Server benchmark 2023: Hetzner AX41 Dedicated Server

  • 2023
  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Hexa-Core “Matisse” (Zen2)
  • 64 GB DDR4 RAM
  • The specification is 2 * 2 TB SATA 6 Gb/s Enterprise HDD; 7200 rpm (Software-RAID 1)
  • Delivered with 2 * 6 TB SATA 6 Gb/s Enterprise HDD
  • Connection 1 GBit/s port
  • Bandwidth guaranteed 1 GBit/s
  • Backup Space 100 GB
  • Unlimited Traffic
  • Debian Linux 12.2 64 bit
  • Tests run 2023-10-25
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   Version 5.1.3                      Based on the Byte Magazine Unix Benchmark

   Multi-CPU version                  Version 5 revisions by Ian Smith,
                                      Sunnyvale, CA, USA
   January 13, 2011                   johantheghost at yahoo period com

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   Use directories for:
      * File I/O tests (named fs***) = /***/unixbench/byte-unixbench-master/UnixBench/tmp
      * Results                      = /***/unixbench/byte-unixbench-master/UnixBench/results
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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

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

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

12 x Execl Throughput  1 2 3

12 x File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks  1 2 3

12 x File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks  1 2 3

12 x File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks  1 2 3

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

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

12 x Process Creation  1 2 3

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

12 x Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)  1 2 3

12 x Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)  1 2 3

========================================================================
   BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.3)

   System: ***: GNU/Linux
   OS: GNU/Linux -- 6.1.0-13-amd64 -- #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.55-1 (2023-09-29)
   Machine: x86_64 (unknown)
   Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8")
   CPU 0: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor (7200.1 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor (7200.1 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor (7200.1 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   CPU 3: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor (7200.1 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   CPU 4: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor (7200.1 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   CPU 5: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor (7200.1 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   CPU 6: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor (7200.1 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   CPU 7: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor (7200.1 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   CPU 8: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor (7200.1 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   CPU 9: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor (7200.1 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   CPU 10: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor (7200.1 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   CPU 11: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor (7200.1 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   17:19:29 up 16 min,  1 user,  load average: 0.19, 0.29, 0.17; runlevel 2023-10-25

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Benchmark Run: Wed Oct 25 2023 17:19:29 - 17:47:40
12 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       53754454.0 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     9256.4 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               4979.9 lps   (29.9 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks       1270570.8 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks          337247.6 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks       3952381.7 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                             1780803.2 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                 159262.9 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                               7053.0 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                  14992.5 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                   8581.4 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                        1836934.8 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   53754454.0   4606.2
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       9256.4   1683.0
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       4979.9   1158.1
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0    1270570.8   3208.5
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0     337247.6   2037.7
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0    3952381.7   6814.5
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0    1780803.2   1431.5
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0     159262.9    398.2
Process Creation                                126.0       7053.0    559.8
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4      14992.5   3536.0
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0       8581.4  14302.3
System Call Overhead                          15000.0    1836934.8   1224.6
                                                                   ========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                        2112.6

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Benchmark Run: Wed Oct 25 2023 17:47:40 - 18:15:55
12 CPUs in system; running 12 parallel copies of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables      435594268.8 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                    94333.1 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                              30009.4 lps   (29.8 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks       9831650.1 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks         2633717.5 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks       9238570.2 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                            14675597.8 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                1789390.5 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                              75399.5 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                  81121.4 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                  10910.0 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                       15277210.3 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0  435594268.8  37326.0
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0      94333.1  17151.5
Execl Throughput                                 43.0      30009.4   6978.9
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0    9831650.1  24827.4
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0    2633717.5  15913.7
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0    9238570.2  15928.6
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0   14675597.8  11797.1
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0    1789390.5   4473.5
Process Creation                                126.0      75399.5   5984.1
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4      81121.4  19132.4
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0      10910.0  18183.3
System Call Overhead                          15000.0   15277210.3  10184.8
                                                                   ========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                       13329.6
./Run dhry2reg whetstone-double syscall pipe context1 spawn execl shell1 shell8 shell16


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   Version 5.1.3                      Based on the Byte Magazine Unix Benchmark

   Multi-CPU version                  Version 5 revisions by Ian Smith,
                                      Sunnyvale, CA, USA
   January 13, 2011                   johantheghost at yahoo period com

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Use directories for:
      * File I/O tests (named fs***) = /***/unixbench/byte-unixbench-master/UnixBench/tmp
      * Results                      = /***/unixbench/byte-unixbench-master/UnixBench/results
------------------------------------------------------------------------------


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

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 Execl Throughput  1 2 3

1 x Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)  1 2 3

1 x Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)  1 2 3

1 x Shell Scripts (16 concurrent)  1 2 3

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

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

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

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

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

12 x Process Creation  1 2 3

12 x Execl Throughput  1 2 3

12 x Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)  1 2 3

12 x Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)  1 2 3

12 x Shell Scripts (16 concurrent)  1 2 3

========================================================================
   BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.3)

   System: ***: GNU/Linux
   OS: GNU/Linux -- 6.1.0-13-amd64 -- #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.55-1 (2023-09-29)
   Machine: x86_64 (unknown)
   Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8")
   CPU 0: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor (7200.1 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor (7200.1 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor (7200.1 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   CPU 3: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor (7200.1 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   CPU 4: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor (7200.1 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   CPU 5: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor (7200.1 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   CPU 6: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor (7200.1 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   CPU 7: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor (7200.1 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   CPU 8: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor (7200.1 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   CPU 9: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor (7200.1 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   CPU 10: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor (7200.1 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   CPU 11: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor (7200.1 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   18:18:16 up  1:14,  2 users,  load average: 11.61, 41.22, 26.82; runlevel 2023-10-25

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Benchmark Run: Wed Oct 25 2023 18:18:16 - 18:42:20
12 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       53768937.1 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     9254.2 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               4976.5 lps   (29.8 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                             1788002.3 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                 158620.1 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                               6961.8 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                  14888.6 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (16 concurrent)                  4848.7 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                   8548.8 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                        1836632.9 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Partial Index              BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   53768937.1   4607.4
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       9254.2   1682.6
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       4976.5   1157.3
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0    1788002.3   1437.3
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0     158620.1    396.6
Process Creation                                126.0       6961.8    552.5
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4      14888.6   3511.5
Shell Scripts (16 concurrent)                     ---       4848.7      ---
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0       8548.8  14248.1
System Call Overhead                          15000.0    1836632.9   1224.4
                                                                   ========
System Benchmarks Index Score (Partial Only)                         1772.9

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Benchmark Run: Wed Oct 25 2023 18:42:20 - 19:06:25
12 CPUs in system; running 12 parallel copies of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables      435724784.8 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                    94334.9 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                              29932.7 lps   (29.8 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                            14709721.8 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                1789821.3 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                              75876.4 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                  81040.5 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (16 concurrent)                  5475.3 lpm   (60.1 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                  10904.0 lpm   (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                       15337447.2 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Partial Index              BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0  435724784.8  37337.2
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0      94334.9  17151.8
Execl Throughput                                 43.0      29932.7   6961.1
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0   14709721.8  11824.5
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0    1789821.3   4474.6
Process Creation                                126.0      75876.4   6021.9
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4      81040.5  19113.3
Shell Scripts (16 concurrent)                     ---       5475.3      ---
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0      10904.0  18173.3
System Call Overhead                          15000.0   15337447.2  10225.0
                                                                   ========
System Benchmarks Index Score (Partial Only)                        11969.9

disk write without caching

dd if=/dev/zero of=/***/dummytest bs=8k count=128k conv=fdatasync
131072+0 records in
131072+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB, 1.0 GiB) copied, 5.74034 s, 187 MB/s

dd if=/dev/zero of=/***/dummytest bs=16k count=64k conv=fdatasync
65536+0 records in
65536+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB, 1.0 GiB) copied, 5.8746 s, 183 MB/s

dd if=/dev/zero of=/***/dummytest bs=32k count=32k conv=fdatasync
32768+0 records in
32768+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB, 1.0 GiB) copied, 5.81737 s, 185 MB/s

dd if=/dev/zero of=/***/dummytest bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB, 1.0 GiB) copied, 6.00351 s, 179 MB/s

disk read without caching

hdparm -t -T /dev/md*
 Timing cached reads:   25944 MB in  2.00 seconds = 12997.42 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads: 600 MB in  3.01 seconds = 199.56 MB/sec

Disclaimer: based on my experience disk performance testing with dd and hdparm are crude methods. The real-life disk load of a web service cannot be emulated with dd or hdparm.