Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,486
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     144,301
Calibration 2     144,966
Calibration 3     145,059
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,013
100% 99.6% 145,013 144,486
90% 89.4% 130,511 129,669
80% 80.2% 116,010 116,239
70% 70.4% 101,509 102,050
60% 59.6% 87,008 86,382
50% 50.4% 72,506 73,034
40% 39.5% 58,005 57,267
30% 30.2% 43,504 43,738
20% 19.7% 29,003 28,579
10% 10.3% 14,501 14,891
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 10,498,925 1,589
    Payment 10,498,921
    Order Status 1,049,892
    Delivery 1,049,891
    Stock Level 1,049,893
    Customer Report 10,498,915
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,543,845 1,589
    Payment 10,543,849
    Order Status 1,054,381
    Delivery 1,054,385
    Stock Level 1,054,385
    Customer Report 10,543,844
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,555,401 1,589
    Payment 10,555,401
    Order Status 1,055,540
    Delivery 1,055,540
    Stock Level 1,055,540
    Customer Report 10,555,397
    100% 99.6% New Order 10,510,263 1,589
    Payment 10,510,259
    Order Status 1,051,026
    Delivery 1,051,027
    Stock Level 1,051,026
    Customer Report 10,510,257
    90% 89.4% New Order 9,430,583 1,589
    Payment 9,430,583
    Order Status 943,056
    Delivery 943,059
    Stock Level 943,058
    Customer Report 9,430,583
    80% 80.2% New Order 8,454,422 1,589
    Payment 8,454,422
    Order Status 845,443
    Delivery 845,443
    Stock Level 845,440
    Customer Report 8,454,423
    70% 70.4% New Order 7,422,565 1,589
    Payment 7,422,557
    Order Status 742,256
    Delivery 742,254
    Stock Level 742,257
    Customer Report 7,422,561
    60% 59.6% New Order 6,282,374 1,589
    Payment 6,282,380
    Order Status 628,238
    Delivery 628,238
    Stock Level 628,238
    Customer Report 6,282,378
    50% 50.4% New Order 5,311,595 1,589
    Payment 5,311,601
    Order Status 531,159
    Delivery 531,161
    Stock Level 531,163
    Customer Report 5,311,599
    40% 39.5% New Order 4,164,886 1,589
    Payment 4,164,891
    Order Status 416,488
    Delivery 416,491
    Stock Level 416,491
    Customer Report 4,164,880
    30% 30.2% New Order 3,180,966 1,589
    Payment 3,180,969
    Order Status 318,097
    Delivery 318,098
    Stock Level 318,097
    Customer Report 3,180,968
    20% 19.7% New Order 2,078,479 1,589
    Payment 2,078,475
    Order Status 207,848
    Delivery 207,847
    Stock Level 207,847
    Customer Report 2,078,478
    10% 10.3% New Order 1,083,009 1,589
    Payment 1,083,017
    Order Status 108,301
    Delivery 108,302
    Stock Level 108,299
    Customer Report 1,083,007
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0