# Linode Dedicated 8GB

[Newark, NJ](https://rackcensus.com/locations/newark-vps-benchmarks "Every provider in Newark")

Benchmark complete

Finished Oct 22, 2026

Geekbench 7 single-core

1,216

Faster than 45% of 4 vCPU plans

Geekbench 7 multi-core

2,944

Faster than 30% of 4 vCPU plans

Disk 4K IOPS

85,625

fio random read and write, 50/50

Monthly price at test time

$72.00

41 multi-core points per dollar

Same price today

## Server

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

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Provider

Linode

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Plan

Dedicated 8GB

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Location

Newark, NJ

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vCPU

4

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RAM

8 GB

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Storage

160 GB SSD

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Network

5 Gbps

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OS image

linode/ubuntu24.04

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Trigger

Scheduled

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Queued at

Oct 21, 2026, 02:12:00 UTC

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## CPU

| Version | Single-core | Multi-core | Result link |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Geekbench 7 | 1,216 | 2,944 | [Geekbench Browser](https://browser.geekbench.com/v7/cpu/691839) |

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 | 1,33920th of 64 | 3,12712th of 36 |
| Navigation | 1,11337th of 64 | Single-core only |
| HTML5 Browser | 1,18323rd of 64 | Single-core only |
| PDF Viewer | 1,29523rd of 64 | Single-core only |
| Photo Library | 1,17720th of 64 | 3,02114th of 36 |
| Clang | 1,08627th of 64 | 2,87318th of 36 |
| Text Processing | 1,14022nd of 64 | 2,61916th of 36 |
| Asset Compression | 1,31016th of 64 | 3,32813th of 36 |
| HDR | 1,24817th of 64 | 2,43915th of 36 |
| Photo Editor | 1,29529th of 64 | 2,84218th of 36 |
| Ray Tracer | 1,13334th of 64 | 3,44216th of 36 |
| Structure from Motion | 1,29724th of 64 | Single-core only |
| Game Physics | 1,15026th of 64 | Single-core only |
| Video Encoder | 1,15623rd of 64 | Single-core only |
| Audio Encoder | 1,35516th of 64 | Single-core only |
| Video Player | 1,21828th of 64 | Single-core only |

Rank among the 64 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 | 167 MB/s (42,756 IOPS) | 167.5 MB/s (42,869 IOPS) | 334.5 MB/s (85,625 IOPS) |
| 64K | 1.57 GB/s (25,774 IOPS) | 1.58 GB/s (25,910 IOPS) | 3.15 GB/s (51,684 IOPS) |
| 512K | 2.42 GB/s (4,962 IOPS) | 2.55 GB/s (5,226 IOPS) | 4.98 GB/s (10,188 IOPS) |
| 1M | 3.43 GB/s (3,507 IOPS) | 3.65 GB/s (3,741 IOPS) | 7.08 GB/s (7,248 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 | 5.51 Gbps | 9.21 Gbps |
| Eranium, Amsterdam, NL (100G) | IPv4 | 2.28 Gbps | 3.16 Gbps |
| Leaseweb, Singapore, SG (10G) | IPv4 | 867 Mbps | 1 Gbps |

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 | 5.96 / 94.32 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 500 | 494.63 | 4.48 / 9.57 | 0 / 967 | load generator fell behind |
| 1 | 1000 | 987.49 | 4.43 / 16.04 | 0 / 2251 | load generator fell behind |
| 1 | 3000 | 2985.05 | 6.77 / 40.74 | 0 / 2686 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 100 | 100 | 5.56 / 7.93 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 500 | 494.04 | 4.48 / 15.38 | 0 / 1073 | load generator fell behind |
| 2 | 1000 | 991.72 | 4.65 / 20.43 | 0 / 1490 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 3000 | 2980.11 | 5.89 / 39.91 | 0 / 3578 | 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 | 1000 | 1.57 / 2.65 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 5000 | 4998.09 | 1.79 / 12.56 | 0 / 339 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 10000 | 9968.12 | 1.79 / 14.58 | 0 / 5724 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 25000 | 22454.51 | 18.21 / 25.94 | 0 / 457997 | load generator saturated |
| 2 | 1000 | 1000 | 1.6 / 5.06 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 5000 | 4999.8 | 1.7 / 10 | 0 / 29 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 10000 | 9974.44 | 3.11 / 16.22 | 0 / 4593 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 25000 | 19654.59 | 21.52 / 33.55 | 0 / 962024 | 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 | 4.11 / 33.55 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 500 | 500 | 2.87 / 25.15 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 1000 | 999.99 | 3.96 / 39.51 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 3000 | 2994.82 | 25.94 / 58.72 | 0 / 929 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 100 | 100 | 3.87 / 4.94 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 500 | 500 | 2.95 / 20.01 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 1000 | 999.99 | 3.07 / 19.59 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 3000 | 2996.17 | 17.46 / 58.12 | 0 / 683 | latency limit exceeded |

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 | 227.81 / 298.33 | 8 / 0 | error limit exceeded |
| 1 | 5 | 4.69 | 184.66 / 301.32 | 56 / 0 | error limit exceeded |
| 1 | 10 | 9.19 | 190.29 / 316.74 | 146 / 0 | error limit exceeded |
| 1 | 25 | 22.59 | 1343.85 / 1529.57 | 419 / 0 | error limit exceeded |
| 2 | 2 | 1.96 | 208.21 / 298.33 | 8 / 0 | error limit exceeded |
| 2 | 5 | 4.69 | 186.52 / 307.4 | 56 / 0 | error limit exceeded |
| 2 | 10 | 9.19 | 186.52 / 313.6 | 146 / 0 | error limit exceeded |
| 2 | 25 | 22.25 | 4350.08 / 4572.03 | 425 / 0 | latency 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 | 24.89 / 48.43 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 20 | 20 | 25.15 / 307.4 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 50 | 50 | 20.01 / 717.5 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 100 | 80.71 | 3709.69 / 4097.91 | 0 / 3305 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 25.67 / 35.31 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 20 | 20 | 22.2 / 29.36 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 50 | 50 | 21.52 / 599.68 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 100 | 80.18 | 3672.95 / 4393.59 | 0 / 3408 | 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 | 32.2 / 42 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 20 | 20 | 30.27 / 42 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 50 | 50 | 35.31 / 91.52 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 100 | 81.29 | 3425.76 / 3784.28 | 0 / 3156 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 33.2 / 39.11 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 20 | 20 | 29.66 / 39.51 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 50 | 50 | 34.24 / 76.35 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 100 | 80.14 | 3425.76 / 3529.59 | 0 / 3361 | 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 | 336.29 / 382.87 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 20 | 20 | 390.58 / 431.55 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 50 | 41.16 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 807 / 557 | latency limit exceeded |
| 1 | 100 | 41.85 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 837 / 9387 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 336.29 / 382.87 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 20 | 20 | 398.45 / 440.25 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 50 | 40.42 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 779 / 723 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 100 | 41.92 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 828 / 9405 | 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 / 13.68 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 50 | 50 | 8.11 / 11.4 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 100 | 100 | 7.33 / 12.03 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 250 | 250 | 7.08 / 13.11 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 / 12.83 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 50 | 50 | 8.38 / 11.65 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 100 | 100 | 7.58 / 11.15 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 250 | 250 | 7.49 / 16.04 | 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 | 160 GB SSD | 156.9 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 7713 64-Core Processor

**CPU cores:** 4

**CPU frequency:** 2000 MHz

**AES-NI:** Yes

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

**RAM reported:** 7.8 GiB

**Swap reported:** 496 MiB

**Disk reported:** 156.9 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 8GB

**Product line:** Dedicated CPU

**Location:** Newark, NJ

**vCPU:** 4 dedicated vCPU

**Architecture:** x86\_64

**RAM:** 8 GB

**Storage:** 160 GB SSD

**Virtualization:** KVM

**Network:** 5 Gbps

**Transfer:** 5 TB

**Port 25:** On request

**Monthly price at test time:** $72.00

**Hourly price at test time:** $0.11

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

**Ran at:** Oct 22, 2026, 09:04:27 UTC

**Parser version:** 5

## Run timeline

**Queued:** Oct 21, 2026, 02:12:00 UTC

**Server created:** Oct 22, 2026, 09:03:36 UTC

**First update from the server:** Oct 22, 2026, 09:03:36 UTC

**Completed:** Oct 22, 2026, 13:46:37 UTC

**Server deleted:** Oct 22, 2026, 13:46:37 UTC

**Cost of this run:** $0.51

Tests 47 of 51 done Live output 1364 lines

Setup 4 cores, 7.8 GiB RAM 4 of 4Done

Disk (fio) 351 MB/s at 4k, 7.60 GB/s at 1m 5 of 5Done

Network, IPv4 (iperf3) Median 2.28 Gbit/s send, 3.16 Gbit/s receive, 2 retried 3 of 3Done

Geekbench 7, single-core Score 1,216 17 of 17Done

Geekbench 7, multi-core Score 2,944 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: 2m 00s

Redis cache 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 28m 29s

Redis persistent queue 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 28m 23s

Discourse community 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 36m 08s

n8n workflows 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 31m 03s

n8n queue workers 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 31m 06s

Ghost publishing 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 32m 51s

Formbricks / Next.js RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: Stopped RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: 14m 28s

Elasticsearch search and ingestion 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 34m 56s

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 38s

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