Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 145,042
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     143,612
Calibration 2     144,729
Calibration 3     144,817
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,773
100% 100.2% 144,773 145,042
90% 90.0% 130,295 130,309
80% 80.8% 115,818 116,995
70% 69.7% 101,341 100,951
60% 59.5% 86,864 86,189
50% 49.8% 72,386 72,112
40% 39.9% 57,909 57,702
30% 30.7% 43,432 44,423
20% 20.0% 28,955 29,021
10% 10.4% 14,477 15,106
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 10,453,482 1,589
    Payment 10,453,487
    Order Status 1,045,348
    Delivery 1,045,349
    Stock Level 1,045,351
    Customer Report 10,453,489
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,532,009 1,589
    Payment 10,532,010
    Order Status 1,053,201
    Delivery 1,053,202
    Stock Level 1,053,201
    Customer Report 10,532,009
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,540,726 1,589
    Payment 10,540,724
    Order Status 1,054,074
    Delivery 1,054,073
    Stock Level 1,054,073
    Customer Report 10,540,732
    100% 100.2% New Order 10,549,280 1,589
    Payment 10,549,279
    Order Status 1,054,928
    Delivery 1,054,927
    Stock Level 1,054,927
    Customer Report 10,549,285
    90% 90.0% New Order 9,477,332 1,589
    Payment 9,477,329
    Order Status 947,733
    Delivery 947,735
    Stock Level 947,732
    Customer Report 9,477,334
    80% 80.8% New Order 8,508,829 1,589
    Payment 8,508,831
    Order Status 850,883
    Delivery 850,884
    Stock Level 850,882
    Customer Report 8,508,831
    70% 69.7% New Order 7,342,165 1,589
    Payment 7,342,165
    Order Status 734,216
    Delivery 734,217
    Stock Level 734,218
    Customer Report 7,342,171
    60% 59.5% New Order 6,268,557 1,589
    Payment 6,268,556
    Order Status 626,853
    Delivery 626,857
    Stock Level 626,858
    Customer Report 6,268,553
    50% 49.8% New Order 5,246,955 1,589
    Payment 5,246,953
    Order Status 524,697
    Delivery 524,694
    Stock Level 524,694
    Customer Report 5,246,958
    40% 39.9% New Order 4,196,509 1,589
    Payment 4,196,508
    Order Status 419,651
    Delivery 419,652
    Stock Level 419,650
    Customer Report 4,196,512
    30% 30.7% New Order 3,230,767 1,589
    Payment 3,230,760
    Order Status 323,076
    Delivery 323,078
    Stock Level 323,076
    Customer Report 3,230,765
    20% 20.0% New Order 2,110,597 1,589
    Payment 2,110,604
    Order Status 211,062
    Delivery 211,058
    Stock Level 211,057
    Customer Report 2,110,602
    10% 10.4% New Order 1,098,614 1,589
    Payment 1,098,621
    Order Status 109,861
    Delivery 109,860
    Stock Level 109,864
    Customer Report 1,098,622
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0