Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 1,157,653
ssj_ops@100% per JVM = 144,707
Test Sponsor: Dell Inc. SPEC License #: 55 Test Method: Multi Node
Tested By: Dell Inc. Test Location: Round Rock, TX, USA Test Date: Jun 20, 2012
Hardware Availability: May-2012 Software Availability: Dec-2011 Publication: Jul 11, 2012
System Source: Single Supplier System Designation: Server Power Provisioning: Line-powered
Benchmark Results Summary
Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
Target Actual
Calibration 1     1,157,185
Calibration 2     1,162,952
Calibration 3     1,161,270
ssj_ops@calibrated=1,162,111
100% 99.6% 1,162,111 1,157,653
90% 90.2% 1,045,900 1,048,306
80% 80.2% 929,689 931,628
70% 70.0% 813,478 813,345
60% 59.7% 697,267 694,258
50% 50.2% 581,055 583,403
40% 39.9% 464,844 463,797
30% 29.8% 348,633 346,644
20% 20.2% 232,422 234,490
10% 10.0% 116,211 115,799
Active Idle   0 0
Graph of results
System Under Test
Set: 'sut'
Set Identifier: sut
Set Description: M420
# of Identical Nodes: 32
Comment: None
Hardware
Hardware Vendor: Dell Inc.
Model: PowerEdge M420
Form Factor: Blade
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5-2470 (2.3 GHz)
CPU Characteristics: 8 Core, 2.30 GHz, 20MB L3 Cache
CPU Frequency (MHz): 2300
CPU(s) Enabled: 16 cores, 2 chips, 8 cores/chip
Hardware Threads: 32 (2 / core)
CPU(s) Orderable: 1,2 chips
Primary Cache: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 256 KB I+D on chip per chip
Tertiary Cache: 20 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory Amount (GB): 24
# and size of DIMM: 6 x 4096 MB
Memory Details: 4GB 2Rx8 PC3L-10600R ECC RDIMM, Slots A1-A3, B1-B3 populated
Power Supply Quantity and Rating (W): None
Power Supply Details: Shared
Disk Drive: 1 x 50 GB 1.8" SATA SSD Dell P/N 02KFM
Disk Controller: PERC H310
# and type of Network Interface Cards (NICs) Installed: 1 x Onboard dual-port Broadcom 10Gb Ethernet
NICs Enabled in Firmware / OS / Connected: 2/2/1
Network Speed (Mbit): 1000
Keyboard: None
Mouse: None
Monitor: None
Optical Drives: No
Other Hardware: None
Software
Power Management: Power Saver Mode in OS (See Notes)
Operating System (OS): Windows 2008 Server Enterprise x64 Edition
OS Version: R2 SP1
Filesystem: NTFS
JVM Vendor: Oracle Corporation
JVM Version: Oracle Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM on Windows, version 1.6.0_30
JVM Command-line Options: -server -showversion -Xmx1600m -Xms1600m -Xmn1200m -XX:ParallelGCThreads=2 -XX:SurvivorRatio=60 -XX:TargetSurvivorRatio=90 -XX:InlineSmallCode=3900 -XX:MaxInlineSize=270 -XX:FreqInlineSize=2500 -XX:AllocatePrefetchDistance=256 -XX:AllocatePrefetchLines=4 -XX:InitialTenuringThreshold=12 -XX:MaxTenuringThreshold=15 -XX:LoopUnrollLimit=45 -XX:+UseCompressedStrings -XX:+AggressiveOpts -XX:+UseLargePages -XX:+UseParallelOldGC
JVM Affinity: start /affinity [F, F0, F00, F000, F0000, F00000, F000000, F0000000]
JVM Instances: 8
JVM Initial Heap (MB): 1600
JVM Maximum Heap (MB): 1600
JVM Address Bits: 64
Boot Firmware Version: 1.0.0
Management Firmware Version: iDRAC7 1.10 Build 20
Workload Version: SSJ 1.2.9
Director Location: Controller
Other Software: None
Boot Firmware Settings
  • Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch disabled.
  • Hardware Prefetcher Disabled.
  • DCU Streamer Prefetcher disabled.
  • User Accessible USB Ports set to Disabled.
  • CPU Power management set to System DBPM (DAPC).
  • Memory Speed set to 1067MHz.
  • Turbo Boost Disabled.
  • C1E Enabled.
  • C States enabled
  • QPI speed set to 6.4 GT/s.
  • Memory Patrol Scrub disabled.
  • Memory refresh rate set to 1x.
  • Memory Operating Voltage set to Auto.
    • Management Firmware Settings
    none
    System Under Test Notes
  • Each JVM instance was affinitized to four logical processors.
  • Using the local security settings console, "lock pages in memory" was enabled for the user running the benchmark.
  • Run was started remotely via psexec script.
  • Windows Power Saver Settings:
  • Turn off Hard Disk after 1 Minute.
  • Turn off Display after 1 Minute.
  • SPECpower_ssj.props input.load_level.number_warehouses set to 32 due to a known inconsistency in processor reporting with this Java version.
    • Notes
    None
    JVM Instance Summary
    JVM Instance ssj_ops@100%
    M420-01a.001 143,908
    M420-01a.002 143,868
    M420-01a.003 145,725
    M420-01a.004 145,310
    M420-01a.005 143,687
    M420-01a.006 145,053
    M420-01a.007 143,903
    M420-01a.008 146,200
    ssj_ops@100% 1,157,653
    ssj_ops@100% per JVM 144,707
    Graph of per-instance results
    JVM 'M420-01a.001' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,052
    Calibration 2     145,076
    Calibration 3     144,344
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,710
    100% 99.4% 144,710 143,908
    90% 90.0% 130,239 130,174
    80% 80.6% 115,768 116,707
    70% 70.1% 101,297 101,409
    60% 59.7% 86,826 86,368
    50% 49.8% 72,355 71,995
    40% 40.0% 57,884 57,823
    30% 29.9% 43,413 43,253
    20% 20.3% 28,942 29,383
    10% 10.0% 14,471 14,404
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-01a.002' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     145,047
    Calibration 2     145,095
    Calibration 3     144,458
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,777
    100% 99.4% 144,777 143,868
    90% 90.2% 130,299 130,576
    80% 80.8% 115,821 117,036
    70% 69.2% 101,344 100,177
    60% 59.6% 86,866 86,319
    50% 50.2% 72,388 72,614
    40% 39.8% 57,911 57,569
    30% 29.7% 43,433 43,059
    20% 20.4% 28,955 29,499
    10% 10.1% 14,478 14,641
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-01a.003' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,684
    Calibration 2     145,836
    Calibration 3     145,977
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,906
    100% 99.9% 145,906 145,725
    90% 90.6% 131,316 132,209
    80% 80.5% 116,725 117,437
    70% 69.7% 102,135 101,689
    60% 59.8% 87,544 87,232
    50% 50.2% 72,953 73,231
    40% 39.5% 58,363 57,669
    30% 30.1% 43,772 43,932
    20% 20.0% 29,181 29,235
    10% 10.2% 14,591 14,841
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-01a.004' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,896
    Calibration 2     145,548
    Calibration 3     146,053
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,801
    100% 99.7% 145,801 145,310
    90% 90.1% 131,221 131,357
    80% 79.3% 116,641 115,633
    70% 70.7% 102,061 103,040
    60% 59.7% 87,481 87,012
    50% 50.6% 72,900 73,712
    40% 40.4% 58,320 58,874
    30% 30.1% 43,740 43,882
    20% 20.2% 29,160 29,438
    10% 9.8% 14,580 14,254
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-01a.005' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     145,017
    Calibration 2     144,675
    Calibration 3     144,342
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,508
    100% 99.4% 144,508 143,687
    90% 89.8% 130,058 129,717
    80% 80.4% 115,607 116,138
    70% 69.6% 101,156 100,508
    60% 60.3% 86,705 87,173
    50% 50.0% 72,254 72,309
    40% 39.9% 57,803 57,625
    30% 29.5% 43,353 42,641
    20% 19.9% 28,902 28,794
    10% 9.9% 14,451 14,343
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-01a.006' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,321
    Calibration 2     145,986
    Calibration 3     145,940
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,963
    100% 99.4% 145,963 145,053
    90% 90.5% 131,367 132,122
    80% 80.0% 116,771 116,740
    70% 70.3% 102,174 102,541
    60% 59.4% 87,578 86,706
    50% 50.3% 72,982 73,359
    40% 39.8% 58,385 58,090
    30% 30.0% 43,789 43,829
    20% 19.8% 29,193 28,966
    10% 10.1% 14,596 14,687
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-01a.007' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,013
    Calibration 2     144,244
    Calibration 3     143,497
    ssj_ops@calibrated=143,871
    100% 100.0% 143,871 143,903
    90% 89.8% 129,484 129,205
    80% 79.8% 115,097 114,750
    70% 70.2% 100,710 101,017
    60% 59.7% 86,323 85,928
    50% 50.1% 71,935 72,033
    40% 40.4% 57,548 58,090
    30% 29.7% 43,161 42,724
    20% 20.2% 28,774 28,993
    10% 9.8% 14,387 14,102
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-01a.008' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     145,155
    Calibration 2     146,491
    Calibration 3     146,657
    ssj_ops@calibrated=146,574
    100% 99.7% 146,574 146,200
    90% 90.7% 131,917 132,947
    80% 80.0% 117,259 117,187
    70% 70.2% 102,602 102,963
    60% 59.7% 87,945 87,520
    50% 50.6% 73,287 74,151
    40% 39.6% 58,630 58,056
    30% 29.6% 43,972 43,325
    20% 20.6% 29,315 30,182
    10% 9.9% 14,657 14,527
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.