RackNerd Seattle USA VPS Review: Native IP Unlocks TikTok/ChatGPT and More
RackNerd operates VPS services in the Seattle data center on the US West Coast (northwest region). Based on previous experience, VPS plans start from as low as $10/year with considerable popularity. To help everyone stay updated on RackNerd Seattle VPS information (the last review was back in 2021), here in April 2026, we bring you brand new review data. For those who don't like reading lengthy reviews, here's the one-sentence summary: Native US IPv4 that unlocks TikTok, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Netflix, etc.; current Intel platform performance is relatively average, not comparable to AMD Ryzen platforms; all three networks have direct connections to the West Coast then international lines to Seattle, with return routes mainly using pure international lines, resulting in poor domestic speeds during peak hours - transit is recommended.
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The server uses CPU model E5-2680v2 (10 cores, 20 threads, 2.8GHz base frequency, 3.6GHz boost frequency), KVM virtualization, BBR enabled, no IPv6 support, upstream provider HostPapa, located in Seattle, USA. Current I/O performance test shows approximately 298MB/s:
FIO read/write test data shows 4K read/write at approximately 64MB/s with IOPS around 16.2K, which looks decent:
SpeedTest bandwidth test data for some nodes:
SpeedTest bandwidth test data for some Asian nodes:
IPERF3 speed test results for some international nodes:
Multiple databases' assessment of the current IPv4 attributes: Native US IP that unlocks TikTok, ChatGPT, Netflix:
Streaming service unlock status - popular services like Gemini, Claude, Steam Currency can all be unlocked:
VPS performance test - Geekbench6 single-core 462, multi-core 1203, relatively modest performance:
