Akamai (Linode) g6-dedicated-2
The complete benchmark report. Every workload, in one place.
All values below are medians of passed runs unless stated otherwise.
CPU performance
sysbench 1.0.20 prime workload · 1 thread and all 2 vCPUs.
Single thread
All 2 vCPUs
- 1 thread1,369
- 2 threads1,503
Median of 3 passed runs of about 30 seconds per thread count.
gzip fixed corpus · compression input throughput 111.9 MiB/s · single run.
Memory bandwidth
sysbench 1.0.20 memory · sequential read and write operations.
- Read16,397
- Write15,761
- CopyNot measured
Median of 3 passed runs of about 31 seconds per operation. The copy workload is deferred in this methodology.
Disk performance
fio 3.36 · direct I/O · sequential, random and mixed jobs measured separately.
| Workload | Throughput | p95 latency |
|---|---|---|
| Sequential read | 3,938 MB/s | 11,469 µs |
| Sequential write | 4,810 MB/s | 9,110 µs |
| Random read | 65,767 IOPS | 634.9 µs |
| Random write | 75,344 IOPS | 569.3 µs |
| Random mix · read | 44,614 IOPS | 659.5 µs |
| Random mix · write | 19,138 IOPS | 610.3 µs |
Median of 3 passed runs of about 30 seconds per job. The mixed job's reads and writes are listed separately.
Network performance
Source: London 2, UK · LibreSpeed CLI 1.0.14 · public HTTPS destinations.
| Destination | Download | Upload | HTTP latency | HTTP jitter | Loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankfurt, Germany (Clouvider) 18/10/2026, 13:14:36 UTC · Same deployment supplement · View reviewed run | 3,725 Mbit/s | 1,165 Mbit/s | 15.2 ms | 0.20 ms | Not measured |
| New York, United States (2) (Clouvider) 18/10/2026, 13:14:36 UTC · Same deployment supplement · View reviewed run | 1,043 Mbit/s | 298.3 Mbit/s | 71.0 ms | 0.05 ms | Not 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.
Separately reviewed later observations on this same deployment. The original capped iperf path checks remain under Evidence; their values and test window are unchanged.
Outbound traffic has a monitored byte-abort threshold with sampling and termination overshoot; an aborted transfer is unscored.
PostgreSQL performance
PostgreSQL 16.15 · pgbench · in-memory and storage-bound datasets.
| Dataset profile | Transactions / sec | Average latency | Passed runs |
|---|---|---|---|
| In memory | 2,033 | 1.96 ms | 3 of 3 passed |
| Storage-bound | 1,867 | 2.14 ms | 3 of 3 passed |
Median of 3 passed runs of about 30 seconds per dataset. Latency percentiles were not measured.
Consistency across runs
One deployment · repeated runs inside the recorded test window.
Workload skipped · No measured score. This report covers a 19 min test window, so no time series exists and none is drawn.
| Repetition | CPU 1 thread | Memory read | Random read | PostgreSQL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,367 events/s | 16,317 MiB/s | 65,767 IOPS | 1,866 tx/s |
| 2 | 1,369 events/s | 16,397 MiB/s | 65,545 IOPS | 2,071 tx/s |
| 3 | 1,372 events/s | 16,599 MiB/s | 66,627 IOPS | 2,033 tx/s |
Individual runs, not medians. PostgreSQL uses the in-memory dataset. Spread within one test window does not establish long-term consistency.
Inspect the evidence.
Recorded environment, reviewed measurements and the published snapshot.
Reviewed, sanitized snapshot: every run, the environment record and all limitations. Raw intake logs remain private.
One deployment describes this report, not every server a provider operates.
A 19 min test window does not establish 24-hour consistency or long-term reliability.
AI-assisted review · AI-assisted review · Reviewed 18 Oct 2026 · Published 18 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.
- Provider, region and SKU were matched to retained deployment records. Missing detected values use operator-supplied context and remain 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 field | Value |
|---|---|
| Provider | Akamai (Linode) · detected |
| Region | London 2, UK (gb-lon) · detected |
| Plan | g6-dedicated-2 · detected |
| CPU | AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| Kernel | 6.8.0-134-generic |
| Virtualization | kvm |
| Agent | 0.2.0 (23b2bdf0a44eddbe52e3b899b8a1769b4424de50+source.a0b27c93514a741362a6748c) |
| Dependencies | sysbench: 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 hash | 1e3df8d754ca02b5b5bf828a4ac363dc6ce7f6f44c19c87897db645b811f9208 |
| Started | 2026-10-18T12:54:31.137Z |
| Finished | 2026-10-18T13:13:01.598Z |
| Execution status | completed |
Historical capped network path checks
Original full benchmark deployment · 18 Oct 2026. These controlled iperf path checks 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 destination | Download | Upload | RTT | Jitter | Loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Controlled network endpoints | skipped | — | — | — | — |
Every measured repetition and outcome
CPU performance
| Workload / repetition | Outcome | Metric | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 1 | passed | Events per second | 1,367 events/s |
| CPU 2 thread(s) · repetition 1 | passed | Events per second | 1,510 events/s |
| CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 2 | passed | Events per second | 1,369 events/s |
| CPU 2 thread(s) · repetition 2 | passed | Events per second | 1,503 events/s |
| CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 3 | passed | Events per second | 1,372 events/s |
| CPU 2 thread(s) · repetition 3 | passed | Events per second | 1,503 events/s |
| gzip fixed corpus · repetition 1 | passed | Compression input throughput | 111.9 MiB/s |
Memory bandwidth
| Workload / repetition | Outcome | Metric | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory read · repetition 1 | passed | Bandwidth | 16,317 MiB/s |
| Memory write · repetition 1 | passed | Bandwidth | 15,761 MiB/s |
| Memory read · repetition 2 | passed | Bandwidth | 16,397 MiB/s |
| Memory write · repetition 2 | passed | Bandwidth | 15,753 MiB/s |
| Memory read · repetition 3 | passed | Bandwidth | 16,599 MiB/s |
| Memory write · repetition 3 | passed | Bandwidth | 16,011 MiB/s |
Disk performance
| Workload / repetition | Outcome | Metric | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disk write · repetition 1 | passed | write bandwidth | 4,755 MB/s |
| Disk write · repetition 1 | passed | write operations | 4,535 IOPS |
| Disk write · repetition 1 | passed | write p50 latency | 6,849 µs |
| Disk write · repetition 1 | passed | write p95 latency | 9,110 µs |
| Disk write · repetition 1 | passed | write p99 latency | 11,207 µs |
| Disk read · repetition 1 | passed | read bandwidth | 3,938 MB/s |
| Disk read · repetition 1 | passed | read operations | 3,756 IOPS |
| Disk read · repetition 1 | passed | read p50 latency | 8,585 µs |
| Disk read · repetition 1 | passed | read p95 latency | 11,469 µs |
| Disk read · repetition 1 | passed | read p99 latency | 14,483 µs |
| Disk randwrite · repetition 1 | passed | write bandwidth | 305.7 MB/s |
| Disk randwrite · repetition 1 | passed | write operations | 74,638 IOPS |
| Disk randwrite · repetition 1 | passed | write p50 latency | 399.4 µs |
| Disk randwrite · repetition 1 | passed | write p95 latency | 577.5 µs |
| Disk randwrite · repetition 1 | passed | write p99 latency | 700.4 µs |
| Disk randread · repetition 1 | passed | read bandwidth | 269.4 MB/s |
| Disk randread · repetition 1 | passed | read operations | 65,767 IOPS |
| Disk randread · repetition 1 | passed | read p50 latency | 469.0 µs |
| Disk randread · repetition 1 | passed | read p95 latency | 626.7 µs |
| Disk randread · repetition 1 | passed | read p99 latency | 774.1 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 1 | passed | read bandwidth | 175.1 MB/s |
| Disk randrw · repetition 1 | passed | read operations | 42,759 IOPS |
| Disk randrw · repetition 1 | passed | read p50 latency | 464.9 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 1 | passed | read p95 latency | 634.9 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 1 | passed | read p99 latency | 1,171 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 1 | passed | write bandwidth | 75.1 MB/s |
| Disk randrw · repetition 1 | passed | write operations | 18,331 IOPS |
| Disk randrw · repetition 1 | passed | write p50 latency | 399.4 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 1 | passed | write p95 latency | 610.3 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 1 | passed | write p99 latency | 1,073 µs |
| Disk write · repetition 2 | passed | write bandwidth | 4,810 MB/s |
| Disk write · repetition 2 | passed | write operations | 4,587 IOPS |
| Disk write · repetition 2 | passed | write p50 latency | 6,717 µs |
| Disk write · repetition 2 | passed | write p95 latency | 9,241 µs |
| Disk write · repetition 2 | passed | write p99 latency | 11,862 µs |
| Disk read · repetition 2 | passed | read bandwidth | 3,724 MB/s |
| Disk read · repetition 2 | passed | read operations | 3,552 IOPS |
| Disk read · repetition 2 | passed | read p50 latency | 9,241 µs |
| Disk read · repetition 2 | passed | read p95 latency | 12,124 µs |
| Disk read · repetition 2 | passed | read p99 latency | 16,318 µs |
| Disk randwrite · repetition 2 | passed | write bandwidth | 308.6 MB/s |
| Disk randwrite · repetition 2 | passed | write operations | 75,344 IOPS |
| Disk randwrite · repetition 2 | passed | write p50 latency | 395.3 µs |
| Disk randwrite · repetition 2 | passed | write p95 latency | 569.3 µs |
| Disk randwrite · repetition 2 | passed | write p99 latency | 839.7 µs |
| Disk randread · repetition 2 | passed | read bandwidth | 268.5 MB/s |
| Disk randread · repetition 2 | passed | read operations | 65,545 IOPS |
| Disk randread · repetition 2 | passed | read p50 latency | 473.1 µs |
| Disk randread · repetition 2 | passed | read p95 latency | 634.9 µs |
| Disk randread · repetition 2 | passed | read p99 latency | 757.8 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 2 | passed | read bandwidth | 192.3 MB/s |
| Disk randrw · repetition 2 | passed | read operations | 46,950 IOPS |
| Disk randrw · repetition 2 | passed | read p50 latency | 477.2 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 2 | passed | read p95 latency | 659.5 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 2 | passed | read p99 latency | 847.9 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 2 | passed | write bandwidth | 82.5 MB/s |
| Disk randrw · repetition 2 | passed | write operations | 20,138 IOPS |
| Disk randrw · repetition 2 | passed | write p50 latency | 395.3 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 2 | passed | write p95 latency | 610.3 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 2 | passed | write p99 latency | 847.9 µs |
| Disk write · repetition 3 | passed | write bandwidth | 5,064 MB/s |
| Disk write · repetition 3 | passed | write operations | 4,829 IOPS |
| Disk write · repetition 3 | passed | write p50 latency | 6,390 µs |
| Disk write · repetition 3 | passed | write p95 latency | 8,585 µs |
| Disk write · repetition 3 | passed | write p99 latency | 11,993 µs |
| Disk read · repetition 3 | passed | read bandwidth | 4,170 MB/s |
| Disk read · repetition 3 | passed | read operations | 3,977 IOPS |
| Disk read · repetition 3 | passed | read p50 latency | 8,225 µs |
| Disk read · repetition 3 | passed | read p95 latency | 11,469 µs |
| Disk read · repetition 3 | passed | read p99 latency | 14,221 µs |
| Disk randwrite · repetition 3 | passed | write bandwidth | 312.9 MB/s |
| Disk randwrite · repetition 3 | passed | write operations | 76,401 IOPS |
| Disk randwrite · repetition 3 | passed | write p50 latency | 391.2 µs |
| Disk randwrite · repetition 3 | passed | write p95 latency | 553.0 µs |
| Disk randwrite · repetition 3 | passed | write p99 latency | 708.6 µs |
| Disk randread · repetition 3 | passed | read bandwidth | 272.9 MB/s |
| Disk randread · repetition 3 | passed | read operations | 66,627 IOPS |
| Disk randread · repetition 3 | passed | read p50 latency | 464.9 µs |
| Disk randread · repetition 3 | passed | read p95 latency | 643.1 µs |
| Disk randread · repetition 3 | passed | read p99 latency | 774.1 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 3 | passed | read bandwidth | 182.7 MB/s |
| Disk randrw · repetition 3 | passed | read operations | 44,614 IOPS |
| Disk randrw · repetition 3 | passed | read p50 latency | 481.3 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 3 | passed | read p95 latency | 716.8 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 3 | passed | read p99 latency | 1,319 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 3 | passed | write bandwidth | 78.4 MB/s |
| Disk randrw · repetition 3 | passed | write operations | 19,138 IOPS |
| Disk randrw · repetition 3 | passed | write p50 latency | 411.6 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 3 | passed | write p95 latency | 675.8 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 3 | passed | write p99 latency | 1,253 µs |
Network performance
| Workload / repetition | Outcome | Metric | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Controlled network endpoints · repetition 1 | skipped | No measured score | Not measured |
PostgreSQL performance
| Workload / repetition | Outcome | Metric | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 1 | passed | Transactions | 1,866 tx/s |
| PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 1 | passed | Average latency | 2.14 ms |
| PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 2 | passed | Transactions | 2,071 tx/s |
| PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 2 | passed | Average latency | 1.93 ms |
| PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 3 | passed | Transactions | 2,033 tx/s |
| PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 3 | passed | Average latency | 1.96 ms |
| PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 1 | passed | Transactions | 1,904 tx/s |
| PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 1 | passed | Average latency | 2.10 ms |
| PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 2 | passed | Transactions | 1,789 tx/s |
| PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 2 | passed | Average latency | 2.23 ms |
| PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 3 | passed | Transactions | 1,867 tx/s |
| PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 3 | passed | Average latency | 2.14 ms |
Consistency over time
| Workload / repetition | Outcome | Metric | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24-hour consistency · repetition 1 | skipped | No measured score | Not measured |