Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 1,155,606
ssj_ops@100% per JVM = 144,451
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     1,154,530
Calibration 2     1,159,510
Calibration 3     1,157,495
ssj_ops@calibrated=1,158,503
100% 99.7% 1,158,503 1,155,606
90% 90.3% 1,042,652 1,046,339
80% 80.3% 926,802 929,904
70% 69.8% 810,952 808,962
60% 60.0% 695,102 694,895
50% 49.9% 579,251 578,125
40% 39.8% 463,401 460,709
30% 30.2% 347,551 350,375
20% 19.9% 231,701 231,040
10% 10.0% 115,850 115,494
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
    JVM Instance Summary
    JVM Instance ssj_ops@100%
    M420-04c.001 143,952
    M420-04c.002 145,406
    M420-04c.003 144,558
    M420-04c.004 144,176
    M420-04c.005 143,349
    M420-04c.006 144,855
    M420-04c.007 144,269
    M420-04c.008 145,040
    ssj_ops@100% 1,155,606
    ssj_ops@100% per JVM 144,451
    Graph of per-instance results
    JVM 'M420-04c.001' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,449
    Calibration 2     144,578
    Calibration 3     144,104
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,341
    100% 99.7% 144,341 143,952
    90% 89.9% 129,907 129,704
    80% 80.7% 115,473 116,483
    70% 70.2% 101,039 101,263
    60% 60.8% 86,605 87,698
    50% 49.5% 72,171 71,489
    40% 39.5% 57,736 57,005
    30% 30.4% 43,302 43,920
    20% 19.6% 28,868 28,354
    10% 10.2% 14,434 14,704
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-04c.002' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,733
    Calibration 2     145,428
    Calibration 3     145,864
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,646
    100% 99.8% 145,646 145,406
    90% 90.8% 131,081 132,222
    80% 80.0% 116,517 116,563
    70% 68.8% 101,952 100,242
    60% 59.5% 87,387 86,630
    50% 49.9% 72,823 72,650
    40% 40.2% 58,258 58,561
    30% 30.2% 43,694 43,974
    20% 19.8% 29,129 28,775
    10% 10.0% 14,565 14,560
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-04c.003' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,236
    Calibration 2     145,259
    Calibration 3     145,383
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,321
    100% 99.5% 145,321 144,558
    90% 90.8% 130,789 131,997
    80% 80.4% 116,257 116,840
    70% 70.5% 101,725 102,453
    60% 59.4% 87,193 86,383
    50% 50.1% 72,661 72,813
    40% 40.0% 58,129 58,128
    30% 30.0% 43,596 43,551
    20% 20.3% 29,064 29,501
    10% 9.9% 14,532 14,354
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-04c.004' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,588
    Calibration 2     144,263
    Calibration 3     143,791
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,027
    100% 100.1% 144,027 144,176
    90% 90.3% 129,624 130,119
    80% 80.4% 115,222 115,740
    70% 69.8% 100,819 100,569
    60% 59.7% 86,416 85,929
    50% 50.3% 72,013 72,467
    40% 39.5% 57,611 56,895
    30% 30.5% 43,208 43,956
    20% 20.1% 28,805 28,994
    10% 9.9% 14,403 14,214
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-04c.005' Scores:
    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
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-04c.006' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     145,060
    Calibration 2     145,260
    Calibration 3     145,579
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,420
    100% 99.6% 145,420 144,855
    90% 90.1% 130,878 131,092
    80% 79.5% 116,336 115,678
    70% 70.8% 101,794 102,896
    60% 59.6% 87,252 86,739
    50% 49.7% 72,710 72,268
    40% 39.9% 58,168 58,071
    30% 30.2% 43,626 43,960
    20% 19.7% 29,084 28,702
    10% 9.8% 14,542 14,304
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-04c.007' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,397
    Calibration 2     144,944
    Calibration 3     144,188
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,566
    100% 99.8% 144,566 144,269
    90% 90.6% 130,109 130,976
    80% 79.9% 115,653 115,479
    70% 70.0% 101,196 101,196
    60% 60.4% 86,740 87,386
    50% 50.3% 72,283 72,711
    40% 39.6% 57,826 57,318
    30% 30.0% 43,370 43,395
    20% 19.9% 28,913 28,716
    10% 9.8% 14,457 14,197
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-04c.008' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,022
    Calibration 2     144,731
    Calibration 3     144,327
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,529
    100% 100.4% 144,529 145,040
    90% 89.5% 130,076 129,315
    80% 80.4% 115,623 116,266
    70% 69.5% 101,170 100,401
    60% 59.9% 86,717 86,520
    50% 49.4% 72,264 71,401
    40% 39.6% 57,812 57,299
    30% 30.1% 43,359 43,453
    20% 19.9% 28,906 28,739
    10% 10.2% 14,453 14,760
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.