# Linode Dedicated 4GB

London 2, UK

Benchmark complete

Finished Oct 23, 2026

Geekbench 7 single-core

1,050

Faster than 46% of 2 vCPU plans

Geekbench 7 multi-core

1,373

Faster than 36% of 2 vCPU plans

Disk 4K IOPS

98,429

fio random read and write, 50/50

Monthly price at test time

$36.00

38 multi-core points per dollar

Same price today

## Server

[Linode](https://rackcensus.com/vps-providers/linode-benchmarks)[Dedicated 4GB](https://rackcensus.com/plans/8mq8an-linode-dedicated-4gb-benchmarks?location=gb-lon)

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Provider

Linode

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Plan

Dedicated 4GB

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Location

London 2, UK

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vCPU

2

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RAM

4 GB

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Storage

80 GB SSD

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Network

4 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, 08:23:00 UTC

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## Latest runs of this plan

- [Newark, NJ Oct 21, 2026](https://rackcensus.com/benchmarks/btzu5w-linode-dedicated-4gb-us-east-benchmark)1,192

[Full history of this plan](https://rackcensus.com/plans/8mq8an-linode-dedicated-4gb-benchmarks/history)

## CPU

| Version | Single-core | Multi-core | Result link |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Geekbench 7 | 1,050 | 1,373 | [Geekbench Browser](https://browser.geekbench.com/v7/cpu/697128) |

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 | 1,08334th of 64 | 1,31431st of 36 |
| Navigation | 98942nd of 64 | Single-core only |
| HTML5 Browser | 1,05430th of 64 | Single-core only |
| PDF Viewer | 1,17135th of 64 | Single-core only |
| Photo Library | 94932nd of 64 | 1,25033rd of 36 |
| Clang | 98533rd of 64 | 1,29434th of 36 |
| Text Processing | 89242nd of 64 | 1,22832nd of 36 |
| Asset Compression | 1,14327th of 64 | 1,53030th of 36 |
| HDR | 86541st of 64 | 1,14934th of 36 |
| Photo Editor | 67255th of 64 | 1,59532nd of 36 |
| Ray Tracer | 1,20224th of 64 | 1,72227th of 36 |
| Structure from Motion | 1,21933rd of 64 | Single-core only |
| Game Physics | 1,10233rd of 64 | Single-core only |
| Video Encoder | 1,12926th of 64 | Single-core only |
| Audio Encoder | 1,26824th of 64 | Single-core only |
| Video Player | 1,28225th 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 | 192 MB/s (49,150 IOPS) | 192.5 MB/s (49,279 IOPS) | 384.5 MB/s (98,429 IOPS) |
| 64K | 1.49 GB/s (24,371 IOPS) | 1.5 GB/s (24,499 IOPS) | 2.98 GB/s (48,870 IOPS) |
| 512K | 2.74 GB/s (5,611 IOPS) | 2.89 GB/s (5,909 IOPS) | 5.63 GB/s (11,520 IOPS) |
| 1M | 2.89 GB/s (2,958 IOPS) | 3.08 GB/s (3,155 IOPS) | 5.97 GB/s (6,113 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, London, UK (10G) | IPv4 | 4.4 Gbps | 7.73 Gbps |
| Leaseweb, NYC, NY, US (10G) | IPv4 | 2.74 Gbps | 3.34 Gbps |
| Leaseweb, Singapore, SG (10G) | IPv4 | 923 Mbps | 1.14 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 | 7.93 / 986.9 | 0 / 0 | load generator fell behind |
| 1 | 500 | 494.63 | 24.89 / 307.4 | 0 / 966 | load generator fell behind |
| 1 | 1000 | 973.43 | 52.52 / 410.56 | 0 / 4783 | load generator fell behind |
| 1 | 3000 | 2884.51 | 26.48 / 179.2 | 0 / 20780 | load generator fell behind |
| 2 | 100 | 98.13 | 7.58 / 4481.92 | 2 / 335 | load generator fell behind |
| 2 | 500 | 495.24 | 10.68 / 104.29 | 0 / 856 | load generator fell behind |
| 2 | 1000 | 955.41 | 130.06 / 611.75 | 0 / 8025 | load generator fell behind |
| 2 | 3000 | 2826.75 | 71.14 / 232.41 | 0 / 30780 | load generator fell behind |

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 | 3.07 / 13.98 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 5000 | 4794.72 | 23.63 / 135.38 | 0 / 36945 | load generator fell behind |
| 1 | 10000 | 9322.89 | 4.59 / 90.6 | 0 / 121875 | load generator fell behind |
| 1 | 25000 | 18143.83 | 22.91 / 50.44 | 0 / 1233884 | load generator saturated |
| 2 | 1000 | 999.83 | 2.99 / 11.65 | 0 / 30 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 5000 | 4835.49 | 11.27 / 105.35 | 0 / 29606 | load generator fell behind |
| 2 | 10000 | 9250.03 | 16.22 / 122.47 | 0 / 134990 | load generator fell behind |
| 2 | 25000 | 18602.84 | 21.3 / 37.16 | 0 / 1151237 | 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 | 5.69 / 10.45 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 500 | 493.3 | 57.54 / 833.16 | 0 / 1206 | load generator fell behind |
| 1 | 1000 | 986.74 | 58.12 / 295.36 | 0 / 2386 | load generator fell behind |
| 1 | 3000 | 2809.14 | 77.9 / 234.74 | 0 / 33519 | load generator fell behind |
| 2 | 100 | 100 | 5.89 / 10.56 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 500 | 496.89 | 23.15 / 526.8 | 0 / 560 | load generator fell behind |
| 2 | 1000 | 977.33 | 50.95 / 496.21 | 0 / 4080 | load generator fell behind |
| 2 | 3000 | 2804.67 | 11.77 / 292.43 | 0 / 35155 | load generator fell behind |

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 | 31.87 / 43.75 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 20 | 20 | 27.03 / 75.58 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 50 | 49.99 | 310.48 / 649.45 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 100 | 57.4 | 4950.93 / 5308.14 | 0 / 7510 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 31.22 / 40.32 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 20 | 20 | 27.03 / 48.92 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 50 | 50 | 582.01 / 986.9 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 100 | 56.1 | 5050.46 / 5634.76 | 0 / 7705 | 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 | 45.1 / 73.33 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 20 | 20 | 56.39 / 122.47 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 50 | 38.98 | 7154.92 / 7445.48 | 0 / 1773 | latency limit exceeded |
| 1 | 100 | 38.96 | 7226.48 / 7371.75 | 0 / 10784 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 45.1 / 60.52 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 20 | 20 | 42 / 118.83 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 50 | 39.62 | 7084.07 / 7226.48 | 0 / 1651 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 100 | 38.92 | 7371.75 / 7519.94 | 0 / 10790 | 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 | 458.16 / 506.2 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 20 | 19.49 | 5634.76 / 7013.92 | 73 / 0 | latency limit exceeded |
| 1 | 50 | 14.35 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 4068 / 2263 | latency limit exceeded |
| 1 | 100 | 17.16 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 3658 / 11155 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 444.66 / 506.2 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 20 | 18.16 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 293 / 0 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 50 | 9.88 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 4836 / 2332 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 100 | 14.91 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 4115 / 11103 | 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 | 13.54 / 18.4 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 50 | 50 | 12.03 / 16.56 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 100 | 100 | 11.77 / 19.8 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 250 | 250 | 33.89 / 115.31 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 10 | 10 | 15.22 / 20.01 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 50 | 50 | 12.69 / 18.21 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 100 | 100 | 11.4 / 20.86 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 250 | 249.71 | 82.76 / 593.73 | 0 / 52 | load generator fell behind |

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, 3915 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 "\<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 | 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:** Dedicated 4GB

**Product line:** Dedicated CPU

**Location:** London 2, UK

**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:** $36.00

**Hourly price at test time:** $0.054

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

**Ran at:** Oct 23, 2026, 00:40:30 UTC

**Parser version:** 5

## Run timeline

**Queued:** Oct 21, 2026, 08:23:00 UTC

**First update from the server:** Oct 23, 2026, 00:38:33 UTC

**Completed:** Oct 23, 2026, 05:22:14 UTC

**Server deleted:** Oct 23, 2026, 05:22:14 UTC

**Cost of this run:** $0.26

Tests 46 of 50 done Live output 1279 lines

Setup 2 cores, 3.8 GiB RAM 4 of 4Done

Disk (fio) 403 MB/s at 4k, 6.41 GB/s at 1m 5 of 5Done

Network, IPv4 (iperf3) Median 2.74 Gbit/s send, 3.34 Gbit/s receive, 1 retried 3 of 3Done

Geekbench 7, single-core Score 1,050 17 of 17Done

Geekbench 7, multi-core Score 1,373 9 of 9Done

Web apps 4 failed, 1 skipped 7 of 11Some failed

TestResultTime

PostgreSQL transactions 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 29m 52s

PostgreSQL large dataset RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: Stopped RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: 1m 51s

Redis cache 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 28m 32s

Redis persistent queue 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 28m 25s

Discourse community RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: Stopped RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: 17m 22s

n8n workflows 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 32m 08s

n8n queue workers 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 33m 03s

Ghost publishing 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 33m 59s

Formbricks / Next.js RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: Stopped RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: 17m 43s

Elasticsearch search and ingestion 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 39m 28s

GitHub self-hosted runner Requires 8192 MiB RAM; plan has 4096 MiB, 3915 MiB detected. Not run Requires 8192 MiB RAM; plan has 4096 MiB, 3915 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 "\<string\>", line 1, in \<module\> PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/tmp/rc-seed.py' 2m 04s

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