Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,423
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     143,933
Calibration 2     146,113
Calibration 3     145,987
ssj_ops@calibrated=146,050
100% 98.9% 146,050 144,423
90% 89.7% 131,445 130,989
80% 79.8% 116,840 116,536
70% 70.0% 102,235 102,304
60% 60.5% 87,630 88,321
50% 49.4% 73,025 72,159
40% 39.7% 58,420 58,034
30% 29.4% 43,815 42,937
20% 20.0% 29,210 29,158
10% 10.4% 14,605 15,189
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 10,475,494 1,589
    Payment 10,475,493
    Order Status 1,047,550
    Delivery 1,047,550
    Stock Level 1,047,550
    Customer Report 10,475,491
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,630,711 1,589
    Payment 10,630,713
    Order Status 1,063,072
    Delivery 1,063,071
    Stock Level 1,063,071
    Customer Report 10,630,721
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,618,052 1,589
    Payment 10,618,057
    Order Status 1,061,802
    Delivery 1,061,806
    Stock Level 1,061,806
    Customer Report 10,618,047
    100% 98.9% New Order 10,505,670 1,589
    Payment 10,505,666
    Order Status 1,050,566
    Delivery 1,050,567
    Stock Level 1,050,565
    Customer Report 10,505,665
    90% 89.7% New Order 9,526,950 1,589
    Payment 9,526,955
    Order Status 952,696
    Delivery 952,695
    Stock Level 952,696
    Customer Report 9,526,952
    80% 79.8% New Order 8,476,655 1,589
    Payment 8,476,659
    Order Status 847,668
    Delivery 847,665
    Stock Level 847,664
    Customer Report 8,476,659
    70% 70.0% New Order 7,441,578 1,589
    Payment 7,441,578
    Order Status 744,157
    Delivery 744,160
    Stock Level 744,159
    Customer Report 7,441,582
    60% 60.5% New Order 6,423,412 1,589
    Payment 6,423,413
    Order Status 642,342
    Delivery 642,342
    Stock Level 642,342
    Customer Report 6,423,415
    50% 49.4% New Order 5,248,018 1,589
    Payment 5,248,019
    Order Status 524,801
    Delivery 524,804
    Stock Level 524,803
    Customer Report 5,248,024
    40% 39.7% New Order 4,220,680 1,589
    Payment 4,220,683
    Order Status 422,070
    Delivery 422,068
    Stock Level 422,068
    Customer Report 4,220,681
    30% 29.4% New Order 3,122,702 1,589
    Payment 3,122,701
    Order Status 312,270
    Delivery 312,272
    Stock Level 312,269
    Customer Report 3,122,707
    20% 20.0% New Order 2,120,564 1,589
    Payment 2,120,577
    Order Status 212,056
    Delivery 212,056
    Stock Level 212,057
    Customer Report 2,120,572
    10% 10.4% New Order 1,104,846 1,589
    Payment 1,104,848
    Order Status 110,485
    Delivery 110,485
    Stock Level 110,484
    Customer Report 1,104,852
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0