Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 143,903
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     144,013
Calibration 2     144,244
Calibration 3     143,497
ssj_ops@calibrated=143,871
100% 100.0% 143,871 143,903
90% 89.8% 129,484 129,205
80% 79.8% 115,097 114,750
70% 70.2% 100,710 101,017
60% 59.7% 86,323 85,928
50% 50.1% 71,935 72,033
40% 40.4% 57,548 58,090
30% 29.7% 43,161 42,724
20% 20.2% 28,774 28,993
10% 9.8% 14,387 14,102
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 10,474,544 1,589
    Payment 10,474,548
    Order Status 1,047,455
    Delivery 1,047,455
    Stock Level 1,047,455
    Customer Report 10,474,548
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,496,100 1,589
    Payment 10,496,100
    Order Status 1,049,611
    Delivery 1,049,612
    Stock Level 1,049,609
    Customer Report 10,496,098
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,441,081 1,589
    Payment 10,441,089
    Order Status 1,044,110
    Delivery 1,044,107
    Stock Level 1,044,111
    Customer Report 10,441,084
    100% 100.0% New Order 10,467,917 1,589
    Payment 10,467,922
    Order Status 1,046,792
    Delivery 1,046,793
    Stock Level 1,046,792
    Customer Report 10,467,920
    90% 89.8% New Order 9,402,320 1,589
    Payment 9,402,330
    Order Status 940,231
    Delivery 940,233
    Stock Level 940,232
    Customer Report 9,402,327
    80% 79.8% New Order 8,345,601 1,589
    Payment 8,345,601
    Order Status 834,558
    Delivery 834,559
    Stock Level 834,558
    Customer Report 8,345,599
    70% 70.2% New Order 7,346,815 1,589
    Payment 7,346,817
    Order Status 734,679
    Delivery 734,681
    Stock Level 734,683
    Customer Report 7,346,822
    60% 59.7% New Order 6,250,588 1,589
    Payment 6,250,592
    Order Status 625,061
    Delivery 625,059
    Stock Level 625,059
    Customer Report 6,250,589
    50% 50.1% New Order 5,239,542 1,589
    Payment 5,239,554
    Order Status 523,954
    Delivery 523,956
    Stock Level 523,956
    Customer Report 5,239,557
    40% 40.4% New Order 4,224,797 1,589
    Payment 4,224,804
    Order Status 422,479
    Delivery 422,481
    Stock Level 422,479
    Customer Report 4,224,793
    30% 29.7% New Order 3,107,203 1,589
    Payment 3,107,197
    Order Status 310,720
    Delivery 310,720
    Stock Level 310,720
    Customer Report 3,107,202
    20% 20.2% New Order 2,108,574 1,589
    Payment 2,108,567
    Order Status 210,855
    Delivery 210,857
    Stock Level 210,857
    Customer Report 2,108,571
    10% 9.8% New Order 1,025,609 1,589
    Payment 1,025,603
    Order Status 102,560
    Delivery 102,561
    Stock Level 102,559
    Customer Report 1,025,603
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0