Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 141,859
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     143,279
Calibration 2     142,536
Calibration 3     142,872
ssj_ops@calibrated=142,704
100% 99.4% 142,704 141,859
90% 90.1% 128,434 128,607
80% 80.6% 114,163 114,976
70% 69.8% 99,893 99,561
60% 60.0% 85,623 85,589
50% 50.1% 71,352 71,520
40% 39.6% 57,082 56,482
30% 29.8% 42,811 42,455
20% 19.8% 28,541 28,237
10% 10.2% 14,270 14,525
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 10,420,586 1,589
    Payment 10,420,588
    Order Status 1,042,058
    Delivery 1,042,058
    Stock Level 1,042,059
    Customer Report 10,420,584
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,369,203 1,589
    Payment 10,369,199
    Order Status 1,036,920
    Delivery 1,036,923
    Stock Level 1,036,919
    Customer Report 10,369,204
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,393,663 1,589
    Payment 10,393,659
    Order Status 1,039,367
    Delivery 1,039,366
    Stock Level 1,039,366
    Customer Report 10,393,662
    100% 99.4% New Order 10,317,967 1,589
    Payment 10,317,974
    Order Status 1,031,794
    Delivery 1,031,798
    Stock Level 1,031,798
    Customer Report 10,317,969
    90% 90.1% New Order 9,357,428 1,589
    Payment 9,357,436
    Order Status 935,744
    Delivery 935,742
    Stock Level 935,744
    Customer Report 9,357,436
    80% 80.6% New Order 8,362,336 1,589
    Payment 8,362,330
    Order Status 836,231
    Delivery 836,233
    Stock Level 836,235
    Customer Report 8,362,338
    70% 69.8% New Order 7,245,667 1,589
    Payment 7,245,668
    Order Status 724,566
    Delivery 724,568
    Stock Level 724,566
    Customer Report 7,245,673
    60% 60.0% New Order 6,228,353 1,589
    Payment 6,228,353
    Order Status 622,835
    Delivery 622,836
    Stock Level 622,835
    Customer Report 6,228,358
    50% 50.1% New Order 5,201,532 1,589
    Payment 5,201,542
    Order Status 520,154
    Delivery 520,154
    Stock Level 520,153
    Customer Report 5,201,527
    40% 39.6% New Order 4,107,899 1,589
    Payment 4,107,900
    Order Status 410,790
    Delivery 410,791
    Stock Level 410,789
    Customer Report 4,107,899
    30% 29.8% New Order 3,087,722 1,589
    Payment 3,087,725
    Order Status 308,772
    Delivery 308,774
    Stock Level 308,772
    Customer Report 3,087,713
    20% 19.8% New Order 2,053,637 1,589
    Payment 2,053,635
    Order Status 205,364
    Delivery 205,364
    Stock Level 205,362
    Customer Report 2,053,638
    10% 10.2% New Order 1,056,358 1,589
    Payment 1,056,365
    Order Status 105,636
    Delivery 105,636
    Stock Level 105,636
    Customer Report 1,056,360
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0