NordicVPS Benchmark

Update (Apr 22, 2011): Please read my post NordicVPS is down the drain? to learn more about this host before ordering with them.

Unix Benchmark results from Nordic VPS in Hetzner, Germany using unixbench v 5.1.2

Specs: 256MB / 10GB XEN PV


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   Version 5.1.2                      Based on the Byte Magazine Unix Benchmark

   Multi-CPU version                  Version 5 revisions by Ian Smith,
                                      Sunnyvale, CA, USA
   December 22, 2007                  johantheghost at yahoo period com

1 x Dhrystone 2 using register variables  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 x Double-Precision Whetstone  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 x Execl Throughput  1 2 3

1 x File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks  1 2 3

1 x File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks  1 2 3

1 x File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks  1 2 3

1 x Pipe Throughput  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 x Pipe-based Context Switching  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 x Process Creation  1 2 3

1 x System Call Overhead  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 x Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)  1 2 3

1 x Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)  1 2 3

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   BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.2)

   System: fra.li-node.com: GNU/Linux
   OS: GNU/Linux -- 2.6.32-305-ec2 -- #9-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 15 04:14:01 UTC 2010
   Machine: i686 (unknown)
   Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8")
   CPU 0: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz (5351.4 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT
   21:20:07 up 17:00,  2 users,  load average: 0.42, 0.23, 0.19; runlevel 2

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Benchmark Run: Fri Jul 23 2010 21:20:07 - 21:48:49
1 CPU in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       14219975.8 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     2531.0 MWIPS (10.2 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               1814.0 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        402343.6 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks          121184.7 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks       1203280.3 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                              713357.0 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                  84853.7 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                               3918.4 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                   2756.7 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                    361.2 lpm   (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                         629430.4 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   14219975.8   1218.5
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       2531.0    460.2
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       1814.0    421.9
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     402343.6   1016.0
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0     121184.7    732.2
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0    1203280.3   2074.6
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0     713357.0    573.4
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0      84853.7    212.1
Process Creation                                126.0       3918.4    311.0
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4       2756.7    650.2
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0        361.2    602.0
System Call Overhead                          15000.0     629430.4    419.6
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System Benchmarks Index Score                                         602.1

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