Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,212
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     144,428
Calibration 2     144,969
Calibration 3     144,715
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,842
100% 99.6% 144,842 144,212
90% 89.9% 130,358 130,284
80% 80.1% 115,874 115,955
70% 70.1% 101,389 101,534
60% 60.9% 86,905 88,246
50% 49.9% 72,421 72,263
40% 40.1% 57,937 58,093
30% 29.8% 43,453 43,139
20% 19.9% 28,968 28,821
10% 9.8% 14,484 14,246
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 10,510,786 1,589
    Payment 10,510,791
    Order Status 1,051,077
    Delivery 1,051,078
    Stock Level 1,051,079
    Customer Report 10,510,788
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,551,516 1,589
    Payment 10,551,507
    Order Status 1,055,151
    Delivery 1,055,150
    Stock Level 1,055,153
    Customer Report 10,551,510
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,527,589 1,589
    Payment 10,527,579
    Order Status 1,052,758
    Delivery 1,052,755
    Stock Level 1,052,758
    Customer Report 10,527,585
    100% 99.6% New Order 10,489,649 1,589
    Payment 10,489,649
    Order Status 1,048,965
    Delivery 1,048,966
    Stock Level 1,048,964
    Customer Report 10,489,648
    90% 89.9% New Order 9,475,300 1,589
    Payment 9,475,296
    Order Status 947,529
    Delivery 947,530
    Stock Level 947,531
    Customer Report 9,475,302
    80% 80.1% New Order 8,433,159 1,589
    Payment 8,433,160
    Order Status 843,316
    Delivery 843,318
    Stock Level 843,316
    Customer Report 8,433,162
    70% 70.1% New Order 7,384,381 1,589
    Payment 7,384,381
    Order Status 738,437
    Delivery 738,438
    Stock Level 738,439
    Customer Report 7,384,383
    60% 60.9% New Order 6,417,948 1,589
    Payment 6,417,947
    Order Status 641,795
    Delivery 641,794
    Stock Level 641,795
    Customer Report 6,417,943
    50% 49.9% New Order 5,255,490 1,589
    Payment 5,255,495
    Order Status 525,549
    Delivery 525,551
    Stock Level 525,550
    Customer Report 5,255,496
    40% 40.1% New Order 4,225,008 1,589
    Payment 4,225,015
    Order Status 422,501
    Delivery 422,501
    Stock Level 422,501
    Customer Report 4,225,008
    30% 29.8% New Order 3,137,406 1,589
    Payment 3,137,409
    Order Status 313,740
    Delivery 313,741
    Stock Level 313,741
    Customer Report 3,137,409
    20% 19.9% New Order 2,096,062 1,589
    Payment 2,096,063
    Order Status 209,606
    Delivery 209,607
    Stock Level 209,605
    Customer Report 2,096,061
    10% 9.8% New Order 1,036,060 1,589
    Payment 1,036,061
    Order Status 103,606
    Delivery 103,605
    Stock Level 103,605
    Customer Report 1,036,064
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0