Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 143,667
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     143,798
Calibration 2     144,285
Calibration 3     144,589
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,437
100% 99.5% 144,437 143,667
90% 90.8% 129,993 131,220
80% 80.2% 115,550 115,811
70% 69.7% 101,106 100,658
60% 60.0% 86,662 86,641
50% 50.2% 72,218 72,472
40% 40.4% 57,775 58,281
30% 30.2% 43,331 43,632
20% 20.6% 28,887 29,695
10% 10.0% 14,444 14,428
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 10,466,316 1,589
    Payment 10,466,309
    Order Status 1,046,632
    Delivery 1,046,632
    Stock Level 1,046,629
    Customer Report 10,466,313
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,501,770 1,589
    Payment 10,501,771
    Order Status 1,050,178
    Delivery 1,050,179
    Stock Level 1,050,178
    Customer Report 10,501,770
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,523,849 1,589
    Payment 10,523,848
    Order Status 1,052,386
    Delivery 1,052,383
    Stock Level 1,052,385
    Customer Report 10,523,846
    100% 99.5% New Order 10,448,589 1,589
    Payment 10,448,579
    Order Status 1,044,858
    Delivery 1,044,858
    Stock Level 1,044,857
    Customer Report 10,448,582
    90% 90.8% New Order 9,544,172 1,589
    Payment 9,544,176
    Order Status 954,419
    Delivery 954,418
    Stock Level 954,416
    Customer Report 9,544,171
    80% 80.2% New Order 8,422,797 1,589
    Payment 8,422,792
    Order Status 842,280
    Delivery 842,281
    Stock Level 842,280
    Customer Report 8,422,799
    70% 69.7% New Order 7,321,198 1,589
    Payment 7,321,196
    Order Status 732,119
    Delivery 732,119
    Stock Level 732,120
    Customer Report 7,321,195
    60% 60.0% New Order 6,301,444 1,589
    Payment 6,301,435
    Order Status 630,146
    Delivery 630,146
    Stock Level 630,144
    Customer Report 6,301,442
    50% 50.2% New Order 5,270,721 1,589
    Payment 5,270,726
    Order Status 527,073
    Delivery 527,074
    Stock Level 527,073
    Customer Report 5,270,728
    40% 40.4% New Order 4,238,656 1,589
    Payment 4,238,663
    Order Status 423,866
    Delivery 423,867
    Stock Level 423,866
    Customer Report 4,238,664
    30% 30.2% New Order 3,173,246 1,589
    Payment 3,173,247
    Order Status 317,324
    Delivery 317,326
    Stock Level 317,326
    Customer Report 3,173,247
    20% 20.6% New Order 2,159,669 1,589
    Payment 2,159,668
    Order Status 215,967
    Delivery 215,966
    Stock Level 215,966
    Customer Report 2,159,670
    10% 10.0% New Order 1,049,392 1,589
    Payment 1,049,395
    Order Status 104,939
    Delivery 104,940
    Stock Level 104,939
    Customer Report 1,049,395
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0