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• Shakib Hosting Provider

  February 28

  Monster: KVM-12G + Pro B50 GPU

  4x RYZEN 9 7900 Core + Pro B50 GPU
  12 GB DDR5 RAM + 1.3 GB VMEM
  120 GB NVMe 5.0 Storage
  40 TB BW @ 10 Gbps Port
  1 Dedicated IPv4 (Free IPv6)
  

  This plan comes with Premium Support and Cloud Portal access with automated OS Rebuild, Start, Stop, Restart, Console, etc. management options.

  https://my.hostcram.com/order/main/packages/special-offers/

  HostCram LLC - Web Hosting Built For Speed, Reliability, Security & Uptime! [We operate AS39618]
• Hitori0221

  March 1

  I was interested in this new offering, and Shakib kindly gave me a few hours to test the machine so I could see whether it fits my workload. Below are my results.

  YABS

  root@hostcram-gpu-cloud:~# curl -sL yabs.sh | bash
  # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
  #              Yet-Another-Bench-Script              #
  #                     v2025-04-20                    #
  # https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
  # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
  
  Sat Feb 28 12:22:03 CET 2026
  
  Basic System Information:
  ---------------------------------
  Uptime     : 0 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes
  Processor  : AMD Ryzen 9 7900 12-Core Processor
  CPU cores  : 4 @ 3700.000 MHz
  AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
  VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
  RAM        : 11.7 GiB
  Swap       : 0.0 KiB
  Disk       : 116.2 GiB
  Distro     : Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  Kernel     : 6.8.0-31-generic
  VM Type    : KVM
  IPv4/IPv6  : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline
  
  IPv4 Network Information:
  ---------------------------------
  ISP        : HostCram LLC
  ASN        : AS39618 HostCram LLC
  Host       : HostCram LLC
  Location   : Dallas, Texas (TX)
  Country    : United States
  
  fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/sda1):
  ---------------------------------
  Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
    ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
  Read       | 728.22 MB/s (182.0k) | 6.57 GB/s   (102.7k)
  Write      | 730.15 MB/s (182.5k) | 6.61 GB/s   (103.3k)
  Total      | 1.45 GB/s   (364.5k) | 13.18 GB/s  (206.0k)
             |                      |                     
  Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
    ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
  Read       | 9.45 GB/s    (18.4k) | 8.86 GB/s     (8.6k)
  Write      | 9.96 GB/s    (19.4k) | 9.45 GB/s     (9.2k)
  Total      | 19.41 GB/s   (37.9k) | 18.31 GB/s   (17.8k)
  
  iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
  ---------------------------------
  Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping           
  -----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----           
  Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 946 Mbits/sec   | 1.64 Gbits/sec  | 117 ms         
  Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 1.59 Gbits/sec  | 1.84 Gbits/sec  | 126 ms         
  Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 750 Mbits/sec   | 852 Mbits/sec   | 210 ms         
  Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 546 Mbits/sec   | 627 Mbits/sec   | --             
  Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 5.30 Gbits/sec  | 7.44 Gbits/sec  | 13.3 ms        
  Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 2.53 Gbits/sec  | 5.36 Gbits/sec  | 47.4 ms        
  Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 1.11 Gbits/sec  | 1.41 Gbits/sec  | 160 ms         
  
  Running GB6 benchmark test... *cue elevator music*
  Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
  ---------------------------------
  Test            | Value                         
                  |                               
  Single Core     | 2899                          
  Multi Core      | 9081                          
  Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/16791591
  
  YABS completed in 8 min 11 sec
  

  The CPU and disk performance are outstanding. The Geekbench 6 scores fully leverage the Zen 4 architecture, and the NVMe I/O throughput is excellent with minimal bottlenecking.

  vGPU Installation

  Linux (Ubuntu 24.04 LTS)

  The Intel Arc Pro B50 requires the Xe driver stack and SR-IOV support. You must upgrade to a kernel version above 6.17 (deploying the Ubuntu HWE kernel will do the trick).

  Once the kernel is updated, follow the official Intel documentation to install the necessary repositories and packages.

  The default intel-gpu-top utility primarily targets i915 and does not function correctly here. You will need to compile the latest version of nvtop to monitor GPU usage, though some metrics may still be missing due to driver constraints.

  Windows (Windows Server 2022)

  Deployment on Windows is straightforward. Download the required drivers directly from the official Intel website (choosing either Professional or Game On drivers based on your needs).

  During testing, Parsec did not behave well with this GPU. The host continually forced software encoding, which resulted in significant CPU overhead and poor streaming performance.

  Conclusion

  In short, the CPU, RAM, and disk performance are excellent. The vGPU works properly under both Windows and Linux (Ubuntu 24.04 LTS). I believe this setup is well suited for RDP usage, light workloads with transcoding, and similar scenarios.

  However, when deploying containerized Android environments such as Redroid and Waydroid under Linux, GPU-accelerated instances failed to start, likely due to compatibility limitations with the Intel Arc Pro GPU for this specific workload. Using Windows as a workaround would require nested virtualization, which increases overhead and reduces efficiency. Overall, the service performs very well for standard vGPU workloads.

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• Shakib Hosting Provider

  March 1

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  WireGuard VPN: Basic

  1 VPN Connection
  Premium Bandwidth
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  Basic Support

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  You can scan the QR code to test.

  HostCram LLC - Web Hosting Built For Speed, Reliability, Security & Uptime! [We operate AS39618]
• WSS OG

  9:15PM

  Hey @Shakib -

  Where'd you get my email address? I don't recall having a service with you in the last 5+ years. I certainly don't have any authentication information in my long term vault.

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• Shakib Hosting Provider

  10:19PM

  @WSS said:
  Hey @Shakib -

  Where'd you get my email address? I don't recall having a service with you in the last 5+ years. I certainly don't have any authentication information in my long term vault.

  From your HostCram account.

  HostCram LLC - Web Hosting Built For Speed, Reliability, Security & Uptime! [We operate AS39618]