Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,277
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     143,978
Calibration 2     145,218
Calibration 3     144,876
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,047
100% 99.5% 145,047 144,277
90% 90.3% 130,542 131,049
80% 79.7% 116,038 115,585
70% 70.2% 101,533 101,842
60% 60.1% 87,028 87,125
50% 50.2% 72,524 72,821
40% 40.6% 58,019 58,889
30% 29.9% 43,514 43,420
20% 19.8% 29,009 28,689
10% 10.0% 14,505 14,512
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 10,475,930 1,589
    Payment 10,475,935
    Order Status 1,047,592
    Delivery 1,047,593
    Stock Level 1,047,593
    Customer Report 10,475,932
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,567,664 1,589
    Payment 10,567,662
    Order Status 1,056,767
    Delivery 1,056,767
    Stock Level 1,056,766
    Customer Report 10,567,667
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,540,727 1,589
    Payment 10,540,724
    Order Status 1,054,070
    Delivery 1,054,072
    Stock Level 1,054,071
    Customer Report 10,540,717
    100% 99.5% New Order 10,503,234 1,589
    Payment 10,503,234
    Order Status 1,050,322
    Delivery 1,050,324
    Stock Level 1,050,322
    Customer Report 10,503,237
    90% 90.3% New Order 9,531,157 1,588
    Payment 9,531,163
    Order Status 953,117
    Delivery 953,116
    Stock Level 953,116
    Customer Report 9,531,163
    80% 79.7% New Order 8,406,311 1,589
    Payment 8,406,317
    Order Status 840,632
    Delivery 840,631
    Stock Level 840,631
    Customer Report 8,406,315
    70% 70.2% New Order 7,406,778 1,588
    Payment 7,406,781
    Order Status 740,676
    Delivery 740,677
    Stock Level 740,678
    Customer Report 7,406,781
    60% 60.1% New Order 6,336,418 1,589
    Payment 6,336,425
    Order Status 633,642
    Delivery 633,643
    Stock Level 633,641
    Customer Report 6,336,418
    50% 50.2% New Order 5,296,170 1,589
    Payment 5,296,178
    Order Status 529,619
    Delivery 529,618
    Stock Level 529,616
    Customer Report 5,296,164
    40% 40.6% New Order 4,282,855 1,589
    Payment 4,282,858
    Order Status 428,286
    Delivery 428,283
    Stock Level 428,287
    Customer Report 4,282,855
    30% 29.9% New Order 3,157,879 1,589
    Payment 3,157,876
    Order Status 315,788
    Delivery 315,788
    Stock Level 315,786
    Customer Report 3,157,883
    20% 19.8% New Order 2,086,496 1,589
    Payment 2,086,489
    Order Status 208,649
    Delivery 208,649
    Stock Level 208,651
    Customer Report 2,086,490
    10% 10.0% New Order 1,055,459 1,589
    Payment 1,055,452
    Order Status 105,546
    Delivery 105,545
    Stock Level 105,546
    Customer Report 1,055,452
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0