# DigitalOcean v5 General Purpose 2 vCPU / 4 GB Richmond 1 Benchmark complete Finished Oct 25, 2026 Geekbench 7 single-core 2,453 Faster than 97% of 2 vCPU plans Geekbench 7 multi-core 3,217 Faster than 75% of 2 vCPU plans Disk 4K IOPS 4,512 fio random read and write, 50/50 Monthly price at test time $56.75 57 multi-core points per dollar Same price today ## Server [DigitalOcean](https://rackcensus.com/vps-providers/digitalocean-benchmarks)[v5 General Purpose 2 vCPU / 4 GB](https://rackcensus.com/plans/zax0xd-digitalocean-v5-general-purpose-2-vcpu-4-gb-benchmarks?location=ric1) - Provider DigitalOcean - Plan v5 General Purpose 2 vCPU / 4 GB - Location Richmond 1 - vCPU 2 - RAM 4 GB - Storage 30 GB SSD - Network 4 Gbps - OS image ubuntu-24-04-x64 - Trigger Scheduled - Queued at Oct 23, 2026, 02:46:00 UTC [Visit DigitalOcean](https://rackcensus.com/go/digitalocean) Referral link. If you sign up through it, I may get paid. [How this works](https://rackcensus.com/transparency#referrals-heading) ## CPU | Version | Single-core | Multi-core | Result link | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Geekbench 7 | 2,453 | 3,217 | [Geekbench Browser](https://browser.geekbench.com/v7/cpu/719647) | 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 | 2,2444th of 100 | 3,19916th of 56 | | Navigation | 2,1284th of 100 | Single-core only | | HTML5 Browser | 2,4473rd of 100 | Single-core only | | PDF Viewer | 2,6312nd of 100 | Single-core only | | Photo Library | 2,4863rd of 100 | 3,36520th of 56 | | Clang | 2,1384th of 100 | 3,10226th of 56 | | Text Processing | 2,4162nd of 100 | 2,82325th of 56 | | Asset Compression | 2,3455th of 100 | 3,15527th of 56 | | HDR | 2,4282nd of 100 | 2,79323rd of 56 | | Photo Editor | 3,3632nd of 100 | 4,22315th of 56 | | Ray Tracer | 2,1205th of 100 | 3,26727th of 56 | | Structure from Motion | 2,7722nd of 100 | Single-core only | | Game Physics | 2,2614th of 100 | Single-core only | | Video Encoder | 2,4581st of 100 | Single-core only | | Audio Encoder | 2,2625th of 100 | Single-core only | | Video Player | 3,0862nd of 100 | Single-core only | Rank among the 100 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 | 8.8 MB/s (2,251 IOPS) | 8.8 MB/s (2,261 IOPS) | 17.6 MB/s (4,512 IOPS) | | 64K | 35.8 MB/s (572 IOPS) | 36 MB/s (576 IOPS) | 71.8 MB/s (1,148 IOPS) | | 512K | 34.2 MB/s (68 IOPS) | 36.3 MB/s (72 IOPS) | 70.6 MB/s (140 IOPS) | | 1M | 22.9 MB/s (22 IOPS) | 25.2 MB/s (25 IOPS) | 48.1 MB/s (47 IOPS) | fio random read and write, 50/50, run by YABS against the boot disk. ## Network ### IPv4 transfer speed Loading... | Target | Protocol | Send | Receive | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Leaseweb, NYC, NY, US (10G) | IPv4 | 3.84 Gbps | 7.79 Gbps | | Eranium, Amsterdam, NL (100G) | IPv4 | 869 Mbps | 2.6 Gbps | | Leaseweb, Singapore, SG (10G) | IPv4 | 674 Mbps | 832 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 | 5.49 / 6.46 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits | | 1 | 500 | 499.12 | 4.22 / 5.18 | 0 / 159 | Met workload limits | | 1 | 1000 | 997.49 | 4.27 / 5.3 | 0 / 450 | Met workload limits | | 1 | 3000 | 2993.03 | 4.59 / 54.15 | 0 / 1250 | Met workload limits | | 2 | 100 | 100 | 5.43 / 6.39 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits | | 2 | 500 | 499.84 | 4.27 / 5.24 | 0 / 28 | Met workload limits | | 2 | 1000 | 997.61 | 4.32 / 5.36 | 0 / 430 | Met workload limits | | 2 | 3000 | 2993.17 | 4.54 / 52.52 | 0 / 1226 | 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 Failed A mixed cache workload with 1 KiB values, expiration, misses and eviction. URLError: \ p95 ≤ 10 ms · p99 ≤ 25 ms · errors ≤ 1.0% ### Redis persistent queue Failed Enqueue, consume and acknowledge payloads with append-only persistence. URLError: \ p95 ≤ 20 ms · p99 ≤ 50 ms · errors ≤ 1.0% ### Discourse community Failed Signed-in reading, search, posting and replies in a populated Rails forum. URLError: \ p95 ≤ 1500 ms · p99 ≤ 3000 ms · errors ≤ 1.0% ### n8n workflows Failed Webhook, transformation, branching and a verified final response. URLError: \ p95 ≤ 1000 ms · p99 ≤ 2000 ms · errors ≤ 1.0% ### n8n queue workers Failed Completed queued workflows including waiting time and worker execution. URLError: \ p95 ≤ 2000 ms · p99 ≤ 4000 ms · errors ≤ 1.0% ### Ghost publishing Failed Readers, authenticated draft creation, publishing and image uploads. URLError: \ p95 ≤ 1000 ms · p99 ≤ 2000 ms · errors ≤ 1.0% ### Formbricks / Next.js Failed Public survey rendering, persisted responses and authenticated analysis. URLError: \ p95 ≤ 1000 ms · p99 ≤ 2000 ms · errors ≤ 1.0% ### Elasticsearch search and ingestion Failed Full-text search, filtering and aggregations while new documents are indexed. URLError: \ p95 ≤ 250 ms · p99 ≤ 500 ms · errors ≤ 1.0% ### GitHub self-hosted runner Insufficient RAM A pinned build and test workflow with separate cold and warm dependency caches. Requires 8192 MiB RAM; plan has 4096 MiB, 3914 MiB detected. 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 "\", line 1, in \ 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 | 2 | 2 | | CPU | Dedicated vCPU | 0% of busy CPU time stolen | | RAM | 4 GB | 3.8 GiB | | Storage | 30 GB SSD | 29 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 9555P 64-Core Processor **CPU cores:** 2 **CPU frequency:** 3195 MHz **AES-NI:** Yes **VM-x/AMD-V:** Yes **RAM reported:** 3.8 GiB **Swap reported:** 0 MiB **Disk reported:** 29 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:** v5 General Purpose 2 vCPU / 4 GB **Product line:** v5 General Purpose **Location:** Richmond 1 **vCPU:** 2 dedicated vCPU **Architecture:** x86\_64 **RAM:** 4 GB **Storage:** 30 GB SSD **Virtualization:** KVM **Network:** 4 Gbps **Transfer:** 4 TB **Port 25:** Closed **Monthly price at test time:** $56.75 **Hourly price at test time:** $0.076 **YABS version:** v2026-09-20 **Ran at:** Oct 25, 2026, 15:58:31 UTC **Parser version:** 5 ## Run timeline **Queued:** Oct 23, 2026, 02:46:00 UTC **First update from the server:** Oct 25, 2026, 15:58:29 UTC **Completed:** Oct 25, 2026, 17:32:00 UTC **Server deleted:** Oct 25, 2026, 17:32:00 UTC **Cost of this run:** $0.12 Tests 40 of 50 done Live output 456 lines Setup 2 cores, 3.8 GiB RAM 4 of 4Done Disk (fio) 18.5 MB/s at 4k, 50.4 MB/s at 1m 5 of 5Done Network, IPv4 (iperf3) Median 869 Mbit/s send, 2.60 Gbit/s receive, 2 retried 3 of 3Done Geekbench 7, single-core Score 2,453 17 of 17Done Geekbench 7, multi-core Score 3,217 9 of 9Done Web apps 10 failed, 1 skipped 1 of 11Some failed TestResultTime PostgreSQL transactions 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 31m 42s PostgreSQL large dataset RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: Stopped RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: 10m 51s Redis cache URLError: \ Stopped URLError: \ 25m 11s Redis persistent queue URLError: \ Stopped URLError: \ 30s Discourse community URLError: \ Stopped URLError: \ 2m 47s n8n workflows URLError: \ Stopped URLError: \ 1m 13s n8n queue workers URLError: \ Stopped URLError: \ 45s Ghost publishing URLError: \ Stopped URLError: \ 1m 37s Formbricks / Next.js URLError: \ Stopped URLError: \ 3m 34s Elasticsearch search and ingestion URLError: \ Stopped URLError: \ 1m 40s GitHub self-hosted runner Requires 8192 MiB RAM; plan has 4096 MiB, 3914 MiB detected. Not run Requires 8192 MiB RAM; plan has 4096 MiB, 3914 MiB detected. 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 "\", line 1, in \ PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/tmp/rc-seed.py' 1m 20s Finish Results saved 1 of 1Done Watch party 0 watching This party closed at 18:32 UTC. It's read only now. ## Watch party Loading the party