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DigitalOcean c-4

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4 vCPU7.8 GiB RAMx86_64Bangalore, IN$84.00 / month
Published report · 17 Oct 2026 · One deployment · 21 min test windowUbuntu 24.04.5 · Region blr1 · Method pilot-1

All values below are medians of passed runs unless stated otherwise.

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CPU performance

sysbench 1.0.20 prime workload · 1 thread and all 4 vCPUs.

497.5events/s
Single thread
1,544events/s
All 4 vCPUs
Events / sec
  • 1 thread
    497.5
  • 4 threads
    1,544

Median of 3 passed runs of about 30 seconds per thread count.

gzip fixed corpus · compression input throughput 241.3 MiB/s · single run.

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Memory bandwidth

sysbench 1.0.20 memory · sequential read and write operations.

Read8,331 MiB/s
Write8,450 MiB/s
CopyNot measured
Throughput (MiB/s)
  • Read
    8,331
  • Write
    8,450
  • Copy
    Not measured

Median of 3 passed runs of about 30 seconds per operation. The copy workload is deferred in this methodology.

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Disk performance

fio 3.36 · direct I/O · sequential, random and mixed jobs measured separately.

WorkloadThroughputp95 latency
Sequential read9,489 MB/s5,341 µs
Sequential write1,670 MB/s36,438 µs
Random read151,801 IOPS280.6 µs
Random write135,456 IOPS329.7 µs
Random mix · read93,754 IOPS350.2 µs
Random mix · write40,176 IOPS292.9 µs

Median of 3 passed runs of about 30 seconds per job. The mixed job's reads and writes are listed separately.

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Network performance

Source: Bangalore, IN · LibreSpeed CLI 1.0.14 · public HTTPS destinations.

DestinationDownloadUploadHTTP latencyHTTP jitterLoss
Frankfurt, Germany (Clouvider)
17/10/2026, 18:15:56 UTC · Separate VM network-only run · View reviewed run
168.6 Mbit/s140.8 Mbit/s133.4 ms0.10 msNot measured
New York, United States (2) (Clouvider)
17/10/2026, 18:15:56 UTC · Separate VM network-only run · View reviewed run
296.7 Mbit/s91.0 Mbit/s214.4 ms0.09 msNot measured

One 10-second download and upload per destination, three concurrent streams, IPv4 over HTTPS, with no configured rate limit. HTTP latency and jitter are application-level measurements; packet loss was not measured. These paths do not establish maximum link capacity.

Latest matching published internet speed test for this provider, plan, recorded region and resource class, taken on a separate VM. These values are not measurements from this full benchmark deployment. The original capped iperf path checks remain under Evidence; their values and test window are unchanged.

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12 GiB outbound-interface abort threshold is sampled; kernel buffering and sampling may overshoot. Retained counters disclose actual observed bytes.

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PostgreSQL performance

PostgreSQL 16.15 · pgbench · in-memory and storage-bound datasets.

Dataset profileTransactions / secAverage latencyPassed runs
In memory4,7790.84 ms3 of 3 passed
Storage-bound3,9101.02 ms3 of 3 passed

Median of 3 passed runs of about 30 seconds per dataset. Latency percentiles were not measured.

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Consistency across runs

One deployment · repeated runs inside the recorded test window.

24-hour consistencyNot measured

Workload skipped · No measured score. This report covers a 21 min test window, so no time series exists and none is drawn.

RepetitionCPU 1 threadMemory readRandom readPostgreSQL
1493.9 events/s8,298 MiB/s151,787 IOPS4,755 tx/s
2497.9 events/s8,331 MiB/s151,801 IOPS4,779 tx/s
3497.5 events/s8,400 MiB/s152,646 IOPS4,793 tx/s

Individual runs, not medians. PostgreSQL uses the in-memory dataset. Spread within one test window does not establish long-term consistency.

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Inspect the evidence.

Recorded environment, reviewed measurements and the published snapshot.

OSUbuntu 24.04.5 LTS
Architecturex86_64
Methodpilot-1
Deployments1
Window21 min
report.json

Reviewed, sanitized snapshot: every run, the environment record and all limitations. Raw intake logs remain private.

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One deployment describes this report, not every server a provider operates.

A 21 min test window does not establish 24-hour consistency or long-term reliability.

AI-assisted review · Codex AI-assisted evidence review (user-delegated) · Reviewed 17 Oct 2026 · Published 17 Oct 2026 · Revision 1

Review and measurement limits
  • Single deployment; not an independent three-instance cohort.
  • No hardware attestation.
  • Pilot memory implements read/write; copy workload deferred.
  • Network endpoints must be supplied by the operator; no public third-party servers are used.
  • Database latency distribution is not available from this pilot parser; average latency only.
  • This profile is not a full implementation of all proposed methodology tests.
  • Resource-constrained environment: CPU workers and RAM reflect affinity/cgroup limits, not host capacity. Private resource-limits evidence retains both; do not merge container/VM or architecture cohorts.
  • Short profile: does not establish 24-hour consistency.
  • This report received AI-assisted evidence review under user-delegated authorization. This is not independent human verification or hardware attestation.
  • This pilot measures its recorded test window. It does not establish 24-hour consistency, long-term reliability or provider-wide performance.
  • Network tests use two controlled London endpoints, one stream, a 100 Mbit/s rate setting and a requested 64 MiB byte target per direction. Reverse-mode polling can exceed that byte target; actual sent and received bytes govern traffic accounting. These results do not measure maximum link capacity.
  • SKU and region were matched to retained deployment records. A missing detected SKU uses the operator-supplied plan and remains labelled supplied. Control-plane records and checksums do not attest the physical host or establish physical-host independence.
  • Package versions and available guard and journal evidence were reviewed. These records do not establish continuous absence of package activity throughout the test window.
  • The pilot includes memory read/write and average PostgreSQL latency. Memory-copy tests and PostgreSQL latency percentiles are not implemented. Skipped consistency and missing measurements are not scores.
Environment and configuration
Recorded fieldValue
ProviderDigitalOcean · detected
RegionBangalore, IN (blr1) · detected
Planc-4 · supplied
List price$84.00 / month · $0.125 / hour. List price on 17 Oct 2026, USD before tax. Source: DigitalOcean size catalog (API).
CPUIntel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8280 CPU @ 2.70GHz
Architecturex86_64
Kernel6.8.0-142-generic
Virtualizationkvm
Agent0.2.0 (45388107250ca6e26b216f15a9c17b8d405ec1b7+source.ff98e866b26b3ac76b512554)
Dependenciessysbench: sysbench 1.0.20 · fio: fio-3.36 · iperf3: iperf 3.16 (cJSON 1.7.15) · postgresql: postgres (PostgreSQL) 16.15 (Ubuntu 16.15-0ubuntu0.24.04.1) · pgbench: pgbench (PostgreSQL) 16.15 (Ubuntu 16.15-0ubuntu0.24.04.1) · gzip: gzip 1.12 · apt:sysbench: 1.0.20+ds-6build2 · apt:fio: 3.36-1ubuntu0.1 · apt:iperf3: 3.16-1build2 · apt:postgresql-16: 16.15-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 · apt:postgresql-client-16: 16.15-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 · apt:gzip: 1.12-1ubuntu3.2
Configuration hash0284a3ee81606f2645108bbbc2006365e41a08e2b26be310958420bf7ef221f7
Started2026-10-17T12:39:46.000Z
Finished2026-10-17T13:01:06.732Z
Execution statuscompleted
Historical capped network path checks

Original full benchmark deployment · 17 Oct 2026. These controlled iperf path checks used a 100 Mbit/s rate setting and do not measure internet speed or maximum link capacity. RTT is the probe mean; jitter and packet loss were not measured. The original report JSON retains these measurements.

Controlled destinationDownloadUploadRTTJitterLoss
London endpoint 199.9 Mbit/s97.5 Mbit/s131.2 ms——
London endpoint 299.9 Mbit/s97.1 Mbit/s147.1 ms——
Every measured repetition and outcome

CPU performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 1passedEvents per second493.9 events/s
CPU 4 thread(s) · repetition 1passedEvents per second1,546 events/s
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 2passedEvents per second497.9 events/s
CPU 4 thread(s) · repetition 2passedEvents per second1,534 events/s
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 3passedEvents per second497.5 events/s
CPU 4 thread(s) · repetition 3passedEvents per second1,544 events/s
gzip fixed corpus · repetition 1passedCompression input throughput241.3 MiB/s

Memory bandwidth

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Memory read · repetition 1passedBandwidth8,298 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 1passedBandwidth8,641 MiB/s
Memory read · repetition 2passedBandwidth8,331 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 2passedBandwidth8,432 MiB/s
Memory read · repetition 3passedBandwidth8,400 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 3passedBandwidth8,450 MiB/s

Disk performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth1,670 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite operations1,593 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency17,170 µs
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency36,438 µs
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency50,070 µs
Disk read · repetition 1passedread bandwidth9,489 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 1passedread operations9,049 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p50 latency3,359 µs
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p95 latency5,341 µs
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p99 latency7,700 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth553.3 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite operations135,075 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency232.4 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency329.7 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency391.2 µs
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread bandwidth621.7 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread operations151,787 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p50 latency203.8 µs
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p95 latency280.6 µs
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p99 latency333.8 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread bandwidth384.0 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread operations93,754 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p50 latency242.7 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p95 latency346.1 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p99 latency436.2 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth164.6 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite operations40,176 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency197.6 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency292.9 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency378.9 µs
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth1,615 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite operations1,540 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency17,695 µs
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency38,535 µs
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency57,934 µs
Disk read · repetition 2passedread bandwidth9,309 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 2passedread operations8,878 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p50 latency3,457 µs
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p95 latency5,341 µs
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p99 latency6,914 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth556.8 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite operations135,947 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency232.4 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency329.7 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency378.9 µs
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread bandwidth621.8 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread operations151,801 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p50 latency203.8 µs
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p95 latency280.6 µs
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p99 latency329.7 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread bandwidth384.0 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread operations93,744 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p50 latency242.7 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p95 latency350.2 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p99 latency440.3 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth164.5 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite operations40,172 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency197.6 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency292.9 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency383.0 µs
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth1,726 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite operations1,646 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency17,433 µs
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency33,423 µs
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency45,351 µs
Disk read · repetition 3passedread bandwidth9,631 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 3passedread operations9,185 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p50 latency3,326 µs
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p95 latency4,882 µs
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p99 latency8,159 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth554.8 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite operations135,456 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency232.4 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency329.7 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency374.8 µs
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread bandwidth625.2 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread operations152,646 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p50 latency201.7 µs
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p95 latency280.6 µs
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p99 latency329.7 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread bandwidth384.8 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread operations93,955 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p50 latency242.7 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p95 latency354.3 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p99 latency444.4 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth164.9 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite operations40,261 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency195.6 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency292.9 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency383.0 µs

Network performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Network upload endpoint 1 · repetition 1passedSender throughput100.2 Mbit/s
Network upload endpoint 1 · repetition 1passedReceiver throughput97.5 Mbit/s
Network download endpoint 1 · repetition 1passedSender throughput100.0 Mbit/s
Network download endpoint 1 · repetition 1passedReceiver throughput99.9 Mbit/s
Latency endpoint 1 · repetition 1passedRound-trip mean131.2 ms
Network upload endpoint 2 · repetition 1passedSender throughput100.2 Mbit/s
Network upload endpoint 2 · repetition 1passedReceiver throughput97.1 Mbit/s
Network download endpoint 2 · repetition 1passedSender throughput100.1 Mbit/s
Network download endpoint 2 · repetition 1passedReceiver throughput99.9 Mbit/s
Latency endpoint 2 · repetition 1passedRound-trip mean147.1 ms

PostgreSQL performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 1passedTransactions4,755 tx/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 1passedAverage latency0.84 ms
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 2passedTransactions4,779 tx/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 2passedAverage latency0.84 ms
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 3passedTransactions4,793 tx/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 3passedAverage latency0.83 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 1passedTransactions3,997 tx/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 1passedAverage latency1.00 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 2passedTransactions3,910 tx/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 2passedAverage latency1.02 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 3passedTransactions3,825 tx/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 3passedAverage latency1.04 ms

Consistency over time

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
24-hour consistency · repetition 1skippedNo measured scoreNot measured