Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 143,877
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     144,599
Calibration 2     144,637
Calibration 3     144,599
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,618
100% 99.5% 144,618 143,877
90% 90.4% 130,156 130,701
80% 79.7% 115,694 115,302
70% 69.9% 101,233 101,106
60% 60.2% 86,771 87,055
50% 49.6% 72,309 71,733
40% 39.3% 57,847 56,792
30% 30.0% 43,385 43,386
20% 20.4% 28,924 29,433
10% 10.1% 14,462 14,672
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 10,521,316 1,589
    Payment 10,521,309
    Order Status 1,052,129
    Delivery 1,052,132
    Stock Level 1,052,131
    Customer Report 10,521,312
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,525,518 1,589
    Payment 10,525,526
    Order Status 1,052,554
    Delivery 1,052,551
    Stock Level 1,052,551
    Customer Report 10,525,523
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,520,577 1,589
    Payment 10,520,580
    Order Status 1,052,058
    Delivery 1,052,058
    Stock Level 1,052,059
    Customer Report 10,520,578
    100% 99.5% New Order 10,467,502 1,589
    Payment 10,467,508
    Order Status 1,046,749
    Delivery 1,046,749
    Stock Level 1,046,750
    Customer Report 10,467,507
    90% 90.4% New Order 9,505,678 1,589
    Payment 9,505,687
    Order Status 950,568
    Delivery 950,567
    Stock Level 950,569
    Customer Report 9,505,689
    80% 79.7% New Order 8,387,396 1,589
    Payment 8,387,394
    Order Status 838,739
    Delivery 838,738
    Stock Level 838,738
    Customer Report 8,387,400
    70% 69.9% New Order 7,353,381 1,589
    Payment 7,353,382
    Order Status 735,338
    Delivery 735,338
    Stock Level 735,337
    Customer Report 7,353,385
    60% 60.2% New Order 6,331,768 1,589
    Payment 6,331,765
    Order Status 633,177
    Delivery 633,176
    Stock Level 633,178
    Customer Report 6,331,758
    50% 49.6% New Order 5,217,429 1,589
    Payment 5,217,429
    Order Status 521,744
    Delivery 521,743
    Stock Level 521,743
    Customer Report 5,217,437
    40% 39.3% New Order 4,130,358 1,589
    Payment 4,130,361
    Order Status 413,035
    Delivery 413,037
    Stock Level 413,035
    Customer Report 4,130,357
    30% 30.0% New Order 3,155,417 1,589
    Payment 3,155,418
    Order Status 315,543
    Delivery 315,541
    Stock Level 315,541
    Customer Report 3,155,417
    20% 20.4% New Order 2,140,606 1,589
    Payment 2,140,608
    Order Status 214,061
    Delivery 214,061
    Stock Level 214,060
    Customer Report 2,140,604
    10% 10.1% New Order 1,067,099 1,589
    Payment 1,067,101
    Order Status 106,710
    Delivery 106,710
    Stock Level 106,709
    Customer Report 1,067,097
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0