Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 145,140
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     145,085
Calibration 2     145,547
Calibration 3     146,308
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,928
100% 99.5% 145,928 145,140
90% 89.7% 131,335 130,834
80% 80.0% 116,742 116,760
70% 69.4% 102,149 101,244
60% 60.1% 87,557 87,704
50% 50.0% 72,964 72,919
40% 40.1% 58,371 58,473
30% 29.8% 43,778 43,542
20% 19.9% 29,186 29,049
10% 9.8% 14,593 14,329
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 10,562,138 1,589
    Payment 10,562,139
    Order Status 1,056,213
    Delivery 1,056,212
    Stock Level 1,056,215
    Customer Report 10,562,143
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,585,426 1,589
    Payment 10,585,426
    Order Status 1,058,540
    Delivery 1,058,542
    Stock Level 1,058,543
    Customer Report 10,585,427
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,640,842 1,589
    Payment 10,640,840
    Order Status 1,064,084
    Delivery 1,064,085
    Stock Level 1,064,085
    Customer Report 10,640,834
    100% 99.5% New Order 10,559,297 1,589
    Payment 10,559,292
    Order Status 1,055,932
    Delivery 1,055,931
    Stock Level 1,055,930
    Customer Report 10,559,298
    90% 89.7% New Order 9,515,275 1,589
    Payment 9,515,275
    Order Status 951,526
    Delivery 951,527
    Stock Level 951,528
    Customer Report 9,515,269
    80% 80.0% New Order 8,491,726 1,589
    Payment 8,491,733
    Order Status 849,172
    Delivery 849,173
    Stock Level 849,172
    Customer Report 8,491,723
    70% 69.4% New Order 7,363,294 1,589
    Payment 7,363,290
    Order Status 736,328
    Delivery 736,330
    Stock Level 736,328
    Customer Report 7,363,284
    60% 60.1% New Order 6,381,614 1,589
    Payment 6,381,618
    Order Status 638,159
    Delivery 638,161
    Stock Level 638,163
    Customer Report 6,381,620
    50% 50.0% New Order 5,303,288 1,589
    Payment 5,303,286
    Order Status 530,329
    Delivery 530,328
    Stock Level 530,327
    Customer Report 5,303,285
    40% 40.1% New Order 4,252,642 1,589
    Payment 4,252,646
    Order Status 425,265
    Delivery 425,266
    Stock Level 425,264
    Customer Report 4,252,642
    30% 29.8% New Order 3,166,736 1,589
    Payment 3,166,734
    Order Status 316,674
    Delivery 316,672
    Stock Level 316,674
    Customer Report 3,166,729
    20% 19.9% New Order 2,112,714 1,589
    Payment 2,112,710
    Order Status 211,272
    Delivery 211,273
    Stock Level 211,269
    Customer Report 2,112,712
    10% 9.8% New Order 1,042,104 1,589
    Payment 1,042,103
    Order Status 104,211
    Delivery 104,209
    Stock Level 104,209
    Customer Report 1,042,104
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0