Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 143,813
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     144,721
Calibration 2     144,747
Calibration 3     144,199
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,473
100% 99.5% 144,473 143,813
90% 89.0% 130,025 128,545
80% 79.9% 115,578 115,442
70% 69.8% 101,131 100,795
60% 60.1% 86,684 86,795
50% 49.9% 72,236 72,026
40% 40.1% 57,789 57,868
30% 29.9% 43,342 43,126
20% 19.9% 28,895 28,816
10% 10.0% 14,447 14,454
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 10,526,619 1,589
    Payment 10,526,612
    Order Status 1,052,662
    Delivery 1,052,663
    Stock Level 1,052,661
    Customer Report 10,526,613
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,533,337 1,589
    Payment 10,533,337
    Order Status 1,053,335
    Delivery 1,053,334
    Stock Level 1,053,334
    Customer Report 10,533,340
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,489,340 1,589
    Payment 10,489,341
    Order Status 1,048,932
    Delivery 1,048,934
    Stock Level 1,048,936
    Customer Report 10,489,336
    100% 99.5% New Order 10,459,299 1,589
    Payment 10,459,301
    Order Status 1,045,930
    Delivery 1,045,932
    Stock Level 1,045,932
    Customer Report 10,459,293
    90% 89.0% New Order 9,348,880 1,589
    Payment 9,348,880
    Order Status 934,887
    Delivery 934,886
    Stock Level 934,889
    Customer Report 9,348,884
    80% 79.9% New Order 8,396,381 1,589
    Payment 8,396,369
    Order Status 839,638
    Delivery 839,637
    Stock Level 839,637
    Customer Report 8,396,372
    70% 69.8% New Order 7,332,652 1,589
    Payment 7,332,659
    Order Status 733,266
    Delivery 733,267
    Stock Level 733,266
    Customer Report 7,332,655
    60% 60.1% New Order 6,312,415 1,589
    Payment 6,312,415
    Order Status 631,242
    Delivery 631,241
    Stock Level 631,242
    Customer Report 6,312,414
    50% 49.9% New Order 5,238,352 1,589
    Payment 5,238,351
    Order Status 523,834
    Delivery 523,836
    Stock Level 523,836
    Customer Report 5,238,351
    40% 40.1% New Order 4,208,650 1,589
    Payment 4,208,645
    Order Status 420,866
    Delivery 420,865
    Stock Level 420,864
    Customer Report 4,208,655
    30% 29.9% New Order 3,136,491 1,589
    Payment 3,136,494
    Order Status 313,648
    Delivery 313,650
    Stock Level 313,647
    Customer Report 3,136,494
    20% 19.9% New Order 2,095,726 1,589
    Payment 2,095,721
    Order Status 209,572
    Delivery 209,573
    Stock Level 209,571
    Customer Report 2,095,724
    10% 10.0% New Order 1,051,235 1,589
    Payment 1,051,233
    Order Status 105,122
    Delivery 105,122
    Stock Level 105,121
    Customer Report 1,051,237
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0