Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 145,249
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     145,381
Calibration 2     145,532
Calibration 3     146,584
ssj_ops@calibrated=146,058
100% 99.4% 146,058 145,249
90% 90.1% 131,452 131,566
80% 79.8% 116,846 116,514
70% 69.9% 102,241 102,106
60% 60.5% 87,635 88,300
50% 49.6% 73,029 72,389
40% 40.0% 58,423 58,372
30% 30.2% 43,817 44,049
20% 20.0% 29,212 29,235
10% 10.0% 14,606 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 10,577,436 1,589
    Payment 10,577,423
    Order Status 1,057,743
    Delivery 1,057,742
    Stock Level 1,057,744
    Customer Report 10,577,426
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,590,449 1,589
    Payment 10,590,445
    Order Status 1,059,043
    Delivery 1,059,044
    Stock Level 1,059,046
    Customer Report 10,590,448
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,665,632 1,589
    Payment 10,665,636
    Order Status 1,066,564
    Delivery 1,066,565
    Stock Level 1,066,565
    Customer Report 10,665,637
    100% 99.4% New Order 10,567,330 1,589
    Payment 10,567,321
    Order Status 1,056,733
    Delivery 1,056,730
    Stock Level 1,056,732
    Customer Report 10,567,330
    90% 90.1% New Order 9,568,435 1,589
    Payment 9,568,430
    Order Status 956,842
    Delivery 956,842
    Stock Level 956,843
    Customer Report 9,568,430
    80% 79.8% New Order 8,478,211 1,589
    Payment 8,478,212
    Order Status 847,822
    Delivery 847,819
    Stock Level 847,823
    Customer Report 8,478,222
    70% 69.9% New Order 7,431,768 1,589
    Payment 7,431,774
    Order Status 743,177
    Delivery 743,178
    Stock Level 743,175
    Customer Report 7,431,761
    60% 60.5% New Order 6,426,829 1,589
    Payment 6,426,837
    Order Status 642,684
    Delivery 642,683
    Stock Level 642,684
    Customer Report 6,426,835
    50% 49.6% New Order 5,265,759 1,589
    Payment 5,265,746
    Order Status 526,576
    Delivery 526,579
    Stock Level 526,576
    Customer Report 5,265,754
    40% 40.0% New Order 4,245,224 1,589
    Payment 4,245,233
    Order Status 424,523
    Delivery 424,523
    Stock Level 424,524
    Customer Report 4,245,233
    30% 30.2% New Order 3,203,548 1,589
    Payment 3,203,548
    Order Status 320,353
    Delivery 320,354
    Stock Level 320,352
    Customer Report 3,203,549
    20% 20.0% New Order 2,126,182 1,589
    Payment 2,126,195
    Order Status 212,618
    Delivery 212,620
    Stock Level 212,619
    Customer Report 2,126,196
    10% 10.0% New Order 1,061,198 1,589
    Payment 1,061,199
    Order Status 106,119
    Delivery 106,122
    Stock Level 106,122
    Customer Report 1,061,194
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0