Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,842
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     144,337
Calibration 2     145,077
Calibration 3     144,682
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,880
100% 100.0% 144,880 144,842
90% 90.6% 130,392 131,321
80% 79.9% 115,904 115,786
70% 70.2% 101,416 101,666
60% 59.5% 86,928 86,152
50% 49.7% 72,440 72,052
40% 40.5% 57,952 58,709
30% 30.4% 43,464 44,037
20% 20.0% 28,976 29,006
10% 10.2% 14,488 14,767
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 10,504,208 1,589
    Payment 10,504,207
    Order Status 1,050,419
    Delivery 1,050,422
    Stock Level 1,050,421
    Customer Report 10,504,200
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,551,187 1,589
    Payment 10,551,196
    Order Status 1,055,121
    Delivery 1,055,118
    Stock Level 1,055,119
    Customer Report 10,551,191
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,527,897 1,589
    Payment 10,527,898
    Order Status 1,052,789
    Delivery 1,052,788
    Stock Level 1,052,789
    Customer Report 10,527,892
    100% 100.0% New Order 10,536,832 1,589
    Payment 10,536,835
    Order Status 1,053,685
    Delivery 1,053,684
    Stock Level 1,053,682
    Customer Report 10,536,839
    90% 90.6% New Order 9,550,678 1,589
    Payment 9,550,677
    Order Status 955,068
    Delivery 955,067
    Stock Level 955,067
    Customer Report 9,550,680
    80% 79.9% New Order 8,421,478 1,589
    Payment 8,421,472
    Order Status 842,147
    Delivery 842,147
    Stock Level 842,147
    Customer Report 8,421,474
    70% 70.2% New Order 7,396,416 1,589
    Payment 7,396,414
    Order Status 739,643
    Delivery 739,642
    Stock Level 739,641
    Customer Report 7,396,413
    60% 59.5% New Order 6,268,720 1,589
    Payment 6,268,719
    Order Status 626,873
    Delivery 626,875
    Stock Level 626,873
    Customer Report 6,268,719
    50% 49.7% New Order 5,240,196 1,589
    Payment 5,240,197
    Order Status 524,019
    Delivery 524,019
    Stock Level 524,019
    Customer Report 5,240,193
    40% 40.5% New Order 4,269,775 1,589
    Payment 4,269,778
    Order Status 426,976
    Delivery 426,979
    Stock Level 426,977
    Customer Report 4,269,777
    30% 30.4% New Order 3,202,700 1,589
    Payment 3,202,704
    Order Status 320,268
    Delivery 320,270
    Stock Level 320,270
    Customer Report 3,202,699
    20% 20.0% New Order 2,109,532 1,589
    Payment 2,109,523
    Order Status 210,953
    Delivery 210,953
    Stock Level 210,955
    Customer Report 2,109,528
    10% 10.2% New Order 1,073,942 1,589
    Payment 1,073,938
    Order Status 107,394
    Delivery 107,394
    Stock Level 107,396
    Customer Report 1,073,936
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0