Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,380
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     144,525
Calibration 2     144,594
Calibration 3     145,216
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,905
100% 99.6% 144,905 144,380
90% 89.6% 130,414 129,767
80% 79.7% 115,924 115,532
70% 70.3% 101,433 101,903
60% 59.2% 86,943 85,764
50% 50.3% 72,452 72,850
40% 39.6% 57,962 57,335
30% 29.6% 43,471 42,933
20% 19.9% 28,981 28,777
10% 9.9% 14,490 14,346
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 10,511,104 1,589
    Payment 10,511,103
    Order Status 1,051,110
    Delivery 1,051,110
    Stock Level 1,051,109
    Customer Report 10,511,107
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,521,847 1,589
    Payment 10,521,845
    Order Status 1,052,186
    Delivery 1,052,185
    Stock Level 1,052,184
    Customer Report 10,521,837
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,562,016 1,589
    Payment 10,562,012
    Order Status 1,056,202
    Delivery 1,056,201
    Stock Level 1,056,202
    Customer Report 10,562,023
    100% 99.6% New Order 10,502,564 1,589
    Payment 10,502,563
    Order Status 1,050,256
    Delivery 1,050,255
    Stock Level 1,050,255
    Customer Report 10,502,557
    90% 89.6% New Order 9,439,573 1,589
    Payment 9,439,571
    Order Status 943,957
    Delivery 943,957
    Stock Level 943,957
    Customer Report 9,439,567
    80% 79.7% New Order 8,402,684 1,589
    Payment 8,402,685
    Order Status 840,271
    Delivery 840,269
    Stock Level 840,271
    Customer Report 8,402,683
    70% 70.3% New Order 7,413,130 1,589
    Payment 7,413,119
    Order Status 741,316
    Delivery 741,312
    Stock Level 741,313
    Customer Report 7,413,129
    60% 59.2% New Order 6,238,205 1,589
    Payment 6,238,208
    Order Status 623,822
    Delivery 623,821
    Stock Level 623,821
    Customer Report 6,238,210
    50% 50.3% New Order 5,298,370 1,589
    Payment 5,298,379
    Order Status 529,838
    Delivery 529,838
    Stock Level 529,839
    Customer Report 5,298,374
    40% 39.6% New Order 4,169,880 1,588
    Payment 4,169,883
    Order Status 416,989
    Delivery 416,989
    Stock Level 416,989
    Customer Report 4,169,882
    30% 29.6% New Order 3,122,405 1,589
    Payment 3,122,410
    Order Status 312,240
    Delivery 312,242
    Stock Level 312,241
    Customer Report 3,122,404
    20% 19.9% New Order 2,092,884 1,589
    Payment 2,092,879
    Order Status 209,289
    Delivery 209,290
    Stock Level 209,287
    Customer Report 2,092,872
    10% 9.9% New Order 1,043,330 1,589
    Payment 1,043,335
    Order Status 104,333
    Delivery 104,334
    Stock Level 104,332
    Customer Report 1,043,336
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0