# Linode Premium 4GB [Chicago, IL](https://rackcensus.com/locations/chicago-vps-benchmarks "Every provider in Chicago") Benchmark complete Finished Oct 5, 2026 Geekbench 7 single-core 1,152 Geekbench 7 multi-core 1,435 Disk 4K IOPS 104,087 fio random read and write, 50/50 Monthly price at test time $43.00 33 multi-core points per dollar Same price today ## Server [Linode](https://rackcensus.com/vps-providers/linode-benchmarks)[Premium 4GB](https://rackcensus.com/plans/x9uqnu-linode-premium-4gb-benchmarks?location=us-ord) - Provider Linode - Plan Premium 4GB - Location Chicago, IL - vCPU 2 - RAM 4 GB - Storage 80 GB SSD - Network 4 Gbps - OS image linode/ubuntu24.04 - Trigger Manual - Queued at Oct 5, 2026, 02:04:36 UTC [Visit Linode](https://rackcensus.com/go/linode) ## CPU | Version | Single-core | Multi-core | Result link | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Geekbench 7 | 1,152 | 1,435 | [Geekbench Browser](https://browser.geekbench.com/v7/cpu/551278) | 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 | 1,10317th of 26 | 1,37524th of 26 | | Navigation | 1,05424th of 26 | Single-core only | | HTML5 Browser | 1,12517th of 26 | Single-core only | | PDF Viewer | 1,20517th of 26 | Single-core only | | Photo Library | 96417th of 26 | 1,32825th of 26 | | Clang | 1,04920th of 26 | 1,44126th of 26 | | Text Processing | 95322nd of 26 | 1,24525th of 26 | | Asset Compression | 1,17819th of 26 | 1,55924th of 26 | | HDR | 87921st of 26 | 1,13525th of 26 | | Photo Editor | 1,47114th of 26 | 1,71421st of 26 | | Ray Tracer | 1,33314th of 26 | 1,81324th of 26 | | Structure from Motion | 1,26617th of 26 | Single-core only | | Game Physics | 1,17217th of 26 | Single-core only | | Video Encoder | 1,15617th of 26 | Single-core only | | Audio Encoder | 1,30516th of 26 | Single-core only | | Video Player | 1,39415th of 26 | Single-core only | Rank among the 26 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 | 203 MB/s (51,975 IOPS) | 203.6 MB/s (52,112 IOPS) | 406.6 MB/s (104,087 IOPS) | | 64K | 1.79 GB/s (29,337 IOPS) | 1.8 GB/s (29,491 IOPS) | 3.59 GB/s (58,828 IOPS) | | 512K | 4.44 GB/s (9,088 IOPS) | 4.67 GB/s (9,571 IOPS) | 9.11 GB/s (18,659 IOPS) | | 1M | 4.36 GB/s (4,463 IOPS) | 4.65 GB/s (4,761 IOPS) | 9.01 GB/s (9,224 IOPS) | fio random read and write, 50/50, run by YABS against the boot disk. ## Network ### IPv4 transfer speed Loading... ### IPv6 transfer speed Loading... | Target | Protocol | Send | Receive | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Clouvider, London, UK (10G) | IPv4 | 1.58 Gbps | 1.55 Gbps | | Eranium, Amsterdam, NL (100G) | IPv4 | 1.75 Gbps | 1.66 Gbps | | Uztelecom, Tashkent, UZ (10G) | IPv4 | 1.18 Gbps | 1.04 Gbps | | Leaseweb, Singapore, SG (10G) | IPv4 | 989 Mbps | 986 Mbps | | Clouvider, Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | IPv4 | 2.18 Gbps | 3.97 Gbps | | Leaseweb, NYC, NY, US (10G) | IPv4 | 4.19 Gbps | 5.9 Gbps | | Edgoo, Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | IPv4 | 1.58 Gbps | 438 Mbps | | Clouvider, London, UK (10G) | IPv6 | 1.96 Gbps | 1.97 Gbps | | Eranium, Amsterdam, NL (100G) | IPv6 | 2.07 Gbps | 2.23 Gbps | | Uztelecom, Tashkent, UZ (10G) | IPv6 | 1.15 Gbps | 1.07 Gbps | | Leaseweb, Singapore, SG (10G) | IPv6 | 829 Mbps | 1.05 Gbps | | Clouvider, Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | IPv6 | 2.72 Gbps | 3.79 Gbps | | Leaseweb, NYC, NY, US (10G) | IPv6 | 4.24 Gbps | 9.15 Gbps | | Edgoo, Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | IPv6 | 542 Mbps | 1.37 Gbps | Public iperf3 servers vary in capacity and availability. Compare a target only with itself over time. ## 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 7713 64-Core Processor **CPU cores:** 2 **CPU frequency:** 2000 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:** Premium 4GB **Product line:** Premium CPU **Location:** Chicago, IL **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:** $43.00 **Hourly price at test time:** $0.065 **YABS version:** v2026-09-20 **Ran at:** Oct 5, 2026, 02:07:33 UTC **Parser version:** 4 ## Run timeline **Queued:** Oct 5, 2026, 02:04:36 UTC **Server created:** Oct 5, 2026, 02:05:56 UTC **First update from the server:** Oct 5, 2026, 02:05:56 UTC **Completed:** Oct 5, 2026, 02:26:41 UTC **Server deleted:** Oct 5, 2026, 02:26:41 UTC **Cost of this run:** $0.024 Tests 50 of 50 done Live output 171 lines Setup 2 cores, 3.8 GiB RAM 4 of 4Done Disk (fio) 426 MB/s at 4k, 9.67 GB/s at 1m 5 of 5Done Network, IPv4 (iperf3) Median 1.58 Gbit/s send, 1.55 Gbit/s receive, 1 retried 7 of 7Done Network, IPv6 (iperf3) Median 1.96 Gbit/s send, 1.97 Gbit/s receive 7 of 7Done Geekbench 7, single-core Score 1,152 17 of 17Done Geekbench 7, multi-core Score 1,435 9 of 9Done Finish Results saved 1 of 1Done Watch party 0 watching This party closed at 03:26 UTC. 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