[Test Only, No Verdict] DartNode Houston, United States Black Friday Dedicated Server | 99 USD/Year | Dual E5-2680v4 | 64GB RAM | 1TB NVMe

This is one of the first batch of DartNode Black Friday discounted dedicated servers I grabbed. I upgraded the memory and disk while keeping the renewal price unchanged. Also, hardware upgrades really are expensive this year.

As an individual user who has not played much with dedicated servers, I will test it without giving a verdict.

Contents

1. Configuration
2. Hardware Information
3. YABS
4. Node Quality
5. International Connectivity

1. Configuration

Provider website: https://dartnode.com

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2. Hardware Information

curl -sL https://ba.sh/sick | bash

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                       System Hardware Information Report                       
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

┌─ System Information
├────────────────────
│ Hostname            : dn316
│ Operating System    : Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)
│ Kernel Version      : 6.12.57+deb13-amd64
│ System Uptime       : up 12 hours, 23 minutes
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────
┌─ CPU Information
├─────────────────
│ Model               : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
│ Cores               : 14
│ Threads             : 56
│ Frequency           : 1200.265 MHz
│ Cache               : 35840 KB
│ Usage               : .1%
│ CPU Temperature     : +28.0°C
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────
┌─ Memory (RAM) Information
├──────────────────────────
│ Total               : 62.77 GB
│ Used                : 1.4Gi
│ Available           : 61.39 GB
│
│ Memory Modules:
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Size     │ Type   │ Frequency    │ Manufacturer │ Serial Number   │ Model                │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 32 GB    │ DDR4   │ 2133 MT/s    │ Samsung      │ 40D6C9E4        │ M386A4G40DM0-CPB     │
│ 32 GB    │ DDR4   │ 2133 MT/s    │ Samsung      │ 413687E7        │ M386A4G40DM0-CPB     │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────
┌─ Disk Drive Information
├────────────────────────
│ /dev/nvme0n1p2  906G  2.4G  858G   1% /
│ /dev/nvme0n1p1  975M  8.8M  966M   1% /boot/efi
│ /dev/sda1       229G  2.1M  217G   1% /mnt/data
│
│ Physical Disks Details:
│
│ ═══ /dev/sda ═══
│   Basic Info: 232.9G PNY CS900 250GB SSD ATA 
│   SMART Status: PASSED
│   Power On Hours: 202 hours
│   Total Writes: .50 KB
│   Temperature: 33°C
│
│ ═══ /dev/nvme0n1 ═══
│   Basic Info: 953.9G Timetec 35TTFP6PCIE-1TB 
│   SMART Status: PASSED
│   Power On Hours: 9044 hours
│   Total Reads: 107.92 GB
│   Total Writes: 1.78 TB
│   Percentage Used: 0%
│   Health Status: 100%
│   Available Spare: 100%
│   Temperature: 25°C
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────
┌─ RAID Controller Information
├─────────────────────────────
│ Status              : Not detected
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────
┌─ Network Interface Information
├───────────────────────────────
│
│ ═══ enp1s0f0 ═══
│   Model: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller 10-Gigabit X540-AT2 (rev 01)
│   Status: UP
│   IPv4: 38.134.XX.XX/24
│   IPv6: fe80::XX:XX::/64
│   MAC Address: 0c:c4:7a:XX:XX:XX
│   Speed: 1000 Mbps
│   Duplex: full
│   Link Detected: Yes
│   RX: 47.21 GB
│   TX: 45.26 GB
│
│ ═══ enp1s0f1 ═══
│   Model: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller 10-Gigabit X540-AT2 (rev 01)
│   Status: DOWN
│   MAC Address: 0c:c4:7a:XX:XX:XX
│   Link Detected: No
│   RX: 0 GB
│   TX: 0 GB
│
│ ═══ enp2s0f0 ═══
│   Model: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller 10-Gigabit X540-AT2 (rev 01)
│   Status: DOWN
│   MAC Address: 0c:c4:7a:XX:XX:XX
│   Link Detected: No
│   RX: 0 GB
│   TX: 0 GB
│
│ ═══ enp2s0f1 ═══
│   Model: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller 10-Gigabit X540-AT2 (rev 01)
│   Status: DOWN
│   MAC Address: 0c:c4:7a:XX:XX:XX
│   Link Detected: No
│   RX: 0 GB
│   TX: 0 GB
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────
┌─ Graphics Card Information
├───────────────────────────
│
│ Graphics Cards (PCI):
│   06:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ASPEED Technology, Inc. ASPEED Graphics Family (rev 30)
│
│ Display Hardware Summary:
│   ===============================================================
│   /0/100/1c.2/0/0      /dev/fb0        display        ASPEED Graphics Family
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────
┌─ Motherboard Information
├─────────────────────────
│ Vendor              : Supermicro
│ Model               : X10DRU-i+
│ Version             : 1.02B
│ BIOS Vendor         : American Megatrends Inc.
│ BIOS Version        : 3.5
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────

Report generation completed!
Generated on: Thu Dec 11 02:40:10 AM CST 2025

3. YABS

curl -sL https://yabs.sh | bash -s -- -5 -6

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#              Yet-Another-Bench-Script              #
#                     v2025-04-20                    #
# https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
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Thu Dec 11 12:49:51 AM CST 2025

Basic System Information:
---------------------------------
Uptime     : 0 days, 10 hours, 32 minutes
Processor  : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
CPU cores  : 56 @ 1200.000 MHz
AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM        : 62.8 GiB
Swap       : 31.9 GiB
Disk       : 906.4 GiB
Distro     : Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)
Kernel     : 6.12.57+deb13-amd64
VM Type    : NONE
IPv4/IPv6  : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline

IPv4 Network Information:
---------------------------------
ISP        : Cogent Communications
ASN        : AS399646 Snaju Development
Host       : Snaju Development
Location   : Houston, Texas (TX)
Country    : United States

fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/nvme0n1p2):
---------------------------------
Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 237.59 MB/s  (59.3k) | 478.52 MB/s   (7.4k)
Write      | 238.22 MB/s  (59.5k) | 481.04 MB/s   (7.5k)
Total      | 475.81 MB/s (118.9k) | 959.57 MB/s  (14.9k)
           |                      |                     
Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 661.76 MB/s   (1.2k) | 743.97 MB/s    (726)
Write      | 696.93 MB/s   (1.3k) | 793.52 MB/s    (774)
Total      | 1.35 GB/s     (2.6k) | 1.53 GB/s     (1.5k)

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
---------------------------------
Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping           
-----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----           
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 862 Mbits/sec   | 372 Mbits/sec   | 116 ms         
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 863 Mbits/sec   | 841 Mbits/sec   | 116 ms         
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 791 Mbits/sec   | 328 Mbits/sec   | 202 ms         
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 764 Mbits/sec   | 181 Mbits/sec   | 238 ms         
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 918 Mbits/sec   | 450 Mbits/sec   | 37.5 ms        
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 920 Mbits/sec   | 628 Mbits/sec   | 38.8 ms        
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 827 Mbits/sec   | 467 Mbits/sec   | 139 ms         

Geekbench 5 Benchmark Test:
---------------------------------
Test            | Value                         
                |                               
Single Core     | 924                           
Multi Core      | 11676                         
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/23964940

Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
---------------------------------
Test            | Value                         
                |                               
Single Core     | 1177                          
Multi Core      | 6519                          
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/15504988

YABS completed in 14 min 48 sec

4. Node Quality

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

🎬IP Quality	🌐 Network Quality	📍Return Routes

5. International Connectivity

[Test Record]

6. About the Tests

The machines used in this test, including all machines used for iPerf3 speed tests, were purchased at my own expense; results may be time-sensitive.
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