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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 · 22 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.

1,339events/s
Single thread
4,935events/s
All 4 vCPUs
Events / sec
  • 1 thread
    1,339
  • 4 threads
    4,935

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

gzip fixed corpus · compression input throughput 111.6 MiB/s · single run.

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Memory bandwidth

sysbench 1.0.20 memory · sequential read and write operations.

Read12,761 MiB/s
Write11,339 MiB/s
CopyNot measured
Throughput (MiB/s)
  • Read
    12,761
  • Write
    11,339
  • 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 read4,006 MB/s12,386 µs
Sequential write4,914 MB/s8,716 µs
Random read69,837 IOPS643.1 µs
Random write46,021 IOPS1,122 µs
Random mix · read38,222 IOPS954.4 µs
Random mix · write16,388 IOPS1,188 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, 13:12:30 UTC · Same deployment supplement · View reviewed run
4,293 Mbit/s1,163 Mbit/s15.4 ms0.22 msNot measured
New York, United States (2) (Clouvider)
18/10/2026, 13:12:30 UTC · Same deployment supplement · View reviewed run
1,014 Mbit/s300.7 Mbit/s71.5 ms0.05 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 memory2,8811.39 ms3 of 3 passed
Storage-bound2,4921.60 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
11,339 events/s12,761 MiB/s69,837 IOPS2,561 tx/s
21,342 events/s13,247 MiB/s71,269 IOPS2,881 tx/s
31,337 events/s12,291 MiB/s66,380 IOPS3,208 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
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 · 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
Started2026-10-18T12:49:30.259Z
Finished2026-10-18T13:11:01.316Z
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 second1,339 events/s
CPU 4 thread(s) · repetition 1passedEvents per second4,979 events/s
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 2passedEvents per second1,342 events/s
CPU 4 thread(s) · repetition 2passedEvents per second4,935 events/s
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 3passedEvents per second1,337 events/s
CPU 4 thread(s) · repetition 3passedEvents per second4,910 events/s
gzip fixed corpus · repetition 1passedCompression input throughput111.6 MiB/s

Memory bandwidth

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Memory read · repetition 1passedBandwidth12,761 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 1passedBandwidth11,926 MiB/s
Memory read · repetition 2passedBandwidth13,247 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 2passedBandwidth11,239 MiB/s
Memory read · repetition 3passedBandwidth12,291 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 3passedBandwidth11,339 MiB/s

Disk performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth5,112 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite operations4,875 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency6,390 µs
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency8,585 µs
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency10,945 µs
Disk read · repetition 1passedread bandwidth4,006 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 1passedread operations3,820 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p50 latency8,094 µs
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p95 latency12,386 µs
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p99 latency15,008 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth190.1 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite operations46,419 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency602.1 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency1,090 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency2,245 µs
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread bandwidth286.1 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread operations69,837 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p50 latency428.0 µs
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p95 latency643.1 µs
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p99 latency790.5 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread bandwidth156.6 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread operations38,222 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p50 latency481.3 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p95 latency954.4 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p99 latency2,114 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth67.1 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite operations16,388 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency477.2 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency1,188 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency2,408 µs
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth4,914 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite operations4,687 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency6,586 µs
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency8,716 µs
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency11,469 µs
Disk read · repetition 2passedread bandwidth4,007 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 2passedread operations3,822 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p50 latency8,094 µs
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p95 latency12,386 µs
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p99 latency14,877 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth188.5 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite operations46,021 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency602.1 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency1,122 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency2,343 µs
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread bandwidth291.9 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread operations71,269 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p50 latency423.9 µs
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p95 latency618.5 µs
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p99 latency741.4 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread bandwidth155.2 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread operations37,901 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p50 latency485.4 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p95 latency995.3 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p99 latency2,179 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth66.6 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite operations16,251 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency481.3 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency1,253 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency2,638 µs
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth4,901 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite operations4,674 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency6,586 µs
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency8,847 µs
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency10,945 µs
Disk read · repetition 3passedread bandwidth3,778 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 3passedread operations3,603 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p50 latency8,716 µs
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p95 latency13,042 µs
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p99 latency15,925 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth180.8 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite operations44,152 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency626.7 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency1,155 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency2,605 µs
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread bandwidth271.9 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread operations66,380 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p50 latency440.3 µs
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p95 latency675.8 µs
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p99 latency1,221 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread bandwidth158.7 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread operations38,744 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p50 latency497.7 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p95 latency864.3 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p99 latency1,712 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth68.0 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite operations16,610 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency497.7 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency1,044 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency1,958 µs

Network performance

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

PostgreSQL performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 1passedTransactions2,561 tx/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 1passedAverage latency1.56 ms
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 2passedTransactions2,881 tx/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 2passedAverage latency1.39 ms
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 3passedTransactions3,208 tx/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 3passedAverage latency1.24 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 1passedTransactions2,492 tx/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 1passedAverage latency1.60 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 2passedTransactions2,528 tx/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 2passedAverage latency1.58 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 3passedTransactions2,259 tx/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 3passedAverage latency1.77 ms

Consistency over time

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