Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 145,523
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     144,750
Calibration 2     145,987
Calibration 3     145,413
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,700
100% 99.9% 145,700 145,523
90% 90.9% 131,130 132,397
80% 78.9% 116,560 115,025
70% 69.5% 101,990 101,256
60% 59.7% 87,420 86,942
50% 49.8% 72,850 72,594
40% 39.3% 58,280 57,276
30% 29.8% 43,710 43,376
20% 19.7% 29,140 28,695
10% 9.9% 14,570 14,437
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 10,536,186 1,589
    Payment 10,536,184
    Order Status 1,053,620
    Delivery 1,053,619
    Stock Level 1,053,619
    Customer Report 10,536,194
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,618,144 1,589
    Payment 10,618,138
    Order Status 1,061,816
    Delivery 1,061,815
    Stock Level 1,061,811
    Customer Report 10,618,152
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,582,549 1,589
    Payment 10,582,561
    Order Status 1,058,256
    Delivery 1,058,255
    Stock Level 1,058,255
    Customer Report 10,582,558
    100% 99.9% New Order 10,588,534 1,588
    Payment 10,588,531
    Order Status 1,058,854
    Delivery 1,058,854
    Stock Level 1,058,853
    Customer Report 10,588,533
    90% 90.9% New Order 9,629,061 1,589
    Payment 9,629,059
    Order Status 962,906
    Delivery 962,906
    Stock Level 962,906
    Customer Report 9,629,059
    80% 78.9% New Order 8,365,628 1,589
    Payment 8,365,622
    Order Status 836,562
    Delivery 836,563
    Stock Level 836,562
    Customer Report 8,365,627
    70% 69.5% New Order 7,364,261 1,589
    Payment 7,364,264
    Order Status 736,425
    Delivery 736,429
    Stock Level 736,428
    Customer Report 7,364,266
    60% 59.7% New Order 6,323,152 1,589
    Payment 6,323,153
    Order Status 632,313
    Delivery 632,315
    Stock Level 632,315
    Customer Report 6,323,154
    50% 49.8% New Order 5,279,662 1,589
    Payment 5,279,655
    Order Status 527,965
    Delivery 527,964
    Stock Level 527,965
    Customer Report 5,279,657
    40% 39.3% New Order 4,165,588 1,589
    Payment 4,165,582
    Order Status 416,558
    Delivery 416,559
    Stock Level 416,558
    Customer Report 4,165,585
    30% 29.8% New Order 3,154,660 1,589
    Payment 3,154,648
    Order Status 315,463
    Delivery 315,466
    Stock Level 315,464
    Customer Report 3,154,652
    20% 19.7% New Order 2,086,965 1,589
    Payment 2,086,966
    Order Status 208,696
    Delivery 208,698
    Stock Level 208,695
    Customer Report 2,086,980
    10% 9.9% New Order 1,050,005 1,589
    Payment 1,050,002
    Order Status 104,999
    Delivery 104,999
    Stock Level 104,999
    Customer Report 1,049,996
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0