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Instance benchmark

Akamai (Linode) g6-standard-4

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

4 vCPU7.8 GiB RAMx86_64London 2, UK
Published report · 18 Oct 2026 · One deployment · 21 min test windowUbuntu 24.04.4 · Region gb-lon · 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.

1,310events/s
Single thread
5,288events/s
All 4 vCPUs
Events / sec
  • 1 thread
    1,310
  • 4 threads
    5,288

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

gzip fixed corpus · compression input throughput 88.5 MiB/s · single run.

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Memory bandwidth

sysbench 1.0.20 memory · sequential read and write operations.

Read14,596 MiB/s
Write13,888 MiB/s
CopyNot measured
Throughput (MiB/s)
  • Read
    14,596
  • Write
    13,888
  • Copy
    Not measured

Median of 3 passed runs of about 31 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 read4,320 MB/s11,469 µs
Sequential write3,943 MB/s14,615 µs
Random read60,035 IOPS864.3 µs
Random write41,413 IOPS1,057 µs
Random mix · read39,046 IOPS831.5 µs
Random mix · write16,743 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 2, UK · LibreSpeed CLI 1.0.14 · public HTTPS destinations.

DestinationDownloadUploadHTTP latencyHTTP jitterLoss
Frankfurt, Germany (Clouvider)
18/10/2026, 12:42:07 UTC · Same deployment supplement · View reviewed run
3,413 Mbit/s1,149 Mbit/s14.6 ms0.08 msNot measured
New York, United States (2) (Clouvider)
18/10/2026, 12:42:07 UTC · Same deployment supplement · View reviewed run
956.4 Mbit/s306.2 Mbit/s71.1 ms0.12 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 memory2,5001.60 ms3 of 3 passed
Storage-bound2,4571.63 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 21 min test window, so no time series exists and none is drawn.

RepetitionCPU 1 threadMemory readRandom readPostgreSQL
11,315 events/s14,437 MiB/s60,035 IOPS2,430 tx/s
21,283 events/s14,679 MiB/s60,490 IOPS2,500 tx/s
31,310 events/s14,596 MiB/s58,814 IOPS2,921 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
Window21 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 21 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
RegionLondon 2, UK (gb-lon) · detected
Plang6-standard-4 · detected
CPUAMD EPYC 7713 64-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 hashf75c4bbca7218b7b1838cd72418b3eabe5172bb03761bb518ec286e90021e71b
Started2026-10-18T12:17:51.716Z
Finished2026-10-18T12:39:19.575Z
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 second1,315 events/s
CPU 4 thread(s) · repetition 1passedEvents per second5,288 events/s
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 2passedEvents per second1,283 events/s
CPU 4 thread(s) · repetition 2passedEvents per second5,298 events/s
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 3passedEvents per second1,310 events/s
CPU 4 thread(s) · repetition 3passedEvents per second5,145 events/s
gzip fixed corpus · repetition 1passedCompression input throughput88.5 MiB/s

Memory bandwidth

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Memory read · repetition 1passedBandwidth14,437 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 1passedBandwidth13,888 MiB/s
Memory read · repetition 2passedBandwidth14,679 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 2passedBandwidth13,896 MiB/s
Memory read · repetition 3passedBandwidth14,596 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 3passedBandwidth13,556 MiB/s

Disk performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth3,942 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite operations3,759 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency7,438 µs
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency14,615 µs
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency25,035 µs
Disk read · repetition 1passedread bandwidth4,224 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 1passedread operations4,029 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p50 latency7,832 µs
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p95 latency11,469 µs
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p99 latency13,173 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth169.6 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite operations41,413 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency733.2 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency1,057 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency1,221 µs
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread bandwidth245.9 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread operations60,035 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p50 latency444.4 µs
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p95 latency888.8 µs
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p99 latency2,007 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread bandwidth159.9 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread operations39,046 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p50 latency522.2 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p95 latency831.5 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p99 latency987.1 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth68.6 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite operations16,743 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency536.6 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency978.9 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency1,499 µs
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth3,943 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite operations3,761 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency7,569 µs
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency15,008 µs
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency23,724 µs
Disk read · repetition 2passedread bandwidth4,320 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 2passedread operations4,120 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p50 latency7,635 µs
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p95 latency11,469 µs
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p99 latency13,566 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth182.3 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite operations44,511 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency684.0 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency995.3 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency1,155 µs
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread bandwidth247.8 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread operations60,490 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p50 latency444.4 µs
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p95 latency864.3 µs
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p99 latency1,974 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread bandwidth167.3 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread operations40,853 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p50 latency497.7 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p95 latency806.9 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p99 latency970.8 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth71.7 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite operations17,512 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency510.0 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency938.0 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency1,417 µs
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth4,975 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite operations4,745 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency6,390 µs
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency8,290 µs
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency13,828 µs
Disk read · repetition 3passedread bandwidth4,553 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 3passedread operations4,342 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p50 latency7,242 µs
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p95 latency10,945 µs
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p99 latency12,780 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth168.5 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite operations41,141 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency741.4 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency1,073 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency1,221 µs
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread bandwidth240.9 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread operations58,814 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p50 latency452.6 µs
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p95 latency806.9 µs
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p99 latency2,212 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread bandwidth157.7 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread operations38,509 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p50 latency514.0 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p95 latency880.6 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p99 latency1,090 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth67.6 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite operations16,509 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency528.4 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency1,020 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency1,761 µs

Network performance

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

PostgreSQL performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 1passedTransactions2,430 tx/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 1passedAverage latency1.64 ms
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 2passedTransactions2,500 tx/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 2passedAverage latency1.60 ms
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 3passedTransactions2,921 tx/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 3passedAverage latency1.37 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 1passedTransactions2,054 tx/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 1passedAverage latency1.94 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 2passedTransactions2,479 tx/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 2passedAverage latency1.61 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 3passedTransactions2,457 tx/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 3passedAverage latency1.63 ms

Consistency over time

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