# Gcore Standard G1 2 vCPU / 4 GB Manassas Benchmark complete Finished Oct 17, 2026 Geekbench 7 single-core 930 Faster than 27% of 2 vCPU plans Geekbench 7 multi-core 1,728 Faster than 30% of 2 vCPU plans Disk 4K IOPS 1,203 fio random read and write, 50/50 Monthly price at test time €30.02 EUR 49 multi-core points per dollar Same price today ## Server [Gcore](https://rackcensus.com/vps-providers/gcore-benchmarks)[Standard G1 2 vCPU / 4 GB](https://rackcensus.com/plans/6vqloj-gcore-standard-g1-2-vcpu-4-gb-benchmarks?location=14) - Provider Gcore - Plan Standard G1 2 vCPU / 4 GB - Location Manassas - vCPU 2 - RAM 4 GB - Storage - Network 1 Gbps - OS image ubuntu-24.04 - Trigger Scheduled - Queued at Oct 17, 2026, 18:54:00 UTC [Visit Gcore](https://rackcensus.com/go/gcore) ## CPU | Version | Single-core | Multi-core | Result link | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Geekbench 7 | 930 | 1,728 | [Geekbench Browser](https://browser.geekbench.com/v7/cpu/656898) | 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 | 910199th of 242 | 1,414138th of 167 | | Navigation | 1,113167th of 242 | Single-core only | | HTML5 Browser | 896175th of 242 | Single-core only | | PDF Viewer | 982181st of 242 | Single-core only | | Photo Library | 734183rd of 242 | 1,527128th of 167 | | Clang | 972160th of 242 | 1,925118th of 167 | | Text Processing | 933171st of 242 | 1,726126th of 167 | | Asset Compression | 1,050159th of 242 | 2,037123rd of 167 | | HDR | 837177th of 242 | 1,557127th of 167 | | Photo Editor | 979165th of 242 | 1,905117th of 167 | | Ray Tracer | 920182nd of 242 | 1,831132nd of 167 | | Structure from Motion | 1,038175th of 242 | Single-core only | | Game Physics | 908186th of 242 | Single-core only | | Video Encoder | 849180th of 242 | Single-core only | | Audio Encoder | 951184th of 242 | Single-core only | | Video Player | 871180th of 242 | Single-core only | Rank among the 242 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. ## Memory, TLS and scheduler ### Memory bandwidth (STREAM) | Test | Result | Runs | Spread | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Copy higher is better | 19.4 GB/s | 3 | 0.447% | | Scale higher is better | 19 GB/s | 3 | 0.832% | | Add higher is better | 21.4 GB/s | 3 | 0.633% | | Triad higher is better | 21.1 GB/s | 3 | 0.955% | Average of 3 runs. Spread is the standard deviation as a share of the average. ### TLS and crypto (OpenSSL) | Test | Result | Runs | Spread | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | RSA 4096 signs higher is better | 400/s | 3 | 1.13% | | RSA 4096 verifies higher is better | 25,779/s | 3 | 2.12% | | SHA-256 higher is better | 457 MB/s | 3 | 0.999% | | AES-256-GCM higher is better | 6.06 GB/s | 3 | 0.913% | | ChaCha20-Poly1305 higher is better | 4.02 GB/s | 3 | 1.24% | Average of 3 runs. Spread is the standard deviation as a share of the average. ### Scheduler latency (schbench) | Test | Result | Runs | Spread | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Request latency, median lower is better | 4.61 ms | 3 | 0.2% | | Requests per second, 90th percentile higher is better | 424/s | 3 | 0.472% | | Request latency, 99.9th percentile lower is better | 11.1 ms | 3 | 0.881% | | Requests per second, average higher is better | 415/s | 3 | 0.396% | Average of 3 runs. Spread is the standard deviation as a share of the average. ## Disk | Block size | Read | Write | Total | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 4K | 2.3 MB/s (599 IOPS) | 2.4 MB/s (604 IOPS) | 4.7 MB/s (1,203 IOPS) | | 64K | 37.4 MB/s (599 IOPS) | 37.8 MB/s (604 IOPS) | 75.2 MB/s (1,203 IOPS) | | 512K | 48.7 MB/s (97 IOPS) | 51.6 MB/s (103 IOPS) | 100.3 MB/s (200 IOPS) | | 1M | 48.7 MB/s (48 IOPS) | 51.7 MB/s (51 IOPS) | 100.3 MB/s (99 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 | 1.38 Gbps | 1.38 Gbps | | Eranium, Amsterdam, NL (100G) | IPv4 | 1.4 Gbps | 1.35 Gbps | | Leaseweb, Singapore, SG (10G) | IPv4 | 854 Mbps | 970 Mbps | | Clouvider, Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | IPv4 | 1.42 Gbps | 1.34 Gbps | | Leaseweb, NYC, NY, US (10G) | IPv4 | 1.5 Gbps | 1.44 Gbps | Public iperf3 servers vary in capacity and availability. Compare a target only with itself over time. ## Datastores ### PostgreSQL #### fsync speed (pg\_test\_fsync) | Method | Operations per second | Time per operation | | --- | --- | --- | | One 8 kB write | | --- | | open\_datasync | 372 | 2.69 ms | | fdatasync | 400 | 2.5 ms | | fsync | 119 | 8.37 ms | | fsync\_writethrough | Not supported here | n/a | | open\_sync | 125 | 7.98 ms | | Two 8 kB writes | | --- | | open\_datasync | 204 | 4.9 ms | | fdatasync | 385 | 2.6 ms | | fsync | 126 | 7.92 ms | | fsync\_writethrough | Not supported here | n/a | | open\_sync | 60 | 16.7 ms | | open\_sync at different write sizes | | --- | | 1 \* 16kB open\_sync write | 131 | 7.62 ms | | 2 \* 8kB open\_sync writes | 69.7 | 14.3 ms | | 4 \* 4kB open\_sync writes | 35.6 | 28.1 ms | | 8 \* 2kB open\_sync writes | 17.1 | 58.4 ms | | 16 \* 1kB open\_sync writes | 7.51 | 133 ms | | fsync on a non-write descriptor | | --- | | write, fsync, close | 124 | 8.09 ms | | write, close, fsync | 138 | 7.26 ms | | Non-synced 8 kB writes | | --- | | write | 609,362 | 0.002 ms | pg\_test\_fsync against the Docker volume Postgres keeps its data on. fdatasync is Linux's default wal\_sync\_method. #### pgbench at scale 10 | Workload | Clients | Transactions/s | Median | p95 | p99 | p99.9 | Failed | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Read/write (TPC-B like) | 1 | 255 | 3.33 ms | 6.15 ms | 8.57 ms | 20.2 ms | 0 | | Read/write (TPC-B like) | 8 | 719 | 6.52 ms | 20.8 ms | 39.9 ms | 512 ms | 0 | | Read/write (TPC-B like) | 32 | 1,222 | 15 ms | 75.2 ms | 164 ms | 829 ms | 0 | | Read only | 1 | 20,456 | 0.046 ms | 0.065 ms | 0.081 ms | 0.136 ms | 0 | | Read only | 8 | 36,997 | 0.196 ms | 0.32 ms | 0.389 ms | 0.754 ms | 0 | | Read only | 32 | 35,838 | 0.768 ms | 1.24 ms | 1.68 ms | 2.92 ms | 0 | Scale 10 (1,000,000 accounts), loaded in 3.62 s. 60 s per run, prepared statements. Latency comes from sampled transaction logs, and p99.9 is left out when fewer than 1,000 were sampled. #### pgbench at scale 100 | Workload | Clients | Transactions/s | Median | p95 | p99 | p99.9 | Failed | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Read/write (TPC-B like) | 1 | 218 | 3.66 ms | 7.72 ms | 18.3 ms | 57 ms | 0 | | Read/write (TPC-B like) | 8 | 624 | 5.87 ms | 45.3 ms | 175 ms | 312 ms | 0 | | Read/write (TPC-B like) | 32 | 625 | 14.8 ms | 164 ms | 670 ms | 895 ms | 0 | | Read only | 1 | 1,381 | 0.196 ms | 2.58 ms | 5.18 ms | 16.9 ms | 0 | | Read only | 8 | 14,932 | 0.234 ms | 0.469 ms | 12.3 ms | 31.7 ms | 0 | | Read only | 32 | 28,516 | 1 ms | 1.67 ms | 2.17 ms | 3.52 ms | 0 | Scale 100 (10,000,000 accounts), loaded in 64.1 s. 60 s per run, prepared statements. Latency comes from sampled transaction logs, and p99.9 is left out when fewer than 1,000 were sampled. ### MySQL #### sysbench OLTP | Workload | Threads | Transactions/s | Queries/s | Median | p95 | p99 | Errors | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Read/write | 1 | 36 | 720 | 19.3 ms | 57.9 ms | 236 ms | 0 | | Read/write | 8 | 106 | 2,122 | 30.3 ms | 326 ms | 476 ms | 0 | | Read/write | 32 | 22.4 | 448 | 862 ms | 4.13 s | 5.41 s | 0 | | Read only | 1 | 663 | 10,609 | 1.32 ms | 2.31 ms | 3.49 ms | 0 | | Read only | 8 | 1,289 | 20,621 | 5.99 ms | 8.28 ms | 9.91 ms | 0 | | Read only | 32 | 1,180 | 18,881 | 26.7 ms | 34.3 ms | 38.9 ms | 0 | 10 tables of 100,000 rows, loaded in 36 s. 60 to 63 s per run, one connection per thread. ### Redis #### memtier | Mix | Operations/s | Hits/s | Median | p99 | p99.9 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1:10 set:get | 53,587 | 48,715 | 1.11 ms | 2.94 ms | 4.67 ms | | 1:1 set:get | 52,432 | 26,216 | 1.1 ms | 3.04 ms | 4.9 ms | 1,000,000 keys of 32 bytes. 64 connections over 2 threads, 60 s per ratio. ## Web frameworks | Framework | Fortunes req/s | Single query req/s | JSON req/s | Fortunes p99 at 256 connections | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Next.js nextjs | 455 | 1,667 | 2,201 | 850 ms | | Express express-postgresjs | 6,184 | 8,633 | 26,655 | 85.6 ms | | Fastify fastify-postgres | 6,002 | 8,940 | 30,229 | 89.6 ms | | NestJS nestjs | 3,751 | 3,922 | 15,154 | 139 ms | | Nuxt nuxt | 5,238 | 8,031 | 24,204 | 359 ms | | FastAPI fastapi | 2,832 | 3,529 | 14,809 | 458 ms | | Django django-postgresql | 1,100 | 1,290 | 2,646 | 299 ms | | Rails rails | 1,572 | 2,194 | 9,038 | 208 ms | | Laravel laravel | 628 | 661 | 1,198 | 454 ms | | Symfony symfony | 793 | 857 | 2,229 | 348 ms | Peak requests per second across the 64 and 256 connection levels, measured with wrk. Each test has to pass the TechEmpower response checks first, or it's marked invalid. ## Web apps ### WooCommerce #### Page mix | Step | Requests/s | Median | p95 | p99 | Error rate | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 8 virtual users | | --- | | Home page | 1.74 | 909 ms | 1.05 s | 1.07 s | 0% | | Shop page | 1.74 | 1.24 s | 1.42 s | 1.44 s | 0% | | Category page | 1.74 | 758 ms | 1.25 s | 1.34 s | 0% | | Product page | 1.74 | 826 ms | 988 ms | 1.02 s | 0% | | Product search | 1.74 | 722 ms | 859 ms | 910 ms | 0% | | 32 virtual users | | --- | | Home page | 1.81 | 3.28 s | 3.69 s | 3.77 s | 0% | | Shop page | 1.81 | 4.4 s | 5.04 s | 5.12 s | 0% | | Category page | 1.81 | 3.91 s | 4.76 s | 5.05 s | 0% | | Product page | 1.81 | 3.31 s | 3.53 s | 3.62 s | 0% | | Product search | 1.47 | 3.04 s | 3.27 s | 3.37 s | 0% | #### Cart and checkout | Step | Requests/s | Median | p95 | p99 | Error rate | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 8 virtual users | | --- | | Add to cart | 3.22 | 997 ms | 1.12 s | 1.25 s | 0% | | Cart | 3.22 | 814 ms | 919 ms | 973 ms | 0% | | Checkout | 3.22 | 621 ms | 704 ms | 739 ms | 0% | | 32 virtual users | | --- | | Add to cart | 3.32 | 3.22 s | 3.99 s | 4.07 s | 0% | | Cart | 3.32 | 3.48 s | 3.8 s | 3.91 s | 0% | | Checkout | 3.32 | 2.7 s | 3.08 s | 3.18 s | 0% | k6 with a fixed number of virtual users, 62 to 71 s per level. The error rate counts responses that weren't a 200. ### Discourse #### Signed in | Step | Requests/s | Median | p95 | p99 | Error rate | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 virtual user | | --- | | Topic page | 1.48 | 297 ms | 400 ms | 657 ms | 0% | | Topic JSON | 0.758 | 147 ms | 171 ms | 190 ms | 0% | | Home page | 0.742 | 270 ms | 416 ms | 443 ms | 0% | | Categories page | 0.379 | 309 ms | 345 ms | 355 ms | 0% | | User activity page | 0.363 | 190 ms | 371 ms | 424 ms | 0% | | 4 virtual users | | --- | | Topic page | 3.14 | 558 ms | 747 ms | 1.13 s | 0% | | Topic JSON | 1.56 | 292 ms | 364 ms | 398 ms | 0% | | Home page | 1.56 | 499 ms | 691 ms | 1.11 s | 0% | | Categories page | 0.79 | 585 ms | 717 ms | 1.28 s | 0% | | User activity page | 0.79 | 353 ms | 517 ms | 781 ms | 0% | | 16 virtual users | | --- | | Topic page | 3.03 | 1.55 s | 1.88 s | 2.37 s | 0% | | Topic JSON | 1.5 | 1.3 s | 1.6 s | 1.69 s | 0% | | Home page | 1.54 | 1.5 s | 1.91 s | 2.24 s | 0% | | Categories page | 0.756 | 1.58 s | 1.84 s | 1.95 s | 0% | | User activity page | 0.772 | 1.35 s | 1.66 s | 2.07 s | 0% | #### Anonymous | Step | Requests/s | Median | p95 | p99 | Error rate | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 16 virtual users | | --- | | Topic page | 65.8 | 69.8 ms | 165 ms | 206 ms | 0% | | Topic JSON | 33 | 67.2 ms | 160 ms | 198 ms | 0% | | Home page | 32.9 | 67.1 ms | 158 ms | 193 ms | 0% | | Categories page | 16.5 | 69.5 ms | 176 ms | 213 ms | 0% | | User activity page | 16.5 | 213 ms | 329 ms | 413 ms | 0% | k6 with a fixed number of virtual users, 60 to 62 s per level, after a 22 s warmup. The error rate counts responses that weren't a 200. Discourse ran with 4 app workers and 1024 MB of Postgres shared buffers, what its installer picks for a 4 GB box. It added a 2 GB swapfile first, the way its installer does, and didn't need it. The container peaked at 2,128 MB. ### Ghost #### Readers | Step | Requests/s | Median | p95 | p99 | Error rate | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 virtual user | | --- | | Home page | 5.86 | 47.1 ms | 60.1 ms | 68.9 ms | 0% | | Post page | 14.6 | 25.5 ms | 33.3 ms | 44.3 ms | 0% | | Tag page | 2.93 | 32.5 ms | 39.2 ms | 47.3 ms | 0% | | Author page | 2.93 | 32.4 ms | 41.5 ms | 65.1 ms | 0% | | RSS feed | 2.93 | 40.8 ms | 51.8 ms | 60.1 ms | 0% | | 4 virtual users | | --- | | Home page | 7.7 | 137 ms | 173 ms | 199 ms | 0% | | Post page | 19.2 | 94.6 ms | 132 ms | 163 ms | 0% | | Tag page | 3.86 | 91.2 ms | 124 ms | 136 ms | 0% | | Author page | 3.86 | 90.1 ms | 122 ms | 139 ms | 0% | | RSS feed | 3.83 | 97 ms | 138 ms | 160 ms | 0% | | 16 virtual users | | --- | | Home page | 7.58 | 524 ms | 665 ms | 720 ms | 0% | | Post page | 19 | 439 ms | 571 ms | 619 ms | 0% | | Tag page | 3.8 | 288 ms | 376 ms | 428 ms | 0% | | Author page | 3.81 | 286 ms | 383 ms | 420 ms | 0% | | RSS feed | 3.78 | 296 ms | 389 ms | 431 ms | 0% | #### Staff in Ghost Admin | Step | Requests/s | Median | p95 | p99 | Error rate | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 virtual user | | --- | | Post list | 2.45 | 49.7 ms | 64.5 ms | 78.5 ms | 0% | | Post editor | 7.36 | 18.8 ms | 28.6 ms | 34.8 ms | 0% | | Saving a draft | 7.35 | 66.6 ms | 107 ms | 262 ms | 0% | | Member list | 2.45 | 57.5 ms | 75.9 ms | 88.6 ms | 0% | | 4 virtual users | | --- | | Post list | 3.76 | 55.1 ms | 71.6 ms | 81 ms | 0% | | Post editor | 11.3 | 22 ms | 34.5 ms | 45.2 ms | 0% | | Saving a draft | 11.4 | 274 ms | 365 ms | 452 ms | 0% | | Member list | 3.77 | 61.6 ms | 72.5 ms | 81.7 ms | 0% | k6 with a fixed number of virtual users, 60 s per level, after a 20 s warmup. The error rate counts responses that weren't a 200. Ghost ran the way its ghost-docker setup runs it: one Node process, and MySQL with its stock 128 MB buffer pool. Memory peaked with Ghost at 368 MB and MySQL at 613 MB. ### Wagtail #### Visitors | Step | Requests/s | Median | p95 | p99 | Error rate | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 virtual user | | --- | | Home page | 1.07 | 119 ms | 142 ms | 150 ms | 0% | | Blog index | 1.07 | 428 ms | 468 ms | 481 ms | 0% | | Blog post | 3.19 | 39 ms | 57.6 ms | 69.4 ms | 0% | | Bread page | 3.21 | 42.2 ms | 53.9 ms | 58 ms | 0% | | Location page | 1.07 | 39.1 ms | 51.3 ms | 55.7 ms | 0% | | Site search | 1.06 | 74.4 ms | 121 ms | 157 ms | 0% | | 4 virtual users | | --- | | Home page | 2.16 | 260 ms | 345 ms | 408 ms | 0% | | Blog index | 2.19 | 882 ms | 1.16 s | 1.2 s | 0% | | Blog post | 6.47 | 72.2 ms | 128 ms | 160 ms | 0% | | Bread page | 6.5 | 83 ms | 122 ms | 143 ms | 0% | | Location page | 2.19 | 78.4 ms | 111 ms | 126 ms | 0% | | Site search | 2.14 | 123 ms | 243 ms | 712 ms | 0% | | 16 virtual users | | --- | | Home page | 2.04 | 904 ms | 1.16 s | 1.23 s | 0% | | Blog index | 2.16 | 2.26 s | 2.69 s | 2.79 s | 0% | | Blog post | 6.21 | 490 ms | 854 ms | 981 ms | 0% | | Bread page | 6.24 | 497 ms | 770 ms | 988 ms | 0% | | Location page | 2.11 | 488 ms | 760 ms | 928 ms | 0% | | Site search | 2.06 | 590 ms | 908 ms | 1.3 s | 0% | #### Editors in the Wagtail admin | Step | Requests/s | Median | p95 | p99 | Error rate | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 virtual user | | --- | | Admin dashboard | 0.459 | 125 ms | 151 ms | 157 ms | 0% | | Page explorer | 0.951 | 466 ms | 599 ms | 644 ms | 0% | | Page editor | 1.43 | 238 ms | 308 ms | 453 ms | 0% | | Image library | 0.475 | 93.4 ms | 200 ms | 1.04 s | 0% | | Admin page search | 0.475 | 48.3 ms | 114 ms | 133 ms | 0% | | 4 virtual users | | --- | | Admin dashboard | 0.815 | 305 ms | 640 ms | 738 ms | 0% | | Page explorer | 1.65 | 1.05 s | 2.04 s | 2.17 s | 0% | | Page editor | 2.48 | 542 ms | 963 ms | 1.15 s | 0% | | Image library | 0.831 | 273 ms | 471 ms | 544 ms | 0% | | Admin page search | 0.815 | 118 ms | 482 ms | 623 ms | 0% | k6 with a fixed number of virtual users, 60 to 62 s per level, after a 21 s warmup. The error rate counts responses that weren't a 200. Wagtail ran the way bakerydemo ships it: uWSGI with 2 workers of 4 threads each, whatever the box, and Postgres and Redis on stock settings. Memory peaked with Wagtail at 295 MB, Postgres at 158 MB, and Redis at 26 MB. ## Advertised vs. measured | Spec | Advertised | Measured | | --- | --- | --- | | vCPU | 2 | 2 | | CPU | Shared vCPU | 0% of busy CPU time stolen | | RAM | 4 GB | 3.8 GiB | | Storage | | 19.3 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:** Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS) **CPU cores:** 2 **CPU frequency:** 2195 MHz **AES-NI:** Yes **VM-x/AMD-V:** No **RAM reported:** 3.8 GiB **Swap reported:** 0 MiB **Disk reported:** 19.3 GiB **Virtualization reported:** KVM **CPU steal:** 0% of busy CPU time stolen **Distro:** Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS **Kernel:** 6.8.0-90-generic **Architecture:** x86\_64 **IPv4 reachable:** Yes **IPv6 reachable:** Yes ## Advertised at test time **Plan:** Standard G1 2 vCPU / 4 GB **Product line:** Standard G1 **Location:** Manassas **vCPU:** 2 shared vCPU **Architecture:** x86\_64 **RAM:** 4 GB **Storage:** **Virtualization:** KVM **Network:** 1 Gbps **Transfer:** Unmetered **Port 25:** Unknown **Monthly price at test time:** €30.02 EUR **Hourly price at test time:** €0.042 EUR **YABS version:** v2026-09-20 **Ran at:** Oct 17, 2026, 18:57:03 UTC **Parser version:** 5 ## Run timeline **Queued:** Oct 17, 2026, 18:54:00 UTC **First update from the server:** Oct 17, 2026, 18:55:26 UTC **Completed:** Oct 17, 2026, 20:59:00 UTC **Server deleted:** Oct 17, 2026, 20:59:00 UTC **Cost of this run:** €0.087 EUR Tests 67 of 67 done Live output 798 lines Setup 2 cores, 3.8 GiB RAM 4 of 4Done Disk (fio) 4.9 MB/s at 4k, 105 MB/s at 1m 5 of 5Done Network, IPv4 (iperf3) Median 1.40 Gbit/s send, 1.35 Gbit/s receive, 2 retried 5 of 5Done Geekbench 7, single-core Score 930 17 of 17Done Geekbench 7, multi-core Score 1,728 9 of 9Done Phoronix (memory, TLS, scheduler) 3 of 3Done Datastores 5 of 5Done Web frameworks 10 of 10Done Web apps 8 of 8Done Finish Results saved 1 of 1Done Watch party 0 watching This party closed at 21:59 UTC. 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