Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,695
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     146,347
Calibration 2     145,882
Calibration 3     145,169
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,525
100% 99.4% 145,525 144,695
90% 90.5% 130,973 131,751
80% 80.3% 116,420 116,799
70% 69.9% 101,868 101,790
60% 60.2% 87,315 87,637
50% 49.7% 72,763 72,330
40% 39.9% 58,210 58,079
30% 29.7% 43,658 43,280
20% 20.4% 29,105 29,748
10% 10.1% 14,553 14,637
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 10,645,626 1,589
    Payment 10,645,627
    Order Status 1,064,561
    Delivery 1,064,563
    Stock Level 1,064,563
    Customer Report 10,645,626
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,617,963 1,589
    Payment 10,617,967
    Order Status 1,061,797
    Delivery 1,061,797
    Stock Level 1,061,798
    Customer Report 10,617,960
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,560,534 1,589
    Payment 10,560,522
    Order Status 1,056,050
    Delivery 1,056,053
    Stock Level 1,056,051
    Customer Report 10,560,522
    100% 99.4% New Order 10,523,382 1,589
    Payment 10,523,378
    Order Status 1,052,339
    Delivery 1,052,338
    Stock Level 1,052,336
    Customer Report 10,523,377
    90% 90.5% New Order 9,586,316 1,589
    Payment 9,586,321
    Order Status 958,635
    Delivery 958,633
    Stock Level 958,632
    Customer Report 9,586,311
    80% 80.3% New Order 8,494,709 1,589
    Payment 8,494,705
    Order Status 849,471
    Delivery 849,470
    Stock Level 849,471
    Customer Report 8,494,711
    70% 69.9% New Order 7,405,862 1,589
    Payment 7,405,862
    Order Status 740,586
    Delivery 740,586
    Stock Level 740,587
    Customer Report 7,405,858
    60% 60.2% New Order 6,374,678 1,589
    Payment 6,374,668
    Order Status 637,468
    Delivery 637,467
    Stock Level 637,467
    Customer Report 6,374,681
    50% 49.7% New Order 5,260,415 1,589
    Payment 5,260,409
    Order Status 526,042
    Delivery 526,040
    Stock Level 526,041
    Customer Report 5,260,414
    40% 39.9% New Order 4,223,916 1,589
    Payment 4,223,925
    Order Status 422,394
    Delivery 422,393
    Stock Level 422,392
    Customer Report 4,223,927
    30% 29.7% New Order 3,147,649 1,589
    Payment 3,147,653
    Order Status 314,767
    Delivery 314,766
    Stock Level 314,764
    Customer Report 3,147,645
    20% 20.4% New Order 2,163,611 1,589
    Payment 2,163,603
    Order Status 216,362
    Delivery 216,361
    Stock Level 216,362
    Customer Report 2,163,613
    10% 10.1% New Order 1,064,538 1,589
    Payment 1,064,548
    Order Status 106,454
    Delivery 106,457
    Stock Level 106,455
    Customer Report 1,064,548
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0