Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 143,542
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     144,906
Calibration 2     144,918
Calibration 3     144,185
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,552
100% 99.3% 144,552 143,542
90% 89.8% 130,097 129,793
80% 80.0% 115,641 115,701
70% 70.1% 101,186 101,299
60% 60.6% 86,731 87,536
50% 49.5% 72,276 71,597
40% 39.7% 57,821 57,420
30% 30.0% 43,366 43,378
20% 20.0% 28,910 28,847
10% 9.7% 14,455 13,953
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 10,545,037 1,589
    Payment 10,545,037
    Order Status 1,054,504
    Delivery 1,054,504
    Stock Level 1,054,503
    Customer Report 10,545,034
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,543,185 1,589
    Payment 10,543,193
    Order Status 1,054,318
    Delivery 1,054,319
    Stock Level 1,054,319
    Customer Report 10,543,190
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,489,842 1,589
    Payment 10,489,848
    Order Status 1,048,985
    Delivery 1,048,984
    Stock Level 1,048,981
    Customer Report 10,489,841
    100% 99.3% New Order 10,444,478 1,589
    Payment 10,444,473
    Order Status 1,044,446
    Delivery 1,044,447
    Stock Level 1,044,447
    Customer Report 10,444,473
    90% 89.8% New Order 9,440,139 1,589
    Payment 9,440,129
    Order Status 944,012
    Delivery 944,012
    Stock Level 944,010
    Customer Report 9,440,132
    80% 80.0% New Order 8,414,734 1,589
    Payment 8,414,723
    Order Status 841,472
    Delivery 841,473
    Stock Level 841,473
    Customer Report 8,414,733
    70% 70.1% New Order 7,367,412 1,589
    Payment 7,367,404
    Order Status 736,744
    Delivery 736,742
    Stock Level 736,741
    Customer Report 7,367,411
    60% 60.6% New Order 6,366,437 1,589
    Payment 6,366,441
    Order Status 636,643
    Delivery 636,644
    Stock Level 636,644
    Customer Report 6,366,437
    50% 49.5% New Order 5,207,158 1,589
    Payment 5,207,153
    Order Status 520,717
    Delivery 520,714
    Stock Level 520,717
    Customer Report 5,207,154
    40% 39.7% New Order 4,176,345 1,589
    Payment 4,176,343
    Order Status 417,633
    Delivery 417,634
    Stock Level 417,636
    Customer Report 4,176,343
    30% 30.0% New Order 3,154,813 1,588
    Payment 3,154,820
    Order Status 315,481
    Delivery 315,484
    Stock Level 315,481
    Customer Report 3,154,809
    20% 20.0% New Order 2,098,003 1,589
    Payment 2,098,012
    Order Status 209,799
    Delivery 209,801
    Stock Level 209,802
    Customer Report 2,098,009
    10% 9.7% New Order 1,015,424 1,589
    Payment 1,015,423
    Order Status 101,544
    Delivery 101,544
    Stock Level 101,542
    Customer Report 1,015,427
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0