# Linode Dedicated 4GB

[Fremont, CA](https://www.rackcensus.com/locations/fremont-vps-benchmarks "Every provider in Fremont")

Benchmark complete

Finished Oct 7, 2026

Geekbench 7 single-core

1,015

Faster than 23% of 2 vCPU plans

Geekbench 7 multi-core

1,290

Faster than 15% of 2 vCPU plans

Disk 4K IOPS

65,457

fio random read and write, 50/50

Monthly price at test time

$36.00

36 multi-core points per dollar

Same price today

## Server

[Linode](https://www.rackcensus.com/vps-providers/linode-benchmarks)[Dedicated 4GB](https://www.rackcensus.com/plans/8mq8an-linode-dedicated-4gb-benchmarks?location=us-west)

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Provider

Linode

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Plan

Dedicated 4GB

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Location

Fremont, CA

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vCPU

2

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RAM

4 GB

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Storage

80 GB SSD

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Network

4 Gbps

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OS image

linode/ubuntu24.04

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Trigger

Scheduled

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Queued at

Oct 7, 2026, 14:44:00 UTC

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## Latest runs of this plan

- [Newark, NJ Oct 6, 2026](https://www.rackcensus.com/benchmarks/ulff3h-linode-dedicated-4gb-us-east-benchmark)1,250

[Full history of this plan](https://www.rackcensus.com/plans/8mq8an-linode-dedicated-4gb-benchmarks/history)

## CPU

| Version | Single-core | Multi-core | Result link |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Geekbench 7 | 1,015 | 1,290 | [Geekbench Browser](https://browser.geekbench.com/v7/cpu/572466) |

Scores from different Geekbench versions aren't comparable with each other. Charts only use Geekbench 7.

### Geekbench 7 workloads

| Workload | Single-core | Multi-core |
| --- | --- | --- |
| File Compression | 1,10934th of 53 | 1,24544th of 51 |
| Navigation | 1,00450th of 53 | Single-core only |
| HTML5 Browser | 96042nd of 53 | Single-core only |
| PDF Viewer | 1,14037th of 53 | Single-core only |
| Photo Library | 96435th of 53 | 1,32843rd of 51 |
| Clang | 95245th of 53 | 1,28050th of 51 |
| Text Processing | 87048th of 53 | 1,16346th of 51 |
| Asset Compression | 1,09038th of 53 | 1,39944th of 51 |
| HDR | 76350th of 53 | 99450th of 51 |
| Photo Editor | 1,11137th of 53 | 1,59341st of 51 |
| Ray Tracer | 94445th of 53 | 1,40646th of 51 |
| Structure from Motion | 1,23534th of 53 | Single-core only |
| Game Physics | 97144th of 53 | Single-core only |
| Video Encoder | 96141st of 53 | Single-core only |
| Audio Encoder | 1,20235th of 53 | Single-core only |
| Video Player | 1,07936th of 53 | Single-core only |

Rank among the 53 runs with Geekbench 7 workload scores. Bars are relative to the best run. Geekbench doesn't run every workload multi-core, so some rows only have a single-core score.

## Memory, TLS and scheduler

### Memory bandwidth (STREAM)

| Test | Result | Runs | Spread |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Copy higher is better | 25.1 GB/s | 3 | 3.49% |
| Scale higher is better | 15.7 GB/s | 3 | 6.04% |
| Add higher is better | 16.8 GB/s | 3 | 1.91% |
| Triad higher is better | 17.7 GB/s | 3 | 1.93% |

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 | 235/s | 3 | 0.851% |
| RSA 4096 verifies higher is better | 15,265/s | 3 | 0.648% |
| SHA-256 higher is better | 1.04 GB/s | 3 | 0.419% |
| AES-256-GCM higher is better | 3.57 GB/s | 3 | 0.0201% |
| ChaCha20-Poly1305 higher is better | 2.09 GB/s | 3 | 11.2% |

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 | 8.25 ms | 3 | 0.224% |
| Requests per second, 90th percentile higher is better | 241/s | 3 | 0.415% |
| Request latency, 99.9th percentile lower is better | 14.5 ms | 3 | 0.338% |
| Requests per second, average higher is better | 239/s | 3 | 0.195% |

Average of 3 runs. Spread is the standard deviation as a share of the average.

## Disk

| Block size | Read | Write | Total |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 4K | 127.7 MB/s (32,685 IOPS) | 128 MB/s (32,772 IOPS) | 255.7 MB/s (65,457 IOPS) |
| 64K | 1.29 GB/s (21,194 IOPS) | 1.3 GB/s (21,306 IOPS) | 2.59 GB/s (42,500 IOPS) |
| 512K | 2.06 GB/s (4,217 IOPS) | 2.17 GB/s (4,441 IOPS) | 4.23 GB/s (8,658 IOPS) |
| 1M | 2.22 GB/s (2,270 IOPS) | 2.36 GB/s (2,421 IOPS) | 4.58 GB/s (4,691 IOPS) |

fio random read and write, 50/50, run by YABS against the boot disk.

## Network

### IPv4 transfer speed

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| Target | Protocol | Send | Receive |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Clouvider, London, UK (10G) | IPv4 | 1.26 Gbps | 1.44 Gbps |
| Eranium, Amsterdam, NL (100G) | IPv4 | 1.22 Gbps | 1.63 Gbps |
| Leaseweb, Singapore, SG (10G) | IPv4 | 1.06 Gbps | 1.25 Gbps |
| Clouvider, Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | IPv4 | 4.35 Gbps | 8.14 Gbps |
| Leaseweb, NYC, NY, US (10G) | IPv4 | 2.19 Gbps | 3.65 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 | 9,978 | 0.1 ms |
| fdatasync | 6,451 | 0.155 ms |
| fsync | 4,342 | 0.23 ms |
| fsync\_writethrough | Not supported here | n/a |
| open\_sync | 4,518 | 0.221 ms |
| Two 8 kB writes |
| --- |
| open\_datasync | 4,793 | 0.209 ms |
| fdatasync | 6,141 | 0.163 ms |
| fsync | 4,037 | 0.248 ms |
| fsync\_writethrough | Not supported here | n/a |
| open\_sync | 2,189 | 0.457 ms |
| open\_sync at different write sizes |
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| 1 \* 16kB open\_sync write | 4,197 | 0.238 ms |
| 2 \* 8kB open\_sync writes | 1,558 | 0.642 ms |
| 4 \* 4kB open\_sync writes | 1,163 | 0.86 ms |
| 8 \* 2kB open\_sync writes | 352 | 2.84 ms |
| 16 \* 1kB open\_sync writes | 187 | 5.36 ms |
| fsync on a non-write descriptor |
| --- |
| write, fsync, close | 3,973 | 0.252 ms |
| write, close, fsync | 3,877 | 0.258 ms |
| Non-synced 8 kB writes |
| --- |
| write | 1,058,528 | 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 | 1,418 | 0.658 ms | 0.925 ms | 1.48 ms | 3.25 ms | 0 |
| Read/write (TPC-B like) | 8 | 3,627 | 2.02 ms | 3.61 ms | 5.16 ms | 9.53 ms | 0 |
| Read/write (TPC-B like) | 32 | 3,227 | 7.86 ms | 23.3 ms | 36.8 ms | 66.2 ms | 0 |
| Read only | 1 | 14,646 | 0.06 ms | 0.095 ms | 0.249 ms | 0.321 ms | 0 |
| Read only | 8 | 34,004 | 0.211 ms | 0.383 ms | 0.562 ms | 1.1 ms | 0 |
| Read only | 32 | 34,741 | 0.806 ms | 1.45 ms | 2.08 ms | 3.59 ms | 0 |

Scale 10 (1,000,000 accounts), loaded in 1.47 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 | 1,203 | 0.726 ms | 1.27 ms | 2.05 ms | 4.91 ms | 0 |
| Read/write (TPC-B like) | 8 | 3,282 | 2.29 ms | 3.88 ms | 5.8 ms | 10.9 ms | 0 |
| Read/write (TPC-B like) | 32 | 3,556 | 8.49 ms | 14.1 ms | 18.3 ms | 26.8 ms | 0 |
| Read only | 1 | 11,106 | 0.075 ms | 0.128 ms | 0.368 ms | 0.818 ms | 0 |
| Read only | 8 | 27,179 | 0.266 ms | 0.489 ms | 0.812 ms | 1.77 ms | 0 |
| Read only | 32 | 25,558 | 1.14 ms | 2.09 ms | 2.89 ms | 4.82 ms | 0 |

Scale 100 (10,000,000 accounts), loaded in 15.4 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 | 278 | 5,556 | 3.36 ms | 5.09 ms | 7.99 ms | 0 |
| Read/write | 8 | 593 | 11,865 | 14 ms | 20.4 ms | 25.3 ms | 0 |
| Read/write | 32 | 594 | 11,877 | 53.9 ms | 86 ms | 107 ms | 0 |
| Read only | 1 | 588 | 9,406 | 1.64 ms | 2.15 ms | 2.57 ms | 0 |
| Read only | 8 | 1,100 | 17,607 | 7.17 ms | 9.73 ms | 11.4 ms | 0 |
| Read only | 32 | 1,035 | 16,566 | 30.3 ms | 38.9 ms | 48.3 ms | 0 |

10 tables of 100,000 rows, loaded in 10.9 s. 60 s per run, one connection per thread.

### Redis

#### memtier

| Mix | Operations/s | Hits/s | Median | p99 | p99.9 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1:10 set:get | 59,877 | 54,433 | 0.599 ms | 3.26 ms | 4.93 ms |
| 1:1 set:get | 59,339 | 29,669 | 0.599 ms | 3.34 ms | 5.02 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

| Step | Requests/s | Median | p95 | p99 | Error rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 8 virtual users |
| --- |
| Home page | 1.25 | 1.29 s | 1.44 s | 1.48 s | 0% |
| Shop page | 1.25 | 1.73 s | 1.95 s | 2.02 s | 0% |
| Category page | 1.25 | 1.08 s | 1.73 s | 1.77 s | 0% |
| Product page | 1.25 | 1.14 s | 1.32 s | 1.41 s | 0% |
| Product search | 1.25 | 995 ms | 1.17 s | 1.2 s | 0% |
| 32 virtual users |
| --- |
| Home page | 1.36 | 4.56 s | 5.48 s | 5.66 s | 0% |
| Shop page | 1.36 | 6.22 s | 7.06 s | 7.85 s | 0% |
| Category page | 1.36 | 5.35 s | 6.43 s | 6.98 s | 0% |
| Product page | 1.22 | 4.41 s | 4.87 s | 5.02 s | 0% |
| Product search | 0.904 | 4.06 s | 4.46 s | 4.54 s | 0% |

#### Cart and checkout

| Step | Requests/s | Median | p95 | p99 | Error rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 8 virtual users |
| --- |
| Add to cart | 2.34 | 1.37 s | 1.55 s | 1.62 s | 0% |
| Cart | 2.34 | 1.1 s | 1.24 s | 1.28 s | 0% |
| Checkout | 2.34 | 820 ms | 968 ms | 1 s | 0% |
| 32 virtual users |
| --- |
| Add to cart | 2.45 | 4.43 s | 5.51 s | 5.85 s | 0% |
| Cart | 2.45 | 4.72 s | 5.34 s | 5.45 s | 0% |
| Checkout | 2.45 | 3.63 s | 4.21 s | 4.5 s | 0% |

k6 with a fixed number of virtual users, 64 to 71 s per level. The error rate counts responses that weren't a 200.

## Advertised vs. measured

| Spec | Advertised | Measured |
| --- | --- | --- |
| vCPU | 2 | 2 |
| CPU | Dedicated vCPU | 0% of busy CPU time stolen |
| RAM | 4 GB | 3.8 GiB |
| Storage | 80 GB SSD | 78.2 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:** AMD EPYC 7642 48-Core Processor

**CPU cores:** 2

**CPU frequency:** 2300 MHz

**AES-NI:** Yes

**VM-x/AMD-V:** No

**RAM reported:** 3.8 GiB

**Swap reported:** 496 MiB

**Disk reported:** 78.2 GiB

**Virtualization reported:** KVM

**CPU steal:** 0% of busy CPU time stolen

**Distro:** Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS

**Kernel:** 6.8.0-134-generic

**Architecture:** x86\_64

**IPv4 reachable:** Yes

**IPv6 reachable:** Yes

## Advertised at test time

**Plan:** Dedicated 4GB

**Product line:** Dedicated CPU

**Location:** Fremont, CA

**vCPU:** 2 dedicated vCPU

**Architecture:** x86\_64

**RAM:** 4 GB

**Storage:** 80 GB SSD

**Virtualization:** KVM

**Network:** 4 Gbps

**Transfer:** 4 TB

**Port 25:** On request

**Monthly price at test time:** $36.00

**Hourly price at test time:** $0.054

**YABS version:** v2026-09-20

**Ran at:** Oct 7, 2026, 14:47:22 UTC

**Parser version:** 5

## Run timeline

**Queued:** Oct 7, 2026, 14:44:00 UTC

**First update from the server:** Oct 7, 2026, 14:45:35 UTC

**Completed:** Oct 7, 2026, 16:09:09 UTC

**Server deleted:** Oct 7, 2026, 16:09:09 UTC

**Cost of this run:** $0.077

Tests 61 of 61 done Live output 759 lines

Setup 2 cores, 3.8 GiB RAM 4 of 4Done

Disk (fio) 268 MB/s at 4k, 4.91 GB/s at 1m 5 of 5Done

Network, IPv4 (iperf3) Median 1.26 Gbit/s send, 1.63 Gbit/s receive, 3 retried 5 of 5Done

Geekbench 7, single-core Score 1,015 17 of 17Done

Geekbench 7, multi-core Score 1,290 9 of 9Done

Phoronix (memory, TLS, scheduler) 3 of 3Done

Datastores 5 of 5Done

Web frameworks 12 of 12Done

Finish Results saved 1 of 1Done

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