# UpCloud Starter 1 vCPU / 1 GB [Sydney #1](https://rackcensus.com/locations/sydney-vps-benchmarks "Every provider in Sydney") Benchmark complete Finished Oct 18, 2026 Geekbench 7 single-core Skipped Geekbench 7 multi-core Skipped Disk 4K IOPS 19,899 fio random read and write, 50/50 Monthly price at test time €3.50 EUR Same price today ## Server [UpCloud](https://rackcensus.com/vps-providers/upcloud-benchmarks)[Starter 1 vCPU / 1 GB](https://rackcensus.com/plans/wn4ded-upcloud-starter-1-vcpu-1-gb-benchmarks?location=au-syd1) - Provider UpCloud - Plan Starter 1 vCPU / 1 GB - Location Sydney #1 - vCPU 1 - RAM 1 GB - Storage 10 GB - Network Unknown - OS image 01000000-0000-4000-8000-000030240200 - Trigger Scheduled - Queued at Oct 18, 2026, 17:05:00 UTC [Visit UpCloud](https://rackcensus.com/go/upcloud) Referral link. If you sign up through it, I may get paid. [How this works](https://rackcensus.com/transparency#referrals-heading) ## Application workloads ### [PostgreSQL transactions](https://rackcensus.com/workloads/postgres_transaction) Insufficient RAM Durable transfers and indexed account lookups against a fixed relational dataset. Requires 1024 MiB RAM; plan has 1024 MiB, 847 MiB detected. p95 ≤ 50 ms · p99 ≤ 100 ms · errors ≤ 1.0% ### [PostgreSQL large dataset](https://rackcensus.com/workloads/postgres_large) Insufficient RAM The same transaction mix against ten million accounts; the dataset never shrinks to fit a plan. Requires 2048 MiB RAM; plan has 1024 MiB, 847 MiB detected. p95 ≤ 100 ms · p99 ≤ 250 ms · errors ≤ 1.0% ### [Redis cache](https://rackcensus.com/workloads/redis_cache) Insufficient RAM A mixed cache workload with 1 KiB values, expiration, misses and eviction. Requires 1024 MiB RAM; plan has 1024 MiB, 847 MiB detected. p95 ≤ 10 ms · p99 ≤ 25 ms · errors ≤ 1.0% ### [Redis persistent queue](https://rackcensus.com/workloads/redis_queue) Insufficient RAM Enqueue, consume and acknowledge payloads with append-only persistence. Requires 1024 MiB RAM; plan has 1024 MiB, 847 MiB detected. p95 ≤ 20 ms · p99 ≤ 50 ms · errors ≤ 1.0% ### [Discourse community](https://rackcensus.com/workloads/discourse_community) Insufficient RAM Signed-in reading, search, posting and replies in a populated Rails forum. Requires 2048 MiB RAM; plan has 1024 MiB, 847 MiB detected. p95 ≤ 1500 ms · p99 ≤ 3000 ms · errors ≤ 1.0% ### [n8n workflows](https://rackcensus.com/workloads/n8n_webhook) Insufficient RAM Webhook, transformation, branching and a verified final response. Requires 2048 MiB RAM; plan has 1024 MiB, 847 MiB detected. p95 ≤ 1000 ms · p99 ≤ 2000 ms · errors ≤ 1.0% ### [n8n queue workers](https://rackcensus.com/workloads/n8n_queue) Insufficient RAM Completed queued workflows including waiting time and worker execution. Requires 2048 MiB RAM; plan has 1024 MiB, 847 MiB detected. p95 ≤ 2000 ms · p99 ≤ 4000 ms · errors ≤ 1.0% ### [Ghost publishing](https://rackcensus.com/workloads/ghost_publishing) Insufficient RAM Readers, authenticated draft creation, publishing and image uploads. Requires 2048 MiB RAM; plan has 1024 MiB, 847 MiB detected. p95 ≤ 1000 ms · p99 ≤ 2000 ms · errors ≤ 1.0% ### [Formbricks / Next.js](https://rackcensus.com/workloads/formbricks_surveys) Insufficient RAM Public survey rendering, persisted responses and authenticated analysis. Requires 4096 MiB RAM; plan has 1024 MiB, 847 MiB detected. p95 ≤ 1000 ms · p99 ≤ 2000 ms · errors ≤ 1.0% ### [Elasticsearch search and ingestion](https://rackcensus.com/workloads/elasticsearch_search) Insufficient RAM Full-text search, filtering and aggregations while new documents are indexed. Requires 4096 MiB RAM; plan has 1024 MiB, 847 MiB detected. p95 ≤ 250 ms · p99 ≤ 500 ms · errors ≤ 1.0% ### [GitHub self-hosted runner](https://rackcensus.com/workloads/github_runner) Insufficient RAM A pinned build and test workflow with separate cold and warm dependency caches. Requires 8192 MiB RAM; plan has 1024 MiB, 847 MiB detected. p95 ≤ 3600000 ms · p99 ≤ 3600000 ms · errors ≤ 1.0% ### [Odoo Community sales](https://rackcensus.com/workloads/odoo_sales) Insufficient RAM Customer lookup, sales order confirmation, stock operations and reporting. Requires 4096 MiB RAM; plan has 1024 MiB, 847 MiB detected. p95 ≤ 2000 ms · p99 ≤ 4000 ms · errors ≤ 1.0% ## CPU Geekbench was skipped because this plan has less than 2 GB of RAM, which isn't enough for Geekbench 7 to run without swap. ## Disk | Block size | Read | Write | Total | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 4K | 38.8 MB/s (9,938 IOPS) | 38.9 MB/s (9,961 IOPS) | 77.7 MB/s (19,899 IOPS) | | 64K | 300.1 MB/s (4,801 IOPS) | 301.7 MB/s (4,827 IOPS) | 601.8 MB/s (9,628 IOPS) | | 512K | 381.2 MB/s (762 IOPS) | 401.4 MB/s (802 IOPS) | 782.6 MB/s (1,564 IOPS) | | 1M | 373 MB/s (372 IOPS) | 397.8 MB/s (397 IOPS) | 770.8 MB/s (769 IOPS) | fio random read and write, 50/50, run by YABS against the boot disk. ## Network ### IPv4 transfer speed Loading... | Target | Protocol | Send | Receive | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Clouvider, London, UK (10G) | IPv4 | busy | 572 Mbps | | Eranium, Amsterdam, NL (100G) | IPv4 | 465 Mbps | 673 Mbps | | Leaseweb, Singapore, SG (10G) | IPv4 | 852 Mbps | 861 Mbps | | Clouvider, Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | IPv4 | 938 Mbps | 969 Mbps | | Leaseweb, NYC, NY, US (10G) | IPv4 | 757 Mbps | 925 Mbps | Public iperf3 servers vary in capacity and availability. Compare a target only with itself over time. ## Advertised vs. measured | Spec | Advertised | Measured | | --- | --- | --- | | vCPU | 1 | 1 | | CPU | Shared vCPU | 6.9% of busy CPU time stolen | | RAM | 1 GB | 848 MiB | | Storage | 10 GB | 9.8 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 9575F 64-Core Processor **CPU cores:** 1 **CPU frequency:** 3295 MHz **AES-NI:** Yes **VM-x/AMD-V:** No **RAM reported:** 848 MiB **Swap reported:** 0 MiB **Disk reported:** 9.8 GiB **Virtualization reported:** KVM **CPU steal:** 6.9% of busy CPU time stolen **Distro:** Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS **Kernel:** 6.8.0-137-generic **Architecture:** x86\_64 **IPv4 reachable:** Yes **IPv6 reachable:** Yes ## Advertised at test time **Plan:** Starter 1 vCPU / 1 GB **Product line:** Starter **Location:** Sydney #1 **vCPU:** 1 shared vCPU **Architecture:** x86\_64 **RAM:** 1 GB **Storage:** 10 GB **Virtualization:** KVM **Network:** Unknown **Transfer:** 512 GB **Port 25:** Unknown **Monthly price at test time:** €3.50 EUR **Hourly price at test time:** €0.0052 EUR **YABS version:** v2026-09-20 **Ran at:** Oct 18, 2026, 17:51:18 UTC **Parser version:** 5 ## Run timeline **Queued:** Oct 18, 2026, 17:05:00 UTC **First update from the server:** Oct 18, 2026, 17:49:27 UTC **Completed:** Oct 18, 2026, 17:57:00 UTC **Server deleted:** Oct 18, 2026, 17:57:00 UTC **Cost of this run:** €0.0052 EUR Tests 15 of 15 done Live output 113 lines Setup 1 cores, 847.6 MiB RAM 4 of 4Done Disk (fio) 81.5 MB/s at 4k, 808 MB/s at 1m 5 of 5Done Network, IPv4 (iperf3) Median 805 Mbit/s send, 861 Mbit/s receive, 3 retried 5 of 5Done Web apps 12 skipped 0 of 0Skipped Finish Results saved 1 of 1Done Watch party 0 watching This party closed at 18:57 UTC. 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