Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 145,136
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     144,904
Calibration 2     145,238
Calibration 3     145,098
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,168
100% 100.0% 145,168 145,136
90% 89.5% 130,651 129,938
80% 80.2% 116,134 116,367
70% 70.0% 101,618 101,654
60% 60.4% 87,101 87,636
50% 50.2% 72,584 72,886
40% 40.1% 58,067 58,174
30% 29.6% 43,550 43,012
20% 20.0% 29,034 29,059
10% 9.8% 14,517 14,287
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 10,553,027 1,589
    Payment 10,553,020
    Order Status 1,055,303
    Delivery 1,055,303
    Stock Level 1,055,304
    Customer Report 10,553,024
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,569,954 1,589
    Payment 10,569,946
    Order Status 1,056,994
    Delivery 1,056,996
    Stock Level 1,056,995
    Customer Report 10,569,961
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,556,731 1,589
    Payment 10,556,728
    Order Status 1,055,672
    Delivery 1,055,672
    Stock Level 1,055,672
    Customer Report 10,556,732
    100% 100.0% New Order 10,561,557 1,589
    Payment 10,561,552
    Order Status 1,056,157
    Delivery 1,056,157
    Stock Level 1,056,156
    Customer Report 10,561,555
    90% 89.5% New Order 9,451,679 1,589
    Payment 9,451,677
    Order Status 945,167
    Delivery 945,169
    Stock Level 945,167
    Customer Report 9,451,677
    80% 80.2% New Order 8,463,074 1,589
    Payment 8,463,079
    Order Status 846,307
    Delivery 846,308
    Stock Level 846,305
    Customer Report 8,463,084
    70% 70.0% New Order 7,393,048 1,589
    Payment 7,393,057
    Order Status 739,304
    Delivery 739,307
    Stock Level 739,306
    Customer Report 7,393,052
    60% 60.4% New Order 6,373,556 1,589
    Payment 6,373,562
    Order Status 637,354
    Delivery 637,356
    Stock Level 637,358
    Customer Report 6,373,561
    50% 50.2% New Order 5,300,837 1,589
    Payment 5,300,834
    Order Status 530,086
    Delivery 530,082
    Stock Level 530,083
    Customer Report 5,300,842
    40% 40.1% New Order 4,230,864 1,589
    Payment 4,230,866
    Order Status 423,085
    Delivery 423,086
    Stock Level 423,086
    Customer Report 4,230,864
    30% 29.6% New Order 3,128,176 1,589
    Payment 3,128,176
    Order Status 312,817
    Delivery 312,817
    Stock Level 312,817
    Customer Report 3,128,170
    20% 20.0% New Order 2,113,791 1,589
    Payment 2,113,790
    Order Status 211,378
    Delivery 211,380
    Stock Level 211,379
    Customer Report 2,113,793
    10% 9.8% New Order 1,039,091 1,589
    Payment 1,039,084
    Order Status 103,909
    Delivery 103,908
    Stock Level 103,907
    Customer Report 1,039,083
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0