Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,974
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     144,720
Calibration 2     145,054
Calibration 3     145,507
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,280
100% 99.8% 145,280 144,974
90% 90.6% 130,752 131,678
80% 80.5% 116,224 116,884
70% 70.7% 101,696 102,665
60% 60.0% 87,168 87,203
50% 50.1% 72,640 72,812
40% 39.8% 58,112 57,843
30% 30.2% 43,584 43,841
20% 19.7% 29,056 28,638
10% 10.0% 14,528 14,456
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 10,532,862 1,589
    Payment 10,532,862
    Order Status 1,053,286
    Delivery 1,053,284
    Stock Level 1,053,285
    Customer Report 10,532,857
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,553,035 1,589
    Payment 10,553,036
    Order Status 1,055,303
    Delivery 1,055,303
    Stock Level 1,055,304
    Customer Report 10,553,034
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,587,995 1,589
    Payment 10,588,004
    Order Status 1,058,800
    Delivery 1,058,801
    Stock Level 1,058,798
    Customer Report 10,588,001
    100% 99.8% New Order 10,551,841 1,589
    Payment 10,551,837
    Order Status 1,055,184
    Delivery 1,055,184
    Stock Level 1,055,183
    Customer Report 10,551,839
    90% 90.6% New Order 9,577,121 1,589
    Payment 9,577,134
    Order Status 957,713
    Delivery 957,712
    Stock Level 957,712
    Customer Report 9,577,129
    80% 80.5% New Order 8,501,820 1,589
    Payment 8,501,831
    Order Status 850,184
    Delivery 850,182
    Stock Level 850,183
    Customer Report 8,501,826
    70% 70.7% New Order 7,466,804 1,589
    Payment 7,466,803
    Order Status 746,683
    Delivery 746,680
    Stock Level 746,682
    Customer Report 7,466,798
    60% 60.0% New Order 6,342,169 1,589
    Payment 6,342,168
    Order Status 634,217
    Delivery 634,216
    Stock Level 634,218
    Customer Report 6,342,165
    50% 50.1% New Order 5,295,534 1,589
    Payment 5,295,538
    Order Status 529,553
    Delivery 529,557
    Stock Level 529,552
    Customer Report 5,295,534
    40% 39.8% New Order 4,206,814 1,589
    Payment 4,206,831
    Order Status 420,682
    Delivery 420,682
    Stock Level 420,684
    Customer Report 4,206,818
    30% 30.2% New Order 3,188,463 1,589
    Payment 3,188,462
    Order Status 318,846
    Delivery 318,847
    Stock Level 318,846
    Customer Report 3,188,460
    20% 19.7% New Order 2,082,794 1,589
    Payment 2,082,796
    Order Status 208,281
    Delivery 208,280
    Stock Level 208,281
    Customer Report 2,082,788
    10% 10.0% New Order 1,051,341 1,589
    Payment 1,051,346
    Order Status 105,133
    Delivery 105,135
    Stock Level 105,133
    Customer Report 1,051,341
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0