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Look, we all know the VPS market is flooded with "budget-friendly" options that barely run a basic web server. But every once in a while, a provider shows up with hardware that makes you double-check the benchmarks.
HostCram LLC launched their i9-11900K lineup, and the performance numbers aren't just good—they're the kind that make other budget VPS hosts nervously check their own specs.
What Makes These VPS Plans Different
What Makes These VPS Plans Different
The core difference is simple: Intel's 11th-gen i9-11900K processors paired with Samsung 4.0 NVMe storage. This isn't your typical E5-2670 setup that's been recycled since 2012.
Real users are posting Geekbench 5 scores of 1500+ single-core and 4100+ multi-core. One tester noted their machine learning workload hit 55.5 images per second—performance levels you'd normally see on dedicated servers, not shared VPS environments.
The company runs their infrastructure through Internap's network with additional Level3 routing for better Asian connectivity. They've also added a new IP range specifically optimized for lower latency to Singapore, Tokyo, and parts of China.
If you're running applications that actually need CPU horsepower—video encoding, development environments, data processing—👉 check out HostCram's high-performance VPS configurations to see how they stack up against what you're currently using.
The Plans Worth Looking At
The Plans Worth Looking At
HostCram offers both LXC containers and KVM virtual machines. The KVM plans give you full virtualization, while LXC containers are lighter and cheaper but with some limitations.
Their Killer Core KVM-3C plan became popular enough to go out of stock multiple times. It features 3 CPU cores, decent RAM, and that fast NVMe storage. The pricing sits around $75-84 annually depending on promotions.
For those wanting to test the waters, they introduced an LXC-1G Special with limited support at $18 per year. It's bare-bones—1GB RAM, 10GB storage, 1TB bandwidth—but includes self-service management tools for OS rebuilds and console access.
Real-World Performance Reports
Real-World Performance Reports
Users have been sharing actual benchmark comparisons. When stacked against common providers like RackNerd, Contabo, and BuyVM, the i9-11900K consistently shows double the single-core performance of older Xeon processors.
One user compared their HostCram VPS against their existing KS3C and E3-1270 servers and noted the CPU scores were literally twice as high. Another mentioned this was the first VPS they'd tested at LowEndTalk that could handle their machine learning workload without choking.
The provider also keeps offsite backups weekly in RAID5 configuration. Daily backups are available for an additional fee, which is pretty standard.
What About Support and Reliability
What About Support and Reliability
HostCram handles Windows Server deployments with Server 2019 as the default (they had some issues with Server 2022 and proactively downgraded affected users for free). They assign /64 IPv6 blocks by default to KVM plans, with free /48 available on request.
The company added a second support team member in November 2021 to handle the increased customer base. They're responsive on live chat for technical questions and routing tests.
For anyone serious about performance testing, 👉 HostCram offers compelling hardware specifications that are worth benchmarking against your current setup.
Who Should Actually Consider This
Who Should Actually Consider This
These aren't "throw WordPress on it and forget about it" servers. You'd want these for:
CPU-intensive development work where compile times matter
Data processing jobs that need fast storage I/O
Applications where single-thread performance makes a real difference
Testing environments that mirror higher-end production servers
If you're running a simple blog or low-traffic site, you don't need this much power. But if you've ever sat waiting for a build to finish or watched your VPS choke on a data import, the performance difference is measurable.
The pricing sits in that interesting middle ground—more expensive than the absolute cheapest providers, but significantly less than dedicated servers with comparable specs. Whether that trade-off makes sense depends entirely on what you're actually running.
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