Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,677
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     144,924
Calibration 2     145,187
Calibration 3     145,013
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,100
100% 99.7% 145,100 144,677
90% 90.2% 130,590 130,931
80% 80.2% 116,080 116,396
70% 69.9% 101,570 101,355
60% 60.4% 87,060 87,581
50% 50.4% 72,550 73,070
40% 39.7% 58,040 57,549
30% 29.5% 43,530 42,835
20% 20.4% 29,020 29,568
10% 10.3% 14,510 14,948
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 10,542,223 1,589
    Payment 10,542,225
    Order Status 1,054,223
    Delivery 1,054,223
    Stock Level 1,054,223
    Customer Report 10,542,222
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,564,048 1,589
    Payment 10,564,048
    Order Status 1,056,405
    Delivery 1,056,407
    Stock Level 1,056,407
    Customer Report 10,564,042
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,549,371 1,589
    Payment 10,549,378
    Order Status 1,054,936
    Delivery 1,054,938
    Stock Level 1,054,937
    Customer Report 10,549,377
    100% 99.7% New Order 10,526,906 1,589
    Payment 10,526,904
    Order Status 1,052,694
    Delivery 1,052,690
    Stock Level 1,052,691
    Customer Report 10,526,913
    90% 90.2% New Order 9,523,293 1,589
    Payment 9,523,291
    Order Status 952,326
    Delivery 952,329
    Stock Level 952,328
    Customer Report 9,523,287
    80% 80.2% New Order 8,465,319 1,589
    Payment 8,465,320
    Order Status 846,532
    Delivery 846,532
    Stock Level 846,531
    Customer Report 8,465,327
    70% 69.9% New Order 7,371,681 1,589
    Payment 7,371,676
    Order Status 737,168
    Delivery 737,168
    Stock Level 737,167
    Customer Report 7,371,678
    60% 60.4% New Order 6,369,824 1,589
    Payment 6,369,817
    Order Status 636,982
    Delivery 636,983
    Stock Level 636,982
    Customer Report 6,369,823
    50% 50.4% New Order 5,314,291 1,589
    Payment 5,314,291
    Order Status 531,429
    Delivery 531,429
    Stock Level 531,429
    Customer Report 5,314,291
    40% 39.7% New Order 4,185,451 1,589
    Payment 4,185,442
    Order Status 418,543
    Delivery 418,544
    Stock Level 418,544
    Customer Report 4,185,445
    30% 29.5% New Order 3,115,293 1,589
    Payment 3,115,292
    Order Status 311,530
    Delivery 311,530
    Stock Level 311,530
    Customer Report 3,115,293
    20% 20.4% New Order 2,150,428 1,589
    Payment 2,150,426
    Order Status 215,045
    Delivery 215,044
    Stock Level 215,042
    Customer Report 2,150,425
    10% 10.3% New Order 1,087,173 1,589
    Payment 1,087,182
    Order Status 108,718
    Delivery 108,717
    Stock Level 108,717
    Customer Report 1,087,179
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0