Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 145,292
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     143,930
Calibration 2     144,688
Calibration 3     145,074
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,881
100% 100.3% 144,881 145,292
90% 89.7% 130,393 129,967
80% 79.7% 115,905 115,420
70% 70.5% 101,417 102,148
60% 61.0% 86,929 88,394
50% 49.5% 72,441 71,688
40% 40.6% 57,952 58,801
30% 30.0% 43,464 43,516
20% 19.8% 28,976 28,722
10% 9.7% 14,488 13,999
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
    Performance Details
    Target Load Actual Load Transaction Type Count Total Heap (MB)
    Calibration 1 New Order 10,475,348 1,589
    Payment 10,475,349
    Order Status 1,047,535
    Delivery 1,047,534
    Stock Level 1,047,534
    Customer Report 10,475,349
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,525,035 1,589
    Payment 10,525,029
    Order Status 1,052,504
    Delivery 1,052,504
    Stock Level 1,052,503
    Customer Report 10,525,026
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,559,261 1,588
    Payment 10,559,265
    Order Status 1,055,926
    Delivery 1,055,927
    Stock Level 1,055,926
    Customer Report 10,559,267
    100% 100.3% New Order 10,566,890 1,589
    Payment 10,566,888
    Order Status 1,056,690
    Delivery 1,056,689
    Stock Level 1,056,690
    Customer Report 10,566,886
    90% 89.7% New Order 9,452,347 1,589
    Payment 9,452,343
    Order Status 945,234
    Delivery 945,234
    Stock Level 945,234
    Customer Report 9,452,339
    80% 79.7% New Order 8,394,324 1,589
    Payment 8,394,316
    Order Status 839,432
    Delivery 839,431
    Stock Level 839,432
    Customer Report 8,394,322
    70% 70.5% New Order 7,429,094 1,589
    Payment 7,429,100
    Order Status 742,909
    Delivery 742,911
    Stock Level 742,908
    Customer Report 7,429,099
    60% 61.0% New Order 6,428,781 1,589
    Payment 6,428,786
    Order Status 642,880
    Delivery 642,879
    Stock Level 642,878
    Customer Report 6,428,785
    50% 49.5% New Order 5,213,757 1,589
    Payment 5,213,762
    Order Status 521,377
    Delivery 521,374
    Stock Level 521,375
    Customer Report 5,213,761
    40% 40.6% New Order 4,276,539 1,589
    Payment 4,276,534
    Order Status 427,652
    Delivery 427,654
    Stock Level 427,653
    Customer Report 4,276,525
    30% 30.0% New Order 3,164,826 1,589
    Payment 3,164,827
    Order Status 316,482
    Delivery 316,482
    Stock Level 316,484
    Customer Report 3,164,826
    20% 19.8% New Order 2,088,877 1,589
    Payment 2,088,872
    Order Status 208,889
    Delivery 208,888
    Stock Level 208,886
    Customer Report 2,088,871
    10% 9.7% New Order 1,018,181 1,589
    Payment 1,018,177
    Order Status 101,818
    Delivery 101,817
    Stock Level 101,818
    Customer Report 1,018,179
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0