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Instance benchmark

Akamai (Linode) g6-standard-2

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

2 vCPU3.8 GiB RAMx86_64Fremont, US
Published report · 18 Oct 2026 · One deployment · 18 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 2 vCPUs.

611.6events/s
Single thread
1,212events/s
All 2 vCPUs
Events / sec
  • 1 thread
    611.6
  • 2 threads
    1,212

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

gzip fixed corpus · compression input throughput 132.7 MiB/s · single run.

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Memory bandwidth

sysbench 1.0.20 memory · sequential read and write operations.

Read12,303 MiB/s
Write10,849 MiB/s
CopyNot measured
Throughput (MiB/s)
  • Read
    12,303
  • Write
    10,849
  • 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 read3,389 MB/s14,090 µs
Sequential write2,232 MB/s20,316 µs
Random read68,090 IOPS692.2 µs
Random write42,241 IOPS1,434 µs
Random mix · read35,291 IOPS2,572 µs
Random mix · write15,127 IOPS741.4 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, 12:10:19 UTC · Same deployment supplement · View reviewed run
425.9 Mbit/s139.2 Mbit/s153.4 ms0.07 msNot measured
New York, United States (2) (Clouvider)
18/10/2026, 12:10:19 UTC · Same deployment supplement · View reviewed run
1,103 Mbit/s186.7 Mbit/s67.3 ms0.04 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 memory3,2451.23 ms3 of 3 passed
Storage-bound2,3041.74 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 18 min test window, so no time series exists and none is drawn.

RepetitionCPU 1 threadMemory readRandom readPostgreSQL
1611.6 events/s12,364 MiB/s67,111 IOPS3,065 tx/s
2612.8 events/s12,059 MiB/s73,452 IOPS3,245 tx/s
3611.5 events/s12,303 MiB/s68,090 IOPS3,531 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
Window18 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 18 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-standard-2 · detected
CPUAMD EPYC 7642 48-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 hash1e3df8d754ca02b5b5bf828a4ac363dc6ce7f6f44c19c87897db645b811f9208
Started2026-10-18T11:45:02.612Z
Finished2026-10-18T12:03:21.627Z
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 second611.6 events/s
CPU 2 thread(s) · repetition 1passedEvents per second1,220 events/s
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 2passedEvents per second612.8 events/s
CPU 2 thread(s) · repetition 2passedEvents per second1,208 events/s
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 3passedEvents per second611.5 events/s
CPU 2 thread(s) · repetition 3passedEvents per second1,212 events/s
gzip fixed corpus · repetition 1passedCompression input throughput132.7 MiB/s

Memory bandwidth

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Memory read · repetition 1passedBandwidth12,364 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 1passedBandwidth10,849 MiB/s
Memory read · repetition 2passedBandwidth12,059 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 2passedBandwidth10,724 MiB/s
Memory read · repetition 3passedBandwidth12,303 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 3passedBandwidth11,490 MiB/s

Disk performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth2,264 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite operations2,159 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency14,090 µs
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency20,316 µs
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency27,394 µs
Disk read · repetition 1passedread bandwidth3,344 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 1passedread operations3,189 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p50 latency10,682 µs
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p95 latency14,090 µs
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p99 latency16,712 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth173.0 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite operations42,241 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency387.1 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency1,368 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency7,963 µs
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread bandwidth274.9 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread operations67,111 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p50 latency428.0 µs
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p95 latency708.6 µs
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p99 latency1,614 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread bandwidth144.6 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread operations35,291 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p50 latency460.8 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p95 latency2,572 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p99 latency4,817 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth62.0 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite operations15,127 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency242.7 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency741.4 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency1,270 µs
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth2,232 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite operations2,129 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency14,352 µs
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency20,316 µs
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency25,559 µs
Disk read · repetition 2passedread bandwidth3,389 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 2passedread operations3,232 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p50 latency10,682 µs
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p95 latency14,352 µs
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p99 latency17,433 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth160.7 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite operations39,243 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency378.9 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency1,450 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency8,225 µs
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread bandwidth300.9 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread operations73,452 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p50 latency383.0 µs
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p95 latency643.1 µs
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p99 latency1,499 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread bandwidth147.7 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread operations36,069 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p50 latency460.8 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p95 latency2,474 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p99 latency4,751 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth63.3 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite operations15,461 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency242.7 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency725.0 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency1,237 µs
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth2,034 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite operations1,940 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency14,090 µs
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency21,365 µs
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency39,059 µs
Disk read · repetition 3passedread bandwidth3,410 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 3passedread operations3,252 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p50 latency10,551 µs
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p95 latency13,959 µs
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p99 latency16,450 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth175.8 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite operations42,914 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency395.3 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency1,434 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency7,832 µs
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread bandwidth278.9 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread operations68,090 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p50 latency411.6 µs
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p95 latency692.2 µs
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p99 latency1,663 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread bandwidth137.4 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread operations33,553 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p50 latency493.6 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p95 latency2,605 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p99 latency5,079 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth58.9 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite operations14,383 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency268.3 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency766.0 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency1,303 µs

Network performance

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

PostgreSQL performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 1passedTransactions3,065 tx/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 1passedAverage latency1.30 ms
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 2passedTransactions3,245 tx/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 2passedAverage latency1.23 ms
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 3passedTransactions3,531 tx/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 3passedAverage latency1.13 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 1passedTransactions2,304 tx/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 1passedAverage latency1.74 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 2passedTransactions2,166 tx/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 2passedAverage latency1.85 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 3passedTransactions2,374 tx/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 3passedAverage latency1.68 ms

Consistency over time

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