DigitalOcean s-4vcpu-8gb
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 4 vCPUs.
Single thread
All 4 vCPUs
- 1 thread374.8
- 4 threads1,465
Median of 3 passed runs of about 30 seconds per thread count.
gzip fixed corpus · compression input throughput 160.6 MiB/s · single run.
Memory bandwidth
sysbench 1.0.20 memory · sequential read and write operations.
- Read5,999
- Write6,129
- CopyNot measured
Median of 3 passed runs of about 30 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 | 4,043 MB/s | 11,469 µs |
| Sequential write | 1,189 MB/s | 60,555 µs |
| Random read | 58,922 IOPS | 929.8 µs |
| Random write | 45,030 IOPS | 1,204 µs |
| Random mix · read | 30,505 IOPS | 1,466 µs |
| Random mix · write | 13,084 IOPS | 1,483 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: San Francisco, US · LibreSpeed CLI 1.0.14 · public HTTPS destinations.
| Destination | Download | Upload | HTTP latency | HTTP jitter | Loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankfurt, Germany (Clouvider) 17/10/2026, 17:29:13 UTC · Separate VM network-only run · View reviewed run | 479.9 Mbit/s | 145.6 Mbit/s | 145.2 ms | 0.09 ms | Not measured |
| New York, United States (2) (Clouvider) 17/10/2026, 17:29:13 UTC · Separate VM network-only run · View reviewed run | 1,184 Mbit/s | 296.7 Mbit/s | 64.8 ms | 0.09 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.
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.
PostgreSQL performance
PostgreSQL 16.15 · pgbench · in-memory and storage-bound datasets.
| Dataset profile | Transactions / sec | Average latency | Passed runs |
|---|---|---|---|
| In memory | 1,411 | 2.83 ms | 3 of 3 passed |
| Storage-bound | 1,161 | 3.44 ms | 3 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.
Workload skipped · No measured score. This report covers a 33 min test window, so no time series exists and none is drawn.
| Repetition | CPU 1 thread | Memory read | Random read | PostgreSQL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 359.2 events/s | 5,845 MiB/s | 58,302 IOPS | 1,411 tx/s |
| 2 | 378.2 events/s | 6,111 MiB/s | 60,207 IOPS | 1,346 tx/s |
| 3 | 374.8 events/s | 5,999 MiB/s | 58,922 IOPS | 1,424 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 33 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 field | Value |
|---|---|
| Provider | DigitalOcean · detected |
| Region | San Francisco, US (sfo2) · detected |
| Plan | s-4vcpu-8gb · supplied |
| List price | $48.00 / month · $0.0714 / hour. List price on 17 Oct 2026, USD before tax. Source: DigitalOcean size catalog (API). |
| CPU | DO-Regular |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| Kernel | 6.8.0-142-generic |
| Virtualization | kvm |
| Agent | 0.2.0 (45388107250ca6e26b216f15a9c17b8d405ec1b7+source.ff98e866b26b3ac76b512554) |
| 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 | 6343f908ae4f28eb98c261e9c277ed8d7bccaa18952b055d068e1da42f499ab9 |
| Started | 2026-10-17T11:42:15.587Z |
| Finished | 2026-10-17T12:15:09.692Z |
| Execution status | completed |
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 destination | Download | Upload | RTT | Jitter | Loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London endpoint 1 | 100.0 Mbit/s | 97.4 Mbit/s | 142.2 ms | — | — |
| London endpoint 2 | 99.8 Mbit/s | 97.5 Mbit/s | 133.3 ms | — | — |
Every measured repetition and outcome
CPU performance
| Workload / repetition | Outcome | Metric | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 1 | passed | Events per second | 359.2 events/s |
| CPU 4 thread(s) · repetition 1 | passed | Events per second | 1,376 events/s |
| CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 2 | passed | Events per second | 378.2 events/s |
| CPU 4 thread(s) · repetition 2 | passed | Events per second | 1,465 events/s |
| CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 3 | passed | Events per second | 374.8 events/s |
| CPU 4 thread(s) · repetition 3 | passed | Events per second | 1,471 events/s |
| gzip fixed corpus · repetition 1 | passed | Compression input throughput | 160.6 MiB/s |
Memory bandwidth
| Workload / repetition | Outcome | Metric | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory read · repetition 1 | passed | Bandwidth | 5,845 MiB/s |
| Memory write · repetition 1 | passed | Bandwidth | 5,878 MiB/s |
| Memory read · repetition 2 | passed | Bandwidth | 6,111 MiB/s |
| Memory write · repetition 2 | passed | Bandwidth | 6,177 MiB/s |
| Memory read · repetition 3 | passed | Bandwidth | 5,999 MiB/s |
| Memory write · repetition 3 | passed | Bandwidth | 6,129 MiB/s |
Disk performance
| Workload / repetition | Outcome | Metric | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disk write · repetition 1 | passed | write bandwidth | 1,189 MB/s |
| Disk write · repetition 1 | passed | write operations | 1,133 IOPS |
| Disk write · repetition 1 | passed | write p50 latency | 24,248 µs |
| Disk write · repetition 1 | passed | write p95 latency | 60,555 µs |
| Disk write · repetition 1 | passed | write p99 latency | 78,119 µs |
| Disk read · repetition 1 | passed | read bandwidth | 4,043 MB/s |
| Disk read · repetition 1 | passed | read operations | 3,856 IOPS |
| Disk read · repetition 1 | passed | read p50 latency | 7,963 µs |
| Disk read · repetition 1 | passed | read p95 latency | 12,124 µs |
| Disk read · repetition 1 | passed | read p99 latency | 17,170 µs |
| Disk randwrite · repetition 1 | passed | write bandwidth | 167.1 MB/s |
| Disk randwrite · repetition 1 | passed | write operations | 40,785 IOPS |
| Disk randwrite · repetition 1 | passed | write p50 latency | 692.2 µs |
| Disk randwrite · repetition 1 | passed | write p95 latency | 1,401 µs |
| Disk randwrite · repetition 1 | passed | write p99 latency | 2,245 µs |
| Disk randread · repetition 1 | passed | read bandwidth | 238.8 MB/s |
| Disk randread · repetition 1 | passed | read operations | 58,302 IOPS |
| Disk randread · repetition 1 | passed | read p50 latency | 481.3 µs |
| Disk randread · repetition 1 | passed | read p95 latency | 1,028 µs |
| Disk randread · repetition 1 | passed | read p99 latency | 1,434 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 1 | passed | read bandwidth | 147.6 MB/s |
| Disk randrw · repetition 1 | passed | read operations | 36,032 IOPS |
| Disk randrw · repetition 1 | passed | read p50 latency | 544.8 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 1 | passed | read p95 latency | 1,139 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 1 | passed | read p99 latency | 1,729 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 1 | passed | write bandwidth | 63.3 MB/s |
| Disk randrw · repetition 1 | passed | write operations | 15,446 IOPS |
| Disk randrw · repetition 1 | passed | write p50 latency | 528.4 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 1 | passed | write p95 latency | 1,122 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 1 | passed | write p99 latency | 1,761 µs |
| Disk write · repetition 2 | passed | write bandwidth | 968.6 MB/s |
| Disk write · repetition 2 | passed | write operations | 923.7 IOPS |
| Disk write · repetition 2 | passed | write p50 latency | 31,850 µs |
| Disk write · repetition 2 | passed | write p95 latency | 64,750 µs |
| Disk write · repetition 2 | passed | write p99 latency | 81,265 µs |
| Disk read · repetition 2 | passed | read bandwidth | 3,990 MB/s |
| Disk read · repetition 2 | passed | read operations | 3,805 IOPS |
| Disk read · repetition 2 | passed | read p50 latency | 8,159 µs |
| Disk read · repetition 2 | passed | read p95 latency | 11,338 µs |
| Disk read · repetition 2 | passed | read p99 latency | 16,056 µs |
| Disk randwrite · repetition 2 | passed | write bandwidth | 187.0 MB/s |
| Disk randwrite · repetition 2 | passed | write operations | 45,647 IOPS |
| Disk randwrite · repetition 2 | passed | write p50 latency | 618.5 µs |
| Disk randwrite · repetition 2 | passed | write p95 latency | 1,188 µs |
| Disk randwrite · repetition 2 | passed | write p99 latency | 1,745 µs |
| Disk randread · repetition 2 | passed | read bandwidth | 246.6 MB/s |
| Disk randread · repetition 2 | passed | read operations | 60,207 IOPS |
| Disk randread · repetition 2 | passed | read p50 latency | 473.1 µs |
| Disk randread · repetition 2 | passed | read p95 latency | 929.8 µs |
| Disk randread · repetition 2 | passed | read p99 latency | 1,401 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 2 | passed | read bandwidth | 121.8 MB/s |
| Disk randrw · repetition 2 | passed | read operations | 29,741 IOPS |
| Disk randrw · repetition 2 | passed | read p50 latency | 634.9 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 2 | passed | read p95 latency | 1,516 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 2 | passed | read p99 latency | 2,114 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 2 | passed | write bandwidth | 52.2 MB/s |
| Disk randrw · repetition 2 | passed | write operations | 12,755 IOPS |
| Disk randrw · repetition 2 | passed | write p50 latency | 610.3 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 2 | passed | write p95 latency | 1,548 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 2 | passed | write p99 latency | 2,245 µs |
| Disk write · repetition 3 | passed | write bandwidth | 1,229 MB/s |
| Disk write · repetition 3 | passed | write operations | 1,172 IOPS |
| Disk write · repetition 3 | passed | write p50 latency | 26,083 µs |
| Disk write · repetition 3 | passed | write p95 latency | 48,497 µs |
| Disk write · repetition 3 | passed | write p99 latency | 62,128 µs |
| Disk read · repetition 3 | passed | read bandwidth | 4,155 MB/s |
| Disk read · repetition 3 | passed | read operations | 3,962 IOPS |
| Disk read · repetition 3 | passed | read p50 latency | 8,094 µs |
| Disk read · repetition 3 | passed | read p95 latency | 11,469 µs |
| Disk read · repetition 3 | passed | read p99 latency | 14,877 µs |
| Disk randwrite · repetition 3 | passed | write bandwidth | 184.4 MB/s |
| Disk randwrite · repetition 3 | passed | write operations | 45,030 IOPS |
| Disk randwrite · repetition 3 | passed | write p50 latency | 634.9 µs |
| Disk randwrite · repetition 3 | passed | write p95 latency | 1,204 µs |
| Disk randwrite · repetition 3 | passed | write p99 latency | 1,761 µs |
| Disk randread · repetition 3 | passed | read bandwidth | 241.3 MB/s |
| Disk randread · repetition 3 | passed | read operations | 58,922 IOPS |
| Disk randread · repetition 3 | passed | read p50 latency | 497.7 µs |
| Disk randread · repetition 3 | passed | read p95 latency | 856.1 µs |
| Disk randread · repetition 3 | passed | read p99 latency | 1,335 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 3 | passed | read bandwidth | 124.9 MB/s |
| Disk randrw · repetition 3 | passed | read operations | 30,505 IOPS |
| Disk randrw · repetition 3 | passed | read p50 latency | 634.9 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 3 | passed | read p95 latency | 1,466 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 3 | passed | read p99 latency | 2,089 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 3 | passed | write bandwidth | 53.6 MB/s |
| Disk randrw · repetition 3 | passed | write operations | 13,084 IOPS |
| Disk randrw · repetition 3 | passed | write p50 latency | 610.3 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 3 | passed | write p95 latency | 1,483 µs |
| Disk randrw · repetition 3 | passed | write p99 latency | 2,179 µs |
Network performance
| Workload / repetition | Outcome | Metric | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Network upload endpoint 1 · repetition 1 | passed | Sender throughput | 100.2 Mbit/s |
| Network upload endpoint 1 · repetition 1 | passed | Receiver throughput | 97.4 Mbit/s |
| Network download endpoint 1 · repetition 1 | passed | Sender throughput | 100.2 Mbit/s |
| Network download endpoint 1 · repetition 1 | passed | Receiver throughput | 100.0 Mbit/s |
| Latency endpoint 1 · repetition 1 | passed | Round-trip mean | 142.2 ms |
| Network upload endpoint 2 · repetition 1 | passed | Sender throughput | 100.2 Mbit/s |
| Network upload endpoint 2 · repetition 1 | passed | Receiver throughput | 97.5 Mbit/s |
| Network download endpoint 2 · repetition 1 | passed | Sender throughput | 100.0 Mbit/s |
| Network download endpoint 2 · repetition 1 | passed | Receiver throughput | 99.8 Mbit/s |
| Latency endpoint 2 · repetition 1 | passed | Round-trip mean | 133.3 ms |
PostgreSQL performance
| Workload / repetition | Outcome | Metric | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 1 | passed | Transactions | 1,411 tx/s |
| PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 1 | passed | Average latency | 2.83 ms |
| PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 2 | passed | Transactions | 1,346 tx/s |
| PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 2 | passed | Average latency | 2.97 ms |
| PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 3 | passed | Transactions | 1,424 tx/s |
| PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 3 | passed | Average latency | 2.80 ms |
| PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 1 | passed | Transactions | 1,161 tx/s |
| PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 1 | passed | Average latency | 3.44 ms |
| PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 2 | passed | Transactions | 1,131 tx/s |
| PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 2 | passed | Average latency | 3.53 ms |
| PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 3 | passed | Transactions | 1,193 tx/s |
| PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 3 | passed | Average latency | 3.35 ms |
Consistency over time
| Workload / repetition | Outcome | Metric | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24-hour consistency · repetition 1 | skipped | No measured score | Not measured |