Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 145,539
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     145,925
Calibration 2     145,049
Calibration 3     145,427
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,238
100% 100.2% 145,238 145,539
90% 89.9% 130,714 130,530
80% 79.4% 116,190 115,283
70% 70.1% 101,667 101,881
60% 60.2% 87,143 87,379
50% 50.3% 72,619 73,108
40% 40.0% 58,095 58,048
30% 30.0% 43,571 43,569
20% 20.1% 29,048 29,184
10% 10.0% 14,524 14,591
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 10,625,764 1,589
    Payment 10,625,766
    Order Status 1,062,577
    Delivery 1,062,577
    Stock Level 1,062,574
    Customer Report 10,625,759
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,556,779 1,589
    Payment 10,556,776
    Order Status 1,055,678
    Delivery 1,055,678
    Stock Level 1,055,678
    Customer Report 10,556,774
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,584,958 1,589
    Payment 10,584,959
    Order Status 1,058,495
    Delivery 1,058,494
    Stock Level 1,058,497
    Customer Report 10,584,960
    100% 100.2% New Order 10,586,935 1,589
    Payment 10,586,935
    Order Status 1,058,695
    Delivery 1,058,693
    Stock Level 1,058,694
    Customer Report 10,586,935
    90% 89.9% New Order 9,493,360 1,589
    Payment 9,493,361
    Order Status 949,337
    Delivery 949,336
    Stock Level 949,336
    Customer Report 9,493,359
    80% 79.4% New Order 8,384,332 1,589
    Payment 8,384,337
    Order Status 838,433
    Delivery 838,431
    Stock Level 838,433
    Customer Report 8,384,336
    70% 70.1% New Order 7,410,105 1,589
    Payment 7,410,104
    Order Status 741,010
    Delivery 741,010
    Stock Level 741,012
    Customer Report 7,410,103
    60% 60.2% New Order 6,355,215 1,589
    Payment 6,355,215
    Order Status 635,522
    Delivery 635,521
    Stock Level 635,521
    Customer Report 6,355,218
    50% 50.3% New Order 5,317,003 1,589
    Payment 5,317,002
    Order Status 531,701
    Delivery 531,700
    Stock Level 531,697
    Customer Report 5,316,998
    40% 40.0% New Order 4,221,767 1,589
    Payment 4,221,766
    Order Status 422,177
    Delivery 422,175
    Stock Level 422,175
    Customer Report 4,221,769
    30% 30.0% New Order 3,168,832 1,589
    Payment 3,168,837
    Order Status 316,883
    Delivery 316,883
    Stock Level 316,885
    Customer Report 3,168,832
    20% 20.1% New Order 2,122,524 1,589
    Payment 2,122,528
    Order Status 212,253
    Delivery 212,254
    Stock Level 212,252
    Customer Report 2,122,522
    10% 10.0% New Order 1,061,209 1,589
    Payment 1,061,213
    Order Status 106,122
    Delivery 106,124
    Stock Level 106,122
    Customer Report 1,061,210
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0