Neat script! Here are some low-end results for comparison.

BuyVM 128MB ram, 15GB disk, 15USD/year

  CPU model:  Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU L5520 @ 2.27GHz
  Number of cores: 1
  CPU frequency:  2266.746 MHz
  Total amount of RAM: 128 MB
  Total amount of swap: 128 MB
  System uptime:   39 days, 22:35,
  I/O speed:  89.9 MB/s
  Bzip 25MB: 12.89s
  Download 100MB file: 50.0MB/s

QuickPacket: 128MB ram, 20GB disk, 15USD/year

  CPU model:  Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3470 @ 2.93GHz
  Number of cores: 1
  CPU frequency:  2933.228 MHz
  Total amount of RAM: 128 MB
  Total amount of swap: 128 MB
  System uptime:   48 days, 6:07,
  I/O speed:  129 MB/s
  Bzip 25MB: 6.40s
  Download 100MB file: 1.14MB/s

A good aggregator for low-end deals is lowendstock.com .

I have the 4gb vmware vps (http://www.ovh.com/us/vps/vps-cloud.xml)

  _04/17/2014 - VMPLAN - DATACENTER - OS - AUTHOR_
  ```
  CPU model:  AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 4386
  Number of cores: 4
  CPU frequency:  3100.000 MHz
  Total amount of RAM: 3943 MB
  Total amount of swap: 1998 MB
  System uptime:   10 days, 2:25,
  I/O speed:  169 MB/s
  Bzip 25MB: 5.34s
  Download 100MB file: 15.8MB/s
  ```

I have the 7$ VPS, here is the result:

  _04/17/2014 - VMPLAN - DATACENTER - OS - AUTHOR_
  ```
  CPU model:  AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 4284
  Number of cores: 2
  CPU frequency:  3000.000 MHz
  Total amount of RAM: 2048 MB
  Total amount of swap: 128 MB
  System uptime:   14 days, 13:31,
  I/O speed:  75.4 MB/s
  Bzip 25MB: 7.44s
  Download 100MB file: 13.0MB/s
  ```

vpsbench on a 2Gb fresh Linode in Dallas

  ```
  CPU model:  Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz
  Number of cores: 2
  CPU frequency:  2800.050 MHz
  Total amount of RAM: 1993 MB
  Total amount of swap: 511 MB
  System uptime:   0 min,       
  I/O speed:  811 MB/s
  Bzip 25MB: 4.93s
  Download 100MB file: 19.1MB/s
  ```