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Instance benchmark

Vultr vc2-2c-4gb

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2 vCPU3.8 GiB RAMx86_64London, UK$20.00 / month
Published report · 17 Oct 2026 · One deployment · 31 min test windowUbuntu 24.04.5 · Region LHR · 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 2 vCPUs.

286.8events/s
Single thread
546.4events/s
All 2 vCPUs
Events / sec
  • 1 thread
    286.8
  • 2 threads
    546.4

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

gzip fixed corpus · compression input throughput 131.8 MiB/s · single run.

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Memory bandwidth

sysbench 1.0.20 memory · sequential read and write operations.

Read7,977 MiB/s
Write6,129 MiB/s
CopyNot measured
Throughput (MiB/s)
  • Read
    7,977
  • Write
    6,129
  • 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 read376.2 MB/s111,673 µs
Sequential write355.1 MB/s114,819 µs
Random read51,782 IOPS1,057 µs
Random write37,483 IOPS1,155 µs
Random mix · read31,223 IOPS1,253 µs
Random mix · write13,391 IOPS978.9 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: London, UK · LibreSpeed CLI 1.0.14 · public HTTPS destinations.

DestinationDownloadUploadHTTP latencyHTTP jitterLoss
Frankfurt, Germany (Clouvider)
17/10/2026, 17:49:22 UTC · Separate VM network-only run · View reviewed run
4,627 Mbit/s1,017 Mbit/s14.9 ms0.12 msNot measured
New York, United States (2) (Clouvider)
17/10/2026, 17:49:22 UTC · Separate VM network-only run · View reviewed run
1,123 Mbit/s208.9 Mbit/s72.7 ms2.38 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 memory1,5642.55 ms3 of 3 passed
Storage-bound1,1593.45 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 31 min test window, so no time series exists and none is drawn.

RepetitionCPU 1 threadMemory readRandom readPostgreSQL
1281.7 events/s7,776 MiB/s56,772 IOPS1,564 tx/s
2292.5 events/s7,977 MiB/s51,782 IOPS1,412 tx/s
3286.8 events/s8,030 MiB/s51,335 IOPS1,668 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
Window31 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 31 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.
  • This first-wave run began before background package controls were tightened. Mitigation and point-in-time package checks are retained, but a prelaunch idle guard and continuous package-activity coverage are unavailable. Effects from unobserved background package activity cannot be ruled out.
Environment and configuration
Recorded fieldValue
ProviderVultr · detected
RegionLondon, UK (LHR) · detected
Planvc2-2c-4gb · supplied
List price$20.00 / month · $0.027 / hour. List price on 17 Oct 2026, USD before tax. Source: Vultr plan catalog (API).
CPUIntel Core Processor (Broadwell, no TSX, IBRS)
Architecturex86_64
Kernel6.8.0-146-generic
Virtualizationmicrosoft
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 hash73098e9168a59c8bc3ca371424e5a0427f49551be23b20bd5f4de867fc514f0d
Started2026-10-17T11:43:53.123Z
Finished2026-10-17T12:15:15.936Z
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 1100.1 Mbit/s100.1 Mbit/s2.98 ms——
London endpoint 2100.1 Mbit/s100.1 Mbit/s0.55 ms——
Every measured repetition and outcome

CPU performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 1passedEvents per second281.7 events/s
CPU 2 thread(s) · repetition 1passedEvents per second540.8 events/s
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 2passedEvents per second292.5 events/s
CPU 2 thread(s) · repetition 2passedEvents per second546.4 events/s
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 3passedEvents per second286.8 events/s
CPU 2 thread(s) · repetition 3passedEvents per second558.9 events/s
gzip fixed corpus · repetition 1passedCompression input throughput131.8 MiB/s

Memory bandwidth

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Memory read · repetition 1passedBandwidth7,776 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 1passedBandwidth5,957 MiB/s
Memory read · repetition 2passedBandwidth7,977 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 2passedBandwidth6,129 MiB/s
Memory read · repetition 3passedBandwidth8,030 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 3passedBandwidth6,207 MiB/s

Disk performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth355.1 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite operations338.7 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency93,848 µs
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency112,722 µs
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency143,655 µs
Disk read · repetition 1passedread bandwidth370.9 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 1passedread operations353.7 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p50 latency88,605 µs
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p95 latency114,819 µs
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p99 latency143,655 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth157.1 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite operations38,357 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency749.6 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency1,155 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency2,073 µs
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread bandwidth232.5 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread operations56,772 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p50 latency501.8 µs
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p95 latency962.6 µs
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p99 latency1,335 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread bandwidth127.9 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread operations31,223 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p50 latency675.8 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p95 latency1,253 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p99 latency2,441 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth54.8 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite operations13,391 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency510.0 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency978.9 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency1,745 µs
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth359.8 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite operations343.1 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency92,799 µs
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency114,819 µs
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency143,655 µs
Disk read · repetition 2passedread bandwidth378.4 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 2passedread operations360.9 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p50 latency87,556 µs
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p95 latency109,576 µs
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p99 latency121,111 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth142.9 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite operations34,886 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency815.1 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency1,319 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency2,671 µs
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread bandwidth212.1 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread operations51,782 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p50 latency544.8 µs
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p95 latency1,073 µs
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p99 latency1,368 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread bandwidth134.8 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread operations32,905 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p50 latency667.6 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p95 latency1,171 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p99 latency1,974 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth57.8 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite operations14,108 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency493.6 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency905.2 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency1,335 µs
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth338.5 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite operations322.8 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency98,042 µs
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency122,159 µs
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency156,238 µs
Disk read · repetition 3passedread bandwidth376.2 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 3passedread operations358.8 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p50 latency87,556 µs
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p95 latency111,673 µs
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p99 latency126,353 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth153.5 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite operations37,483 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency798.7 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency1,155 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency1,614 µs
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread bandwidth210.3 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread operations51,335 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p50 latency561.2 µs
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p95 latency1,057 µs
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p99 latency1,401 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread bandwidth126.9 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread operations30,972 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p50 latency692.2 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p95 latency1,253 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p99 latency2,310 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth54.4 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite operations13,286 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency522.2 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency1,012 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency1,810 µs

Network performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Network upload endpoint 1 · repetition 1passedSender throughput100.2 Mbit/s
Network upload endpoint 1 · repetition 1passedReceiver throughput100.1 Mbit/s
Network download endpoint 1 · repetition 1passedSender throughput100.1 Mbit/s
Network download endpoint 1 · repetition 1passedReceiver throughput100.1 Mbit/s
Latency endpoint 1 · repetition 1passedRound-trip mean2.98 ms
Network upload endpoint 2 · repetition 1passedSender throughput100.2 Mbit/s
Network upload endpoint 2 · repetition 1passedReceiver throughput100.1 Mbit/s
Network download endpoint 2 · repetition 1passedSender throughput100.1 Mbit/s
Network download endpoint 2 · repetition 1passedReceiver throughput100.1 Mbit/s
Latency endpoint 2 · repetition 1passedRound-trip mean0.55 ms

PostgreSQL performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 1passedTransactions1,564 tx/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 1passedAverage latency2.55 ms
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 2passedTransactions1,412 tx/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 2passedAverage latency2.83 ms
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 3passedTransactions1,668 tx/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 3passedAverage latency2.40 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 1passedTransactions1,288 tx/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 1passedAverage latency3.10 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 2passedTransactions1,159 tx/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 2passedAverage latency3.45 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 3passedTransactions1,095 tx/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 3passedAverage latency3.65 ms

Consistency over time

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