Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 145,492
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     144,999
Calibration 2     144,414
Calibration 3     145,485
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,950
100% 100.4% 144,950 145,492
90% 90.3% 130,455 130,836
80% 80.0% 115,960 115,903
70% 70.1% 101,465 101,574
60% 59.9% 86,970 86,893
50% 49.7% 72,475 72,039
40% 39.8% 57,980 57,646
30% 30.2% 43,485 43,715
20% 20.5% 28,990 29,670
10% 9.8% 14,495 14,258
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 10,551,296 1,589
    Payment 10,551,295
    Order Status 1,055,131
    Delivery 1,055,130
    Stock Level 1,055,131
    Customer Report 10,551,289
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,504,321 1,589
    Payment 10,504,317
    Order Status 1,050,434
    Delivery 1,050,432
    Stock Level 1,050,432
    Customer Report 10,504,319
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,581,524 1,589
    Payment 10,581,523
    Order Status 1,058,153
    Delivery 1,058,151
    Stock Level 1,058,152
    Customer Report 10,581,524
    100% 100.4% New Order 10,588,835 1,589
    Payment 10,588,845
    Order Status 1,058,886
    Delivery 1,058,883
    Stock Level 1,058,885
    Customer Report 10,588,834
    90% 90.3% New Order 9,515,389 1,589
    Payment 9,515,387
    Order Status 951,539
    Delivery 951,541
    Stock Level 951,538
    Customer Report 9,515,389
    80% 80.0% New Order 8,434,299 1,589
    Payment 8,434,304
    Order Status 843,430
    Delivery 843,429
    Stock Level 843,430
    Customer Report 8,434,298
    70% 70.1% New Order 7,387,347 1,589
    Payment 7,387,351
    Order Status 738,737
    Delivery 738,737
    Stock Level 738,734
    Customer Report 7,387,353
    60% 59.9% New Order 6,323,535 1,589
    Payment 6,323,538
    Order Status 632,355
    Delivery 632,354
    Stock Level 632,353
    Customer Report 6,323,538
    50% 49.7% New Order 5,239,229 1,589
    Payment 5,239,230
    Order Status 523,924
    Delivery 523,923
    Stock Level 523,922
    Customer Report 5,239,225
    40% 39.8% New Order 4,192,488 1,588
    Payment 4,192,483
    Order Status 419,247
    Delivery 419,248
    Stock Level 419,250
    Customer Report 4,192,487
    30% 30.2% New Order 3,179,301 1,589
    Payment 3,179,303
    Order Status 317,927
    Delivery 317,930
    Stock Level 317,930
    Customer Report 3,179,306
    20% 20.5% New Order 2,157,806 1,589
    Payment 2,157,807
    Order Status 215,780
    Delivery 215,780
    Stock Level 215,779
    Customer Report 2,157,813
    10% 9.8% New Order 1,036,972 1,589
    Payment 1,036,973
    Order Status 103,696
    Delivery 103,697
    Stock Level 103,696
    Customer Report 1,036,966
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0