Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,937
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     144,031
Calibration 2     145,634
Calibration 3     145,503
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,569
100% 99.6% 145,569 144,937
90% 90.6% 131,012 131,901
80% 79.8% 116,455 116,092
70% 70.8% 101,898 103,045
60% 60.2% 87,341 87,621
50% 50.1% 72,784 72,990
40% 40.3% 58,227 58,725
30% 30.1% 43,671 43,833
20% 20.1% 29,114 29,327
10% 10.0% 14,557 14,621
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 10,483,284 1,589
    Payment 10,483,291
    Order Status 1,048,328
    Delivery 1,048,328
    Stock Level 1,048,328
    Customer Report 10,483,295
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,595,829 1,589
    Payment 10,595,828
    Order Status 1,059,583
    Delivery 1,059,582
    Stock Level 1,059,583
    Customer Report 10,595,824
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,587,656 1,589
    Payment 10,587,654
    Order Status 1,058,767
    Delivery 1,058,766
    Stock Level 1,058,766
    Customer Report 10,587,650
    100% 99.6% New Order 10,548,511 1,589
    Payment 10,548,513
    Order Status 1,054,851
    Delivery 1,054,852
    Stock Level 1,054,852
    Customer Report 10,548,511
    90% 90.6% New Order 9,594,135 1,589
    Payment 9,594,138
    Order Status 959,415
    Delivery 959,412
    Stock Level 959,412
    Customer Report 9,594,139
    80% 79.8% New Order 8,443,090 1,589
    Payment 8,443,094
    Order Status 844,307
    Delivery 844,310
    Stock Level 844,310
    Customer Report 8,443,090
    70% 70.8% New Order 7,495,362 1,589
    Payment 7,495,360
    Order Status 749,536
    Delivery 749,535
    Stock Level 749,536
    Customer Report 7,495,365
    60% 60.2% New Order 6,373,320 1,589
    Payment 6,373,309
    Order Status 637,332
    Delivery 637,333
    Stock Level 637,332
    Customer Report 6,373,315
    50% 50.1% New Order 5,308,412 1,589
    Payment 5,308,415
    Order Status 530,843
    Delivery 530,843
    Stock Level 530,840
    Customer Report 5,308,413
    40% 40.3% New Order 4,270,965 1,589
    Payment 4,270,964
    Order Status 427,097
    Delivery 427,097
    Stock Level 427,097
    Customer Report 4,270,966
    30% 30.1% New Order 3,187,907 1,589
    Payment 3,187,909
    Order Status 318,793
    Delivery 318,792
    Stock Level 318,790
    Customer Report 3,187,916
    20% 20.1% New Order 2,132,859 1,589
    Payment 2,132,853
    Order Status 213,287
    Delivery 213,286
    Stock Level 213,286
    Customer Report 2,132,864
    10% 10.0% New Order 1,063,338 1,589
    Payment 1,063,329
    Order Status 106,332
    Delivery 106,334
    Stock Level 106,334
    Customer Report 1,063,333
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0