AI-assisted review
Instance benchmark

DigitalOcean
s-4vcpu-8gb

The complete benchmark report. Every workload, in one place.

4 vCPU7.8 GiB RAMsfo2x86_64
Tested 17 Oct 2026 · One deployment · pilot profileUbuntu 24.04.5 LTS · Methodology pilot-1

Within-run medians of passed repetitions. Some workloads are incomplete. One recorded test window; limitations and review details below.

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CPU performance

sysbench prime workload · recorded thread counts.

342.54events/s
1 threads
1,389.04events/s
4 threads
Events / sec
  • 1 threads
    342.54
  • 4 threads
    1,389.04

Within-run medians; thread counts retain their recorded allocation.

Compression · 160.783 MiB/s · passed

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Memory bandwidth

Sequential read and write · recorded sysbench workload.

Read5,599.41 MiB/s
Write5,811.75 MiB/s
Throughput (MiB/s)
  • Read
    5,599.41
  • Write
    5,811.75

Memory copy was not measured.

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Disk performance

fio · direct I/O · recorded sequential and random workloads.

WorkloadRead bandwidthWrite bandwidthRead IOPSWrite IOPSRead p95Write p95
writeNot measured638.79 MB/sNot measured609.198 IOPSNot measured79,167.488 us
read3,429.832 MB/sNot measured3,270.943 IOPSNot measured13,041.664 usNot measured
randwriteNot measured155.711 MB/sNot measured38,015.366 IOPSNot measured1,368.064 us
randread250.161 MB/sNot measured61,074.393 IOPSNot measured798.72 usNot measured
randrw128.085 MB/s54.934 MB/s31,270.749 IOPS13,411.573 IOPS1,286.144 us1,908.736 us

Read, write and mixed workloads are recorded separately. These are medians of measured repetitions.

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Network performance

Source: sfo2 · controlled London endpoints.

DestinationDownload (receiver)Upload (receiver)Round-trip mean
London endpoint 199.94 Mbit/s96.812 Mbit/s147.214 ms
London endpoint 299.946 Mbit/s97.443 Mbit/s137.278 ms

100 Mbit/s rate setting · requested 64 MiB per direction; actual bytes can exceed the target. These routes do not measure maximum link capacity. Jitter and packet-loss scores are not inferred.

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PostgreSQL performance

pgbench · recorded memory and storage dataset profiles.

Dataset profileTransactions / secAverage latency
memory1,723.868 transactions/s2.317 ms
storage1,511.826 transactions/s2.642 ms

Within-run medians. PostgreSQL latency percentiles were not measured.

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Consistency over time

Recorded outcomes only; no synthetic time-series.

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

This pilot does not establish 24-hour consistency or long-term reliability.

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Inspect the evidence.

Recorded environment, reviewed measurements, and versioned source.

OSUbuntu 24.04.5 LTS
Architecturex86_64
Methodpilot-1
Deployments1
Window1370 seconds

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
Regionsfo2 · detected
Plans-4vcpu-8gb · supplied
CPUDO-Regular
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
Started2026-10-17T12:05:48.224Z
Finished2026-10-17T12:28:37.803Z
Execution statuscompleted
Every measured repetition and outcome

CPU performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 1passedEvents per second359.37 events/s
CPU 4 thread(s) · repetition 1passedEvents per second1,429.7 events/s
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 2passedEvents per second342.12 events/s
CPU 4 thread(s) · repetition 2passedEvents per second1,279.61 events/s
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 3passedEvents per second342.54 events/s
CPU 4 thread(s) · repetition 3passedEvents per second1,389.04 events/s
gzip fixed corpus · repetition 1passedCompression input throughput160.783 MiB/s

Memory bandwidth

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Memory read · repetition 1passedBandwidth5,466 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 1passedBandwidth5,911.1 MiB/s
Memory read · repetition 2passedBandwidth5,623.14 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 2passedBandwidth5,811.75 MiB/s
Memory read · repetition 3passedBandwidth5,599.41 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 3passedBandwidth5,730.27 MiB/s

Disk performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth645.433 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite operations615.533 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency45,875.2 us
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency79,167.488 us
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency221,249.536 us
Disk read · repetition 1passedread bandwidth2,313.261 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 1passedread operations2,206.098 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p50 latency10,289.152 us
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p95 latency44,826.624 us
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p99 latency67,633.152 us
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth146.099 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite operations35,668.744 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency659.456 us
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency1,368.064 us
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency4,227.072 us
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread bandwidth250.161 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread operations61,074.393 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p50 latency468.992 us
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p95 latency798.72 us
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p99 latency1,581.056 us
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread bandwidth127.413 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread operations31,106.696 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p50 latency561.152 us
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p95 latency1,400.832 us
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p99 latency3,686.4 us
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth54.647 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite operations13,341.489 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency518.144 us
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency1,908.736 us
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency3,620.864 us
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth638.79 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite operations609.198 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency44,826.624 us
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency73,924.608 us
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency325,058.56 us
Disk read · repetition 2passedread bandwidth3,477.142 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 2passedread operations3,316.061 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p50 latency9,240.576 us
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p95 latency12,648.448 us
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p99 latency16,908.288 us
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth200.773 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite operations49,016.966 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency536.576 us
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency1,019.904 us
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency2,179.072 us
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread bandwidth268.475 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread operations65,545.748 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p50 latency428.032 us
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p95 latency733.184 us
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p99 latency1,679.36 us
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread bandwidth140.659 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread operations34,340.499 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p50 latency485.376 us
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p95 latency1,138.688 us
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p99 latency3,522.56 us
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth60.297 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite operations14,720.861 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency452.608 us
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency1,990.656 us
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency3,457.024 us
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth623.937 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite operations595.033 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency46,399.488 us
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency80,216.064 us
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency308,281.344 us
Disk read · repetition 3passedread bandwidth3,429.832 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 3passedread operations3,270.943 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p50 latency9,240.576 us
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p95 latency13,041.664 us
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p99 latency18,743.296 us
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth155.711 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite operations38,015.366 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency667.648 us
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency1,400.832 us
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency3,719.168 us
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread bandwidth233.012 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread operations56,887.741 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p50 latency485.376 us
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p95 latency880.64 us
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p99 latency2,408.448 us
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread bandwidth128.085 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread operations31,270.749 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p50 latency561.152 us
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p95 latency1,286.144 us
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p99 latency3,588.096 us
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth54.934 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite operations13,411.573 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency509.952 us
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency1,794.048 us
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency3,457.024 us

Network performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Network upload endpoint 1 · repetition 1passedSender throughput100.146 Mbit/s
Network upload endpoint 1 · repetition 1passedReceiver throughput96.812 Mbit/s
Network download endpoint 1 · repetition 1passedSender throughput100.01 Mbit/s
Network download endpoint 1 · repetition 1passedReceiver throughput99.94 Mbit/s
Latency endpoint 1 · repetition 1passedRound-trip mean147.214 ms
Network upload endpoint 2 · repetition 1passedSender throughput100.167 Mbit/s
Network upload endpoint 2 · repetition 1passedReceiver throughput97.443 Mbit/s
Network download endpoint 2 · repetition 1passedSender throughput100.082 Mbit/s
Network download endpoint 2 · repetition 1passedReceiver throughput99.946 Mbit/s
Latency endpoint 2 · repetition 1passedRound-trip mean137.278 ms

PostgreSQL performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 1passedTransactions1,654.212 transactions/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 1passedAverage latency2.414 ms
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 2passedTransactions1,723.868 transactions/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 2passedAverage latency2.317 ms
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 3passedTransactions1,913.678 transactions/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 3passedAverage latency2.087 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 1passedTransactions1,511.826 transactions/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 1passedAverage latency2.642 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 2passedTransactions1,444.193 transactions/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 2passedAverage latency2.766 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 3passedTransactions1,556.524 transactions/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 3passedAverage latency2.566 ms

Consistency over time

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

One deployment during its recorded test window. Raw intake logs remain private; the JSON download contains the reviewed, sanitized snapshot.