# DigitalOcean Basic Intel 2 vCPU / 2 GB

[San Francisco 3](https://rackcensus.com/locations/san-francisco-vps-benchmarks "Every provider in San Francisco")

Benchmark complete

Finished Oct 20, 2026

Geekbench 7 single-core

968

Faster than 39% of 2 vCPU plans

Geekbench 7 multi-core

Skipped

Disk 4K IOPS

93,840

fio random read and write, 50/50

Monthly price at test time

$21.00

Same price today

## Server

[DigitalOcean](https://rackcensus.com/vps-providers/digitalocean-benchmarks)[Basic Intel 2 vCPU / 2 GB](https://rackcensus.com/plans/53tgmj-digitalocean-basic-intel-2-vcpu-2-gb-benchmarks?location=sfo3)

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Provider

DigitalOcean

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Plan

Basic Intel 2 vCPU / 2 GB

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Location

San Francisco 3

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vCPU

2

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RAM

2 GB

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Storage

60 GB NVMe

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Network

2 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, 15:54:00 UTC

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## CPU

| Version | Single-core | Multi-core | Result link |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Geekbench 7 | 968 | Skipped | [Geekbench Browser](https://browser.geekbench.com/v7/cpu/677316) |

Multi-core was skipped because Geekbench 7 needs about 3.1 GB of free memory to run 2 threads, and this server didn't have that much. Single-core needs much less, so it still ran.

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 | 92826th of 35 | Single-core only |
| Navigation | 1,08523rd of 35 | Single-core only |
| HTML5 Browser | 1,04618th of 35 | Single-core only |
| PDF Viewer | 1,15320th of 35 | Single-core only |
| Photo Library | 82024th of 35 | Single-core only |
| Clang | 89825th of 35 | Single-core only |
| Text Processing | 94023rd of 35 | Single-core only |
| Asset Compression | 73730th of 35 | Single-core only |
| HDR | 83125th of 35 | Single-core only |
| Photo Editor | 1,10423rd of 35 | Single-core only |
| Ray Tracer | 88227th of 35 | Single-core only |
| Structure from Motion | 1,24518th of 35 | Single-core only |
| Game Physics | 93426th of 35 | Single-core only |
| Video Encoder | 99423rd of 35 | Single-core only |
| Audio Encoder | 96426th of 35 | Single-core only |
| Video Player | 1,05823rd of 35 | Single-core only |

Rank among the 35 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 | 183 MB/s (46,858 IOPS) | 183.5 MB/s (46,982 IOPS) | 366.6 MB/s (93,840 IOPS) |
| 64K | 750.1 MB/s (12,002 IOPS) | 754.1 MB/s (12,065 IOPS) | 1.47 GB/s (24,067 IOPS) |
| 512K | 876.9 MB/s (1,753 IOPS) | 923.5 MB/s (1,847 IOPS) | 1.76 GB/s (3,600 IOPS) |
| 1M | 692.8 MB/s (692 IOPS) | 738.9 MB/s (738 IOPS) | 1.4 GB/s (1,430 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, Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | IPv4 | 2 Gbps | 1.88 Gbps |
| Clouvider, London, UK (10G) | IPv4 | 1.26 Gbps | 1.38 Gbps |
| Leaseweb, Singapore, SG (10G) | IPv4 | 817 Mbps | 1.21 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 | 6.46 / 7.49 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 500 | 497.17 | 5.36 / 11.15 | 0 / 509 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 1000 | 992.59 | 5.18 / 6.03 | 0 / 1334 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 3000 | 2933.91 | 5.69 / 98.19 | 0 / 11887 | error limit exceeded |
| 2 | 100 | 100 | 6.77 / 8.11 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 500 | 496.93 | 5.56 / 7.93 | 0 / 552 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 1000 | 991.23 | 5.3 / 6.46 | 0 / 1578 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 3000 | 2968.76 | 6.32 / 69.02 | 0 / 5613 | error limit exceeded |

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 | 1.81 / 1.96 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 5000 | 4999.97 | 1.79 / 3.03 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 10000 | 9999.12 | 1.05 / 1.79 | 0 / 153 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 25000 | 24712.62 | 11.27 / 17.27 | 0 / 51522 | load generator saturated |
| 2 | 1000 | 1000 | 1.87 / 3.45 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 5000 | 4999.97 | 1.79 / 2.2 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 10000 | 9999.16 | 1.05 / 1.84 | 0 / 138 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 25000 | 24387.19 | 14.43 / 20.43 | 0 / 109936 | 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 / 4.82 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 500 | 500 | 3.27 / 5.24 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 1000 | 999.99 | 3.15 / 3.45 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 3000 | 2999.48 | 2.76 / 5.56 | 0 / 92 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 100 | 100 | 4.22 / 5.82 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 500 | 500 | 3.19 / 3.49 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 1000 | 999.99 | 3.15 / 3.49 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 3000 | 2994.44 | 3.4 / 27.6 | 0 / 999 | Met workload limits |

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

### Discourse community
Failed

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

RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError:

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 | 36.41 / 45.1 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 20 | 20 | 32.87 / 212.41 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 50 | 46.25 | 6477.16 / 6875.7 | 39 / 481 | latency limit exceeded |
| 1 | 100 | 47.94 | 6875.7 / 7013.92 | 449 / 8676 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 34.59 / 45.1 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 20 | 20 | 39.51 / 496.21 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 50 | 48.93 | 5691.12 / 5922.24 | 0 / 141 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 100 | 45.7 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 734 / 8886 | 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 | 49.42 / 64.31 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 20 | 20 | 55.82 / 101.2 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 50 | 31.77 | 9085.12 / 9085.12 | 549 / 2523 | latency limit exceeded |
| 1 | 100 | 34.44 | 9085.12 / 9085.12 | 539 / 11071 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 54.7 / 98.19 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 20 | 20 | 66.29 / 192.2 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 50 | 41.99 | 6740.2 / 7445.48 | 0 / 1237 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 100 | 37.71 | 7982.63 / 8143.1 | 0 / 11015 | 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 | 449.12 / 559.27 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 20 | 18.01 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 327 / 0 | latency limit exceeded |
| 1 | 50 | 1.34 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 6378 / 2372 | latency limit exceeded |
| 1 | 100 | 0.9 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 6580 / 11251 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 462.75 / 542.79 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 20 | 17.96 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 333 / 0 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 50 | 2.44 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 6172 / 2373 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 100 | 1.1 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 6542 / 11253 | latency limit exceeded |

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

### Formbricks / Next.js
Insufficient RAM

Public survey rendering, persisted responses and authenticated analysis.

Requires 4096 MiB RAM; plan has 2048 MiB, 1967 MiB detected.

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

### Elasticsearch search and ingestion
Insufficient RAM

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

Requires 4096 MiB RAM; plan has 2048 MiB, 1967 MiB detected.

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 2048 MiB, 1967 MiB detected.

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

### Odoo Community sales
Insufficient RAM

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

Requires 4096 MiB RAM; plan has 2048 MiB, 1967 MiB detected.

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

## Advertised vs. measured

| Spec | Advertised | Measured |
| --- | --- | --- |
| vCPU | 2 | 2 |
| CPU | Shared vCPU | 0.5% of busy CPU time stolen |
| RAM | 2 GB | 1.9 GiB |
| Storage | 60 GB NVMe | 58 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-Premium-Intel

**CPU cores:** 2

**CPU frequency:** 2100 MHz

**AES-NI:** Yes

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

**RAM reported:** 1.9 GiB

**Swap reported:** 0 MiB

**Disk reported:** 58 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 Intel 2 vCPU / 2 GB

**Product line:** Basic Intel

**Location:** San Francisco 3

**vCPU:** 2 shared vCPU

**Architecture:** x86\_64

**RAM:** 2 GB

**Storage:** 60 GB NVMe

**Virtualization:** KVM

**Network:** 2 Gbps

**Transfer:** 3 TB

**Port 25:** Closed

**Monthly price at test time:** $21.00

**Hourly price at test time:** $0.031

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

**Ran at:** Oct 20, 2026, 11:05:14 UTC

**Parser version:** 5

## Run timeline

**Queued:** Oct 19, 2026, 15:54:00 UTC

**First update from the server:** Oct 20, 2026, 11:05:09 UTC

**Completed:** Oct 20, 2026, 14:38:00 UTC

**Server deleted:** Oct 20, 2026, 14:38:00 UTC

**Cost of this run:** $0.11

Tests 37 of 39 done Live output 1105 lines

Setup 2 cores, 1.9 GiB RAM 4 of 4Done

Disk (fio) 384 MB/s at 4k, 1.50 GB/s at 1m 5 of 5Done

Network, IPv4 (iperf3) Median 1.26 Gbit/s send, 1.38 Gbit/s receive, 1 retried 3 of 3Done

Geekbench 7, single-core Score 968 18 of 18Done

Web apps 2 failed, 4 skipped 6 of 8Some failed

TestResultTime

PostgreSQL transactions 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 29m 46s

PostgreSQL large dataset RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: Stopped RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: 2m 01s

Redis cache 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 28m 30s

Redis persistent queue 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 28m 24s

Discourse community RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: Stopped RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: 17m 14s

n8n workflows 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 31m 56s

n8n queue workers 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 32m 41s

Ghost publishing 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 33m 43s

Formbricks / Next.js Requires 4096 MiB RAM; plan has 2048 MiB, 1967 MiB detected. Not run Requires 4096 MiB RAM; plan has 2048 MiB, 1967 MiB detected.

Elasticsearch search and ingestion Requires 4096 MiB RAM; plan has 2048 MiB, 1967 MiB detected. Not run Requires 4096 MiB RAM; plan has 2048 MiB, 1967 MiB detected.

GitHub self-hosted runner Requires 8192 MiB RAM; plan has 2048 MiB, 1967 MiB detected. Not run Requires 8192 MiB RAM; plan has 2048 MiB, 1967 MiB detected.

Odoo Community sales Requires 4096 MiB RAM; plan has 2048 MiB, 1967 MiB detected. Not run Requires 4096 MiB RAM; plan has 2048 MiB, 1967 MiB detected.

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