Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,901
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     144,115
Calibration 2     145,381
Calibration 3     144,818
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,100
100% 99.9% 145,100 144,901
90% 89.7% 130,590 130,214
80% 79.9% 116,080 115,880
70% 70.5% 101,570 102,239
60% 59.3% 87,060 86,104
50% 49.8% 72,550 72,201
40% 39.9% 58,040 57,953
30% 30.0% 43,530 43,546
20% 19.8% 29,020 28,800
10% 10.3% 14,510 14,977
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 10,481,355 1,589
    Payment 10,481,354
    Order Status 1,048,135
    Delivery 1,048,135
    Stock Level 1,048,136
    Customer Report 10,481,357
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,576,179 1,589
    Payment 10,576,170
    Order Status 1,057,619
    Delivery 1,057,616
    Stock Level 1,057,618
    Customer Report 10,576,177
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,540,717 1,589
    Payment 10,540,714
    Order Status 1,054,072
    Delivery 1,054,072
    Stock Level 1,054,072
    Customer Report 10,540,717
    100% 99.9% New Order 10,543,263 1,589
    Payment 10,543,263
    Order Status 1,054,326
    Delivery 1,054,327
    Stock Level 1,054,327
    Customer Report 10,543,262
    90% 89.7% New Order 9,471,098 1,589
    Payment 9,471,093
    Order Status 947,109
    Delivery 947,110
    Stock Level 947,110
    Customer Report 9,471,096
    80% 79.9% New Order 8,428,692 1,589
    Payment 8,428,700
    Order Status 842,870
    Delivery 842,869
    Stock Level 842,869
    Customer Report 8,428,698
    70% 70.5% New Order 7,436,511 1,589
    Payment 7,436,503
    Order Status 743,649
    Delivery 743,652
    Stock Level 743,653
    Customer Report 7,436,503
    60% 59.3% New Order 6,262,257 1,589
    Payment 6,262,258
    Order Status 626,223
    Delivery 626,224
    Stock Level 626,225
    Customer Report 6,262,246
    50% 49.8% New Order 5,251,132 1,589
    Payment 5,251,132
    Order Status 525,113
    Delivery 525,114
    Stock Level 525,113
    Customer Report 5,251,132
    40% 39.9% New Order 4,214,851 1,589
    Payment 4,214,844
    Order Status 421,484
    Delivery 421,486
    Stock Level 421,486
    Customer Report 4,214,849
    30% 30.0% New Order 3,167,023 1,589
    Payment 3,167,021
    Order Status 316,702
    Delivery 316,702
    Stock Level 316,703
    Customer Report 3,167,021
    20% 19.8% New Order 2,094,547 1,589
    Payment 2,094,544
    Order Status 209,454
    Delivery 209,455
    Stock Level 209,457
    Customer Report 2,094,543
    10% 10.3% New Order 1,089,247 1,589
    Payment 1,089,250
    Order Status 108,924
    Delivery 108,924
    Stock Level 108,926
    Customer Report 1,089,242
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0