Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 145,084
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     143,492
Calibration 2     145,548
Calibration 3     145,300
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,424
100% 99.8% 145,424 145,084
90% 89.8% 130,881 130,632
80% 80.3% 116,339 116,806
70% 69.7% 101,797 101,305
60% 59.3% 87,254 86,229
50% 50.1% 72,712 72,796
40% 40.3% 58,169 58,630
30% 30.0% 43,627 43,596
20% 19.8% 29,085 28,756
10% 10.0% 14,542 14,527
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 10,436,614 1,589
    Payment 10,436,610
    Order Status 1,043,661
    Delivery 1,043,661
    Stock Level 1,043,662
    Customer Report 10,436,610
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,586,852 1,589
    Payment 10,586,861
    Order Status 1,058,686
    Delivery 1,058,687
    Stock Level 1,058,684
    Customer Report 10,586,856
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,571,579 1,589
    Payment 10,571,579
    Order Status 1,057,161
    Delivery 1,057,156
    Stock Level 1,057,159
    Customer Report 10,571,573
    100% 99.8% New Order 10,557,913 1,589
    Payment 10,557,913
    Order Status 1,055,792
    Delivery 1,055,790
    Stock Level 1,055,791
    Customer Report 10,557,910
    90% 89.8% New Order 9,509,936 1,589
    Payment 9,509,935
    Order Status 950,996
    Delivery 950,995
    Stock Level 950,995
    Customer Report 9,509,938
    80% 80.3% New Order 8,499,528 1,589
    Payment 8,499,521
    Order Status 849,952
    Delivery 849,950
    Stock Level 849,952
    Customer Report 8,499,529
    70% 69.7% New Order 7,368,317 1,589
    Payment 7,368,326
    Order Status 736,833
    Delivery 736,832
    Stock Level 736,830
    Customer Report 7,368,320
    60% 59.3% New Order 6,271,429 1,589
    Payment 6,271,427
    Order Status 627,145
    Delivery 627,144
    Stock Level 627,142
    Customer Report 6,271,429
    50% 50.1% New Order 5,294,349 1,589
    Payment 5,294,356
    Order Status 529,434
    Delivery 529,438
    Stock Level 529,436
    Customer Report 5,294,351
    40% 40.3% New Order 4,264,084 1,589
    Payment 4,264,083
    Order Status 426,410
    Delivery 426,409
    Stock Level 426,408
    Customer Report 4,264,088
    30% 30.0% New Order 3,170,646 1,589
    Payment 3,170,644
    Order Status 317,064
    Delivery 317,063
    Stock Level 317,065
    Customer Report 3,170,640
    20% 19.8% New Order 2,091,390 1,589
    Payment 2,091,378
    Order Status 209,138
    Delivery 209,138
    Stock Level 209,140
    Customer Report 2,091,382
    10% 10.0% New Order 1,056,487 1,589
    Payment 1,056,491
    Order Status 105,648
    Delivery 105,651
    Stock Level 105,648
    Customer Report 1,056,487
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0