Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 147,016
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     146,573
Calibration 2     146,398
Calibration 3     147,620
ssj_ops@calibrated=147,009
100% 100.0% 147,009 147,016
90% 89.7% 132,308 131,852
80% 79.2% 117,607 116,470
70% 69.4% 102,906 101,977
60% 59.6% 88,205 87,645
50% 49.5% 73,504 72,819
40% 39.7% 58,804 58,388
30% 30.3% 44,103 44,607
20% 20.2% 29,402 29,710
10% 9.8% 14,701 14,471
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 10,665,599 1,589
    Payment 10,665,600
    Order Status 1,066,559
    Delivery 1,066,562
    Stock Level 1,066,559
    Customer Report 10,665,597
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,652,177 1,589
    Payment 10,652,167
    Order Status 1,065,216
    Delivery 1,065,218
    Stock Level 1,065,215
    Customer Report 10,652,170
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,743,163 1,589
    Payment 10,743,163
    Order Status 1,074,318
    Delivery 1,074,316
    Stock Level 1,074,316
    Customer Report 10,743,162
    100% 100.0% New Order 10,692,243 1,589
    Payment 10,692,223
    Order Status 1,069,222
    Delivery 1,069,223
    Stock Level 1,069,225
    Customer Report 10,692,242
    90% 89.7% New Order 9,595,073 1,589
    Payment 9,595,079
    Order Status 959,505
    Delivery 959,507
    Stock Level 959,507
    Customer Report 9,595,068
    80% 79.2% New Order 8,474,029 1,589
    Payment 8,474,027
    Order Status 847,401
    Delivery 847,401
    Stock Level 847,404
    Customer Report 8,474,020
    70% 69.4% New Order 7,419,893 1,589
    Payment 7,419,893
    Order Status 741,988
    Delivery 741,990
    Stock Level 741,989
    Customer Report 7,419,893
    60% 59.6% New Order 6,374,313 1,589
    Payment 6,374,312
    Order Status 637,429
    Delivery 637,431
    Stock Level 637,431
    Customer Report 6,374,316
    50% 49.5% New Order 5,296,011 1,589
    Payment 5,296,007
    Order Status 529,601
    Delivery 529,601
    Stock Level 529,601
    Customer Report 5,296,009
    40% 39.7% New Order 4,246,487 1,589
    Payment 4,246,474
    Order Status 424,652
    Delivery 424,649
    Stock Level 424,651
    Customer Report 4,246,489
    30% 30.3% New Order 3,244,198 1,589
    Payment 3,244,206
    Order Status 324,420
    Delivery 324,421
    Stock Level 324,421
    Customer Report 3,244,202
    20% 20.2% New Order 2,160,768 1,589
    Payment 2,160,773
    Order Status 216,078
    Delivery 216,077
    Stock Level 216,077
    Customer Report 2,160,772
    10% 9.8% New Order 1,052,425 1,589
    Payment 1,052,423
    Order Status 105,242
    Delivery 105,243
    Stock Level 105,242
    Customer Report 1,052,425
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0