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[edit source]
| 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
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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[edit source]
| 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
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1029.6