Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 145,246
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     144,474
Calibration 2     145,317
Calibration 3     145,536
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,427
100% 99.9% 145,427 145,246
90% 90.6% 130,884 131,750
80% 78.9% 116,341 114,779
70% 70.3% 101,799 102,280
60% 60.2% 87,256 87,482
50% 50.0% 72,713 72,758
40% 39.8% 58,171 57,870
30% 29.9% 43,628 43,449
20% 19.8% 29,085 28,864
10% 10.1% 14,543 14,712
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 10,507,739 1,589
    Payment 10,507,742
    Order Status 1,050,774
    Delivery 1,050,774
    Stock Level 1,050,774
    Customer Report 10,507,738
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,574,874 1,589
    Payment 10,574,865
    Order Status 1,057,488
    Delivery 1,057,488
    Stock Level 1,057,487
    Customer Report 10,574,877
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,590,806 1,589
    Payment 10,590,802
    Order Status 1,059,080
    Delivery 1,059,079
    Stock Level 1,059,079
    Customer Report 10,590,805
    100% 99.9% New Order 10,571,730 1,589
    Payment 10,571,730
    Order Status 1,057,173
    Delivery 1,057,172
    Stock Level 1,057,174
    Customer Report 10,571,731
    90% 90.6% New Order 9,581,955 1,589
    Payment 9,581,945
    Order Status 958,197
    Delivery 958,195
    Stock Level 958,194
    Customer Report 9,581,946
    80% 78.9% New Order 8,347,682 1,589
    Payment 8,347,690
    Order Status 834,766
    Delivery 834,770
    Stock Level 834,766
    Customer Report 8,347,684
    70% 70.3% New Order 7,438,654 1,589
    Payment 7,438,653
    Order Status 743,864
    Delivery 743,864
    Stock Level 743,865
    Customer Report 7,438,661
    60% 60.2% New Order 6,364,508 1,589
    Payment 6,364,501
    Order Status 636,451
    Delivery 636,450
    Stock Level 636,450
    Customer Report 6,364,507
    50% 50.0% New Order 5,294,996 1,589
    Payment 5,294,994
    Order Status 529,497
    Delivery 529,500
    Stock Level 529,500
    Customer Report 5,294,994
    40% 39.8% New Order 4,208,768 1,589
    Payment 4,208,763
    Order Status 420,878
    Delivery 420,877
    Stock Level 420,877
    Customer Report 4,208,773
    30% 29.9% New Order 3,159,968 1,589
    Payment 3,159,965
    Order Status 315,994
    Delivery 315,997
    Stock Level 315,995
    Customer Report 3,159,962
    20% 19.8% New Order 2,099,218 1,589
    Payment 2,099,221
    Order Status 209,923
    Delivery 209,922
    Stock Level 209,920
    Customer Report 2,099,219
    10% 10.1% New Order 1,069,995 1,589
    Payment 1,070,005
    Order Status 107,000
    Delivery 107,001
    Stock Level 106,999
    Customer Report 1,070,000
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0