Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 145,623
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     146,044
Calibration 2     146,396
Calibration 3     146,247
ssj_ops@calibrated=146,321
100% 99.5% 146,321 145,623
90% 89.6% 131,689 131,095
80% 80.2% 117,057 117,324
70% 70.0% 102,425 102,457
60% 59.3% 87,793 86,760
50% 50.4% 73,161 73,818
40% 39.9% 58,529 58,419
30% 30.8% 43,896 45,056
20% 20.1% 29,264 29,450
10% 10.3% 14,632 15,073
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 10,625,693 1,589
    Payment 10,625,686
    Order Status 1,062,569
    Delivery 1,062,569
    Stock Level 1,062,569
    Customer Report 10,625,694
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,651,931 1,589
    Payment 10,651,939
    Order Status 1,065,194
    Delivery 1,065,194
    Stock Level 1,065,192
    Customer Report 10,651,931
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,644,555 1,589
    Payment 10,644,548
    Order Status 1,064,457
    Delivery 1,064,453
    Stock Level 1,064,456
    Customer Report 10,644,552
    100% 99.5% New Order 10,593,604 1,589
    Payment 10,593,599
    Order Status 1,059,360
    Delivery 1,059,360
    Stock Level 1,059,361
    Customer Report 10,593,601
    90% 89.6% New Order 9,534,862 1,589
    Payment 9,534,858
    Order Status 953,486
    Delivery 953,487
    Stock Level 953,486
    Customer Report 9,534,864
    80% 80.2% New Order 8,532,736 1,589
    Payment 8,532,733
    Order Status 853,273
    Delivery 853,275
    Stock Level 853,274
    Customer Report 8,532,733
    70% 70.0% New Order 7,451,633 1,589
    Payment 7,451,626
    Order Status 745,165
    Delivery 745,161
    Stock Level 745,164
    Customer Report 7,451,631
    60% 59.3% New Order 6,312,265 1,589
    Payment 6,312,265
    Order Status 631,226
    Delivery 631,225
    Stock Level 631,227
    Customer Report 6,312,261
    50% 50.4% New Order 5,368,651 1,589
    Payment 5,368,642
    Order Status 536,863
    Delivery 536,866
    Stock Level 536,865
    Customer Report 5,368,647
    40% 39.9% New Order 4,248,724 1,589
    Payment 4,248,724
    Order Status 424,872
    Delivery 424,872
    Stock Level 424,871
    Customer Report 4,248,725
    30% 30.8% New Order 3,276,793 1,588
    Payment 3,276,798
    Order Status 327,681
    Delivery 327,678
    Stock Level 327,679
    Customer Report 3,276,794
    20% 20.1% New Order 2,141,823 1,589
    Payment 2,141,815
    Order Status 214,182
    Delivery 214,180
    Stock Level 214,182
    Customer Report 2,141,818
    10% 10.3% New Order 1,096,258 1,589
    Payment 1,096,256
    Order Status 109,627
    Delivery 109,626
    Stock Level 109,624
    Customer Report 1,096,249
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0