# Linode Linode 8GB

[Chicago, IL](https://74pzd.hatchboxapp.com/locations/chicago-vps-benchmarks "Every provider in Chicago")

Benchmark complete

Finished Oct 23, 2026

Geekbench 7 single-core

943

Faster than 21% of 4 vCPU plans

Geekbench 7 multi-core

3,006

Faster than 33% of 4 vCPU plans

Disk 4K IOPS

91,923

fio random read and write, 50/50

Monthly price at test time

$48.00

63 multi-core points per dollar

Same price today

## Server

[Linode](https://74pzd.hatchboxapp.com/vps-providers/linode-benchmarks)[Linode 8GB](https://74pzd.hatchboxapp.com/plans/86cpgd-linode-linode-8gb-benchmarks?location=us-ord)

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Provider

Linode

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Plan

Linode 8GB

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Location

Chicago, IL

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vCPU

4

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RAM

8 GB

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Storage

160 GB SSD

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Network

5 Gbps

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OS image

linode/ubuntu24.04

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Trigger

Scheduled

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Queued at

Oct 21, 2026, 17:54:00 UTC

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## Latest runs of this plan

- [Fremont, CA Oct 21, 2026](https://74pzd.hatchboxapp.com/benchmarks/a2cqlg-linode-linode-8gb-us-west-benchmark)893

[Full history of this plan](https://74pzd.hatchboxapp.com/plans/86cpgd-linode-linode-8gb-benchmarks/history)

## CPU

| Version | Single-core | Multi-core | Result link |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Geekbench 7 | 943 | 3,006 | [Geekbench Browser](https://browser.geekbench.com/v7/cpu/699251) |

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 | 97454th of 80 | 2,55921st of 46 |
| Navigation | 82466th of 80 | Single-core only |
| HTML5 Browser | 88355th of 80 | Single-core only |
| PDF Viewer | 96958th of 80 | Single-core only |
| Photo Library | 81653rd of 80 | 3,11117th of 46 |
| Clang | 89352nd of 80 | 3,50117th of 46 |
| Text Processing | 80558th of 80 | 3,07019th of 46 |
| Asset Compression | 97550th of 80 | 4,03317th of 46 |
| HDR | 77356th of 80 | 2,31922nd of 46 |
| Photo Editor | 97152nd of 80 | 2,07329th of 46 |
| Ray Tracer | 1,04851st of 80 | 4,01716th of 46 |
| Structure from Motion | 1,01860th of 80 | Single-core only |
| Game Physics | 1,01649th of 80 | Single-core only |
| Video Encoder | 94751st of 80 | Single-core only |
| Audio Encoder | 1,09548th of 80 | Single-core only |
| Video Player | 1,18039th of 80 | Single-core only |

Rank among the 80 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 | 179.3 MB/s (45,901 IOPS) | 179.8 MB/s (46,022 IOPS) | 359.1 MB/s (91,923 IOPS) |
| 64K | 1.73 GB/s (28,296 IOPS) | 1.74 GB/s (28,445 IOPS) | 3.46 GB/s (56,741 IOPS) |
| 512K | 2.5 GB/s (5,121 IOPS) | 2.63 GB/s (5,394 IOPS) | 5.13 GB/s (10,515 IOPS) |
| 1M | 3.11 GB/s (3,181 IOPS) | 3.31 GB/s (3,393 IOPS) | 6.42 GB/s (6,574 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 | 5.26 Gbps | 9.29 Gbps |
| Eranium, Amsterdam, NL (100G) | IPv4 | 1.96 Gbps | 2.45 Gbps |
| Leaseweb, Singapore, SG (10G) | IPv4 | 954 Mbps | 988 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 | 100 | 5.69 / 6.54 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 500 | 497.2 | 4.94 / 5.89 | 0 / 504 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 1000 | 992.65 | 4.88 / 5.69 | 0 / 1322 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 3000 | 2984.34 | 4.7 / 5.82 | 0 / 2815 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 100 | 100 | 5.3 / 6.03 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 500 | 497.31 | 4.65 / 5.43 | 0 / 484 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 1000 | 992.88 | 4.7 / 5.43 | 0 / 1281 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 3000 | 2985.52 | 4.76 / 5.89 | 0 / 2460 | Met workload limits |

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 | 1000 | 1.63 / 1.79 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 5000 | 4999.97 | 1.73 / 1.96 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 10000 | 9999.05 | 1.45 / 1.81 | 0 / 165 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 25000 | 21476.99 | 14.9 / 17.64 | 0 / 633930 | load generator saturated |
| 2 | 1000 | 1000 | 1.57 / 1.73 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 5000 | 4999.97 | 1.7 / 1.93 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 10000 | 9999.4 | 1.45 / 1.79 | 0 / 100 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 25000 | 22141.19 | 14.43 / 17.09 | 0 / 514436 | 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 | 3.77 / 4.11 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 500 | 500 | 2.91 / 3.19 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 1000 | 999.99 | 2.99 / 3.54 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 3000 | 2999.69 | 3.49 / 8.96 | 0 / 52 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 100 | 100 | 3.87 / 4.16 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 500 | 500 | 2.87 / 3.23 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 1000 | 999.99 | 2.99 / 3.36 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 3000 | 2999.55 | 3.45 / 6.61 | 0 / 78 | Met workload limits |

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

### Discourse community
Measured

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

Discourse community measurements| Repeat | Offered / s | journeys/s | p95 / p99 ms | Errors / dropped | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 2 | 1.96 | 292.43 / 329.64 | 8 / 0 | error limit exceeded |
| 1 | 5 | 4.69 | 204.09 / 310.48 | 56 / 0 | error limit exceeded |
| 1 | 10 | 9.19 | 202.06 / 319.92 | 146 / 0 | error limit exceeded |
| 1 | 25 | 22.68 | 254.27 / 418.83 | 416 / 0 | error limit exceeded |
| 2 | 2 | 1.96 | 249.24 / 313.6 | 8 / 0 | error limit exceeded |
| 2 | 5 | 4.69 | 223.3 / 343.07 | 56 / 0 | error limit exceeded |
| 2 | 10 | 9.19 | 225.54 / 346.51 | 146 / 0 | error limit exceeded |
| 2 | 25 | 22.68 | 379.07 / 532.07 | 416 / 0 | error limit exceeded |

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 | 27.03 / 37.16 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 20 | 20 | 21.52 / 27.88 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 50 | 50 | 20.01 / 41.58 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 100 | 74.64 | 3709.69 / 3784.28 | 0 / 4395 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 26.48 / 30.59 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 20 | 20 | 23.15 / 28.17 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 50 | 49.99 | 22.67 / 49.42 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 100 | 73.85 | 3672.95 / 3977.36 | 0 / 4532 | 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 | 37.54 / 46.5 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 20 | 20 | 30.59 / 41.15 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 50 | 50 | 36.78 / 111.89 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 100 | 86.38 | 3227.16 / 3324.98 | 0 / 2250 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 35.67 / 46.03 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 20 | 20 | 30.9 / 38.71 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 50 | 50 | 38.32 / 110.77 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 100 | 86.78 | 3195.2 / 3292.05 | 0 / 2172 | latency limit exceeded |

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

### Ghost publishing
Measured

Readers, authenticated draft creation, publishing and image uploads.

Ghost publishing measurements| Repeat | Offered / s | journeys/s | p95 / p99 ms | Errors / dropped | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 398.45 / 472.08 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 20 | 20 | 486.41 / 570.53 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 50 | 40.35 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 805 / 691 | latency limit exceeded |
| 1 | 100 | 40.83 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 790 / 9639 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 440.25 / 476.81 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 20 | 20 | 501.18 / 643.01 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 50 | 39.6 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 754 / 899 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 100 | 40.58 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 869 / 9599 | latency limit exceeded |

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

### Formbricks / Next.js
Failed

Public survey rendering, persisted responses and authenticated analysis.

RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError:

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

### Elasticsearch search and ingestion
Measured

Full-text search, filtering and aggregations while new documents are indexed.

Elasticsearch search and ingestion measurements| Repeat | Offered / s | operations/s | p95 / p99 ms | Errors / dropped | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 10 | 10 | 11.15 / 14.43 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 50 | 50 | 8.11 / 11.03 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 100 | 100 | 7.41 / 10.22 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 250 | 250 | 6.17 / 9.78 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 10 | 10 | 11.03 / 13.83 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 50 | 50 | 7.84 / 10.68 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 100 | 100 | 6.54 / 9.89 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 250 | 250 | 6.03 / 9.26 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |

p95 ≤ 250 ms · p99 ≤ 500 ms · errors ≤ 1.0%

### GitHub self-hosted runner
Failed

A pinned build and test workflow with separate cold and warm dependency caches.

ValueError: set RUNNER\_BENCHMARK\_REPOSITORY and RUNNER\_BENCHMARK\_REVISION to the repository and commit hosting benchmark-runner.yml

p95 ≤ 3600000 ms · p99 ≤ 3600000 ms · errors ≤ 1.0%

### Odoo Community sales
Failed

Customer lookup, sales order confirmation, stock operations and reporting.

RuntimeError: fixture command in rc-odoo failed: -packages/odoo/cli/shell.py", line 148, in shell self.console(local\_vars) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/cli/shell.py", line 82, in console exec(sys.stdin.read(), local\_vars) File "\<string\>", line 1, in \<module\> PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/tmp/rc-seed.py'

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

## Advertised vs. measured

| Spec | Advertised | Measured |
| --- | --- | --- |
| vCPU | 4 | 4 |
| CPU | Shared vCPU | 0.2% of busy CPU time stolen |
| RAM | 8 GB | 7.8 GiB |
| Storage | 160 GB SSD | 156.9 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 7713 64-Core Processor

**CPU cores:** 4

**CPU frequency:** 2000 MHz

**AES-NI:** Yes

**VM-x/AMD-V:** No

**RAM reported:** 7.8 GiB

**Swap reported:** 496 MiB

**Disk reported:** 156.9 GiB

**Virtualization reported:** KVM

**CPU steal:** 0.2% of busy CPU time stolen

**Distro:** Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS

**Kernel:** 6.8.0-134-generic

**Architecture:** x86\_64

**IPv4 reachable:** Yes

**IPv6 reachable:** Yes

## Advertised at test time

**Plan:** Linode 8GB

**Product line:** Shared CPU

**Location:** Chicago, IL

**vCPU:** 4 shared vCPU

**Architecture:** x86\_64

**RAM:** 8 GB

**Storage:** 160 GB SSD

**Virtualization:** KVM

**Network:** 5 Gbps

**Transfer:** 5 TB

**Port 25:** On request

**Monthly price at test time:** $48.00

**Hourly price at test time:** $0.072

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

**Ran at:** Oct 23, 2026, 08:44:12 UTC

**Parser version:** 5

## Run timeline

**Queued:** Oct 21, 2026, 17:54:00 UTC

**First update from the server:** Oct 23, 2026, 08:44:06 UTC

**Completed:** Oct 23, 2026, 13:33:30 UTC

**Server deleted:** Oct 23, 2026, 13:33:30 UTC

**Cost of this run:** $0.35

Tests 47 of 51 done Live output 1366 lines

Setup 4 cores, 7.8 GiB RAM 4 of 4Done

Disk (fio) 377 MB/s at 4k, 6.89 GB/s at 1m 5 of 5Done

Network, IPv4 (iperf3) Median 1.96 Gbit/s send, 2.45 Gbit/s receive 3 of 3Done

Geekbench 7, single-core Score 943 17 of 17Done

Geekbench 7, multi-core Score 3,006 9 of 9Done

Web apps 4 failed 8 of 12Some failed

TestResultTime

PostgreSQL transactions 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 29m 50s

PostgreSQL large dataset RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: Stopped RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: 1m 55s

Redis cache 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 28m 29s

Redis persistent queue 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 28m 23s

Discourse community 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 36m 33s

n8n workflows 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 31m 42s

n8n queue workers 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 31m 27s

Ghost publishing 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 33m 14s

Formbricks / Next.js RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: Stopped RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: 17m 56s

Elasticsearch search and ingestion 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 35m 49s

GitHub self-hosted runner ValueError: set RUNNER\_BENCHMARK\_REPOSITORY and RUNNER\_BENCHMARK\_REVISION to the repository and commit hosting benchmark-runner.yml Stopped ValueError: set RUNNER\_BENCHMARK\_REPOSITORY and RUNNER\_BENCHMARK\_REVISION to the repository and commit hosting benchmark-runner.yml 0s

Odoo Community sales Application workloads Stopped RuntimeError: fixture command in rc-odoo failed: -packages/odoo/cli/shell.py", line 148, in shell self.console(local\_vars) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/cli/shell.py", line 82, in console exec(sys.stdin.read(), local\_vars) File "\<string\>", line 1, in \<module\> PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/tmp/rc-seed.py' 2m 02s

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