Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 143,296
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     143,843
Calibration 2     144,045
Calibration 3     143,958
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,002
100% 99.5% 144,002 143,296
90% 90.8% 129,602 130,695
80% 79.4% 115,202 114,318
70% 69.8% 100,801 100,578
60% 60.5% 86,401 87,112
50% 50.1% 72,001 72,081
40% 40.0% 57,601 57,548
30% 30.4% 43,201 43,705
20% 20.3% 28,800 29,179
10% 10.0% 14,400 14,450
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 10,471,767 1,589
    Payment 10,471,774
    Order Status 1,047,175
    Delivery 1,047,177
    Stock Level 1,047,176
    Customer Report 10,471,767
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,478,944 1,589
    Payment 10,478,940
    Order Status 1,047,894
    Delivery 1,047,896
    Stock Level 1,047,895
    Customer Report 10,478,942
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,476,025 1,589
    Payment 10,476,028
    Order Status 1,047,602
    Delivery 1,047,604
    Stock Level 1,047,602
    Customer Report 10,476,029
    100% 99.5% New Order 10,421,738 1,589
    Payment 10,421,746
    Order Status 1,042,175
    Delivery 1,042,175
    Stock Level 1,042,174
    Customer Report 10,421,743
    90% 90.8% New Order 9,505,113 1,589
    Payment 9,505,118
    Order Status 950,513
    Delivery 950,514
    Stock Level 950,511
    Customer Report 9,505,112
    80% 79.4% New Order 8,314,241 1,589
    Payment 8,314,247
    Order Status 831,423
    Delivery 831,425
    Stock Level 831,425
    Customer Report 8,314,246
    70% 69.8% New Order 7,314,909 1,589
    Payment 7,314,921
    Order Status 731,492
    Delivery 731,491
    Stock Level 731,493
    Customer Report 7,314,913
    60% 60.5% New Order 6,335,501 1,589
    Payment 6,335,493
    Order Status 633,550
    Delivery 633,549
    Stock Level 633,551
    Customer Report 6,335,503
    50% 50.1% New Order 5,242,344 1,589
    Payment 5,242,345
    Order Status 524,232
    Delivery 524,233
    Stock Level 524,234
    Customer Report 5,242,348
    40% 40.0% New Order 4,185,368 1,589
    Payment 4,185,369
    Order Status 418,536
    Delivery 418,540
    Stock Level 418,537
    Customer Report 4,185,373
    30% 30.4% New Order 3,178,631 1,589
    Payment 3,178,631
    Order Status 317,861
    Delivery 317,864
    Stock Level 317,862
    Customer Report 3,178,633
    20% 20.3% New Order 2,122,109 1,589
    Payment 2,122,108
    Order Status 212,212
    Delivery 212,212
    Stock Level 212,211
    Customer Report 2,122,105
    10% 10.0% New Order 1,050,920 1,589
    Payment 1,050,916
    Order Status 105,092
    Delivery 105,092
    Stock Level 105,092
    Customer Report 1,050,924
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0