# DigitalOcean Basic 2 vCPU / 2 GB

[New York 3](https://rackcensus.com/locations/new-york-vps-benchmarks "Every provider in New York")

Benchmark complete

Finished Oct 23, 2026

Geekbench 7 single-core

663

Faster than 23% of 2 vCPU plans

Geekbench 7 multi-core

Skipped

Disk 4K IOPS

52,665

fio random read and write, 50/50

Monthly price at test time

$18.00

Same price today

## Server

[DigitalOcean](https://rackcensus.com/vps-providers/digitalocean-benchmarks)[Basic 2 vCPU / 2 GB](https://rackcensus.com/plans/0ab2gk-digitalocean-basic-2-vcpu-2-gb-benchmarks?location=nyc3)

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Provider

DigitalOcean

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Plan

Basic 2 vCPU / 2 GB

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Location

New York 3

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vCPU

2

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RAM

2 GB

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Storage

60 GB SSD

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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 21, 2026, 08:41:00 UTC

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## Latest runs of this plan

- [New York 1 Oct 20, 2026](https://rackcensus.com/benchmarks/8vpemm-digitalocean-basic-2-vcpu-2-gb-nyc1-benchmark)595

[Full history of this plan](https://rackcensus.com/plans/0ab2gk-digitalocean-basic-2-vcpu-2-gb-benchmarks/history)

## CPU

| Version | Single-core | Multi-core | Result link |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Geekbench 7 | 663 | Skipped | [Geekbench Browser](https://browser.geekbench.com/v7/cpu/697745) |

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 | 80151st of 64 | Single-core only |
| Navigation | 82552nd of 64 | Single-core only |
| HTML5 Browser | 55157th of 64 | Single-core only |
| PDF Viewer | 86151st of 64 | Single-core only |
| Photo Library | 62453rd of 64 | Single-core only |
| Clang | 70650th of 64 | Single-core only |
| Text Processing | 47358th of 64 | Single-core only |
| Asset Compression | 65556th of 64 | Single-core only |
| HDR | 58656th of 64 | Single-core only |
| Photo Editor | 77848th of 64 | Single-core only |
| Ray Tracer | 68453rd of 64 | Single-core only |
| Structure from Motion | 74456th of 64 | Single-core only |
| Game Physics | 48659th of 64 | Single-core only |
| Video Encoder | 65651st of 64 | Single-core only |
| Audio Encoder | 79052nd of 64 | Single-core only |
| Video Player | 55655th 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 | 102.7 MB/s (26,298 IOPS) | 103 MB/s (26,367 IOPS) | 205.7 MB/s (52,665 IOPS) |
| 64K | 454.1 MB/s (7,265 IOPS) | 456.5 MB/s (7,304 IOPS) | 910.6 MB/s (14,569 IOPS) |
| 512K | 482.6 MB/s (965 IOPS) | 508.2 MB/s (1,016 IOPS) | 990.8 MB/s (1,981 IOPS) |
| 1M | 572.2 MB/s (572 IOPS) | 610.3 MB/s (610 IOPS) | 1.15 GB/s (1,182 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Leaseweb, NYC, NY, US (10G) | IPv4 | 2.01 Gbps | 1.89 Gbps |
| Eranium, Amsterdam, NL (100G) | IPv4 | 1.84 Gbps | 1.79 Gbps |
| Leaseweb, Singapore, SG (10G) | IPv4 | 733 Mbps | 928 Mbps |

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 | 99.49 | 11.77 / 1885.26 | 0 / 87 | load generator fell behind |
| 1 | 500 | 492.1 | 16.91 / 80.29 | 0 / 1421 | load generator fell behind |
| 1 | 1000 | 974.06 | 22.44 / 83.59 | 0 / 4666 | load generator fell behind |
| 1 | 3000 | 2930.26 | 63.66 / 138.12 | 0 / 12218 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 100 | 99.37 | 12.56 / 2346.86 | 0 / 113 | load generator fell behind |
| 2 | 500 | 492.08 | 17.27 / 67.64 | 0 / 1426 | load generator fell behind |
| 2 | 1000 | 970.22 | 33.89 / 177.42 | 0 / 5355 | load generator fell behind |
| 2 | 3000 | 2925 | 69.72 / 143.77 | 0 / 13423 | latency 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 | 4.82 / 12.83 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 5000 | 4996.17 | 6.24 / 14.74 | 0 / 526 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 10000 | 9957.63 | 8.48 / 20.64 | 0 / 7456 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 25000 | 17616.77 | 23.63 / 37.16 | 0 / 1328857 | load generator saturated |
| 2 | 1000 | 999.99 | 5.18 / 13.68 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 5000 | 4999.04 | 8.48 / 19.39 | 0 / 151 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 10000 | 9808.82 | 17.64 / 36.04 | 0 / 34407 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 25000 | 16845.95 | 25.41 / 39.51 | 0 / 1467237 | 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 | 12.56 / 22.67 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 500 | 500 | 17.83 / 34.59 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 1000 | 999.98 | 21.52 / 44.19 | 0 / 0 | latency limit exceeded |
| 1 | 3000 | 2976.29 | 51.99 / 97.21 | 0 / 4246 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 100 | 100 | 11.4 / 21.3 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 500 | 499.95 | 20.43 / 44.65 | 0 / 0 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 1000 | 999.96 | 36.04 / 80.29 | 0 / 5 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 3000 | 2956.14 | 55.25 / 103.25 | 0 / 7876 | latency limit exceeded |

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 | 78.69 / 117.65 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 20 | 19.99 | 3391.83 / 4307 | 0 / 0 | latency limit exceeded |
| 1 | 50 | 1.04 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 6551 / 2259 | latency limit exceeded |
| 1 | 100 | 1.88 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 8774 / 8874 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 80.29 / 145.22 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 20 | 20 | 3163.56 / 3746.8 | 0 / 0 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 50 | 0.58 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 6603 / 2288 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 100 | 0.54 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 7438 / 10462 | 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 | 117.65 / 163.76 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 20 | 19.84 | 5748.04 / 6162.75 | 3 / 0 | latency limit exceeded |
| 1 | 50 | 4.08 | 9085.12 / 9085.12 | 5104 / 3130 | latency limit exceeded |
| 1 | 100 | 4.83 | 9085.12 / 9085.12 | 7537 / 9568 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 103.25 / 138.12 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 20 | 20 | 2592.49 / 2892.48 | 0 / 0 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 50 | 5.55 | 9085.12 / 9085.12 | 5104 / 2847 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 100 | 6.34 | 9085.12 / 9085.12 | 6852 / 9957 | latency limit exceeded |

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

### Ghost publishing
Failed

Readers, authenticated draft creation, publishing and image uploads.

URLError: \<urlopen error [Errno 111] Connection refused\>

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 | 1% of busy CPU time stolen |
| RAM | 2 GB | 1.9 GiB |
| Storage | 60 GB SSD | 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-Regular

**CPU cores:** 2

**CPU frequency:** 2295 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:** 1% 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 2 vCPU / 2 GB

**Product line:** Basic

**Location:** New York 3

**vCPU:** 2 shared vCPU

**Architecture:** x86\_64

**RAM:** 2 GB

**Storage:** 60 GB SSD

**Virtualization:** KVM

**Network:** 2 Gbps

**Transfer:** 3 TB

**Port 25:** Closed

**Monthly price at test time:** $18.00

**Hourly price at test time:** $0.027

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

**Ran at:** Oct 23, 2026, 03:24:23 UTC

**Parser version:** 5

## Run timeline

**Queued:** Oct 21, 2026, 08:41:00 UTC

**First update from the server:** Oct 23, 2026, 03:23:31 UTC

**Completed:** Oct 23, 2026, 06:35:00 UTC

**Server deleted:** Oct 23, 2026, 06:35:00 UTC

**Cost of this run:** $0.086

Tests 36 of 39 done Live output 939 lines

Setup 2 cores, 1.9 GiB RAM 4 of 4Done

Disk (fio) 216 MB/s at 4k, 1.23 GB/s at 1m 5 of 5Done

Network, IPv4 (iperf3) Median 1.84 Gbit/s send, 1.79 Gbit/s receive 3 of 3Done

Geekbench 7, single-core Score 663 18 of 18Done

Web apps 3 failed, 4 skipped 5 of 8Some failed

TestResultTime

PostgreSQL transactions 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 30m 35s

PostgreSQL large dataset RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: Stopped RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: 2m 51s

Redis cache 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 28m 35s

Redis persistent queue 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 28m 26s

Discourse community RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: Stopped RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: 16m 54s

n8n workflows 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 34m 26s

n8n queue workers 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 35m 31s

Ghost publishing URLError: \<urlopen error [Errno 111] Connection refused\> Stopped URLError: \<urlopen error [Errno 111] Connection refused\> 2m 39s

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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