# DigitalOcean CPU-Optimized 2 vCPU / 4 GB [New York 1](https://rackcensus.com/locations/new-york-vps-benchmarks "Every provider in New York") Benchmark complete Finished Oct 3, 2026 Geekbench 7 single-core 1,258 Median here: 1,096 over 2 runs in 90 days Geekbench 7 multi-core 1,431 Median here: 1,282 over 2 runs in 90 days Disk 4K IOPS 159,941 fio random read and write, 50/50 Median here: 121,673 over 2 runs in 90 days Monthly price at test time $42.00 34 multi-core points per dollar Same price today ## Server [DigitalOcean](https://rackcensus.com/vps-providers/digitalocean-benchmarks)[CPU-Optimized 2 vCPU / 4 GB](https://rackcensus.com/plans/xhyrw9-digitalocean-cpu-optimized-2-vcpu-4-gb-benchmarks?location=nyc1) - Provider DigitalOcean - Plan CPU-Optimized 2 vCPU / 4 GB - Location New York 1 - vCPU 2 - RAM 4 GB - Storage 25 GB SSD - Network 2 Gbps - OS image ubuntu-24-04-x64 - Trigger Manual - Queued at Oct 3, 2026, 16:24:20 UTC [Visit DigitalOcean](https://rackcensus.com/go/digitalocean) ## Latest runs of this plan - [New York 1 Oct 5, 2026](https://rackcensus.com/benchmarks/cgj40n-digitalocean-cpu-optimized-2-vcpu-4-gb-nyc1-benchmark)934 - [Singapore 1 Oct 3, 2026](https://rackcensus.com/benchmarks/t36q0p-digitalocean-c-2-sgp1-benchmark)972 [Full history of this plan](https://rackcensus.com/plans/xhyrw9-digitalocean-cpu-optimized-2-vcpu-4-gb-benchmarks/history) ## CPU | Version | Single-core | Multi-core | Result link | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Geekbench 7 | 1,258 | 1,431 | [Geekbench Browser](https://browser.geekbench.com/v7/cpu/538647) | 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 | 1,23017th of 28 | 1,32426th of 28 | | Navigation | 1,6356th of 28 | Single-core only | | HTML5 Browser | 1,19416th of 28 | Single-core only | | PDF Viewer | 1,31516th of 28 | Single-core only | | Photo Library | 1,23115th of 28 | 1,47225th of 28 | | Clang | 1,33111th of 28 | 1,66025th of 28 | | Text Processing | 1,27313th of 28 | 1,26125th of 28 | | Asset Compression | 1,02023rd of 28 | 1,37626th of 28 | | HDR | 1,11817th of 28 | 1,23725th of 28 | | Photo Editor | 1,26318th of 28 | 1,45924th of 28 | | Ray Tracer | 1,25916th of 28 | 1,73126th of 28 | | Structure from Motion | 1,40816th of 28 | Single-core only | | Game Physics | 1,18816th of 28 | Single-core only | | Video Encoder | 1,24016th of 28 | Single-core only | | Audio Encoder | 1,24418th of 28 | Single-core only | | Video Player | 1,27918th of 28 | Single-core only | Rank among the 28 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 | 312 MB/s (79,865 IOPS) | 312.8 MB/s (80,076 IOPS) | 624.8 MB/s (159,941 IOPS) | | 64K | 1.19 GB/s (19,430 IOPS) | 1.19 GB/s (19,532 IOPS) | 2.38 GB/s (38,962 IOPS) | | 512K | 1001.5 MB/s (2,003 IOPS) | 1.03 GB/s (2,109 IOPS) | 2.01 GB/s (4,112 IOPS) | | 1M | 1.25 GB/s (1,280 IOPS) | 1.33 GB/s (1,365 IOPS) | 2.58 GB/s (2,645 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 | 1.62 Gbps | 1.78 Gbps | | Eranium, Amsterdam, NL (100G) | IPv4 | 1.79 Gbps | 1.8 Gbps | | Uztelecom, Tashkent, UZ (10G) | IPv4 | 25.6 Mbps | 920 Mbps | | Leaseweb, Singapore, SG (10G) | IPv4 | 462 Mbps | 712 Mbps | | Clouvider, Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | IPv4 | 1.78 Gbps | 1.81 Gbps | | Leaseweb, NYC, NY, US (10G) | IPv4 | 2.01 Gbps | 1.89 Gbps | | Edgoo, Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | IPv4 | 1.77 Gbps | 1.54 Gbps | | Clouvider, London, UK (10G) | IPv6 | 1.88 Gbps | 1.78 Gbps | | Eranium, Amsterdam, NL (100G) | IPv6 | 1.43 Gbps | 1.78 Gbps | | Uztelecom, Tashkent, UZ (10G) | IPv6 | 1.06 Gbps | 1.42 Gbps | | Leaseweb, Singapore, SG (10G) | IPv6 | 512 Mbps | 913 Mbps | | Clouvider, Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | IPv6 | 1.24 Gbps | 1.8 Gbps | | Leaseweb, NYC, NY, US (10G) | IPv6 | 2.01 Gbps | 1.87 Gbps | | Edgoo, Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | IPv6 | 1.79 Gbps | 1.56 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 | 25 GB SSD | 24.1 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(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8280 CPU @ 2.70GHz **CPU cores:** 2 **CPU frequency:** 2694 MHz **AES-NI:** Yes **VM-x/AMD-V:** Yes **RAM reported:** 3.8 GiB **Swap reported:** 0 MiB **Disk reported:** 24.1 GiB **Virtualization reported:** KVM **CPU steal:** 0% 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:** CPU-Optimized 2 vCPU / 4 GB **Product line:** CPU-Optimized **Location:** New York 1 **vCPU:** 2 dedicated vCPU **Architecture:** x86\_64 **RAM:** 4 GB **Storage:** 25 GB SSD **Virtualization:** KVM **Network:** 2 Gbps **Transfer:** 4 TB **Port 25:** Closed **Monthly price at test time:** $42.00 **Hourly price at test time:** $0.063 **YABS version:** v2026-09-20 **Ran at:** Oct 3, 2026, 16:25:21 UTC **Parser version:** 4 ## Run timeline **Queued:** Oct 3, 2026, 16:24:20 UTC **Server created:** Oct 3, 2026, 16:25:17 UTC **First update from the server:** Oct 3, 2026, 16:25:19 UTC **Completed:** Oct 3, 2026, 16:45:00 UTC **Server deleted:** Oct 3, 2026, 16:45:00 UTC **Cost of this run:** $0.022 Tests 50 of 50 done Live output 175 lines Setup 2 cores, 3.8 GiB RAM 4 of 4Done Disk (fio) 655 MB/s at 4k, 2.77 GB/s at 1m 5 of 5Done Network, IPv4 (iperf3) Median 1.77 Gbit/s send, 1.78 Gbit/s receive, 4 retried 7 of 7Done Network, IPv6 (iperf3) Median 1.43 Gbit/s send, 1.78 Gbit/s receive 7 of 7Done Geekbench 7, single-core Score 1,258 17 of 17Done Geekbench 7, multi-core Score 1,431 9 of 9Done Finish Results saved 1 of 1Done