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DigitalOcean c-4

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4 vCPU7.8 GiB RAMx86_64London, UK
Published report · 17 Oct 2026 · One deployment · 22 min test windowUbuntu 24.04.5 · Region lon1 · 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.

433.9events/s
Single thread
1,375events/s
All 4 vCPUs
Events / sec
  • 1 thread
    433.9
  • 4 threads
    1,375

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

gzip fixed corpus · compression input throughput 207.2 MiB/s · single run.

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Memory bandwidth

sysbench 1.0.20 memory · sequential read and write operations.

Read7,556 MiB/s
Write8,408 MiB/s
CopyNot measured
Throughput (MiB/s)
  • Read
    7,556
  • Write
    8,408
  • 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 read8,838 MB/s5,145 µs
Sequential write1,720 MB/s32,899 µs
Random read118,756 IOPS399.4 µs
Random write101,210 IOPS497.7 µs
Random mix · read73,389 IOPS493.6 µs
Random mix · write31,470 IOPS436.2 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 · two controlled London endpoints.

DestinationDownloadUploadRTTJitterLoss
London endpoint 1100.1 Mbit/s100.1 Mbit/s0.60 ms——
London endpoint 2100.1 Mbit/s100.1 Mbit/s3.42 ms——

Results describe these measured paths at a 100 Mbit/s rate setting, not maximum link capacity. RTT is the probe mean; jitter and packet loss were not measured.

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PostgreSQL performance

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

Dataset profileTransactions / secAverage latencyPassed runs
In memory4,0540.98 ms3 of 3 passed
Storage-bound3,4061.17 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 22 min test window, so no time series exists and none is drawn.

RepetitionCPU 1 threadMemory readRandom readPostgreSQL
1433.9 events/s7,547 MiB/s118,756 IOPS4,054 tx/s
2430.3 events/s7,556 MiB/s118,816 IOPS4,034 tx/s
3434.6 events/s7,583 MiB/s117,966 IOPS4,077 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
Window22 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 22 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.
Environment and configuration
Recorded fieldValue
ProviderDigitalOcean · detected
RegionLondon, UK (lon1) · detected
Planc-4 · supplied
CPUIntel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8280 CPU @ 2.70GHz
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 hash6343f908ae4f28eb98c261e9c277ed8d7bccaa18952b055d068e1da42f499ab9
Started2026-10-17T12:32:04.554Z
Finished2026-10-17T12:54:06.971Z
Execution statuscompleted
Every measured repetition and outcome

CPU performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 1passedEvents per second433.9 events/s
CPU 4 thread(s) · repetition 1passedEvents per second1,375 events/s
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 2passedEvents per second430.3 events/s
CPU 4 thread(s) · repetition 2passedEvents per second1,387 events/s
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 3passedEvents per second434.6 events/s
CPU 4 thread(s) · repetition 3passedEvents per second1,345 events/s
gzip fixed corpus · repetition 1passedCompression input throughput207.2 MiB/s

Memory bandwidth

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Memory read · repetition 1passedBandwidth7,547 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 1passedBandwidth8,408 MiB/s
Memory read · repetition 2passedBandwidth7,556 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 2passedBandwidth8,382 MiB/s
Memory read · repetition 3passedBandwidth7,583 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 3passedBandwidth8,419 MiB/s

Disk performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth1,745 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite operations1,665 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency17,695 µs
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency31,850 µs
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency41,157 µs
Disk read · repetition 1passedread bandwidth8,838 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 1passedread operations8,428 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p50 latency3,555 µs
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p95 latency5,145 µs
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p99 latency10,813 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth421.8 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite operations102,976 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency297.0 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency489.5 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency626.7 µs
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread bandwidth486.4 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread operations118,756 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p50 latency248.8 µs
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p95 latency399.4 µs
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p99 latency473.1 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread bandwidth307.2 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread operations75,011 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p50 latency292.9 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p95 latency477.2 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p99 latency577.5 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth131.8 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite operations32,174 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency240.6 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency419.8 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency569.3 µs
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth1,633 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite operations1,557 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency18,219 µs
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency36,962 µs
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency51,642 µs
Disk read · repetition 2passedread bandwidth9,236 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 2passedread operations8,808 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p50 latency3,490 µs
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p95 latency4,817 µs
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p99 latency8,978 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth411.4 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite operations100,449 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency301.1 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency510.0 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency643.1 µs
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread bandwidth486.7 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread operations118,816 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p50 latency248.8 µs
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p95 latency395.3 µs
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p99 latency469.0 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread bandwidth300.6 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread operations73,389 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p50 latency297.0 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p95 latency493.6 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p99 latency593.9 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth128.9 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite operations31,470 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency244.7 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency436.2 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency593.9 µs
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth1,720 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite operations1,641 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency17,957 µs
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency32,899 µs
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency43,254 µs
Disk read · repetition 3passedread bandwidth8,681 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 3passedread operations8,279 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p50 latency3,654 µs
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p95 latency5,603 µs
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p99 latency9,372 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth414.6 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite operations101,210 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency297.0 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency497.7 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency634.9 µs
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread bandwidth483.2 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread operations117,966 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p50 latency252.9 µs
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p95 latency399.4 µs
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p99 latency473.1 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread bandwidth297.6 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread operations72,665 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p50 latency301.1 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p95 latency501.8 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p99 latency602.1 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth127.6 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite operations31,153 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency246.8 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency448.5 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency618.5 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 mean0.60 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 mean3.42 ms

PostgreSQL performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 1passedTransactions4,054 tx/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 1passedAverage latency0.98 ms
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 2passedTransactions4,034 tx/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 2passedAverage latency0.99 ms
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 3passedTransactions4,077 tx/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 3passedAverage latency0.98 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 1passedTransactions3,434 tx/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 1passedAverage latency1.16 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 2passedTransactions3,406 tx/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 2passedAverage latency1.17 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 3passedTransactions3,403 tx/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 3passedAverage latency1.17 ms

Consistency over time

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