Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,190
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     145,091
Calibration 2     144,546
Calibration 3     144,052
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,299
100% 99.9% 144,299 144,190
90% 90.1% 129,869 130,024
80% 80.1% 115,439 115,607
70% 70.4% 101,009 101,604
60% 59.7% 86,579 86,127
50% 49.9% 72,149 72,010
40% 40.3% 57,720 58,115
30% 29.7% 43,290 42,921
20% 20.2% 28,860 29,147
10% 9.6% 14,430 13,854
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 10,558,440 1,589
    Payment 10,558,443
    Order Status 1,055,844
    Delivery 1,055,842
    Stock Level 1,055,843
    Customer Report 10,558,435
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,516,009 1,589
    Payment 10,516,011
    Order Status 1,051,601
    Delivery 1,051,601
    Stock Level 1,051,604
    Customer Report 10,516,008
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,484,151 1,589
    Payment 10,484,151
    Order Status 1,048,414
    Delivery 1,048,416
    Stock Level 1,048,414
    Customer Report 10,484,153
    100% 99.9% New Order 10,490,765 1,589
    Payment 10,490,766
    Order Status 1,049,076
    Delivery 1,049,076
    Stock Level 1,049,075
    Customer Report 10,490,764
    90% 90.1% New Order 9,456,474 1,589
    Payment 9,456,460
    Order Status 945,645
    Delivery 945,647
    Stock Level 945,646
    Customer Report 9,456,468
    80% 80.1% New Order 8,409,050 1,589
    Payment 8,409,048
    Order Status 840,906
    Delivery 840,905
    Stock Level 840,906
    Customer Report 8,409,054
    70% 70.4% New Order 7,391,260 1,589
    Payment 7,391,253
    Order Status 739,126
    Delivery 739,125
    Stock Level 739,125
    Customer Report 7,391,254
    60% 59.7% New Order 6,263,953 1,589
    Payment 6,263,949
    Order Status 626,394
    Delivery 626,394
    Stock Level 626,394
    Customer Report 6,263,956
    50% 49.9% New Order 5,237,274 1,589
    Payment 5,237,269
    Order Status 523,728
    Delivery 523,725
    Stock Level 523,728
    Customer Report 5,237,274
    40% 40.3% New Order 4,226,747 1,589
    Payment 4,226,748
    Order Status 422,675
    Delivery 422,673
    Stock Level 422,676
    Customer Report 4,226,744
    30% 29.7% New Order 3,121,559 1,589
    Payment 3,121,554
    Order Status 312,155
    Delivery 312,156
    Stock Level 312,157
    Customer Report 3,121,553
    20% 20.2% New Order 2,119,830 1,589
    Payment 2,119,834
    Order Status 211,983
    Delivery 211,984
    Stock Level 211,983
    Customer Report 2,119,839
    10% 9.6% New Order 1,007,580 1,589
    Payment 1,007,576
    Order Status 100,757
    Delivery 100,757
    Stock Level 100,757
    Customer Report 1,007,573
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0