Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 141,981
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     143,988
Calibration 2     143,119
Calibration 3     142,348
ssj_ops@calibrated=142,733
100% 99.5% 142,733 141,981
90% 89.5% 128,460 127,702
80% 79.8% 114,187 113,968
70% 70.0% 99,913 99,960
60% 59.6% 85,640 85,052
50% 50.0% 71,367 71,373
40% 40.6% 57,093 58,003
30% 30.0% 42,820 42,886
20% 20.4% 28,547 29,108
10% 10.0% 14,273 14,252
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 10,476,146 1,589
    Payment 10,476,152
    Order Status 1,047,616
    Delivery 1,047,616
    Stock Level 1,047,615
    Customer Report 10,476,157
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,414,256 1,589
    Payment 10,414,254
    Order Status 1,041,425
    Delivery 1,041,428
    Stock Level 1,041,426
    Customer Report 10,414,259
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,364,886 1,589
    Payment 10,364,888
    Order Status 1,036,490
    Delivery 1,036,489
    Stock Level 1,036,489
    Customer Report 10,364,877
    100% 99.5% New Order 10,329,029 1,589
    Payment 10,329,029
    Order Status 1,032,901
    Delivery 1,032,901
    Stock Level 1,032,901
    Customer Report 10,329,027
    90% 89.5% New Order 9,288,460 1,589
    Payment 9,288,462
    Order Status 928,846
    Delivery 928,848
    Stock Level 928,847
    Customer Report 9,288,455
    80% 79.8% New Order 8,288,704 1,589
    Payment 8,288,710
    Order Status 828,869
    Delivery 828,872
    Stock Level 828,873
    Customer Report 8,288,719
    70% 70.0% New Order 7,270,612 1,589
    Payment 7,270,612
    Order Status 727,063
    Delivery 727,059
    Stock Level 727,062
    Customer Report 7,270,610
    60% 59.6% New Order 6,185,680 1,589
    Payment 6,185,683
    Order Status 618,570
    Delivery 618,570
    Stock Level 618,568
    Customer Report 6,185,685
    50% 50.0% New Order 5,190,868 1,589
    Payment 5,190,870
    Order Status 519,088
    Delivery 519,088
    Stock Level 519,085
    Customer Report 5,190,868
    40% 40.6% New Order 4,218,504 1,589
    Payment 4,218,497
    Order Status 421,852
    Delivery 421,851
    Stock Level 421,850
    Customer Report 4,218,508
    30% 30.0% New Order 3,119,045 1,589
    Payment 3,119,046
    Order Status 311,904
    Delivery 311,905
    Stock Level 311,903
    Customer Report 3,119,046
    20% 20.4% New Order 2,116,962 1,589
    Payment 2,116,962
    Order Status 211,696
    Delivery 211,697
    Stock Level 211,696
    Customer Report 2,116,963
    10% 10.0% New Order 1,036,522 1,589
    Payment 1,036,529
    Order Status 103,652
    Delivery 103,652
    Stock Level 103,653
    Customer Report 1,036,525
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0