Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,460
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     143,849
Calibration 2     144,235
Calibration 3     143,735
ssj_ops@calibrated=143,985
100% 100.3% 143,985 144,460
90% 91.2% 129,586 131,305
80% 78.4% 115,188 112,888
70% 69.6% 100,789 100,228
60% 59.2% 86,391 85,272
50% 50.6% 71,992 72,822
40% 39.8% 57,594 57,374
30% 30.1% 43,195 43,339
20% 19.5% 28,797 28,104
10% 10.1% 14,398 14,521
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 10,462,322 1,589
    Payment 10,462,326
    Order Status 1,046,230
    Delivery 1,046,231
    Stock Level 1,046,232
    Customer Report 10,462,324
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,494,806 1,589
    Payment 10,494,807
    Order Status 1,049,480
    Delivery 1,049,481
    Stock Level 1,049,480
    Customer Report 10,494,805
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,460,471 1,589
    Payment 10,460,474
    Order Status 1,046,048
    Delivery 1,046,048
    Stock Level 1,046,048
    Customer Report 10,460,473
    100% 100.3% New Order 10,513,906 1,589
    Payment 10,513,912
    Order Status 1,051,390
    Delivery 1,051,390
    Stock Level 1,051,392
    Customer Report 10,513,908
    90% 91.2% New Order 9,549,654 1,588
    Payment 9,549,658
    Order Status 954,965
    Delivery 954,964
    Stock Level 954,967
    Customer Report 9,549,663
    80% 78.4% New Order 8,210,750 1,589
    Payment 8,210,745
    Order Status 821,074
    Delivery 821,075
    Stock Level 821,076
    Customer Report 8,210,743
    70% 69.6% New Order 7,294,270 1,589
    Payment 7,294,282
    Order Status 729,427
    Delivery 729,426
    Stock Level 729,430
    Customer Report 7,294,275
    60% 59.2% New Order 6,203,342 1,589
    Payment 6,203,339
    Order Status 620,334
    Delivery 620,334
    Stock Level 620,336
    Customer Report 6,203,344
    50% 50.6% New Order 5,296,224 1,589
    Payment 5,296,231
    Order Status 529,622
    Delivery 529,622
    Stock Level 529,623
    Customer Report 5,296,227
    40% 39.8% New Order 4,172,737 1,589
    Payment 4,172,737
    Order Status 417,273
    Delivery 417,273
    Stock Level 417,275
    Customer Report 4,172,735
    30% 30.1% New Order 3,152,027 1,589
    Payment 3,152,029
    Order Status 315,202
    Delivery 315,201
    Stock Level 315,202
    Customer Report 3,152,024
    20% 19.5% New Order 2,043,993 1,589
    Payment 2,043,995
    Order Status 204,399
    Delivery 204,400
    Stock Level 204,400
    Customer Report 2,044,002
    10% 10.1% New Order 1,056,060 1,589
    Payment 1,056,058
    Order Status 105,607
    Delivery 105,607
    Stock Level 105,606
    Customer Report 1,056,062
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0