Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 145,036
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     144,646
Calibration 2     145,951
Calibration 3     144,949
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,450
100% 99.7% 145,450 145,036
90% 89.4% 130,905 130,095
80% 80.4% 116,360 117,009
70% 70.4% 101,815 102,461
60% 59.7% 87,270 86,775
50% 50.1% 72,725 72,866
40% 39.6% 58,180 57,615
30% 30.2% 43,635 43,944
20% 20.1% 29,090 29,283
10% 10.1% 14,545 14,698
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 10,522,011 1,589
    Payment 10,522,010
    Order Status 1,052,202
    Delivery 1,052,202
    Stock Level 1,052,200
    Customer Report 10,522,006
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,623,163 1,589
    Payment 10,623,167
    Order Status 1,062,317
    Delivery 1,062,317
    Stock Level 1,062,318
    Customer Report 10,623,170
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,542,048 1,589
    Payment 10,542,054
    Order Status 1,054,204
    Delivery 1,054,204
    Stock Level 1,054,204
    Customer Report 10,542,046
    100% 99.7% New Order 10,551,797 1,589
    Payment 10,551,798
    Order Status 1,055,181
    Delivery 1,055,183
    Stock Level 1,055,177
    Customer Report 10,551,792
    90% 89.4% New Order 9,461,960 1,589
    Payment 9,461,963
    Order Status 946,197
    Delivery 946,198
    Stock Level 946,196
    Customer Report 9,461,955
    80% 80.4% New Order 8,510,127 1,589
    Payment 8,510,132
    Order Status 851,014
    Delivery 851,013
    Stock Level 851,014
    Customer Report 8,510,136
    70% 70.4% New Order 7,451,832 1,589
    Payment 7,451,834
    Order Status 745,183
    Delivery 745,183
    Stock Level 745,183
    Customer Report 7,451,841
    60% 59.7% New Order 6,312,626 1,589
    Payment 6,312,625
    Order Status 631,262
    Delivery 631,262
    Stock Level 631,263
    Customer Report 6,312,621
    50% 50.1% New Order 5,299,781 1,589
    Payment 5,299,776
    Order Status 529,976
    Delivery 529,977
    Stock Level 529,977
    Customer Report 5,299,777
    40% 39.6% New Order 4,190,409 1,589
    Payment 4,190,405
    Order Status 419,040
    Delivery 419,042
    Stock Level 419,042
    Customer Report 4,190,414
    30% 30.2% New Order 3,195,994 1,589
    Payment 3,195,992
    Order Status 319,601
    Delivery 319,600
    Stock Level 319,600
    Customer Report 3,195,994
    20% 20.1% New Order 2,129,686 1,589
    Payment 2,129,678
    Order Status 212,968
    Delivery 212,970
    Stock Level 212,968
    Customer Report 2,129,687
    10% 10.1% New Order 1,068,938 1,589
    Payment 1,068,943
    Order Status 106,894
    Delivery 106,895
    Stock Level 106,895
    Customer Report 1,068,946
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0