Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 143,724
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     144,954
Calibration 2     145,083
Calibration 3     144,603
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,843
100% 99.2% 144,843 143,724
90% 90.3% 130,359 130,730
80% 80.0% 115,874 115,843
70% 69.4% 101,390 100,529
60% 59.3% 86,906 85,954
50% 50.4% 72,422 72,956
40% 40.3% 57,937 58,432
30% 30.1% 43,453 43,628
20% 20.3% 28,969 29,461
10% 10.1% 14,484 14,629
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 10,545,023 1,589
    Payment 10,545,027
    Order Status 1,054,503
    Delivery 1,054,502
    Stock Level 1,054,504
    Customer Report 10,545,026
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,551,543 1,589
    Payment 10,551,548
    Order Status 1,055,156
    Delivery 1,055,155
    Stock Level 1,055,155
    Customer Report 10,551,549
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,520,083 1,589
    Payment 10,520,084
    Order Status 1,052,010
    Delivery 1,052,008
    Stock Level 1,052,011
    Customer Report 10,520,084
    100% 99.2% New Order 10,459,522 1,589
    Payment 10,459,523
    Order Status 1,045,952
    Delivery 1,045,950
    Stock Level 1,045,951
    Customer Report 10,459,520
    90% 90.3% New Order 9,507,884 1,589
    Payment 9,507,888
    Order Status 950,790
    Delivery 950,788
    Stock Level 950,788
    Customer Report 9,507,891
    80% 80.0% New Order 8,425,019 1,589
    Payment 8,425,019
    Order Status 842,501
    Delivery 842,501
    Stock Level 842,501
    Customer Report 8,425,026
    70% 69.4% New Order 7,312,252 1,589
    Payment 7,312,243
    Order Status 731,224
    Delivery 731,225
    Stock Level 731,225
    Customer Report 7,312,241
    60% 59.3% New Order 6,252,453 1,589
    Payment 6,252,450
    Order Status 625,245
    Delivery 625,246
    Stock Level 625,247
    Customer Report 6,252,449
    50% 50.4% New Order 5,305,891 1,589
    Payment 5,305,884
    Order Status 530,588
    Delivery 530,590
    Stock Level 530,591
    Customer Report 5,305,892
    40% 40.3% New Order 4,249,620 1,589
    Payment 4,249,621
    Order Status 424,961
    Delivery 424,962
    Stock Level 424,962
    Customer Report 4,249,614
    30% 30.1% New Order 3,172,971 1,589
    Payment 3,172,979
    Order Status 317,298
    Delivery 317,297
    Stock Level 317,298
    Customer Report 3,172,977
    20% 20.3% New Order 2,142,648 1,589
    Payment 2,142,648
    Order Status 214,262
    Delivery 214,266
    Stock Level 214,264
    Customer Report 2,142,644
    10% 10.1% New Order 1,063,933 1,589
    Payment 1,063,940
    Order Status 106,395
    Delivery 106,394
    Stock Level 106,397
    Customer Report 1,063,941
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0