Overview
Centmin Mod's LEMP stack is optimized for high performance out of the box. The benchmarks below demonstrate throughput, latency, and scalability across a range of tools and VPS providers. Whether you are evaluating Nginx, PHP-FPM, or MariaDB MySQL, these results provide a baseline for what to expect from a properly tuned server.
Benchmark results vary depending on server hardware, OS version, and workload. Use the centminmodbench.sh script to test your own setup.
centminmodbench.sh
The centminmodbench.sh script is custom written for testing and benchmarking Centmin Mod LEMP stacks on VPS or dedicated servers to gauge server performance.
VPS Provider Comparisons
Dedicated & Bare Metal
Budget VPS Benchmarks
PHP Performance
Benchmarks related to PHP 7, PHP 8, and Facebook HHVM performance on the Centmin Mod LEMP stack.
Blitz.io Benchmarks
Blitz.io load testing benchmark results against Centmin Mod powered web sites, testing up to 2,000 concurrent users with throughput up to 302 million hits/day.
Siege Benchmarks
Siege HTTP load testing benchmark results including Nginx vs alternative web server comparisons and HAProxy load-balanced configurations.
General Siege Tests
HAProxy Load-Balanced Tests
ApacheBench Results
ApacheBench (ab) benchmark tests against Centmin Mod LEMP web stack powered web sites.
h2load HTTP/2 Benchmarks
h2load HTTP/2 stress testing results comparing Centmin Mod Nginx against other LEMP stack managers.
wrk HTTP Benchmarks
wrk/wrk-cmm HTTP stress testing results including compression and static HTML benchmarks.
LoadImpact Benchmarks
LoadImpact benchmark tests against Centmin Mod LEMP web stack powered web sites.
Locust.io HTTP Load Testing
Locust HTTP load testing benchmark results against Centmin Mod LEMP web stack powered web sites.
WebPageTest.org Tests
WebPageTest.org page speed loading and comparison tests related to Centmin Mod Nginx servers.
Running Your Own Benchmarks
Use the centminmodbench.sh script to benchmark your own Centmin Mod LEMP stack installation.
curl -sL bench.centminmod.com | bashRun benchmarks from a separate server or external network for accurate results. Testing from the same server will not reflect real-world latency.