[Spartan] SpartanHost Seattle E5 three-network 4837 at $24/year, detailed test

Testing the SpartanHost E5 Seattle instance I have. A little sigh: old soldiers never die; they just fade away

1. Configuration

Looking Glass test address

2. NodeQuality

bash <(curl -sL https://run.NodeQuality.com)

💻 Basic Information

Basic System Information:
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Uptime     : 0 days, 0 hours, 25 minutes
Processor  : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 v3 @ 2.60GHz
CPU cores  : 2 @ 2600.000 MHz
AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM        : 967.7 MiB
Swap       : 533.0 MiB
Disk       : 15.0 GiB
Distro     : Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Kernel     : 6.12.43+deb13-cloud-amd64
VM Type    : STANDARD PC (I440FX + PIIX, 1996)
IPv4/IPv6  : ✔ Online / ✔ Online

IPv6 Network Information:
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ISP        : Spartan Host LLC
ASN        : AS50131 Spartan Host Ltd
Host       : Spartan Host Ltd
Location   : Seattle, Washington (WA)
Country    : United States

fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition -):
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Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 55.69 MB/s   (13.9k) | 332.74 MB/s   (5.1k)
Write      | 55.79 MB/s   (13.9k) | 334.49 MB/s   (5.2k)
Total      | 111.48 MB/s  (27.8k) | 667.24 MB/s  (10.4k)
           |                      |                     
Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 857.99 MB/s   (1.6k) | 1.00 GB/s      (985)
Write      | 903.58 MB/s   (1.7k) | 1.07 GB/s     (1.0k)
Total      | 1.76 GB/s     (3.4k) | 2.08 GB/s     (2.0k)

Geekbench 5 Benchmark Test:
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Test            | Value                         
                |                               
Single Core     | 575                           
Multi Core      | 1100                          
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/23882827

 SysBench CPU Test (Fast Mode, 1-Pass @ 5sec)
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 1 thread test (single-core) score:          829 Scores
 2 thread test (multi-core) score:          1655 Scores
 SysBench Memory Test (Fast Mode, 1-Pass @ 5sec)
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 Single-thread read test:          17815.05 MB/s
 Single-thread write test:          12871.43 MB/s

🎬 IP Quality

IPv4	IPv6

🌐 Network Quality

IPv4	IPv6

📍 Return Routes

Cera route; IPv4 return goes via Los Angeles 4837 for all three Chinese networks, and latency is much higher than before

IPv4	IPv6

3. Outbound Routes (itdog.cn)

Location	China Telecom	China Unicom	China Mobile
Beijing
Shanghai
Guangzhou

4. Single-thread proxy speed test (Impart Speedtest)

*Click a node name to view the speed-test screenshot

5. iPerf3 TCP IPv4 single-thread speed test (single 10-second test, 2025-11-04 12:00-13:00)

IPv4 inbound speed is low and latency is high, possibly due to mitigation; the following IPv6 inbound/outbound tests are normal

🇺🇸 Local

🇺🇸 United States

🌍 International

6. iPerf3 TCP IPv6 single-thread speed test (single 10-second test, 2025-11-04 12:00-13:00)

🇺🇸 Local

🇺🇸 United States

🌍 International

7. Speedtest multi-thread speed test

curl -sL nws.sh | bash

---------------------------------- nws.sh ---------------------------------
      A simple script to bench network performance using speedtest-cli     
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Version            : v2025.10.10
 Global Speedtest   : wget -qO- nws.sh | bash
 Region Speedtest   : wget -qO- nws.sh | bash -s -- -r <region>
 Ping & Routing     : wget -qO- nws.sh | bash -s -- -rt <region>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Speedtest.net (Region: GLOBAL)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Location         Latency     Loss    DL Speed       UP Speed       Server      

 ISP: Spartan Host Ltd 

 Nearest          0.52 ms     0.0%    506.82 Mbps    6536.90 Mbps   Astound Broadband - Seattle, WA 

 Bangalore, IN    268.52 ms   0.0%    2093.61 Mbps   279.74 Mbps    Bharti Airtel Ltd - Bangalore 
 Chennai, IN      249.87 ms   0.0%    1723.11 Mbps   318.49 Mbps    RailTel Corporation of India Ltd - Chennai 
 Mumbai, IN       299.29 ms   0.0%    1853.83 Mbps   903.61 Mbps    Melbicom - Mumbai 

 Seattle, US      1.14 ms     N/A     4582.05 Mbps   4907.69 Mbps   Comcast - Seattle, WA 
 Los Angeles, US  25.43 ms    0.0%    1958.86 Mbps   2644.02 Mbps   ReliableSite Hosting - Los Angeles, CA 
 Dallas, US       66.57 ms    0.0%    2003.15 Mbps   1748.44 Mbps   Hivelocity - Dallas, TX 
 Miami, US        88.22 ms    0.9%    2333.82 Mbps   734.75 Mbps    Frontier - Miami, FL 
 New York, US     68.75 ms    0.0%    2029.81 Mbps   3072.34 Mbps   GSL Networks - New York, NY 
 Toronto, CA      50.17 ms    0.0%    1437.84 Mbps   1638.45 Mbps   Rogers - Toronto, ON 
 Mexico City, MX  67.79 ms    N/A     1629.20 Mbps   1119.62 Mbps   INFINITUM - Ciudad de México 

 London, UK       146.82 ms   0.0%    2060.64 Mbps   1672.15 Mbps   VeloxServ Communications - London 
 Amsterdam, NL    163.19 ms   0.0%    1616.52 Mbps   1088.41 Mbps   31173 Services AB - Amsterdam 
 Paris, FR        137.68 ms   16.3%   2381.86 Mbps   571.85 Mbps    Scaleway - Paris 
 Frankfurt, DE    139.08 ms   0.0%    1433.12 Mbps   554.64 Mbps    Clouvider Ltd - Frankfurt am Main 
 Warsaw, PL       207.09 ms   0.0%    1996.64 Mbps   425.26 Mbps    Play - Warszawa 
 Bucharest, RO    192.55 ms   0.0%    7.72 Mbps      4.75 Mbps      Vodafone Romania Mobile - Bucharest - Bucharest 
 Moscow, RU       174.16 ms   0.0%    1876.77 Mbps   406.30 Mbps    Misaka Network, Inc. - Moscow 

 Jeddah, SA       200.92 ms   0.0%    1847.35 Mbps   373.22 Mbps    Saudi Telecom Company 
 Dubai, AE        255.91 ms   N/A     1050.13 Mbps   244.86 Mbps    e& UAE - Dubai 
 Istanbul, TR     191.01 ms   0.0%    1928.48 Mbps   1380.47 Mbps   Turkcell - Istanbul 
 Tehran, IR       261.98 ms   0.0%    1621.95 Mbps   152.84 Mbps    Irancell - Tehran 
 Cairo, EG        201.18 ms   0.0%    1878.41 Mbps   374.18 Mbps    Telecom Egypt - Cairo 

 Tokyo, JP        113.63 ms   3.2%    2201.69 Mbps   365.89 Mbps    fdcservers.net - Tokyo 
 Shanghai, CU-CN  209.08 ms   N/A     1944.56 Mbps   379.04 Mbps    China Unicom 5G - Shanghai 
 Hong Kong, CN    137.45 ms   0.0%    1950.43 Mbps   1326.97 Mbps   Misaka Network, Inc. - Hong Kong 
 Singapore, SG    197.90 ms   0.0%    2059.90 Mbps   378.70 Mbps    ViewQwest - Singapore 
 Jakarta, ID      209.00 ms   0.0%    1546.32 Mbps   403.02 Mbps    PT Solnet Indonesia - Jakarta 

 Sydney, AU       210.75 ms   0.5%    1638.91 Mbps   295.31 Mbps    Aussie Broadband - Sydney 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Avg DL Speed       : 1834.25 Mbps
 Avg UL Speed       : 1182.81 Mbps

 Total DL Data      : 74.36 GB
 Total UL Data      : 44.50 GB
 Total Data         : 118.87 GB
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Duration           : 14 min 35 sec
 System Time        : 04/11/2025 - 10:14:26 CST
 Total Script Runs  : 448267
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Result             : https://result.nws.sh/r/1762221594_Q18DF7_GLOBAL.txt

8. Summary

Return-to-China latency is high, and the route is no longer what it used to be. It includes DDoS protection and has weak performance, making it suitable as a reverse-proxy or low-performance website box. Speed may not match an optimized CDN, but it is cheap, right? There is no forever heirloom after all

9. About The Tests

All machines used in this article (including all machines participating in iPerf3 tests) were purchased at my own expense; results may be time-sensitive;

NodeQualitylink

Kernel parameters of the test machines (/etc/sysctl.conf) are as follows:

fs.file-max = 6815744
net.ipv4.tcp_no_metrics_save=1
net.ipv4.tcp_ecn=0
net.ipv4.tcp_frto=0
net.ipv4.tcp_mtu_probing=0
net.ipv4.tcp_rfc1337=0
net.ipv4.tcp_sack=1
net.ipv4.tcp_fack=1
net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling=1
net.ipv4.tcp_adv_win_scale=1
net.ipv4.tcp_moderate_rcvbuf=1
net.core.rmem_max=33554432
net.core.wmem_max=33554432
net.ipv4.tcp_rmem=4096 87380 33554432
net.ipv4.tcp_wmem=4096 16384 33554432
net.ipv4.udp_rmem_min=8192
net.ipv4.udp_wmem_min=8192
net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
net.ipv4.conf.all.route_localnet=1
net.ipv4.conf.all.forwarding=1
net.ipv4.conf.default.forwarding=1
net.core.default_qdisc=fq
net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control=bbr
net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1
net.ipv6.conf.default.forwarding=1

10. Acknowledgements

Thanks to "Impart Speedtest"(@Kyoma) for providing public-benefit speed testing services