Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 145,406
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     143,972
Calibration 2     145,281
Calibration 3     144,215
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,748
100% 100.5% 144,748 145,406
90% 90.7% 130,273 131,302
80% 80.2% 115,798 116,051
70% 69.7% 101,324 100,929
60% 60.2% 86,849 87,129
50% 50.0% 72,374 72,311
40% 40.3% 57,899 58,351
30% 29.9% 43,424 43,227
20% 19.3% 28,950 27,977
10% 10.3% 14,475 14,839
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 10,473,820 1,589
    Payment 10,473,818
    Order Status 1,047,381
    Delivery 1,047,382
    Stock Level 1,047,381
    Customer Report 10,473,818
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,572,881 1,589
    Payment 10,572,877
    Order Status 1,057,288
    Delivery 1,057,290
    Stock Level 1,057,288
    Customer Report 10,572,883
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,495,980 1,589
    Payment 10,495,978
    Order Status 1,049,598
    Delivery 1,049,597
    Stock Level 1,049,598
    Customer Report 10,495,974
    100% 100.5% New Order 10,577,815 1,589
    Payment 10,577,814
    Order Status 1,057,781
    Delivery 1,057,782
    Stock Level 1,057,781
    Customer Report 10,577,810
    90% 90.7% New Order 9,549,833 1,589
    Payment 9,549,833
    Order Status 954,982
    Delivery 954,983
    Stock Level 954,983
    Customer Report 9,549,841
    80% 80.2% New Order 8,440,154 1,589
    Payment 8,440,149
    Order Status 844,016
    Delivery 844,015
    Stock Level 844,016
    Customer Report 8,440,153
    70% 69.7% New Order 7,340,476 1,589
    Payment 7,340,478
    Order Status 734,050
    Delivery 734,048
    Stock Level 734,047
    Customer Report 7,340,471
    60% 60.2% New Order 6,337,736 1,589
    Payment 6,337,729
    Order Status 633,775
    Delivery 633,772
    Stock Level 633,774
    Customer Report 6,337,734
    50% 50.0% New Order 5,259,383 1,589
    Payment 5,259,389
    Order Status 525,940
    Delivery 525,938
    Stock Level 525,938
    Customer Report 5,259,390
    40% 40.3% New Order 4,243,902 1,589
    Payment 4,243,891
    Order Status 424,390
    Delivery 424,391
    Stock Level 424,390
    Customer Report 4,243,901
    30% 29.9% New Order 3,143,768 1,589
    Payment 3,143,770
    Order Status 314,377
    Delivery 314,376
    Stock Level 314,378
    Customer Report 3,143,777
    20% 19.3% New Order 2,034,717 1,589
    Payment 2,034,707
    Order Status 203,471
    Delivery 203,470
    Stock Level 203,472
    Customer Report 2,034,706
    10% 10.3% New Order 1,079,219 1,589
    Payment 1,079,214
    Order Status 107,922
    Delivery 107,922
    Stock Level 107,922
    Customer Report 1,079,217
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0