Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 1,156,519
ssj_ops@100% per JVM = 144,565
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     1,153,562
Calibration 2     1,160,482
Calibration 3     1,160,712
ssj_ops@calibrated=1,160,597
100% 99.6% 1,160,597 1,156,519
90% 90.0% 1,044,537 1,044,690
80% 80.2% 928,478 930,564
70% 69.8% 812,418 810,093
60% 59.9% 696,358 695,143
50% 50.2% 580,299 583,152
40% 40.1% 464,239 465,041
30% 29.9% 348,179 346,996
20% 20.0% 232,119 232,307
10% 9.9% 116,060 115,114
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
    JVM Instance Summary
    JVM Instance ssj_ops@100%
    M420-02b.001 144,994
    M420-02b.002 145,178
    M420-02b.003 145,084
    M420-02b.004 142,797
    M420-02b.005 146,603
    M420-02b.006 144,501
    M420-02b.007 143,365
    M420-02b.008 143,998
    ssj_ops@100% 1,156,519
    ssj_ops@100% per JVM 144,565
    Graph of per-instance results
    JVM 'M420-02b.001' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,940
    Calibration 2     145,475
    Calibration 3     145,311
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,393
    100% 99.7% 145,393 144,994
    90% 89.7% 130,854 130,426
    80% 80.8% 116,314 117,499
    70% 69.2% 101,775 100,645
    60% 60.5% 87,236 87,899
    50% 49.9% 72,697 72,617
    40% 40.6% 58,157 58,997
    30% 29.7% 43,618 43,178
    20% 19.9% 29,079 28,908
    10% 9.9% 14,539 14,335
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-02b.002' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     145,366
    Calibration 2     143,946
    Calibration 3     144,699
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,322
    100% 100.6% 144,322 145,178
    90% 90.6% 129,890 130,684
    80% 79.8% 115,458 115,111
    70% 70.4% 101,026 101,597
    60% 59.4% 86,593 85,708
    50% 50.3% 72,161 72,587
    40% 40.1% 57,729 57,838
    30% 29.7% 43,297 42,895
    20% 20.4% 28,864 29,437
    10% 10.0% 14,432 14,393
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-02b.003' Scores:
    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
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-02b.004' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,613
    Calibration 2     144,270
    Calibration 3     144,024
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,147
    100% 99.1% 144,147 142,797
    90% 90.1% 129,732 129,819
    80% 80.2% 115,318 115,632
    70% 69.6% 100,903 100,290
    60% 60.0% 86,488 86,484
    50% 50.4% 72,074 72,688
    40% 40.1% 57,659 57,839
    30% 29.7% 43,244 42,843
    20% 20.1% 28,829 28,966
    10% 9.8% 14,415 14,064
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-02b.005' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     145,432
    Calibration 2     146,622
    Calibration 3     146,786
    ssj_ops@calibrated=146,704
    100% 99.9% 146,704 146,603
    90% 89.7% 132,034 131,548
    80% 79.8% 117,363 117,115
    70% 69.8% 102,693 102,471
    60% 60.4% 88,022 88,663
    50% 50.3% 73,352 73,858
    40% 40.4% 58,682 59,221
    30% 30.0% 44,011 44,043
    20% 19.8% 29,341 29,079
    10% 10.0% 14,670 14,625
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-02b.006' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,820
    Calibration 2     145,285
    Calibration 3     145,768
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,526
    100% 99.3% 145,526 144,501
    90% 90.2% 130,974 131,302
    80% 79.8% 116,421 116,113
    70% 70.0% 101,868 101,801
    60% 59.9% 87,316 87,135
    50% 50.5% 72,763 73,442
    40% 39.9% 58,210 58,078
    30% 30.3% 43,658 44,154
    20% 20.1% 29,105 29,287
    10% 9.8% 14,553 14,192
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-02b.007' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,852
    Calibration 2     144,427
    Calibration 3     144,629
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,528
    100% 99.2% 144,528 143,365
    90% 90.3% 130,075 130,502
    80% 79.9% 115,623 115,494
    70% 70.0% 101,170 101,165
    60% 60.0% 86,717 86,784
    50% 49.7% 72,264 71,829
    40% 39.7% 57,811 57,355
    30% 29.7% 43,358 42,949
    20% 20.0% 28,906 28,874
    10% 9.9% 14,453 14,283
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-02b.008' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,048
    Calibration 2     144,909
    Calibration 3     144,196
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,552
    100% 99.6% 144,552 143,998
    90% 89.8% 130,097 129,776
    80% 80.8% 115,642 116,796
    70% 69.7% 101,187 100,818
    60% 59.7% 86,731 86,242
    50% 50.7% 72,276 73,335
    40% 39.5% 57,821 57,083
    30% 30.0% 43,366 43,338
    20% 20.1% 28,910 28,999
    10% 10.2% 14,455 14,696
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.