Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,075
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     144,072
Calibration 2     144,013
Calibration 3     143,938
ssj_ops@calibrated=143,976
100% 100.1% 143,976 144,075
90% 90.0% 129,578 129,637
80% 79.8% 115,181 114,937
70% 69.5% 100,783 99,992
60% 60.1% 86,385 86,464
50% 50.2% 71,988 72,255
40% 39.6% 57,590 56,982
30% 30.0% 43,193 43,229
20% 20.5% 28,795 29,479
10% 10.1% 14,398 14,585
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 10,478,194 1,589
    Payment 10,478,198
    Order Status 1,047,820
    Delivery 1,047,819
    Stock Level 1,047,819
    Customer Report 10,478,200
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,479,187 1,589
    Payment 10,479,194
    Order Status 1,047,919
    Delivery 1,047,919
    Stock Level 1,047,918
    Customer Report 10,479,186
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,473,063 1,589
    Payment 10,473,071
    Order Status 1,047,306
    Delivery 1,047,305
    Stock Level 1,047,307
    Customer Report 10,473,066
    100% 100.1% New Order 10,483,695 1,589
    Payment 10,483,699
    Order Status 1,048,369
    Delivery 1,048,368
    Stock Level 1,048,368
    Customer Report 10,483,699
    90% 90.0% New Order 9,428,275 1,589
    Payment 9,428,278
    Order Status 942,827
    Delivery 942,829
    Stock Level 942,829
    Customer Report 9,428,279
    80% 79.8% New Order 8,360,543 1,589
    Payment 8,360,547
    Order Status 836,054
    Delivery 836,054
    Stock Level 836,054
    Customer Report 8,360,544
    70% 69.5% New Order 7,272,897 1,589
    Payment 7,272,903
    Order Status 727,288
    Delivery 727,290
    Stock Level 727,290
    Customer Report 7,272,892
    60% 60.1% New Order 6,288,303 1,589
    Payment 6,288,297
    Order Status 628,830
    Delivery 628,829
    Stock Level 628,830
    Customer Report 6,288,298
    50% 50.2% New Order 5,254,895 1,588
    Payment 5,254,893
    Order Status 525,490
    Delivery 525,490
    Stock Level 525,491
    Customer Report 5,254,909
    40% 39.6% New Order 4,144,159 1,589
    Payment 4,144,151
    Order Status 414,414
    Delivery 414,414
    Stock Level 414,415
    Customer Report 4,144,157
    30% 30.0% New Order 3,143,907 1,589
    Payment 3,143,909
    Order Status 314,391
    Delivery 314,392
    Stock Level 314,392
    Customer Report 3,143,908
    20% 20.5% New Order 2,143,938 1,589
    Payment 2,143,940
    Order Status 214,394
    Delivery 214,394
    Stock Level 214,394
    Customer Report 2,143,940
    10% 10.1% New Order 1,060,742 1,589
    Payment 1,060,749
    Order Status 106,076
    Delivery 106,075
    Stock Level 106,074
    Customer Report 1,060,740
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0