Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 145,098
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     143,745
Calibration 2     145,765
Calibration 3     144,860
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,313
100% 99.9% 145,313 145,098
90% 90.2% 130,781 131,029
80% 80.1% 116,250 116,335
70% 70.2% 101,719 101,952
60% 60.3% 87,188 87,585
50% 50.4% 72,656 73,248
40% 39.5% 58,125 57,467
30% 29.8% 43,594 43,376
20% 19.7% 29,063 28,562
10% 10.1% 14,531 14,642
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 10,461,121 1,589
    Payment 10,461,136
    Order Status 1,046,112
    Delivery 1,046,113
    Stock Level 1,046,114
    Customer Report 10,461,137
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,609,259 1,589
    Payment 10,609,247
    Order Status 1,060,926
    Delivery 1,060,924
    Stock Level 1,060,925
    Customer Report 10,609,250
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,540,963 1,589
    Payment 10,540,964
    Order Status 1,054,096
    Delivery 1,054,096
    Stock Level 1,054,097
    Customer Report 10,540,957
    100% 99.9% New Order 10,555,863 1,589
    Payment 10,555,865
    Order Status 1,055,588
    Delivery 1,055,587
    Stock Level 1,055,588
    Customer Report 10,555,861
    90% 90.2% New Order 9,532,569 1,589
    Payment 9,532,584
    Order Status 953,259
    Delivery 953,256
    Stock Level 953,259
    Customer Report 9,532,575
    80% 80.1% New Order 8,460,821 1,588
    Payment 8,460,811
    Order Status 846,082
    Delivery 846,081
    Stock Level 846,082
    Customer Report 8,460,813
    70% 70.2% New Order 7,414,728 1,589
    Payment 7,414,727
    Order Status 741,471
    Delivery 741,473
    Stock Level 741,472
    Customer Report 7,414,725
    60% 60.3% New Order 6,369,878 1,589
    Payment 6,369,888
    Order Status 636,988
    Delivery 636,988
    Stock Level 636,989
    Customer Report 6,369,881
    50% 50.4% New Order 5,327,906 1,589
    Payment 5,327,911
    Order Status 532,791
    Delivery 532,789
    Stock Level 532,792
    Customer Report 5,327,906
    40% 39.5% New Order 4,179,415 1,589
    Payment 4,179,413
    Order Status 417,941
    Delivery 417,941
    Stock Level 417,942
    Customer Report 4,179,426
    30% 29.8% New Order 3,154,612 1,589
    Payment 3,154,612
    Order Status 315,462
    Delivery 315,461
    Stock Level 315,460
    Customer Report 3,154,617
    20% 19.7% New Order 2,077,252 1,589
    Payment 2,077,253
    Order Status 207,725
    Delivery 207,726
    Stock Level 207,726
    Customer Report 2,077,254
    10% 10.1% New Order 1,064,852 1,589
    Payment 1,064,846
    Order Status 106,483
    Delivery 106,484
    Stock Level 106,485
    Customer Report 1,064,850
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0