# DigitalOcean Premium Intel 4 vCPU / 8 GB

[New York 3](https://rackcensus.com/locations/new-york-vps-benchmarks "Every provider in New York")

Benchmark complete

Finished Oct 20, 2026

Geekbench 7 single-core

1,348

Geekbench 7 multi-core

2,908

Disk 4K IOPS

100,814

fio random read and write, 50/50

Monthly price at test time

$109.00

27 multi-core points per dollar

Same price today

## Server

[DigitalOcean](https://rackcensus.com/vps-providers/digitalocean-benchmarks)[Premium Intel 4 vCPU / 8 GB](https://rackcensus.com/plans/4jgc8z-digitalocean-premium-intel-4-vcpu-8-gb-benchmarks?location=nyc3)

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Provider

DigitalOcean

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Plan

Premium Intel 4 vCPU / 8 GB

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Location

New York 3

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vCPU

4

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RAM

8 GB

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Storage

50 GB NVMe

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Network

10 Gbps

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OS image

ubuntu-24-04-x64

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Trigger

Scheduled

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Queued at

Oct 19, 2026, 08:13:00 UTC

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## CPU

| Version | Single-core | Multi-core | Result link |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Geekbench 7 | 1,348 | 2,908 | [Geekbench Browser](https://browser.geekbench.com/v7/cpu/673754) |

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 | 1,2519th of 25 | 2,5619th of 15 |
| Navigation | 1,4786th of 25 | Single-core only |
| HTML5 Browser | 1,3886th of 25 | Single-core only |
| PDF Viewer | 1,5676th of 25 | Single-core only |
| Photo Library | 1,2488th of 25 | 2,9509th of 15 |
| Clang | 1,3326th of 25 | 3,3569th of 15 |
| Text Processing | 1,3547th of 25 | 2,58010th of 15 |
| Asset Compression | 1,04918th of 25 | 2,68010th of 15 |
| HDR | 1,21210th of 25 | 2,31110th of 15 |
| Photo Editor | 1,5367th of 25 | 3,42210th of 15 |
| Ray Tracer | 1,3567th of 25 | 3,6928th of 15 |
| Structure from Motion | 1,6058th of 25 | Single-core only |
| Game Physics | 1,23011th of 25 | Single-core only |
| Video Encoder | 1,3217th of 25 | Single-core only |
| Audio Encoder | 1,2849th of 25 | Single-core only |
| Video Player | 1,4838th of 25 | Single-core only |

Rank among the 25 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.

## Disk

| Block size | Read | Write | Total |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 4K | 196.6 MB/s (50,341 IOPS) | 197.2 MB/s (50,473 IOPS) | 393.8 MB/s (100,814 IOPS) |
| 64K | 632.8 MB/s (10,124 IOPS) | 636.1 MB/s (10,177 IOPS) | 1.24 GB/s (20,301 IOPS) |
| 512K | 667.2 MB/s (1,334 IOPS) | 702.7 MB/s (1,405 IOPS) | 1.34 GB/s (2,739 IOPS) |
| 1M | 719.4 MB/s (719 IOPS) | 767.3 MB/s (767 IOPS) | 1.45 GB/s (1,486 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Leaseweb, NYC, NY, US (10G) | IPv4 | 8.24 Gbps | busy |
| Eranium, Amsterdam, NL (100G) | IPv4 | 719 Mbps | 1.75 Gbps |
| Leaseweb, Singapore, SG (10G) | IPv4 | 608 Mbps | 948 Mbps |

Public iperf3 servers vary in capacity and availability. Compare a target only with itself over time.

## Application workloads

### PostgreSQL transactions
Measured

Durable transfers and indexed account lookups against a fixed relational dataset.

PostgreSQL transactions measurements| Repeat | Offered / s | transactions/s | p95 / p99 ms | Errors / dropped | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 100 | 100 | 6.24 / 7.16 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 500 | 496.94 | 4.65 / 5.69 | 0 / 550 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 1000 | 992.31 | 4.54 / 5.24 | 0 / 1384 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 3000 | 2985.19 | 4.59 / 5.89 | 0 / 2661 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 100 | 100 | 6.24 / 7 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 500 | 496.36 | 4.76 / 5.62 | 0 / 654 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 1000 | 992 | 4.54 / 5.24 | 0 / 1440 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 3000 | 2985.49 | 4.65 / 6.17 | 0 / 2607 | Met workload limits |

p95 ≤ 50 ms · p99 ≤ 100 ms · errors ≤ 1.0%

### PostgreSQL large dataset
Failed

The same transaction mix against ten million accounts; the dataset never shrinks to fit a plan.

RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError:

p95 ≤ 100 ms · p99 ≤ 250 ms · errors ≤ 1.0%

### Redis cache
Measured

A mixed cache workload with 1 KiB values, expiration, misses and eviction.

Redis cache measurements| Repeat | Offered / s | operations/s | p95 / p99 ms | Errors / dropped | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 1000 | 999.99 | 1.65 / 1.76 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 5000 | 4999.97 | 1.57 / 1.7 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 10000 | 9999.95 | 1.15 / 1.7 | 0 / 6 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 25000 | 24273.64 | 15.38 / 20.86 | 0 / 130535 | load generator saturated |
| 2 | 1000 | 999.99 | 1.6 / 1.73 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 5000 | 4999.97 | 1.57 / 1.73 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 10000 | 9999.52 | 1.19 / 1.73 | 0 / 63 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 25000 | 24323.56 | 15.22 / 20.22 | 0 / 121587 | load generator saturated |

p95 ≤ 10 ms · p99 ≤ 25 ms · errors ≤ 1.0%

### Redis persistent queue
Measured

Enqueue, consume and acknowledge payloads with append-only persistence.

Redis persistent queue measurements| Repeat | Offered / s | jobs/s | p95 / p99 ms | Errors / dropped | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 100 | 100 | 3.82 / 4.48 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 500 | 500 | 2.91 / 3.15 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 1000 | 1000 | 2.91 / 3.15 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 3000 | 2999.99 | 2.37 / 3.58 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 100 | 100 | 3.58 / 4.27 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 500 | 500 | 2.83 / 3.03 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 1000 | 1000 | 2.95 / 3.23 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 3000 | 2999.99 | 2.33 / 3.45 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |

p95 ≤ 20 ms · p99 ≤ 50 ms · errors ≤ 1.0%

### Discourse community
Measured

Signed-in reading, search, posting and replies in a populated Rails forum.

Discourse community measurements| Repeat | Offered / s | journeys/s | p95 / p99 ms | Errors / dropped | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 2 | 1.96 | 196.08 / 249.24 | 8 / 0 | error limit exceeded |
| 1 | 5 | 4.69 | 157.34 / 259.4 | 56 / 0 | error limit exceeded |
| 1 | 10 | 9.19 | 165.41 / 264.64 | 146 / 0 | error limit exceeded |
| 1 | 25 | 22.68 | 239.48 / 371.58 | 416 / 0 | error limit exceeded |
| 2 | 2 | 1.96 | 173.9 / 249.24 | 8 / 0 | error limit exceeded |
| 2 | 5 | 4.69 | 157.34 / 251.75 | 56 / 0 | error limit exceeded |
| 2 | 10 | 9.19 | 168.76 / 267.29 | 146 / 0 | error limit exceeded |
| 2 | 25 | 22.68 | 259.4 / 346.51 | 416 / 0 | error limit exceeded |

p95 ≤ 1500 ms · p99 ≤ 3000 ms · errors ≤ 1.0%

### n8n workflows
Measured

Webhook, transformation, branching and a verified final response.

n8n workflows measurements| Repeat | Offered / s | workflows/s | p95 / p99 ms | Errors / dropped | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 22.44 / 27.88 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 20 | 20 | 17.46 / 21.75 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 50 | 50 | 15.54 / 21.97 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 100 | 97.57 | 2779.58 / 2835.47 | 0 / 294 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 21.52 / 25.94 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 20 | 20 | 17.46 / 20.64 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 50 | 50 | 16.22 / 21.75 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 100 | 97.69 | 2724.79 / 2863.83 | 0 / 240 | latency limit exceeded |

p95 ≤ 1000 ms · p99 ≤ 2000 ms · errors ≤ 1.0%

### n8n queue workers
Measured

Completed queued workflows including waiting time and worker execution.

n8n queue workers measurements| Repeat | Offered / s | workflows/s | p95 / p99 ms | Errors / dropped | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 29.66 / 35.67 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 20 | 20 | 23.63 / 34.59 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 50 | 50 | 25.41 / 46.97 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 100 | 93.76 | 2835.47 / 2863.83 | 0 / 915 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 28.46 / 34.24 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 20 | 20 | 24.13 / 36.04 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 50 | 50 | 25.15 / 46.5 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 100 | 93.35 | 2835.47 / 2921.41 | 0 / 976 | latency limit exceeded |

p95 ≤ 2000 ms · p99 ≤ 4000 ms · errors ≤ 1.0%

### Ghost publishing
Measured

Readers, authenticated draft creation, publishing and image uploads.

Ghost publishing measurements| Repeat | Offered / s | journeys/s | p95 / p99 ms | Errors / dropped | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 304.34 / 349.99 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 20 | 20 | 332.95 / 346.51 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 50 | 43.86 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 885 / 0 | latency limit exceeded |
| 1 | 100 | 51.48 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 965 / 7471 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 310.48 / 353.5 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 20 | 20 | 329.64 / 346.51 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 50 | 43.83 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 879 / 0 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 100 | 51.06 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 954 / 7579 | latency limit exceeded |

p95 ≤ 1000 ms · p99 ≤ 2000 ms · errors ≤ 1.0%

### Formbricks / Next.js
Failed

Public survey rendering, persisted responses and authenticated analysis.

RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError:

p95 ≤ 1000 ms · p99 ≤ 2000 ms · errors ≤ 1.0%

### Elasticsearch search and ingestion
Measured

Full-text search, filtering and aggregations while new documents are indexed.

Elasticsearch search and ingestion measurements| Repeat | Offered / s | operations/s | p95 / p99 ms | Errors / dropped | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 10 | 10 | 10.11 / 22.91 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 50 | 50 | 7.49 / 9.06 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 100 | 100 | 6.77 / 8.29 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 250 | 250 | 6.17 / 8.2 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 10 | 10 | 9.78 / 26.48 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 50 | 50 | 7.49 / 9.16 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 100 | 100 | 8.86 / 10.68 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 250 | 250 | 6.24 / 8.38 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |

p95 ≤ 250 ms · p99 ≤ 500 ms · errors ≤ 1.0%

### GitHub self-hosted runner
Failed

A pinned build and test workflow with separate cold and warm dependency caches.

ValueError: set RUNNER\_BENCHMARK\_REPOSITORY and RUNNER\_BENCHMARK\_REVISION to the repository and commit hosting benchmark-runner.yml

p95 ≤ 3600000 ms · p99 ≤ 3600000 ms · errors ≤ 1.0%

### Odoo Community sales
Failed

Customer lookup, sales order confirmation, stock operations and reporting.

RuntimeError: fixture command in rc-odoo failed: -packages/odoo/cli/shell.py", line 148, in shell self.console(local\_vars) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/cli/shell.py", line 82, in console exec(sys.stdin.read(), local\_vars) File "\<string\>", line 1, in \<module\> PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/tmp/rc-seed.py'

p95 ≤ 2000 ms · p99 ≤ 4000 ms · errors ≤ 1.0%

## Advertised vs. measured

| Spec | Advertised | Measured |
| --- | --- | --- |
| vCPU | 4 | 4 |
| CPU | Dedicated vCPU | 0% of busy CPU time stolen |
| RAM | 8 GB | 7.8 GiB |
| Storage | 50 GB NVMe | 48.4 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:** Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8358 CPU @ 2.60GHz

**CPU cores:** 4

**CPU frequency:** 2600 MHz

**AES-NI:** Yes

**VM-x/AMD-V:** Yes

**RAM reported:** 7.8 GiB

**Swap reported:** 0 MiB

**Disk reported:** 48.4 GiB

**Virtualization reported:** KVM

**CPU steal:** 0% 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:** Premium Intel 4 vCPU / 8 GB

**Product line:** Premium Intel

**Location:** New York 3

**vCPU:** 4 dedicated vCPU

**Architecture:** x86\_64

**RAM:** 8 GB

**Storage:** 50 GB NVMe

**Virtualization:** KVM

**Network:** 10 Gbps

**Transfer:** 5 TB

**Port 25:** Closed

**Monthly price at test time:** $109.00

**Hourly price at test time:** $0.16

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

**Ran at:** Oct 19, 2026, 22:48:00 UTC

**Parser version:** 5

## Run timeline

**Queued:** Oct 19, 2026, 08:13:00 UTC

**Server created:** Oct 19, 2026, 22:47:57 UTC

**First update from the server:** Oct 19, 2026, 22:47:57 UTC

**Completed:** Oct 20, 2026, 03:23:00 UTC

**Server deleted:** Oct 20, 2026, 03:23:00 UTC

**Cost of this run:** $0.75

Tests 47 of 51 done Live output 1363 lines

Setup 4 cores, 7.8 GiB RAM 4 of 4Done

Disk (fio) 413 MB/s at 4k, 1.55 GB/s at 1m 5 of 5Done

Network, IPv4 (iperf3) Median 719 Mbit/s send, 1.35 Gbit/s receive, 1 retried 3 of 3Done

Geekbench 7, single-core Score 1,348 17 of 17Done

Geekbench 7, multi-core Score 2,908 9 of 9Done

Web apps 4 failed 8 of 12Some failed

TestResultTime

PostgreSQL transactions 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 29m 33s

PostgreSQL large dataset RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: Stopped RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: 1m 48s

Redis cache 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 28m 25s

Redis persistent queue 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 28m 22s

Discourse community 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 35m 02s

n8n workflows 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 30m 38s

n8n queue workers 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 30m 40s

Ghost publishing 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 32m 23s

Formbricks / Next.js RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: Stopped RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: 12m 34s

Elasticsearch search and ingestion 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 33m 12s

GitHub self-hosted runner ValueError: set RUNNER\_BENCHMARK\_REPOSITORY and RUNNER\_BENCHMARK\_REVISION to the repository and commit hosting benchmark-runner.yml Stopped ValueError: set RUNNER\_BENCHMARK\_REPOSITORY and RUNNER\_BENCHMARK\_REVISION to the repository and commit hosting benchmark-runner.yml 0s

Odoo Community sales Application workloads Stopped RuntimeError: fixture command in rc-odoo failed: -packages/odoo/cli/shell.py", line 148, in shell self.console(local\_vars) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/cli/shell.py", line 82, in console exec(sys.stdin.read(), local\_vars) File "\<string\>", line 1, in \<module\> PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/tmp/rc-seed.py' 1m 19s

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