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Instance benchmark

Akamai (Linode) g6-dedicated-4

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

4 vCPU7.8 GiB RAMx86_64Fremont, US
Published report · 18 Oct 2026 · One deployment · 21 min test windowUbuntu 24.04.4 · Region us-west · 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.

1,354events/s
Single thread
3,005events/s
All 4 vCPUs
Events / sec
  • 1 thread
    1,354
  • 4 threads
    3,005

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

gzip fixed corpus · compression input throughput 111.9 MiB/s · single run.

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Memory bandwidth

sysbench 1.0.20 memory · sequential read and write operations.

Read17,125 MiB/s
Write16,588 MiB/s
CopyNot measured
Throughput (MiB/s)
  • Read
    17,125
  • Write
    16,588
  • 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 read5,080 MB/s9,896 µs
Sequential write7,075 MB/s5,407 µs
Random read70,302 IOPS643.1 µs
Random write52,828 IOPS823.3 µs
Random mix · read49,848 IOPS675.8 µs
Random mix · write21,382 IOPS659.5 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: Fremont, US · LibreSpeed CLI 1.0.14 · public HTTPS destinations.

DestinationDownloadUploadHTTP latencyHTTP jitterLoss
Frankfurt, Germany (Clouvider)
18/10/2026, 13:32:40 UTC · Same deployment supplement · View reviewed run
474.0 Mbit/s140.0 Mbit/s152.9 ms0.53 msNot measured
New York, United States (2) (Clouvider)
18/10/2026, 13:32:40 UTC · Same deployment supplement · View reviewed run
937.0 Mbit/s316.2 Mbit/s69.9 ms0.26 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.

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.

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PostgreSQL performance

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

Dataset profileTransactions / secAverage latencyPassed runs
In memory3,0751.30 ms3 of 3 passed
Storage-bound2,4761.61 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
11,357 events/s17,125 MiB/s70,926 IOPS3,075 tx/s
21,354 events/s17,056 MiB/s70,302 IOPS3,092 tx/s
31,347 events/s17,520 MiB/s67,075 IOPS2,996 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 24.04.4 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.

Read the full methodology

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 · 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 fieldValue
ProviderAkamai (Linode) · detected
RegionFremont, US (us-west) · detected
Plang6-dedicated-4 · detected
CPUAMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor
Architecturex86_64
Kernel6.8.0-134-generic
Virtualizationkvm
Agent0.2.0 (23b2bdf0a44eddbe52e3b899b8a1769b4424de50+source.a0b27c93514a741362a6748c)
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 hash72b573ad97a85eac74c6ad969aac65562e0b882830c35998bfe2e91da003a2d2
Started2026-10-18T13:10:13.287Z
Finished2026-10-18T13:31:30.150Z
Execution statuscompleted
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 destinationDownloadUploadRTTJitterLoss
Controlled network endpointsskipped————
Every measured repetition and outcome

CPU performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 1passedEvents per second1,357 events/s
CPU 4 thread(s) · repetition 1passedEvents per second3,003 events/s
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 2passedEvents per second1,354 events/s
CPU 4 thread(s) · repetition 2passedEvents per second3,005 events/s
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 3passedEvents per second1,347 events/s
CPU 4 thread(s) · repetition 3passedEvents per second3,009 events/s
gzip fixed corpus · repetition 1passedCompression input throughput111.9 MiB/s

Memory bandwidth

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Memory read · repetition 1passedBandwidth17,125 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 1passedBandwidth16,588 MiB/s
Memory read · repetition 2passedBandwidth17,056 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 2passedBandwidth16,670 MiB/s
Memory read · repetition 3passedBandwidth17,520 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 3passedBandwidth16,484 MiB/s

Disk performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth7,075 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite operations6,747 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency4,620 µs
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency5,407 µs
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency6,193 µs
Disk read · repetition 1passedread bandwidth5,400 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 1passedread operations5,150 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p50 latency6,717 µs
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p95 latency8,716 µs
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p99 latency9,896 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth213.5 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite operations52,130 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency585.7 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency823.3 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency888.8 µs
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread bandwidth290.5 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread operations70,926 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p50 latency411.6 µs
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p95 latency643.1 µs
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p99 latency733.2 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread bandwidth204.2 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread operations49,848 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p50 latency411.6 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p95 latency675.8 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p99 latency806.9 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth87.6 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite operations21,382 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency391.2 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency659.5 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency806.9 µs
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth7,850 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite operations7,486 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency4,145 µs
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency4,882 µs
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency5,472 µs
Disk read · repetition 2passedread bandwidth4,592 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 2passedread operations4,379 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p50 latency7,504 µs
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p95 latency11,207 µs
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p99 latency13,042 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth216.4 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite operations52,828 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency577.5 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency823.3 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency880.6 µs
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread bandwidth288.0 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread operations70,302 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p50 latency415.7 µs
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p95 latency643.1 µs
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p99 latency716.8 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread bandwidth194.6 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread operations47,521 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p50 latency436.2 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p95 latency700.4 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p99 latency847.9 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth83.5 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite operations20,376 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency399.4 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency675.8 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency847.9 µs
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth6,302 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite operations6,010 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency5,014 µs
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency7,569 µs
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency9,634 µs
Disk read · repetition 3passedread bandwidth5,080 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 3passedread operations4,845 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p50 latency6,783 µs
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p95 latency9,896 µs
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p99 latency11,731 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth223.8 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite operations54,641 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency561.2 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency806.9 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency880.6 µs
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread bandwidth274.7 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread operations67,075 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p50 latency419.8 µs
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p95 latency725.0 µs
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p99 latency905.2 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread bandwidth206.8 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread operations50,498 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p50 latency403.5 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p95 latency659.5 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p99 latency782.3 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth88.7 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite operations21,664 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency383.0 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency659.5 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency831.5 µs

Network performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Controlled network endpoints · repetition 1skippedNo measured scoreNot measured

PostgreSQL performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 1passedTransactions3,075 tx/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 1passedAverage latency1.30 ms
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 2passedTransactions3,092 tx/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 2passedAverage latency1.29 ms
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 3passedTransactions2,996 tx/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 3passedAverage latency1.33 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 1passedTransactions2,476 tx/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 1passedAverage latency1.61 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 2passedTransactions2,618 tx/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 2passedAverage latency1.53 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 3passedTransactions2,460 tx/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 3passedAverage latency1.62 ms

Consistency over time

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