Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 143,170
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     143,309
Calibration 2     143,792
Calibration 3     143,460
ssj_ops@calibrated=143,626
100% 99.7% 143,626 143,170
90% 90.7% 129,263 130,339
80% 80.7% 114,901 115,864
70% 70.9% 100,538 101,766
60% 59.3% 86,175 85,232
50% 49.4% 71,813 70,985
40% 40.2% 57,450 57,766
30% 30.5% 43,088 43,774
20% 20.2% 28,725 29,018
10% 10.1% 14,363 14,437
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 10,428,741 1,589
    Payment 10,428,738
    Order Status 1,042,873
    Delivery 1,042,873
    Stock Level 1,042,877
    Customer Report 10,428,734
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,465,761 1,589
    Payment 10,465,760
    Order Status 1,046,576
    Delivery 1,046,576
    Stock Level 1,046,575
    Customer Report 10,465,763
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,441,722 1,589
    Payment 10,441,718
    Order Status 1,044,172
    Delivery 1,044,172
    Stock Level 1,044,170
    Customer Report 10,441,715
    100% 99.7% New Order 10,413,848 1,589
    Payment 10,413,847
    Order Status 1,041,386
    Delivery 1,041,385
    Stock Level 1,041,386
    Customer Report 10,413,846
    90% 90.7% New Order 9,480,608 1,589
    Payment 9,480,606
    Order Status 948,059
    Delivery 948,060
    Stock Level 948,061
    Customer Report 9,480,604
    80% 80.7% New Order 8,427,977 1,589
    Payment 8,427,978
    Order Status 842,798
    Delivery 842,797
    Stock Level 842,797
    Customer Report 8,427,982
    70% 70.9% New Order 7,401,268 1,589
    Payment 7,401,269
    Order Status 740,128
    Delivery 740,126
    Stock Level 740,126
    Customer Report 7,401,266
    60% 59.3% New Order 6,198,780 1,589
    Payment 6,198,772
    Order Status 619,878
    Delivery 619,878
    Stock Level 619,878
    Customer Report 6,198,782
    50% 49.4% New Order 5,162,652 1,589
    Payment 5,162,654
    Order Status 516,266
    Delivery 516,265
    Stock Level 516,266
    Customer Report 5,162,651
    40% 40.2% New Order 4,201,617 1,589
    Payment 4,201,616
    Order Status 420,161
    Delivery 420,162
    Stock Level 420,162
    Customer Report 4,201,613
    30% 30.5% New Order 3,183,620 1,589
    Payment 3,183,622
    Order Status 318,361
    Delivery 318,362
    Stock Level 318,363
    Customer Report 3,183,619
    20% 20.2% New Order 2,110,457 1,589
    Payment 2,110,451
    Order Status 211,045
    Delivery 211,047
    Stock Level 211,045
    Customer Report 2,110,451
    10% 10.1% New Order 1,049,999 1,589
    Payment 1,049,998
    Order Status 105,000
    Delivery 105,002
    Stock Level 105,001
    Customer Report 1,050,000
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0