Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 143,349
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     144,044
Calibration 2     145,048
Calibration 3     144,258
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,653
100% 99.1% 144,653 143,349
90% 90.5% 130,187 130,916
80% 80.8% 115,722 116,856
70% 69.1% 101,257 99,943
60% 60.6% 86,792 87,611
50% 50.0% 72,326 72,327
40% 39.7% 57,861 57,431
30% 30.5% 43,396 44,166
20% 20.2% 28,931 29,260
10% 10.0% 14,465 14,400
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 10,481,577 1,589
    Payment 10,481,564
    Order Status 1,048,156
    Delivery 1,048,157
    Stock Level 1,048,159
    Customer Report 10,481,569
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,553,182 1,589
    Payment 10,553,175
    Order Status 1,055,321
    Delivery 1,055,319
    Stock Level 1,055,319
    Customer Report 10,553,184
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,497,120 1,589
    Payment 10,497,115
    Order Status 1,049,713
    Delivery 1,049,712
    Stock Level 1,049,712
    Customer Report 10,497,119
    100% 99.1% New Order 10,428,283 1,589
    Payment 10,428,274
    Order Status 1,042,827
    Delivery 1,042,828
    Stock Level 1,042,828
    Customer Report 10,428,278
    90% 90.5% New Order 9,521,274 1,589
    Payment 9,521,273
    Order Status 952,128
    Delivery 952,125
    Stock Level 952,126
    Customer Report 9,521,282
    80% 80.8% New Order 8,498,741 1,589
    Payment 8,498,743
    Order Status 849,875
    Delivery 849,876
    Stock Level 849,875
    Customer Report 8,498,739
    70% 69.1% New Order 7,268,996 1,589
    Payment 7,268,995
    Order Status 726,900
    Delivery 726,902
    Stock Level 726,900
    Customer Report 7,268,987
    60% 60.6% New Order 6,371,922 1,589
    Payment 6,371,921
    Order Status 637,193
    Delivery 637,192
    Stock Level 637,192
    Customer Report 6,371,924
    50% 50.0% New Order 5,260,239 1,589
    Payment 5,260,242
    Order Status 526,025
    Delivery 526,024
    Stock Level 526,022
    Customer Report 5,260,230
    40% 39.7% New Order 4,176,970 1,589
    Payment 4,176,969
    Order Status 417,695
    Delivery 417,696
    Stock Level 417,697
    Customer Report 4,176,971
    30% 30.5% New Order 3,212,108 1,589
    Payment 3,212,115
    Order Status 321,210
    Delivery 321,209
    Stock Level 321,210
    Customer Report 3,212,103
    20% 20.2% New Order 2,128,008 1,589
    Payment 2,128,007
    Order Status 212,802
    Delivery 212,800
    Stock Level 212,801
    Customer Report 2,128,012
    10% 10.0% New Order 1,047,271 1,589
    Payment 1,047,271
    Order Status 104,729
    Delivery 104,726
    Stock Level 104,727
    Customer Report 1,047,276
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0