Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 142,816
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     144,925
Calibration 2     143,303
Calibration 3     143,498
ssj_ops@calibrated=143,400
100% 99.6% 143,400 142,816
90% 90.1% 129,060 129,218
80% 80.5% 114,720 115,480
70% 70.7% 100,380 101,420
60% 60.2% 86,040 86,376
50% 49.9% 71,700 71,591
40% 40.2% 57,360 57,588
30% 29.8% 43,020 42,795
20% 19.8% 28,680 28,413
10% 9.7% 14,340 13,925
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 10,545,645 1,589
    Payment 10,545,646
    Order Status 1,054,563
    Delivery 1,054,563
    Stock Level 1,054,564
    Customer Report 10,545,651
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,423,480 1,589
    Payment 10,423,479
    Order Status 1,042,348
    Delivery 1,042,348
    Stock Level 1,042,349
    Customer Report 10,423,479
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,443,784 1,589
    Payment 10,443,777
    Order Status 1,044,377
    Delivery 1,044,378
    Stock Level 1,044,377
    Customer Report 10,443,779
    100% 99.6% New Order 10,391,446 1,589
    Payment 10,391,449
    Order Status 1,039,143
    Delivery 1,039,144
    Stock Level 1,039,146
    Customer Report 10,391,448
    90% 90.1% New Order 9,402,504 1,589
    Payment 9,402,498
    Order Status 940,249
    Delivery 940,248
    Stock Level 940,252
    Customer Report 9,402,507
    80% 80.5% New Order 8,402,818 1,589
    Payment 8,402,813
    Order Status 840,281
    Delivery 840,282
    Stock Level 840,283
    Customer Report 8,402,820
    70% 70.7% New Order 7,376,747 1,589
    Payment 7,376,739
    Order Status 737,673
    Delivery 737,675
    Stock Level 737,676
    Customer Report 7,376,741
    60% 60.2% New Order 6,283,083 1,589
    Payment 6,283,077
    Order Status 628,311
    Delivery 628,309
    Stock Level 628,308
    Customer Report 6,283,078
    50% 49.9% New Order 5,206,767 1,589
    Payment 5,206,766
    Order Status 520,675
    Delivery 520,675
    Stock Level 520,677
    Customer Report 5,206,764
    40% 40.2% New Order 4,188,316 1,589
    Payment 4,188,324
    Order Status 418,831
    Delivery 418,831
    Stock Level 418,831
    Customer Report 4,188,317
    30% 29.8% New Order 3,112,346 1,589
    Payment 3,112,335
    Order Status 311,234
    Delivery 311,236
    Stock Level 311,234
    Customer Report 3,112,347
    20% 19.8% New Order 2,066,411 1,589
    Payment 2,066,410
    Order Status 206,641
    Delivery 206,641
    Stock Level 206,641
    Customer Report 2,066,411
    10% 9.7% New Order 1,012,727 1,589
    Payment 1,012,727
    Order Status 101,272
    Delivery 101,273
    Stock Level 101,273
    Customer Report 1,012,728
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0