Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,527
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     144,028
Calibration 2     144,256
Calibration 3     144,264
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,260
100% 100.2% 144,260 144,527
90% 90.0% 129,834 129,842
80% 80.0% 115,408 115,472
70% 69.8% 100,982 100,677
60% 59.9% 86,556 86,436
50% 49.4% 72,130 71,194
40% 40.3% 57,704 58,193
30% 30.1% 43,278 43,440
20% 19.7% 28,852 28,483
10% 9.8% 14,426 14,114
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 10,476,289 1,589
    Payment 10,476,297
    Order Status 1,047,629
    Delivery 1,047,631
    Stock Level 1,047,628
    Customer Report 10,476,297
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,496,349 1,589
    Payment 10,496,345
    Order Status 1,049,634
    Delivery 1,049,634
    Stock Level 1,049,636
    Customer Report 10,496,347
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,498,253 1,589
    Payment 10,498,251
    Order Status 1,049,825
    Delivery 1,049,825
    Stock Level 1,049,826
    Customer Report 10,498,249
    100% 100.2% New Order 10,519,410 1,589
    Payment 10,519,406
    Order Status 1,051,941
    Delivery 1,051,941
    Stock Level 1,051,941
    Customer Report 10,519,405
    90% 90.0% New Order 9,443,152 1,589
    Payment 9,443,152
    Order Status 944,313
    Delivery 944,313
    Stock Level 944,315
    Customer Report 9,443,147
    80% 80.0% New Order 8,409,992 1,589
    Payment 8,409,991
    Order Status 840,999
    Delivery 840,998
    Stock Level 840,996
    Customer Report 8,409,989
    70% 69.8% New Order 7,322,021 1,589
    Payment 7,322,015
    Order Status 732,200
    Delivery 732,201
    Stock Level 732,203
    Customer Report 7,322,018
    60% 59.9% New Order 6,286,296 1,589
    Payment 6,286,300
    Order Status 628,632
    Delivery 628,632
    Stock Level 628,629
    Customer Report 6,286,306
    50% 49.4% New Order 5,177,816 1,589
    Payment 5,177,821
    Order Status 517,782
    Delivery 517,782
    Stock Level 517,781
    Customer Report 5,177,817
    40% 40.3% New Order 4,232,399 1,589
    Payment 4,232,401
    Order Status 423,240
    Delivery 423,240
    Stock Level 423,239
    Customer Report 4,232,407
    30% 30.1% New Order 3,159,326 1,589
    Payment 3,159,321
    Order Status 315,932
    Delivery 315,933
    Stock Level 315,930
    Customer Report 3,159,323
    20% 19.7% New Order 2,071,497 1,589
    Payment 2,071,498
    Order Status 207,151
    Delivery 207,151
    Stock Level 207,152
    Customer Report 2,071,497
    10% 9.8% New Order 1,026,509 1,589
    Payment 1,026,509
    Order Status 102,653
    Delivery 102,652
    Stock Level 102,650
    Customer Report 1,026,514
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0