Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,564
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     144,619
Calibration 2     144,309
Calibration 3     143,880
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,094
100% 100.3% 144,094 144,564
90% 89.9% 129,685 129,584
80% 79.8% 115,276 115,011
70% 69.8% 100,866 100,575
60% 59.6% 86,457 85,871
50% 50.2% 72,047 72,343
40% 40.5% 57,638 58,339
30% 29.8% 43,228 42,926
20% 19.8% 28,819 28,494
10% 10.0% 14,409 14,439
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 10,525,355 1,589
    Payment 10,525,356
    Order Status 1,052,535
    Delivery 1,052,536
    Stock Level 1,052,534
    Customer Report 10,525,348
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,495,255 1,588
    Payment 10,495,261
    Order Status 1,049,525
    Delivery 1,049,528
    Stock Level 1,049,528
    Customer Report 10,495,257
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,468,847 1,589
    Payment 10,468,842
    Order Status 1,046,884
    Delivery 1,046,883
    Stock Level 1,046,884
    Customer Report 10,468,842
    100% 100.3% New Order 10,520,619 1,589
    Payment 10,520,618
    Order Status 1,052,061
    Delivery 1,052,061
    Stock Level 1,052,063
    Customer Report 10,520,615
    90% 89.9% New Order 9,424,776 1,589
    Payment 9,424,777
    Order Status 942,478
    Delivery 942,478
    Stock Level 942,477
    Customer Report 9,424,773
    80% 79.8% New Order 8,366,109 1,589
    Payment 8,366,105
    Order Status 836,610
    Delivery 836,610
    Stock Level 836,614
    Customer Report 8,366,109
    70% 69.8% New Order 7,317,907 1,589
    Payment 7,317,912
    Order Status 731,792
    Delivery 731,790
    Stock Level 731,792
    Customer Report 7,317,904
    60% 59.6% New Order 6,245,577 1,589
    Payment 6,245,571
    Order Status 624,556
    Delivery 624,557
    Stock Level 624,554
    Customer Report 6,245,575
    50% 50.2% New Order 5,261,358 1,589
    Payment 5,261,360
    Order Status 526,136
    Delivery 526,135
    Stock Level 526,138
    Customer Report 5,261,367
    40% 40.5% New Order 4,242,848 1,589
    Payment 4,242,839
    Order Status 424,286
    Delivery 424,286
    Stock Level 424,283
    Customer Report 4,242,844
    30% 29.8% New Order 3,121,928 1,589
    Payment 3,121,932
    Order Status 312,194
    Delivery 312,196
    Stock Level 312,193
    Customer Report 3,121,932
    20% 19.8% New Order 2,072,428 1,589
    Payment 2,072,422
    Order Status 207,243
    Delivery 207,244
    Stock Level 207,243
    Customer Report 2,072,420
    10% 10.0% New Order 1,050,131 1,589
    Payment 1,050,133
    Order Status 105,014
    Delivery 105,016
    Stock Level 105,014
    Customer Report 1,050,128
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0