AI-assisted review
Instance benchmark

DigitalOcean
s-2vcpu-4gb

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

2 vCPU3.8 GiB RAMlon1x86_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.

351.99events/s
1 threads
694.09events/s
2 threads
Events / sec
  • 1 threads
    351.99
  • 2 threads
    694.09

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

Compression · 160.7 MiB/s · passed

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Memory bandwidth

Sequential read and write · recorded sysbench workload.

Read5,526.96 MiB/s
Write5,678.03 MiB/s
Throughput (MiB/s)
  • Read
    5,526.96
  • Write
    5,678.03

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 measured1,475.649 MB/sNot measured1,407.289 IOPSNot measured36,438.016 us
read3,484.782 MB/sNot measured3,323.347 IOPSNot measured11,730.944 usNot measured
randwriteNot measured136.578 MB/sNot measured33,344.189 IOPSNot measured1,974.272 us
randread226.94 MB/sNot measured55,405.34 IOPSNot measured1,089.536 usNot measured
randrw125.109 MB/s53.669 MB/s30,544.249 IOPS13,102.797 IOPS1,335.296 us1,466.368 us

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

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Network performance

Source: lon1 · controlled London endpoints.

DestinationDownload (receiver)Upload (receiver)Round-trip mean
London endpoint 1100.12 Mbit/s100.143 Mbit/s0.671 ms
London endpoint 2100.119 Mbit/s100.101 Mbit/s2.398 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
memory964.512 transactions/s4.143 ms
storage670.923 transactions/s5.957 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
Window1233 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.
  • 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
ProviderDigitalOcean · detected
Regionlon1 · detected
Plans-2vcpu-4gb · 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 hash35146bacd90661fa6ef25f1f4866626be9e910e77a378eee97319bf0c792f037
Started2026-10-17T11:42:00.290Z
Finished2026-10-17T12:02:33.425Z
Execution statuscompleted
Every measured repetition and outcome

CPU performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 1passedEvents per second337.93 events/s
CPU 2 thread(s) · repetition 1passedEvents per second679.75 events/s
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 2passedEvents per second356.32 events/s
CPU 2 thread(s) · repetition 2passedEvents per second703.29 events/s
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 3passedEvents per second351.99 events/s
CPU 2 thread(s) · repetition 3passedEvents per second694.09 events/s
gzip fixed corpus · repetition 1passedCompression input throughput160.7 MiB/s

Memory bandwidth

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Memory read · repetition 1passedBandwidth5,526.96 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 1passedBandwidth5,714.48 MiB/s
Memory read · repetition 2passedBandwidth5,662.55 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 2passedBandwidth5,678.03 MiB/s
Memory read · repetition 3passedBandwidth5,501.74 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 3passedBandwidth5,658.99 MiB/s

Disk performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth1,434.053 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite operations1,367.62 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency22,413.312 us
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency38,535.168 us
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency55,836.672 us
Disk read · repetition 1passedread bandwidth3,442.396 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 1passedread operations3,282.925 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p50 latency9,109.504 us
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p95 latency12,124.16 us
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p99 latency19,529.728 us
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth112.568 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite operations27,482.417 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency880.64 us
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency2,572.288 us
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency6,127.616 us
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread bandwidth236.023 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread operations57,622.746 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p50 latency489.472 us
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p95 latency970.752 us
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p99 latency1,679.36 us
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread bandwidth125.109 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread operations30,544.249 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p50 latency610.304 us
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p95 latency1,335.296 us
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p99 latency2,965.504 us
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth53.669 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite operations13,102.797 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency643.072 us
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency1,466.368 us
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency3,031.04 us
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth1,495.397 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite operations1,426.121 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency21,364.736 us
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency35,913.728 us
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency47,972.352 us
Disk read · repetition 2passedread bandwidth3,559.393 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 2passedread operations3,394.502 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p50 latency8,978.432 us
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p95 latency11,599.872 us
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p99 latency14,876.672 us
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth136.578 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite operations33,344.189 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency749.568 us
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency1,974.272 us
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency4,947.968 us
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread bandwidth224.674 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread operations54,852.138 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p50 latency497.664 us
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p95 latency1,089.536 us
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p99 latency1,908.736 us
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread bandwidth125.377 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread operations30,609.613 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p50 latency610.304 us
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p95 latency1,286.144 us
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p99 latency2,965.504 us
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth53.777 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite operations13,129.262 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency643.072 us
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency1,449.984 us
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency3,129.344 us
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth1,475.649 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite operations1,407.289 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency21,626.88 us
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency36,438.016 us
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency50,593.792 us
Disk read · repetition 3passedread bandwidth3,484.782 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 3passedread operations3,323.347 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p50 latency9,109.504 us
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p95 latency11,730.944 us
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p99 latency16,449.536 us
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth140.738 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite operations34,359.888 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency774.144 us
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency1,925.12 us
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency3,555.328 us
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread bandwidth226.94 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread operations55,405.34 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p50 latency485.376 us
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p95 latency1,089.536 us
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p99 latency2,072.576 us
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread bandwidth111.503 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread operations27,222.526 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p50 latency651.264 us
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p95 latency1,597.44 us
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p99 latency3,719.168 us
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth47.808 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite operations11,671.978 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency700.416 us
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency1,744.896 us
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency3,981.312 us

Network performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Network upload endpoint 1 · repetition 1passedSender throughput100.154 Mbit/s
Network upload endpoint 1 · repetition 1passedReceiver throughput100.143 Mbit/s
Network download endpoint 1 · repetition 1passedSender throughput100.107 Mbit/s
Network download endpoint 1 · repetition 1passedReceiver throughput100.12 Mbit/s
Latency endpoint 1 · repetition 1passedRound-trip mean0.671 ms
Network upload endpoint 2 · repetition 1passedSender throughput100.156 Mbit/s
Network upload endpoint 2 · repetition 1passedReceiver throughput100.101 Mbit/s
Network download endpoint 2 · repetition 1passedSender throughput100.063 Mbit/s
Network download endpoint 2 · repetition 1passedReceiver throughput100.119 Mbit/s
Latency endpoint 2 · repetition 1passedRound-trip mean2.398 ms

PostgreSQL performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 1passedTransactions964.512 transactions/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 1passedAverage latency4.143 ms
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 2passedTransactions952.04 transactions/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 2passedAverage latency4.197 ms
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 3passedTransactions980.011 transactions/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 3passedAverage latency4.078 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 1passedTransactions670.923 transactions/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 1passedAverage latency5.957 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 2passedTransactions782.104 transactions/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 2passedAverage latency5.11 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 3passedTransactions658.518 transactions/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 3passedAverage latency6.069 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.