RackNerd Black Friday 2025 Los Angeles DC02 VPS Review: 6TB Monthly Traffic @ 1Gbps for $18.66/Year — Full Test of China Return Routes, Latency, Bandwidth & Disk I/O

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RackNerd’s Black Friday promotions have long been one of the most popular choices in the low-cost VPS market. This time, we purchased the 2 vCPU / 2.5GB RAM / 45GB SSD plan with 6TB monthly traffic (after traffic doubling) for just $18.66/year, deployed in the Los Angeles DC-02 (Multacom) datacenter, and completed a full performance, network, streaming, routing, and IP quality evaluation.

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1. RackNerd Black Friday VPS Plans

All plans below come with 1Gbps bandwidth, one IPv4 address, and KVM virtualization. Traffic shown in the table reflects the doubled traffic bonus. The second plan is the VPS used in this review.

To claim the free traffic doubling bonus after purchase, simply leave your order number in

the official LET thread
.
If that’s inconvenient, you can also leave your order number under the corresponding YouTube or Bilibili video from 国外VPS测评, and we can help submit it collectively.

Free native IPv6 support is also available in the Los Angeles DC02, DC03, Utah, and Strasbourg datacenters. You can request a /64 IPv6 subnet directly via ticket:

https://my.racknerd.com/submitticket.php?step=2&deptid=1

2. Basic Performance Test (NodeQuality)

1. CPU / Memory / System

• CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
• Single-Core: 573
• Multi-Core: 1171 (Geekbench 5)

These scores are typical for older low-frequency Xeon E5 processors. Performance is sufficient for web hosting, lightweight proxy services, development environments, and general low-resource applications.

2. Disk Performance (SSD)

fio benchmark results:

Overall disk I/O performance is above average for RackNerd VPS nodes, with stable read and write speeds.

3. IP Quality Test

IP Address: 148.135.115.104
Provider: Multacom / Brander Group
Type: Datacenter IP (normal IDC classification)

Scamalytics Risk Score

• Risk Score: 30/100 (neutral)
• Recognized as a hosting/server IP with no significant abuse history.

Shared User Count

• 1–10 users (excellent)

IP Type

• Native IPv4
• Not residential / not mobile / not proxy

Geo Location

• Los Angeles, California, USA

This IP works well for:

• ChatGPT / Claude access
• General website verification and account registration
• Stable low-risk usage scenarios

Most streaming platforms are not unlocked, which is expected for standard datacenter IPs.

4. China Latency Test (162 Nodes)

Latency summary:

• China Telecom: 160–190ms
• China Unicom: 190–210ms
• China Mobile: 200–215ms
• Hong Kong / Macau / Taiwan: around 150ms

These are typical latency figures for the Multacom Los Angeles DC02 network.

5. Global Latency Test (162 Nodes)

6. China → Los Angeles DC02 Routing Analysis

1. China Telecom Route (AS4134)

Characteristics:

• Guangzhou outbound gateway
• Direct CT-LAX route via China Telecom 163 backbone
• Final hop enters the Multacom network

Key path:

Shenzhen Telecom → Guangzhou → CT163 → Los Angeles → AS64050 → Multacom → RackNerd

Evaluation: Standard China Telecom 163 direct route to Los Angeles, with stable latency around 160–170ms.

2. China Unicom Route (AS4837)

Characteristics:

• Northern China exit via Beijing
• Transit through San Jose (normal behavior)
• Final connection into Multacom

Key path:

Changsha Unicom → Beijing → AS4837 → San Jose → AS64050 → Multacom → RackNerd

Evaluation: China Unicom uses the 4837 backbone with slightly longer routing, resulting in 180–200ms latency, which is expected.

3. China Mobile Route (CMI)

Characteristics:

• Beijing outbound gateway
• Uses China Mobile International (AS9808)
• Direct landing in Los Angeles
• Final hop through Multacom

Key path:

Beijing Mobile → CMI → Los Angeles (AS58453) → Multacom → RackNerd

Evaluation: Full China Mobile International routing, with normal latency around 200–215ms.

7. Return Routing Analysis (Los Angeles DC02 → China)

1. China Telecom Return Route (CN2/163)

Multacom → China Telecom LAX → 163 backbone → China

Characteristics:

• No CN2 GIA support (not available on Multacom)
• Standard China Telecom 163 return routing

Latency:

• 160–170ms

2. China Unicom Return Route (4837)

Multacom → HE/AS64050 → China Unicom San Jose POP → China

Latency:

• 185–205ms

Typical and expected routing performance.

3. China Mobile Return Route (CMI)

Multacom → AS58453 (China Mobile International) → China

Latency:

• 200–215ms

Normal China Mobile return route performance.

8. Final Verdict & Recommendations

Recommended use cases:

• Website hosting
• API services
• Demo environments
• Small-scale web crawlers
• Development servers
• YouTube / ChatGPT access
• Business scenarios that do not require streaming unlock support

9. Benchmark Report Link

https://nodequality.com/r/svUSnBB3Tn1C8Yfcd7bcBcBQRJefzN5j