
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0    1595032.0   2750.1
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0    1035323.3    832.3
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0     215080.3    537.7
Process Creation                                126.0       7592.6    602.6
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4       3860.3    910.4
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0        514.8    857.9
System Call Overhead                          15000.0     720896.7    480.6
                                                                   ========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                        1029.6