Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,490
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     144,761
Calibration 2     145,129
Calibration 3     144,896
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,012
100% 99.6% 145,012 144,490
90% 90.6% 130,511 131,317
80% 78.5% 116,010 113,886
70% 70.3% 101,509 101,897
60% 60.2% 87,007 87,282
50% 50.0% 72,506 72,440
40% 39.7% 58,005 57,547
30% 29.7% 43,504 43,004
20% 19.6% 29,002 28,386
10% 10.2% 14,501 14,858
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 10,535,887 1,589
    Payment 10,535,895
    Order Status 1,053,591
    Delivery 1,053,589
    Stock Level 1,053,592
    Customer Report 10,535,885
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,557,369 1,589
    Payment 10,557,375
    Order Status 1,055,737
    Delivery 1,055,737
    Stock Level 1,055,736
    Customer Report 10,557,371
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,543,612 1,589
    Payment 10,543,605
    Order Status 1,054,363
    Delivery 1,054,361
    Stock Level 1,054,360
    Customer Report 10,543,616
    100% 99.6% New Order 10,509,124 1,589
    Payment 10,509,130
    Order Status 1,050,912
    Delivery 1,050,912
    Stock Level 1,050,912
    Customer Report 10,509,117
    90% 90.6% New Order 9,550,922 1,589
    Payment 9,550,927
    Order Status 955,090
    Delivery 955,095
    Stock Level 955,091
    Customer Report 9,550,927
    80% 78.5% New Order 8,282,835 1,589
    Payment 8,282,839
    Order Status 828,283
    Delivery 828,285
    Stock Level 828,284
    Customer Report 8,282,845
    70% 70.3% New Order 7,410,855 1,589
    Payment 7,410,854
    Order Status 741,083
    Delivery 741,084
    Stock Level 741,085
    Customer Report 7,410,858
    60% 60.2% New Order 6,347,898 1,589
    Payment 6,347,896
    Order Status 634,790
    Delivery 634,790
    Stock Level 634,788
    Customer Report 6,347,898
    50% 50.0% New Order 5,268,516 1,589
    Payment 5,268,513
    Order Status 526,850
    Delivery 526,850
    Stock Level 526,852
    Customer Report 5,268,509
    40% 39.7% New Order 4,185,300 1,588
    Payment 4,185,291
    Order Status 418,528
    Delivery 418,529
    Stock Level 418,530
    Customer Report 4,185,285
    30% 29.7% New Order 3,127,596 1,589
    Payment 3,127,600
    Order Status 312,758
    Delivery 312,761
    Stock Level 312,760
    Customer Report 3,127,601
    20% 19.6% New Order 2,064,437 1,589
    Payment 2,064,441
    Order Status 206,443
    Delivery 206,444
    Stock Level 206,446
    Customer Report 2,064,436
    10% 10.2% New Order 1,080,605 1,589
    Payment 1,080,606
    Order Status 108,060
    Delivery 108,061
    Stock Level 108,059
    Customer Report 1,080,609
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0