Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,883
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     144,270
Calibration 2     144,950
Calibration 3     143,424
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,187
100% 100.5% 144,187 144,883
90% 91.1% 129,769 131,422
80% 79.5% 115,350 114,644
70% 70.0% 100,931 100,917
60% 60.3% 86,512 86,943
50% 50.2% 72,094 72,340
40% 39.9% 57,675 57,561
30% 29.9% 43,256 43,179
20% 20.0% 28,837 28,783
10% 9.8% 14,419 14,108
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 10,494,567 1,589
    Payment 10,494,560
    Order Status 1,049,455
    Delivery 1,049,457
    Stock Level 1,049,455
    Customer Report 10,494,563
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,543,338 1,589
    Payment 10,543,334
    Order Status 1,054,333
    Delivery 1,054,332
    Stock Level 1,054,333
    Customer Report 10,543,331
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,432,313 1,589
    Payment 10,432,316
    Order Status 1,043,231
    Delivery 1,043,232
    Stock Level 1,043,231
    Customer Report 10,432,321
    100% 100.5% New Order 10,541,187 1,589
    Payment 10,541,181
    Order Status 1,054,120
    Delivery 1,054,117
    Stock Level 1,054,116
    Customer Report 10,541,187
    90% 91.1% New Order 9,558,368 1,589
    Payment 9,558,364
    Order Status 955,838
    Delivery 955,838
    Stock Level 955,838
    Customer Report 9,558,364
    80% 79.5% New Order 8,342,077 1,589
    Payment 8,342,081
    Order Status 834,209
    Delivery 834,209
    Stock Level 834,210
    Customer Report 8,342,082
    70% 70.0% New Order 7,339,762 1,589
    Payment 7,339,766
    Order Status 733,975
    Delivery 733,977
    Stock Level 733,977
    Customer Report 7,339,762
    60% 60.3% New Order 6,323,179 1,589
    Payment 6,323,177
    Order Status 632,318
    Delivery 632,318
    Stock Level 632,317
    Customer Report 6,323,178
    50% 50.2% New Order 5,261,391 1,589
    Payment 5,261,391
    Order Status 526,139
    Delivery 526,140
    Stock Level 526,140
    Customer Report 5,261,398
    40% 39.9% New Order 4,186,249 1,589
    Payment 4,186,255
    Order Status 418,626
    Delivery 418,625
    Stock Level 418,625
    Customer Report 4,186,255
    30% 29.9% New Order 3,140,284 1,589
    Payment 3,140,284
    Order Status 314,029
    Delivery 314,029
    Stock Level 314,028
    Customer Report 3,140,283
    20% 20.0% New Order 2,093,337 1,589
    Payment 2,093,326
    Order Status 209,334
    Delivery 209,334
    Stock Level 209,335
    Customer Report 2,093,334
    10% 9.8% New Order 1,026,063 1,589
    Payment 1,026,057
    Order Status 102,607
    Delivery 102,607
    Stock Level 102,605
    Customer Report 1,026,061
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0