# Amazon Lightsail Micro, 2 TB transfer Ireland Benchmark complete Finished Oct 7, 2026 Geekbench 7 single-core Skipped Geekbench 7 multi-core Skipped Disk 4K IOPS 3,098 fio random read and write, 50/50 Median here: 3,087 over 2 runs in 90 days Monthly price at test time $7.00 Same price today ## Server [Amazon Lightsail](https://www.rackcensus.com/vps-providers/lightsail-benchmarks)[Micro, 2 TB transfer](https://www.rackcensus.com/plans/k4spwg-lightsail-micro-2-tb-transfer-benchmarks?location=eu-west-1) - Provider Amazon Lightsail - Plan Micro, 2 TB transfer - Location Ireland - vCPU 2 - RAM 1 GB - Storage 40 GB SSD - Network Unknown - OS image ubuntu\_24\_04 - Trigger Scheduled - Queued at Oct 7, 2026, 17:04:00 UTC [Visit Amazon Lightsail](https://www.rackcensus.com/go/lightsail) ## Latest runs of this plan - [Frankfurt Oct 8, 2026](https://www.rackcensus.com/benchmarks/jxqotk-lightsail-micro-2-tb-transfer-eu-central-1-benchmark)Skipped - [Oregon Oct 8, 2026](https://www.rackcensus.com/benchmarks/is0cuo-lightsail-micro-2-tb-transfer-us-west-2-benchmark)Skipped - [Virginia Oct 8, 2026](https://www.rackcensus.com/benchmarks/o2v9uf-lightsail-micro-2-tb-transfer-us-east-1-benchmark)Skipped - [Frankfurt Oct 7, 2026](https://www.rackcensus.com/benchmarks/yn6387-lightsail-micro-2-tb-transfer-eu-central-1-benchmark)Skipped - [Oregon Oct 7, 2026](https://www.rackcensus.com/benchmarks/4asywr-lightsail-micro-2-tb-transfer-us-west-2-benchmark)Skipped [Full history of this plan](https://www.rackcensus.com/plans/k4spwg-lightsail-micro-2-tb-transfer-benchmarks/history) ## CPU Geekbench was skipped because this plan has less than 2 GB of RAM, which isn't enough for Geekbench 7 to run without swap. ## Memory, TLS and scheduler ### Memory bandwidth (STREAM) | Test | Result | Runs | Spread | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Copy higher is better | 10.9 GB/s | 3 | 0.2% | | Scale higher is better | 12.5 GB/s | 3 | 0.261% | | Add higher is better | 13.1 GB/s | 3 | 0.224% | | Triad higher is better | 13.1 GB/s | 3 | 0.355% | Average of 3 runs. Spread is the standard deviation as a share of the average. ### TLS and crypto (OpenSSL) | Test | Result | Runs | Spread | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | RSA 4096 signs higher is better | 233/s | 3 | 0.602% | | RSA 4096 verifies higher is better | 15,074/s | 3 | 1.75% | | SHA-256 higher is better | 258 MB/s | 3 | 0.0041% | | AES-256-GCM higher is better | 3.42 GB/s | 3 | 0.07% | | ChaCha20-Poly1305 higher is better | 2.2 GB/s | 3 | 0.0361% | Average of 3 runs. Spread is the standard deviation as a share of the average. ### Scheduler latency (schbench) | Test | Result | Runs | Spread | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Request latency, median lower is better | 7.74 ms | 3 | 0.119% | | Requests per second, 90th percentile higher is better | 256/s | 3 | 0.226% | | Request latency, 99.9th percentile lower is better | 24.6 ms | 3 | 46.8% | | Requests per second, average higher is better | 251/s | 3 | 0.936% | Average of 3 runs. Spread is the standard deviation as a share of the average. ## Disk | Block size | Read | Write | Total | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 4K | 6.1 MB/s (1,550 IOPS) | 6 MB/s (1,548 IOPS) | 12.1 MB/s (3,098 IOPS) | | 64K | 64.5 MB/s (1,031 IOPS) | 64.9 MB/s (1,037 IOPS) | 129.3 MB/s (2,068 IOPS) | | 512K | 61.9 MB/s (123 IOPS) | 64.9 MB/s (129 IOPS) | 126.8 MB/s (252 IOPS) | | 1M | 61.3 MB/s (61 IOPS) | 65.7 MB/s (65 IOPS) | 127 MB/s (126 IOPS) | fio random read and write, 50/50, run by YABS against the boot disk. ## Network ### IPv4 transfer speed Loading... | Target | Protocol | Send | Receive | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Clouvider, London, UK (10G) | IPv4 | 4.29 Gbps | 2.84 Gbps | | Eranium, Amsterdam, NL (100G) | IPv4 | 3.92 Gbps | 4.42 Gbps | | Leaseweb, Singapore, SG (10G) | IPv4 | 978 Mbps | 1.36 Gbps | | Clouvider, Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | IPv4 | 1.14 Gbps | 574 Mbps | | Leaseweb, NYC, NY, US (10G) | IPv4 | 2.13 Gbps | 1.24 Gbps | Public iperf3 servers vary in capacity and availability. Compare a target only with itself over time. ## Datastores ### PostgreSQL #### fsync speed (pg\_test\_fsync) | Method | Operations per second | Time per operation | | --- | --- | --- | | One 8 kB write | | --- | | open\_datasync | 1,130 | 0.885 ms | | fdatasync | 1,048 | 0.954 ms | | fsync | 343 | 2.92 ms | | fsync\_writethrough | Not supported here | n/a | | open\_sync | 343 | 2.92 ms | | Two 8 kB writes | | --- | | open\_datasync | 529 | 1.89 ms | | fdatasync | 970 | 1.03 ms | | fsync | 336 | 2.98 ms | | fsync\_writethrough | Not supported here | n/a | | open\_sync | 173 | 5.79 ms | | open\_sync at different write sizes | | --- | | 1 \* 16kB open\_sync write | 294 | 3.4 ms | | 2 \* 8kB open\_sync writes | 155 | 6.46 ms | | 4 \* 4kB open\_sync writes | 87.6 | 11.4 ms | | 8 \* 2kB open\_sync writes | 43.6 | 22.9 ms | | 16 \* 1kB open\_sync writes | 21.9 | 45.7 ms | | fsync on a non-write descriptor | | --- | | write, fsync, close | 343 | 2.92 ms | | write, close, fsync | 342 | 2.92 ms | | Non-synced 8 kB writes | | --- | | write | 1,057,147 | 0.001 ms | pg\_test\_fsync against the Docker volume Postgres keeps its data on. fdatasync is Linux's default wal\_sync\_method. #### pgbench at scale 10 | Workload | Clients | Transactions/s | Median | p95 | p99 | p99.9 | Failed | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Read/write (TPC-B like) | 1 | 600 | 1.58 ms | 2.25 ms | 2.67 ms | 8.15 ms | 0 | | Read/write (TPC-B like) | 8 | 2,184 | 3.13 ms | 7.01 ms | 10.5 ms | 20.8 ms | 0 | | Read/write (TPC-B like) | 32 | 2,753 | 8.36 ms | 30.8 ms | 54.8 ms | 94.3 ms | 0 | | Read only | 1 | 12,551 | 0.071 ms | 0.102 ms | 0.186 ms | 0.721 ms | 0 | | Read only | 8 | 34,157 | 0.214 ms | 0.409 ms | 0.54 ms | 0.784 ms | 0 | | Read only | 32 | 34,696 | 0.624 ms | 1.41 ms | 2.39 ms | 3.81 ms | 0 | Scale 10 (1,000,000 accounts), loaded in 2.26 s. 60 s per run, prepared statements. Latency comes from sampled transaction logs, and p99.9 is left out when fewer than 1,000 were sampled. #### pgbench at scale 100 | Workload | Clients | Transactions/s | Median | p95 | p99 | p99.9 | Failed | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Read/write (TPC-B like) | 1 | 354 | 2.8 ms | 3.53 ms | 5.84 ms | 11.8 ms | 0 | | Read/write (TPC-B like) | 8 | 990 | 5.84 ms | 16 ms | 20.5 ms | 31.7 ms | 0 | | Read/write (TPC-B like) | 32 | 1,061 | 27.6 ms | 51.1 ms | 81.6 ms | 179 ms | 0 | | Read only | 1 | 889 | 1.24 ms | 1.74 ms | 3.78 ms | 5.7 ms | 0 | | Read only | 8 | 1,617 | 5 ms | 10 ms | 12.3 ms | 17 ms | 0 | | Read only | 32 | 1,734 | 19.8 ms | 30.4 ms | 36.7 ms | 258 ms | 0 | Scale 100 (10,000,000 accounts), loaded in 49.7 s. 60 s per run, prepared statements. Latency comes from sampled transaction logs, and p99.9 is left out when fewer than 1,000 were sampled. ### MySQL #### sysbench OLTP | Workload | Threads | Transactions/s | Queries/s | Median | p95 | p99 | Errors | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Read/write | 1 | 111 | 2,210 | 8.43 ms | 13.5 ms | 24.4 ms | 0 | | Read/write | 8 | 458 | 9,167 | 14.7 ms | 39.7 ms | 62.2 ms | 0 | | Read/write | 32 | 635 | 12,690 | 48.3 ms | 77.2 ms | 109 ms | 0 | | Read only | 1 | 462 | 7,392 | 2 ms | 2.86 ms | 4.18 ms | 0 | | Read only | 8 | 1,190 | 19,034 | 6.67 ms | 9.39 ms | 11 ms | 0 | | Read only | 32 | 1,115 | 17,846 | 28.2 ms | 51.9 ms | 58.9 ms | 0 | 10 tables of 100,000 rows, loaded in 16.2 s. 60 s per run, one connection per thread. ### Redis #### memtier | Mix | Operations/s | Hits/s | Median | p99 | p99.9 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1:10 set:get | 51,001 | 46,364 | 0.871 ms | 3.68 ms | 10.4 ms | | 1:1 set:get | 51,585 | 25,792 | 0.807 ms | 3.54 ms | 6.62 ms | 1,000,000 keys of 32 bytes. 64 connections over 2 threads, 60 s per ratio. ## Web frameworks | Framework | Fortunes req/s | Single query req/s | JSON req/s | Fortunes p99 at 256 connections | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Next.js | The results arrived but couldn't be read, so no numbers are shown. | | Express | The results arrived but couldn't be read, so no numbers are shown. | | Fastify | The results arrived but couldn't be read, so no numbers are shown. | | NestJS | The results arrived but couldn't be read, so no numbers are shown. | | Nuxt | The results arrived but couldn't be read, so no numbers are shown. | | FastAPI | The results arrived but couldn't be read, so no numbers are shown. | | Django | The results arrived but couldn't be read, so no numbers are shown. | | Rails | The results arrived but couldn't be read, so no numbers are shown. | | Laravel | The results arrived but couldn't be read, so no numbers are shown. | | Symfony | The results arrived but couldn't be read, so no numbers are shown. | ### WooCommerce #### Page mix Failed: k6 summary at 32 virtual users didn't parse: k6 recorded no requests for step category #### Cart and checkout Failed: k6 summary at 32 virtual users didn't parse: k6 recorded no requests for step checkout ## Advertised vs. measured | Spec | Advertised | Measured | | --- | --- | --- | | vCPU | 2 | 2 | | CPU | Shared vCPU | 20.4% of busy CPU time stolen | | RAM | 1 GB | 910 MiB | | Storage | 40 GB SSD | 38.7 GiB | | Architecture | x86\_64 | x86\_64 | | Virtualization | KVM | AMAZON | Guests usually report slightly less RAM and disk than advertised because of kernel reservations and filesystem overhead. ## Detected hardware **CPU model:** Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8175M CPU @ 2.50GHz **CPU cores:** 2 **CPU frequency:** 2500 MHz **AES-NI:** Yes **VM-x/AMD-V:** No **RAM reported:** 910 MiB **Swap reported:** 0 MiB **Disk reported:** 38.7 GiB **Virtualization reported:** AMAZON **CPU steal:** 20.4% of busy CPU time stolen **Distro:** Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS **Kernel:** 7.0.0-1012-aws **Architecture:** x86\_64 **IPv4 reachable:** Yes **IPv6 reachable:** Yes ## Advertised at test time **Plan:** Micro, 2 TB transfer **Product line:** General Purpose **Location:** Ireland **vCPU:** 2 shared vCPU **Architecture:** x86\_64 **RAM:** 1 GB **Storage:** 40 GB SSD **Virtualization:** KVM **Network:** Unknown **Transfer:** 2.05 TB **Port 25:** On request **Monthly price at test time:** $7.00 **Hourly price at test time:** $0.0094 **YABS version:** v2026-09-20 **Ran at:** Oct 7, 2026, 17:05:41 UTC **Parser version:** 5 ## Run timeline **Queued:** Oct 7, 2026, 17:04:00 UTC **Server created:** Oct 7, 2026, 17:04:54 UTC **First update from the server:** Oct 7, 2026, 17:04:54 UTC **Completed:** Oct 7, 2026, 18:29:19 UTC **Server deleted:** Oct 7, 2026, 18:29:19 UTC **Cost of this run:** $0.013 Tests 33 of 35 done Live output 704 lines Setup 2 cores, 909.5 MiB RAM 4 of 4Done Disk (fio) 12.7 MB/s at 4k, 133 MB/s at 1m 5 of 5Done Network, IPv4 (iperf3) Median 2.13 Gbit/s send, 1.36 Gbit/s receive, 2 retried 5 of 5Done Phoronix (memory, TLS, scheduler) 3 of 3Done Datastores 5 of 5Done Web frameworks 2 failed 10 of 12Some failed TestResultTimevs last run Next.js fortune 256c 110 req/s rps, fortune 256c 3m 07s Express fortune 256c 6,661 req/s rps, fortune 256c 2m 53s Fastify fortune 256c 6,185 req/s rps, fortune 256c 2m 52s NestJS fortune 256c 470 req/s rps, fortune 256c 3m 09s Nuxt fortune 256c 4,634 req/s rps, fortune 256c 2m 50s FastAPI fortune 256c 2,060 req/s rps, fortune 256c 3m 11s Django fortune 256c 1,026 req/s rps, fortune 256c 3m 11s Rails fortune 256c 135 req/s rps, fortune 256c 3m 43s Laravel fortune 256c 38.6 req/s rps, fortune 256c 5m 40s Symfony fortune 256c 43.8 req/s rps, fortune 256c 5m 22s WooCommerce page mix 32 vus Stopped k6 summary at 32 virtual users didn't parse: k6 recorded no requests for step category 7m 50s WooCommerce cart flow 32 vus Stopped k6 summary at 32 virtual users didn't parse: k6 recorded no requests for step checkout 4m 06s Finish Results saved 1 of 1Done Watch party 0 watching This party closed at 18:10 UTC. 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