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UpCloud Starter 2 vCPU / 2 GB

Chicago #1

Benchmark complete
Finished Oct 24, 2026
Geekbench 7 single-core
1,301
Faster than 70% of 2 vCPU plans
Geekbench 7 multi-core
Skipped
Disk 4K IOPS
11,903
fio random read and write, 50/50
Monthly price at test time
€10.00 EUR
Same price today

Server

  • Provider
    UpCloud
  • Plan
    Starter 2 vCPU / 2 GB
  • Location
    Chicago #1
  • vCPU
    2
  • RAM
    2 GB
  • Storage
    30 GB
  • Network
    Unknown
  • OS image
    01000000-0000-4000-8000-000030240200
  • Trigger
    Scheduled
  • Queued at
    Oct 22, 2026, 02:09:00 UTC
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CPU

Version Single-core Multi-core
Geekbench 7 1,301 Skipped Geekbench Browser

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
1,444
15th of 75
Single-core only
Navigation
1,502
11th of 75
Single-core only
HTML5 Browser
1,184
25th of 75
Single-core only
PDF Viewer
1,371
22nd of 75
Single-core only
Photo Library
1,181
22nd of 75
Single-core only
Clang
1,196
19th of 75
Single-core only
Text Processing
1,101
27th of 75
Single-core only
Asset Compression
1,281
19th of 75
Single-core only
HDR
1,052
27th of 75
Single-core only
Photo Editor
1,438
20th of 75
Single-core only
Ray Tracer
1,384
12th of 75
Single-core only
Structure from Motion
1,435
21st of 75
Single-core only
Game Physics
1,359
13th of 75
Single-core only
Video Encoder
1,230
18th of 75
Single-core only
Audio Encoder
1,348
19th of 75
Single-core only
Video Player
1,417
17th of 75
Single-core only

Rank among the 75 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 23.2 MB/s (5,950 IOPS) 23.3 MB/s (5,953 IOPS) 46.5 MB/s (11,903 IOPS)
64K 377.6 MB/s (6,041 IOPS) 379.6 MB/s (6,072 IOPS) 757.1 MB/s (12,113 IOPS)
512K 383.7 MB/s (767 IOPS) 404.1 MB/s (808 IOPS) 787.8 MB/s (1,575 IOPS)
1M 380.8 MB/s (380 IOPS) 406.1 MB/s (406 IOPS) 786.9 MB/s (786 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 1.06 Gbps 1.04 Gbps
Eranium, Amsterdam, NL (100G) IPv4 991 Mbps 1.02 Gbps
Leaseweb, Singapore, SG (10G) IPv4 859 Mbps 812 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.

RepeatOffered / stransactions/sp95 / p99 msErrors / droppedResult
11001007.16 / 8.290 / 0Met workload limits
1500497.675.96 / 12.690 / 419Met workload limits
11000956.265.82 / 816.720 / 7873latency limit exceeded
130002877.713.77 / 45.560 / 21941error limit exceeded
21001007 / 8.380 / 0Met workload limits
2500497.275.76 / 23.390 / 492Met workload limits
21000976.425.62 / 148.160 / 4244latency limit exceeded
230002773.083.77 / 64.310 / 40844error 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

Failed

A mixed cache workload with 1 KiB values, expiration, misses and eviction.

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

p95 ≤ 10 ms · p99 ≤ 25 ms · errors ≤ 1.0%

Redis persistent queue

Failed

Enqueue, consume and acknowledge payloads with append-only persistence.

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

p95 ≤ 20 ms · p99 ≤ 50 ms · errors ≤ 1.0%

Discourse community

Measured

Signed-in reading, search, posting and replies in a populated Rails forum.

RepeatOffered / sjourneys/sp95 / p99 msErrors / droppedResult
121.96286.65 / 375.38 / 0error limit exceeded
154.69251.75 / 349.9956 / 0error limit exceeded
1109.19208.21 / 316.74146 / 0error limit exceeded
12519.358062.47 / 8062.47863 / 0latency limit exceeded
221.96301.32 / 394.58 / 0error limit exceeded
254.69251.75 / 357.0456 / 0error limit exceeded
2109.19210.3 / 332.95146 / 0error limit exceeded
2257.628062.47 / 8062.473067 / 0latency limit exceeded

p95 ≤ 1500 ms · p99 ≤ 3000 ms · errors ≤ 1.0%

n8n workflows

Measured

Webhook, transformation, branching and a verified final response.

RepeatOffered / sworkflows/sp95 / p99 msErrors / droppedResult
15542.43 / 56.960 / 0Met workload limits
1202031.87 / 51.470 / 0Met workload limits
15049.332232.9 / 6807.6125 / 95latency limit exceeded
110084.953292.05 / 3709.690 / 2523latency limit exceeded
25539.11 / 52.520 / 0Met workload limits
2202034.95 / 56.960 / 0Met workload limits
2505069.02 / 123.70 / 0Met workload limits
210081.433460.03 / 3636.580 / 3175latency limit exceeded

p95 ≤ 1000 ms · p99 ≤ 2000 ms · errors ≤ 1.0%

n8n queue workers

Measured

Completed queued workflows including waiting time and worker execution.

RepeatOffered / sworkflows/sp95 / p99 msErrors / droppedResult
15551.47 / 63.020 / 0Met workload limits
1202039.51 / 58.120 / 0Met workload limits
1505048.92 / 132.70 / 0Met workload limits
110069.424017.15 / 4097.910 / 5300latency limit exceeded
25553.6 / 69.020 / 0Met workload limits
2202037.54 / 54.150 / 0Met workload limits
2505056.39 / 151.160 / 0Met workload limits
210067.484097.91 / 43070 / 5652latency limit exceeded

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

Ghost publishing

Measured

Readers, authenticated draft creation, publishing and image uploads.

RepeatOffered / sjourneys/sp95 / p99 msErrors / droppedResult
155379.07 / 453.620 / 0Met workload limits
12020394.5 / 476.810 / 0Met workload limits
15043.427013.92 / 7013.92893 / 30latency limit exceeded
110047.647013.92 / 7013.92884 / 8313latency limit exceeded
255379.07 / 462.750 / 0Met workload limits
22020390.58 / 472.080 / 0Met workload limits
25043.67013.92 / 7013.92893 / 11latency limit exceeded
210046.187013.92 / 7013.92901 / 8517latency limit exceeded

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, 1855 MiB detected.

p95 ≤ 1000 ms · p99 ≤ 2000 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, 1855 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, 1855 MiB detected.

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

Advertised vs. measured

Advertised Measured
vCPU 2 2
CPU Shared vCPU 0.1% of busy CPU time stolen
RAM 2 GB 1.8 GiB
Storage 30 GB 29.4 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 7542 32-Core Processor
CPU cores
2
CPU frequency
2895 MHz
AES-NI
Yes
VM-x/AMD-V
No
RAM reported
1.8 GiB
Swap reported
0 MiB
Disk reported
29.4 GiB
Virtualization reported
KVM
CPU steal
0.1% 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 2 vCPU / 2 GB
Product line
Starter
Location
Chicago #1
vCPU
2 shared vCPU
Architecture
x86_64
RAM
2 GB
Storage
30 GB
Virtualization
KVM
Network
Unknown
Transfer
1.02 TB
Port 25
Unknown
Monthly price at test time
€10.00 EUR
Hourly price at test time
€0.015 EUR
YABS version
v2026-09-20
Ran at
Oct 24, 2026, 05:16:00 UTC
Parser version
5

Run timeline

Queued
Oct 22, 2026, 02:09:00 UTC
First update from the server
Oct 24, 2026, 05:14:33 UTC
Completed
Oct 24, 2026, 08:10:33 UTC
Server deleted
Oct 24, 2026, 08:10:33 UTC
Cost of this run
€0.044 EUR
TestResultTime
Formbricks / Next.js Requires 4096 MiB RAM; plan has 2048 MiB, 1855 MiB detected. Not run Requires 4096 MiB RAM; plan has 2048 MiB, 1855 MiB detected.
Elasticsearch search and ingestion Requires 4096 MiB RAM; plan has 2048 MiB, 1855 MiB detected. Not run Requires 4096 MiB RAM; plan has 2048 MiB, 1855 MiB detected.
GitHub self-hosted runner Requires 8192 MiB RAM; plan has 2048 MiB, 1855 MiB detected. Not run Requires 8192 MiB RAM; plan has 2048 MiB, 1855 MiB detected.
Odoo Community sales Requires 4096 MiB RAM; plan has 2048 MiB, 1855 MiB detected. Not run Requires 4096 MiB RAM; plan has 2048 MiB, 1855 MiB detected.
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