[root@sd-XXXXX ~]# wget freevps.us/downloads/bench.sh -O - -o /dev/null|bash
CPU model :  Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           X3450  @ 2.67GHz
Number of cores : 8
CPU frequency :  2659.809 MHz
Total amount of ram : 7989 MB
Total amount of swap : 1022 MB
System uptime :   26 days, 3:43,
Download speed from CacheFly: 76.5MB/s
Download speed from Coloat, Atlanta GA: 12.3MB/s
Download speed from Softlayer, Dallas, TX: 16.5MB/s
Download speed from Linode, Tokyo, JP: 7.52MB/s
Download speed from i3d.net, Rotterdam, NL: 78.6MB/s
Download speed from Leaseweb, Haarlem, NL: 87.5MB/s
Download speed from Softlayer, Singapore: 8.02MB/s
Download speed from Softlayer, Seattle, WA: 13.0MB/s
Download speed from Softlayer, San Jose, CA: 12.5MB/s
Download speed from Softlayer, Washington, DC: 24.1MB/s
I/O speed :  60.7 MB/s

[root@sd-XXXXX ~]# dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 18.1005 s, 59.3 MB/s