Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 143,979
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     143,042
Calibration 2     144,637
Calibration 3     143,425
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,031
100% 100.0% 144,031 143,979
90% 89.4% 129,628 128,753
80% 80.4% 115,225 115,735
70% 69.8% 100,822 100,500
60% 59.8% 86,418 86,110
50% 50.5% 72,015 72,731
40% 40.2% 57,612 57,874
30% 29.8% 43,209 42,954
20% 20.1% 28,806 28,896
10% 9.7% 14,403 14,017
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 10,409,153 1,589
    Payment 10,409,150
    Order Status 1,040,916
    Delivery 1,040,914
    Stock Level 1,040,914
    Customer Report 10,409,156
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,520,455 1,589
    Payment 10,520,449
    Order Status 1,052,045
    Delivery 1,052,045
    Stock Level 1,052,045
    Customer Report 10,520,447
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,431,749 1,589
    Payment 10,431,750
    Order Status 1,043,174
    Delivery 1,043,175
    Stock Level 1,043,178
    Customer Report 10,431,744
    100% 100.0% New Order 10,481,480 1,589
    Payment 10,481,490
    Order Status 1,048,147
    Delivery 1,048,149
    Stock Level 1,048,147
    Customer Report 10,481,485
    90% 89.4% New Order 9,363,919 1,589
    Payment 9,363,913
    Order Status 936,392
    Delivery 936,391
    Stock Level 936,392
    Customer Report 9,363,913
    80% 80.4% New Order 8,417,134 1,589
    Payment 8,417,138
    Order Status 841,714
    Delivery 841,715
    Stock Level 841,714
    Customer Report 8,417,139
    70% 69.8% New Order 7,309,471 1,589
    Payment 7,309,465
    Order Status 730,946
    Delivery 730,947
    Stock Level 730,948
    Customer Report 7,309,466
    60% 59.8% New Order 6,262,710 1,589
    Payment 6,262,705
    Order Status 626,270
    Delivery 626,270
    Stock Level 626,271
    Customer Report 6,262,708
    50% 50.5% New Order 5,289,551 1,589
    Payment 5,289,546
    Order Status 528,954
    Delivery 528,956
    Stock Level 528,955
    Customer Report 5,289,545
    40% 40.2% New Order 4,208,993 1,589
    Payment 4,208,995
    Order Status 420,900
    Delivery 420,898
    Stock Level 420,898
    Customer Report 4,208,994
    30% 29.8% New Order 3,123,917 1,589
    Payment 3,123,926
    Order Status 312,391
    Delivery 312,393
    Stock Level 312,391
    Customer Report 3,123,925
    20% 20.1% New Order 2,101,779 1,589
    Payment 2,101,781
    Order Status 210,177
    Delivery 210,177
    Stock Level 210,178
    Customer Report 2,101,784
    10% 9.7% New Order 1,019,390 1,589
    Payment 1,019,400
    Order Status 101,938
    Delivery 101,938
    Stock Level 101,942
    Customer Report 1,019,392
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0