Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 145,185
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     144,664
Calibration 2     145,298
Calibration 3     145,812
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,555
100% 99.7% 145,555 145,185
90% 89.9% 130,999 130,919
80% 79.3% 116,444 115,410
70% 69.9% 101,888 101,795
60% 59.9% 87,333 87,125
50% 50.4% 72,777 73,294
40% 39.4% 58,222 57,310
30% 30.1% 43,666 43,804
20% 19.6% 29,111 28,493
10% 10.3% 14,555 14,928
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 10,527,391 1,589
    Payment 10,527,397
    Order Status 1,052,738
    Delivery 1,052,737
    Stock Level 1,052,737
    Customer Report 10,527,395
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,574,160 1,589
    Payment 10,574,164
    Order Status 1,057,417
    Delivery 1,057,417
    Stock Level 1,057,416
    Customer Report 10,574,164
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,605,409 1,589
    Payment 10,605,404
    Order Status 1,060,541
    Delivery 1,060,541
    Stock Level 1,060,541
    Customer Report 10,605,413
    100% 99.7% New Order 10,569,322 1,589
    Payment 10,569,324
    Order Status 1,056,932
    Delivery 1,056,934
    Stock Level 1,056,931
    Customer Report 10,569,320
    90% 89.9% New Order 9,527,148 1,589
    Payment 9,527,150
    Order Status 952,716
    Delivery 952,714
    Stock Level 952,715
    Customer Report 9,527,150
    80% 79.3% New Order 8,395,244 1,589
    Payment 8,395,251
    Order Status 839,526
    Delivery 839,524
    Stock Level 839,522
    Customer Report 8,395,250
    70% 69.9% New Order 7,403,372 1,589
    Payment 7,403,369
    Order Status 740,338
    Delivery 740,337
    Stock Level 740,337
    Customer Report 7,403,372
    60% 59.9% New Order 6,336,489 1,589
    Payment 6,336,491
    Order Status 633,650
    Delivery 633,650
    Stock Level 633,650
    Customer Report 6,336,488
    50% 50.4% New Order 5,331,747 1,589
    Payment 5,331,741
    Order Status 533,174
    Delivery 533,174
    Stock Level 533,175
    Customer Report 5,331,744
    40% 39.4% New Order 4,168,044 1,589
    Payment 4,168,046
    Order Status 416,805
    Delivery 416,805
    Stock Level 416,803
    Customer Report 4,168,045
    30% 30.1% New Order 3,185,786 1,589
    Payment 3,185,780
    Order Status 318,577
    Delivery 318,579
    Stock Level 318,579
    Customer Report 3,185,776
    20% 19.6% New Order 2,072,255 1,589
    Payment 2,072,244
    Order Status 207,227
    Delivery 207,224
    Stock Level 207,226
    Customer Report 2,072,243
    10% 10.3% New Order 1,085,763 1,589
    Payment 1,085,750
    Order Status 108,579
    Delivery 108,575
    Stock Level 108,575
    Customer Report 1,085,758
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0