AI-assisted review
Instance benchmark

DigitalOcean
c-4

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

4 vCPU7.8 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.

458.27events/s
1 threads
1,435.36events/s
4 threads
Events / sec
  • 1 threads
    458.27
  • 4 threads
    1,435.36

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

Compression · 206.98 MiB/s · passed

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Memory bandwidth

Sequential read and write · recorded sysbench workload.

Read7,432.98 MiB/s
Write8,266.53 MiB/s
Throughput (MiB/s)
  • Read
    7,432.98
  • Write
    8,266.53

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 measured1,685.421 MB/sNot measured1,607.343 IOPSNot measured34,865.152 us
read8,794.821 MB/sNot measured8,387.395 IOPSNot measured5,144.576 usNot measured
randwriteNot measured445.682 MB/sNot measured108,808.973 IOPSNot measured468.992 us
randread534.099 MB/sNot measured130,395.353 IOPSNot measured354.304 usNot measured
randrw321.343 MB/s137.797 MB/s78,452.785 IOPS33,641.812 IOPS460.8 us399.36 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 1100.121 Mbit/s100.148 Mbit/s0.634 ms
London endpoint 2100.121 Mbit/s100.106 Mbit/s2.401 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
memory4,223.814 transactions/s0.945 ms
storage3,518.196 transactions/s1.135 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
Window1257 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.
Environment and configuration
Recorded fieldValue
ProviderDigitalOcean · detected
Regionlon1 · 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 hashc3eb2e7c01f15159032aac93c308aed89ee9645289179752f5a4b9d183a6e775
Started2026-10-17T12:33:46.584Z
Finished2026-10-17T12:54:43.112Z
Execution statuscompleted
Every measured repetition and outcome

CPU performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 1passedEvents per second457.49 events/s
CPU 4 thread(s) · repetition 1passedEvents per second1,435.36 events/s
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 2passedEvents per second463.66 events/s
CPU 4 thread(s) · repetition 2passedEvents per second1,447.31 events/s
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 3passedEvents per second458.27 events/s
CPU 4 thread(s) · repetition 3passedEvents per second1,419.56 events/s
gzip fixed corpus · repetition 1passedCompression input throughput206.98 MiB/s

Memory bandwidth

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Memory read · repetition 1passedBandwidth7,400.22 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 1passedBandwidth8,266.53 MiB/s
Memory read · repetition 2passedBandwidth7,492.85 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 2passedBandwidth8,311.38 MiB/s
Memory read · repetition 3passedBandwidth7,432.98 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 3passedBandwidth8,210.62 MiB/s

Disk performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth1,736.063 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite operations1,655.639 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency17,432.576 us
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency33,161.216 us
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency44,302.336 us
Disk read · repetition 1passedread bandwidth8,794.821 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 1passedread operations8,387.395 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p50 latency3,653.632 us
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p95 latency5,144.576 us
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p99 latency8,978.432 us
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth449.441 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite operations109,726.709 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency272.384 us
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency460.8 us
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency593.92 us
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread bandwidth556.067 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread operations135,758.508 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p50 latency222.208 us
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p95 latency333.824 us
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p99 latency407.552 us
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread bandwidth327.916 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread operations80,057.531 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p50 latency272.384 us
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p95 latency448.512 us
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p99 latency544.768 us
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth140.606 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite operations34,327.656 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency226.304 us
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency382.976 us
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency514.048 us
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth1,685.421 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite operations1,607.343 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency17,694.72 us
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency34,865.152 us
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency50,593.792 us
Disk read · repetition 2passedread bandwidth8,938.408 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 2passedread operations8,524.33 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p50 latency3,588.096 us
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p95 latency5,079.04 us
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p99 latency8,454.144 us
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth445.682 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite operations108,808.973 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency276.48 us
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency468.992 us
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency602.112 us
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread bandwidth519.064 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread operations126,724.543 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p50 latency232.448 us
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p95 latency370.688 us
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p99 latency444.416 us
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread bandwidth315.044 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread operations76,915.103 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p50 latency284.672 us
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p95 latency473.088 us
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p99 latency569.344 us
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth135.075 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite operations32,977.267 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency234.496 us
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency403.456 us
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency544.768 us
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth1,673.055 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite operations1,595.55 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency17,694.72 us
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency35,389.44 us
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency45,350.912 us
Disk read · repetition 3passedread bandwidth8,749.771 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 3passedread operations8,344.432 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p50 latency3,686.4 us
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p95 latency5,144.576 us
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p99 latency7,438.336 us
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth441.164 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite operations107,706.11 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency276.48 us
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency473.088 us
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency602.112 us
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread bandwidth534.099 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread operations130,395.353 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p50 latency230.4 us
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p95 latency354.304 us
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p99 latency432.128 us
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread bandwidth321.343 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread operations78,452.785 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p50 latency280.576 us
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p95 latency460.8 us
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p99 latency569.344 us
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth137.797 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite operations33,641.812 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency230.4 us
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency399.36 us
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency552.96 us

Network performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Network upload endpoint 1 · repetition 1passedSender throughput100.157 Mbit/s
Network upload endpoint 1 · repetition 1passedReceiver throughput100.148 Mbit/s
Network download endpoint 1 · repetition 1passedSender throughput100.115 Mbit/s
Network download endpoint 1 · repetition 1passedReceiver throughput100.121 Mbit/s
Latency endpoint 1 · repetition 1passedRound-trip mean0.634 ms
Network upload endpoint 2 · repetition 1passedSender throughput100.156 Mbit/s
Network upload endpoint 2 · repetition 1passedReceiver throughput100.106 Mbit/s
Network download endpoint 2 · repetition 1passedSender throughput100.073 Mbit/s
Network download endpoint 2 · repetition 1passedReceiver throughput100.121 Mbit/s
Latency endpoint 2 · repetition 1passedRound-trip mean2.401 ms

PostgreSQL performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 1passedTransactions4,221.942 transactions/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 1passedAverage latency0.945 ms
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 2passedTransactions4,223.814 transactions/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 2passedAverage latency0.945 ms
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 3passedTransactions4,238.409 transactions/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 3passedAverage latency0.942 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 1passedTransactions3,544.772 transactions/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 1passedAverage latency1.126 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 2passedTransactions3,518.196 transactions/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 2passedAverage latency1.135 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 3passedTransactions3,433.738 transactions/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 3passedAverage latency1.163 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.