Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 1,157,389
ssj_ops@100% per JVM = 144,674
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     1,153,024
Calibration 2     1,159,248
Calibration 3     1,157,093
ssj_ops@calibrated=1,158,171
100% 99.9% 1,158,171 1,157,389
90% 90.0% 1,042,354 1,041,775
80% 79.7% 926,537 923,609
70% 70.0% 810,720 810,967
60% 60.0% 694,903 695,339
50% 49.9% 579,085 577,471
40% 40.1% 463,268 464,910
30% 30.0% 347,451 347,930
20% 19.9% 231,634 230,019
10% 9.9% 115,817 114,601
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
    JVM Instance Summary
    JVM Instance ssj_ops@100%
    M420-01b.001 144,410
    M420-01b.002 145,069
    M420-01b.003 144,209
    M420-01b.004 145,292
    M420-01b.005 145,523
    M420-01b.006 144,390
    M420-01b.007 144,190
    M420-01b.008 144,306
    ssj_ops@100% 1,157,389
    ssj_ops@100% per JVM 144,674
    Graph of per-instance results
    JVM 'M420-01b.001' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,607
    Calibration 2     144,988
    Calibration 3     144,983
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,986
    100% 99.6% 144,986 144,410
    90% 90.4% 130,487 131,092
    80% 80.2% 115,988 116,216
    70% 70.5% 101,490 102,274
    60% 59.8% 86,991 86,716
    50% 50.0% 72,493 72,454
    40% 40.2% 57,994 58,268
    30% 30.0% 43,496 43,514
    20% 19.6% 28,997 28,450
    10% 9.9% 14,499 14,325
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-01b.002' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,972
    Calibration 2     144,859
    Calibration 3     145,243
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,051
    100% 100.0% 145,051 145,069
    90% 89.3% 130,546 129,492
    80% 79.8% 116,041 115,690
    70% 69.4% 101,536 100,638
    60% 60.2% 87,030 87,328
    50% 50.3% 72,525 72,942
    40% 40.2% 58,020 58,314
    30% 30.0% 43,515 43,481
    20% 20.0% 29,010 29,004
    10% 9.8% 14,505 14,271
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-01b.003' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,515
    Calibration 2     144,823
    Calibration 3     143,974
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,398
    100% 99.9% 144,398 144,209
    90% 89.2% 129,959 128,865
    80% 80.1% 115,519 115,686
    70% 70.2% 101,079 101,421
    60% 59.6% 86,639 86,053
    50% 49.5% 72,199 71,410
    40% 39.9% 57,759 57,558
    30% 29.9% 43,320 43,109
    20% 20.3% 28,880 29,351
    10% 10.2% 14,440 14,776
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-01b.004' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,930
    Calibration 2     144,688
    Calibration 3     145,074
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,881
    100% 100.3% 144,881 145,292
    90% 89.7% 130,393 129,967
    80% 79.7% 115,905 115,420
    70% 70.5% 101,417 102,148
    60% 61.0% 86,929 88,394
    50% 49.5% 72,441 71,688
    40% 40.6% 57,952 58,801
    30% 30.0% 43,464 43,516
    20% 19.8% 28,976 28,722
    10% 9.7% 14,488 13,999
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-01b.005' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,750
    Calibration 2     145,987
    Calibration 3     145,413
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,700
    100% 99.9% 145,700 145,523
    90% 90.9% 131,130 132,397
    80% 78.9% 116,560 115,025
    70% 69.5% 101,990 101,256
    60% 59.7% 87,420 86,942
    50% 49.8% 72,850 72,594
    40% 39.3% 58,280 57,276
    30% 29.8% 43,710 43,376
    20% 19.7% 29,140 28,695
    10% 9.9% 14,570 14,437
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-01b.006' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,681
    Calibration 2     144,638
    Calibration 3     144,247
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,442
    100% 100.0% 144,442 144,390
    90% 90.6% 129,998 130,829
    80% 79.0% 115,554 114,119
    70% 70.9% 101,110 102,352
    60% 60.5% 86,665 87,368
    50% 49.8% 72,221 71,934
    40% 40.5% 57,777 58,475
    30% 30.4% 43,333 43,929
    20% 19.7% 28,888 28,452
    10% 9.9% 14,444 14,258
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-01b.007' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,297
    Calibration 2     144,304
    Calibration 3     143,764
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,034
    100% 100.1% 144,034 144,190
    90% 90.0% 129,631 129,694
    80% 80.6% 115,227 116,083
    70% 70.0% 100,824 100,789
    60% 60.0% 86,420 86,488
    50% 50.5% 72,017 72,780
    40% 40.3% 57,614 58,041
    30% 30.1% 43,210 43,416
    20% 19.6% 28,807 28,200
    10% 9.8% 14,403 14,146
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-01b.008' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,272
    Calibration 2     144,961
    Calibration 3     144,396
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,679
    100% 99.7% 144,679 144,306
    90% 89.5% 130,211 129,439
    80% 79.7% 115,743 115,370
    70% 69.2% 101,275 100,089
    60% 59.5% 86,807 86,051
    50% 49.5% 72,339 71,668
    40% 40.2% 57,871 58,175
    30% 30.1% 43,404 43,589
    20% 20.1% 28,936 29,145
    10% 9.9% 14,468 14,389
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.