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Instance benchmark

Akamai (Linode) g6-standard-2

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

2 vCPU3.8 GiB RAMx86_64Fremont, US
Published report · 18 Oct 2026 · One deployment · 18 min test windowUbuntu 24.04.4 · Region us-west · 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 2 vCPUs.

612.4events/s
Single thread
1,213events/s
All 2 vCPUs
Events / sec
  • 1 thread
    612.4
  • 2 threads
    1,213

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

gzip fixed corpus · compression input throughput 121.5 MiB/s · single run.

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Memory bandwidth

sysbench 1.0.20 memory · sequential read and write operations.

Read12,579 MiB/s
Write11,150 MiB/s
CopyNot measured
Throughput (MiB/s)
  • Read
    12,579
  • Write
    11,150
  • 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 read3,939 MB/s12,386 µs
Sequential write2,634 MB/s17,957 µs
Random read78,513 IOPS585.7 µs
Random write50,313 IOPS1,499 µs
Random mix · read37,149 IOPS1,892 µs
Random mix · write15,927 IOPS839.7 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: Fremont, US · published internet speed observations.

No published internet speed test for this plan and region.

The original capped iperf path checks are retained as historical evidence under Evidence.

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PostgreSQL performance

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

Dataset profileTransactions / secAverage latencyPassed runs
In memory3,5701.12 ms3 of 3 passed
Storage-bound2,4941.60 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 18 min test window, so no time series exists and none is drawn.

RepetitionCPU 1 threadMemory readRandom readPostgreSQL
1614.0 events/s12,579 MiB/s82,422 IOPS3,556 tx/s
2612.4 events/s12,838 MiB/s72,652 IOPS3,570 tx/s
3612.0 events/s12,338 MiB/s78,513 IOPS3,735 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
Window18 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 18 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
RegionFremont, US (us-west) · detected
Plang6-standard-2 · detected
CPUAMD EPYC 7642 48-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 hash8adf2c27b67bc93d53f23fcbd377d7be3afa2fb8c95689c46458580710329317
Started2026-10-18T13:01:05.265Z
Finished2026-10-18T13:18:59.803Z
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 second614.0 events/s
CPU 2 thread(s) · repetition 1passedEvents per second1,211 events/s
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 2passedEvents per second612.4 events/s
CPU 2 thread(s) · repetition 2passedEvents per second1,213 events/s
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 3passedEvents per second612.0 events/s
CPU 2 thread(s) · repetition 3passedEvents per second1,213 events/s
gzip fixed corpus · repetition 1passedCompression input throughput121.5 MiB/s

Memory bandwidth

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Memory read · repetition 1passedBandwidth12,579 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 1passedBandwidth11,479 MiB/s
Memory read · repetition 2passedBandwidth12,838 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 2passedBandwidth10,753 MiB/s
Memory read · repetition 3passedBandwidth12,338 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 3passedBandwidth11,150 MiB/s

Disk performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth2,638 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite operations2,516 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency12,386 µs
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency17,957 µs
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency22,675 µs
Disk read · repetition 1passedread bandwidth3,939 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 1passedread operations3,756 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p50 latency8,028 µs
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p95 latency12,780 µs
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p99 latency17,695 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth209.7 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite operations51,206 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency358.4 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency1,450 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency4,358 µs
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread bandwidth337.6 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread operations82,422 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p50 latency366.6 µs
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p95 latency553.0 µs
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p99 latency692.2 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread bandwidth161.1 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread operations39,342 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p50 latency436.2 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p95 latency1,892 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p99 latency4,047 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth69.1 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite operations16,868 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency268.3 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency798.7 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency1,401 µs
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth2,634 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite operations2,512 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency12,386 µs
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency17,957 µs
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency22,413 µs
Disk read · repetition 2passedread bandwidth3,930 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 2passedread operations3,748 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p50 latency8,028 µs
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p95 latency12,386 µs
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p99 latency16,187 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth206.1 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite operations50,313 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency370.7 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency1,499 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency4,178 µs
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread bandwidth297.6 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread operations72,652 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p50 latency419.8 µs
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p95 latency618.5 µs
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p99 latency774.1 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread bandwidth99.6 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread operations24,307 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p50 latency497.7 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p95 latency4,489 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p99 latency8,847 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth42.7 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite operations10,421 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency297.0 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency1,253 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency3,097 µs
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth2,617 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite operations2,495 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency12,517 µs
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency17,957 µs
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency23,200 µs
Disk read · repetition 3passedread bandwidth3,944 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 3passedread operations3,762 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p50 latency8,028 µs
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p95 latency12,255 µs
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p99 latency15,532 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth202.8 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite operations49,519 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency383.0 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency1,548 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency3,883 µs
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread bandwidth321.6 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread operations78,513 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p50 latency387.1 µs
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p95 latency585.7 µs
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p99 latency716.8 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread bandwidth152.2 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread operations37,149 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p50 latency481.3 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p95 latency1,860 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p99 latency4,014 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth65.2 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite operations15,927 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency309.2 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency839.7 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency1,434 µs

Network performance

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

PostgreSQL performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 1passedTransactions3,556 tx/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 1passedAverage latency1.12 ms
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 2passedTransactions3,570 tx/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 2passedAverage latency1.12 ms
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 3passedTransactions3,735 tx/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 3passedAverage latency1.07 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 1passedTransactions2,494 tx/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 1passedAverage latency1.60 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 2passedTransactions2,402 tx/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 2passedAverage latency1.66 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 3passedTransactions2,500 tx/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 3passedAverage latency1.60 ms

Consistency over time

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