# DigitalOcean Basic 1 vCPU / 1 GB [San Francisco 3](https://www.rackcensus.com/locations/san-francisco-vps-benchmarks "Every provider in San Francisco") Benchmark complete Finished Oct 6, 2026 Geekbench 7 single-core Skipped Geekbench 7 multi-core Skipped Disk 4K IOPS 87,344 fio random read and write, 50/50 Monthly price at test time $6.00 Same price today ## Server [DigitalOcean](https://www.rackcensus.com/vps-providers/digitalocean-benchmarks)[Basic 1 vCPU / 1 GB](https://www.rackcensus.com/plans/z6r6vs-digitalocean-basic-1-vcpu-1-gb-benchmarks?location=sfo3) - Provider DigitalOcean - Plan Basic 1 vCPU / 1 GB - Location San Francisco 3 - vCPU 1 - RAM 1 GB - Storage 25 GB SSD - Network 2 Gbps - OS image ubuntu-24-04-x64 - Trigger Scheduled - Queued at Oct 6, 2026, 03:52:00 UTC [Visit DigitalOcean](https://www.rackcensus.com/go/digitalocean) Referral link. If you sign up through it, I may get paid. [Skip the referral](https://www.rackcensus.com/go/digitalocean/direct)[How this works](https://www.rackcensus.com/transparency#referrals-heading) ## Latest runs of this plan - [Amsterdam 3 Oct 6, 2026](https://www.rackcensus.com/benchmarks/uov1zx-digitalocean-basic-1-vcpu-1-gb-ams3-benchmark)Skipped - [Frankfurt 1 Oct 6, 2026](https://www.rackcensus.com/benchmarks/gtg1rz-digitalocean-basic-1-vcpu-1-gb-fra1-benchmark)Skipped - [New York 3 Oct 5, 2026](https://www.rackcensus.com/benchmarks/cgmqz4-digitalocean-basic-1-vcpu-1-gb-nyc3-benchmark)Skipped [Full history of this plan](https://www.rackcensus.com/plans/z6r6vs-digitalocean-basic-1-vcpu-1-gb-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. ## Disk | Block size | Read | Write | Total | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 4K | 170.4 MB/s (43,614 IOPS) | 170.8 MB/s (43,730 IOPS) | 341.2 MB/s (87,344 IOPS) | | 64K | 1.24 GB/s (20,274 IOPS) | 1.24 GB/s (20,380 IOPS) | 2.48 GB/s (40,654 IOPS) | | 512K | 1.96 GB/s (4,018 IOPS) | 2.07 GB/s (4,231 IOPS) | 4.03 GB/s (8,249 IOPS) | | 1M | 1.81 GB/s (1,852 IOPS) | 1.93 GB/s (1,975 IOPS) | 3.74 GB/s (3,827 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 | 1.28 Gbps | 1.47 Gbps | | Eranium, Amsterdam, NL (100G) | IPv4 | 1.26 Gbps | 1.55 Gbps | | Leaseweb, Singapore, SG (10G) | IPv4 | 976 Mbps | 1.25 Gbps | | Clouvider, Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | IPv4 | 2 Gbps | 1.88 Gbps | | Leaseweb, NYC, NY, US (10G) | IPv4 | 1.92 Gbps | 1.51 Gbps | Public iperf3 servers vary in capacity and availability. Compare a target only with itself over time. ## Advertised vs. measured | Spec | Advertised | Measured | | --- | --- | --- | | vCPU | 1 | 1 | | CPU | Shared vCPU | 0.5% of busy CPU time stolen | | RAM | 1 GB | 961 MiB | | Storage | 25 GB SSD | 24.1 GiB | | Architecture | x86\_64 | x86\_64 | | Virtualization | KVM | KVM | Guests usually report slightly less RAM and disk than advertised because of kernel reservations and filesystem overhead. ## Detected hardware **CPU model:** DO-Regular **CPU cores:** 1 **CPU frequency:** 2494 MHz **AES-NI:** Yes **VM-x/AMD-V:** Yes **RAM reported:** 961 MiB **Swap reported:** 0 MiB **Disk reported:** 24.1 GiB **Virtualization reported:** KVM **CPU steal:** 0.5% of busy CPU time stolen **Distro:** Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS **Kernel:** 6.8.0-142-generic **Architecture:** x86\_64 **IPv4 reachable:** Yes **IPv6 reachable:** Yes ## Advertised at test time **Plan:** Basic 1 vCPU / 1 GB **Product line:** Basic **Location:** San Francisco 3 **vCPU:** 1 shared vCPU **Architecture:** x86\_64 **RAM:** 1 GB **Storage:** 25 GB SSD **Virtualization:** KVM **Network:** 2 Gbps **Transfer:** 1 TB **Port 25:** Closed **Monthly price at test time:** $6.00 **Hourly price at test time:** $0.0089 **YABS version:** v2026-09-20 **Ran at:** Oct 6, 2026, 03:54:40 UTC **Parser version:** 4 ## Run timeline **Queued:** Oct 6, 2026, 03:52:00 UTC **First update from the server:** Oct 6, 2026, 03:53:20 UTC **Completed:** Oct 6, 2026, 03:58:00 UTC **Server deleted:** Oct 6, 2026, 03:58:00 UTC **Cost of this run:** $0.0089 Tests 15 of 15 done Live output 82 lines Setup 1 cores, 961.5 MiB RAM 4 of 4Done Disk (fio) 358 MB/s at 4k, 4.01 GB/s at 1m 5 of 5Done Network, IPv4 (iperf3) Median 1.28 Gbit/s send, 1.51 Gbit/s receive 5 of 5Done Finish Results saved 1 of 1Done Watch party 0 watching This party closed at 04:57 UTC. It's read only now. ## Watch party Loading the party