Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 146,980
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     146,412
Calibration 2     147,770
Calibration 3     147,709
ssj_ops@calibrated=147,740
100% 99.5% 147,740 146,980
90% 89.9% 132,966 132,866
80% 80.4% 118,192 118,781
70% 69.7% 103,418 102,968
60% 59.9% 88,644 88,553
50% 49.9% 73,870 73,697
40% 40.1% 59,096 59,210
30% 30.9% 44,322 45,610
20% 20.1% 29,548 29,662
10% 9.9% 14,774 14,658
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 10,654,626 1,589
    Payment 10,654,634
    Order Status 1,065,464
    Delivery 1,065,462
    Stock Level 1,065,464
    Customer Report 10,654,621
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,749,008 1,589
    Payment 10,749,010
    Order Status 1,074,900
    Delivery 1,074,900
    Stock Level 1,074,901
    Customer Report 10,749,012
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,745,494 1,589
    Payment 10,745,495
    Order Status 1,074,549
    Delivery 1,074,550
    Stock Level 1,074,549
    Customer Report 10,745,494
    100% 99.5% New Order 10,695,301 1,589
    Payment 10,695,295
    Order Status 1,069,531
    Delivery 1,069,531
    Stock Level 1,069,529
    Customer Report 10,695,288
    90% 89.9% New Order 9,663,171 1,589
    Payment 9,663,169
    Order Status 966,314
    Delivery 966,317
    Stock Level 966,317
    Customer Report 9,663,164
    80% 80.4% New Order 8,638,922 1,589
    Payment 8,638,918
    Order Status 863,893
    Delivery 863,890
    Stock Level 863,891
    Customer Report 8,638,924
    70% 69.7% New Order 7,488,748 1,589
    Payment 7,488,746
    Order Status 748,873
    Delivery 748,874
    Stock Level 748,872
    Customer Report 7,488,744
    60% 59.9% New Order 6,440,351 1,589
    Payment 6,440,354
    Order Status 644,036
    Delivery 644,033
    Stock Level 644,034
    Customer Report 6,440,352
    50% 49.9% New Order 5,359,905 1,589
    Payment 5,359,901
    Order Status 535,990
    Delivery 535,990
    Stock Level 535,988
    Customer Report 5,359,901
    40% 40.1% New Order 4,306,245 1,589
    Payment 4,306,249
    Order Status 430,625
    Delivery 430,623
    Stock Level 430,626
    Customer Report 4,306,242
    30% 30.9% New Order 3,317,169 1,589
    Payment 3,317,167
    Order Status 331,717
    Delivery 331,718
    Stock Level 331,716
    Customer Report 3,317,167
    20% 20.1% New Order 2,157,239 1,589
    Payment 2,157,253
    Order Status 215,724
    Delivery 215,723
    Stock Level 215,725
    Customer Report 2,157,238
    10% 9.9% New Order 1,066,063 1,589
    Payment 1,066,058
    Order Status 106,605
    Delivery 106,607
    Stock Level 106,606
    Customer Report 1,066,061
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0