Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 143,327
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     144,360
Calibration 2     144,173
Calibration 3     144,036
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,104
100% 99.5% 144,104 143,327
90% 90.6% 129,694 130,575
80% 79.2% 115,283 114,196
70% 69.6% 100,873 100,335
60% 60.2% 86,463 86,763
50% 49.6% 72,052 71,487
40% 39.8% 57,642 57,327
30% 29.9% 43,231 43,137
20% 19.7% 28,821 28,417
10% 10.1% 14,410 14,591
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 10,505,306 1,588
    Payment 10,505,303
    Order Status 1,050,528
    Delivery 1,050,528
    Stock Level 1,050,530
    Customer Report 10,505,303
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,488,911 1,589
    Payment 10,488,899
    Order Status 1,048,890
    Delivery 1,048,889
    Stock Level 1,048,890
    Customer Report 10,488,907
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,486,409 1,589
    Payment 10,486,413
    Order Status 1,048,641
    Delivery 1,048,641
    Stock Level 1,048,641
    Customer Report 10,486,412
    100% 99.5% New Order 10,424,012 1,589
    Payment 10,424,004
    Order Status 1,042,401
    Delivery 1,042,400
    Stock Level 1,042,399
    Customer Report 10,424,006
    90% 90.6% New Order 9,497,832 1,589
    Payment 9,497,825
    Order Status 949,781
    Delivery 949,782
    Stock Level 949,783
    Customer Report 9,497,830
    80% 79.2% New Order 8,309,619 1,589
    Payment 8,309,628
    Order Status 830,960
    Delivery 830,961
    Stock Level 830,962
    Customer Report 8,309,618
    70% 69.6% New Order 7,297,284 1,589
    Payment 7,297,286
    Order Status 729,729
    Delivery 729,729
    Stock Level 729,728
    Customer Report 7,297,283
    60% 60.2% New Order 6,310,626 1,589
    Payment 6,310,631
    Order Status 631,062
    Delivery 631,064
    Stock Level 631,062
    Customer Report 6,310,631
    50% 49.6% New Order 5,199,112 1,589
    Payment 5,199,107
    Order Status 519,911
    Delivery 519,913
    Stock Level 519,912
    Customer Report 5,199,112
    40% 39.8% New Order 4,169,295 1,589
    Payment 4,169,290
    Order Status 416,930
    Delivery 416,929
    Stock Level 416,930
    Customer Report 4,169,301
    30% 29.9% New Order 3,137,279 1,589
    Payment 3,137,276
    Order Status 313,727
    Delivery 313,729
    Stock Level 313,728
    Customer Report 3,137,277
    20% 19.7% New Order 2,066,704 1,589
    Payment 2,066,701
    Order Status 206,669
    Delivery 206,671
    Stock Level 206,669
    Customer Report 2,066,700
    10% 10.1% New Order 1,061,210 1,589
    Payment 1,061,213
    Order Status 106,121
    Delivery 106,122
    Stock Level 106,122
    Customer Report 1,061,212
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0