Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,108
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     145,023
Calibration 2     145,198
Calibration 3     144,874
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,036
100% 99.4% 145,036 144,108
90% 89.6% 130,532 129,919
80% 79.6% 116,029 115,389
70% 69.4% 101,525 100,620
60% 59.5% 87,022 86,320
50% 50.0% 72,518 72,555
40% 39.8% 58,014 57,659
30% 30.5% 43,511 44,304
20% 19.8% 29,007 28,650
10% 9.7% 14,504 14,130
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 10,549,705 1,589
    Payment 10,549,694
    Order Status 1,054,971
    Delivery 1,054,971
    Stock Level 1,054,972
    Customer Report 10,549,695
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,562,685 1,589
    Payment 10,562,675
    Order Status 1,056,266
    Delivery 1,056,271
    Stock Level 1,056,268
    Customer Report 10,562,693
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,536,970 1,589
    Payment 10,536,963
    Order Status 1,053,697
    Delivery 1,053,697
    Stock Level 1,053,696
    Customer Report 10,536,972
    100% 99.4% New Order 10,486,090 1,589
    Payment 10,486,090
    Order Status 1,048,608
    Delivery 1,048,607
    Stock Level 1,048,610
    Customer Report 10,486,091
    90% 89.6% New Order 9,448,714 1,589
    Payment 9,448,717
    Order Status 944,871
    Delivery 944,872
    Stock Level 944,872
    Customer Report 9,448,715
    80% 79.6% New Order 8,391,962 1,589
    Payment 8,391,958
    Order Status 839,194
    Delivery 839,197
    Stock Level 839,197
    Customer Report 8,391,959
    70% 69.4% New Order 7,317,824 1,589
    Payment 7,317,821
    Order Status 731,783
    Delivery 731,782
    Stock Level 731,782
    Customer Report 7,317,822
    60% 59.5% New Order 6,277,963 1,589
    Payment 6,277,952
    Order Status 627,795
    Delivery 627,795
    Stock Level 627,795
    Customer Report 6,277,958
    50% 50.0% New Order 5,276,729 1,589
    Payment 5,276,729
    Order Status 527,671
    Delivery 527,673
    Stock Level 527,671
    Customer Report 5,276,730
    40% 39.8% New Order 4,193,366 1,589
    Payment 4,193,367
    Order Status 419,336
    Delivery 419,337
    Stock Level 419,335
    Customer Report 4,193,361
    30% 30.5% New Order 3,222,130 1,589
    Payment 3,222,117
    Order Status 322,213
    Delivery 322,212
    Stock Level 322,212
    Customer Report 3,222,116
    20% 19.8% New Order 2,083,617 1,589
    Payment 2,083,620
    Order Status 208,362
    Delivery 208,363
    Stock Level 208,363
    Customer Report 2,083,615
    10% 9.7% New Order 1,027,699 1,589
    Payment 1,027,701
    Order Status 102,769
    Delivery 102,771
    Stock Level 102,770
    Customer Report 1,027,705
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0