Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 143,074
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     144,059
Calibration 2     143,464
Calibration 3     143,658
ssj_ops@calibrated=143,561
100% 99.7% 143,561 143,074
90% 90.6% 129,205 130,036
80% 80.3% 114,849 115,294
70% 69.3% 100,493 99,558
60% 60.3% 86,136 86,639
50% 49.7% 71,780 71,366
40% 40.1% 57,424 57,539
30% 29.8% 43,068 42,738
20% 19.9% 28,712 28,524
10% 10.0% 14,356 14,350
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 10,480,556 1,589
    Payment 10,480,547
    Order Status 1,048,054
    Delivery 1,048,056
    Stock Level 1,048,055
    Customer Report 10,480,558
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,436,546 1,588
    Payment 10,436,544
    Order Status 1,043,653
    Delivery 1,043,654
    Stock Level 1,043,657
    Customer Report 10,436,538
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,450,952 1,589
    Payment 10,450,957
    Order Status 1,045,094
    Delivery 1,045,095
    Stock Level 1,045,096
    Customer Report 10,450,949
    100% 99.7% New Order 10,410,215 1,589
    Payment 10,410,213
    Order Status 1,041,023
    Delivery 1,041,023
    Stock Level 1,041,020
    Customer Report 10,410,222
    90% 90.6% New Order 9,457,618 1,589
    Payment 9,457,623
    Order Status 945,760
    Delivery 945,763
    Stock Level 945,763
    Customer Report 9,457,616
    80% 80.3% New Order 8,388,250 1,589
    Payment 8,388,249
    Order Status 838,824
    Delivery 838,822
    Stock Level 838,824
    Customer Report 8,388,245
    70% 69.3% New Order 7,240,622 1,589
    Payment 7,240,620
    Order Status 724,062
    Delivery 724,062
    Stock Level 724,063
    Customer Report 7,240,630
    60% 60.3% New Order 6,301,505 1,589
    Payment 6,301,498
    Order Status 630,150
    Delivery 630,148
    Stock Level 630,150
    Customer Report 6,301,499
    50% 49.7% New Order 5,190,297 1,589
    Payment 5,190,296
    Order Status 519,030
    Delivery 519,029
    Stock Level 519,027
    Customer Report 5,190,294
    40% 40.1% New Order 4,184,651 1,589
    Payment 4,184,655
    Order Status 418,465
    Delivery 418,465
    Stock Level 418,466
    Customer Report 4,184,656
    30% 29.8% New Order 3,108,269 1,589
    Payment 3,108,273
    Order Status 310,826
    Delivery 310,829
    Stock Level 310,826
    Customer Report 3,108,274
    20% 19.9% New Order 2,074,517 1,589
    Payment 2,074,513
    Order Status 207,450
    Delivery 207,455
    Stock Level 207,453
    Customer Report 2,074,517
    10% 10.0% New Order 1,043,636 1,589
    Payment 1,043,635
    Order Status 104,364
    Delivery 104,364
    Stock Level 104,363
    Customer Report 1,043,638
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0