Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 147,626
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     147,237
Calibration 2     148,087
Calibration 3     147,793
ssj_ops@calibrated=147,940
100% 99.8% 147,940 147,626
90% 89.9% 133,146 132,957
80% 79.7% 118,352 117,978
70% 69.9% 103,558 103,353
60% 59.3% 88,764 87,761
50% 50.9% 73,970 75,246
40% 40.1% 59,176 59,299
30% 30.0% 44,382 44,352
20% 19.9% 29,588 29,420
10% 10.1% 14,794 14,989
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 10,712,451 1,589
    Payment 10,712,446
    Order Status 1,071,245
    Delivery 1,071,244
    Stock Level 1,071,245
    Customer Report 10,712,450
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,772,900 1,589
    Payment 10,772,907
    Order Status 1,077,290
    Delivery 1,077,290
    Stock Level 1,077,292
    Customer Report 10,772,904
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,752,214 1,589
    Payment 10,752,214
    Order Status 1,075,221
    Delivery 1,075,222
    Stock Level 1,075,222
    Customer Report 10,752,209
    100% 99.8% New Order 10,738,820 1,589
    Payment 10,738,823
    Order Status 1,073,880
    Delivery 1,073,881
    Stock Level 1,073,880
    Customer Report 10,738,822
    90% 89.9% New Order 9,670,617 1,589
    Payment 9,670,621
    Order Status 967,062
    Delivery 967,060
    Stock Level 967,061
    Customer Report 9,670,619
    80% 79.7% New Order 8,582,547 1,589
    Payment 8,582,547
    Order Status 858,254
    Delivery 858,256
    Stock Level 858,254
    Customer Report 8,582,541
    70% 69.9% New Order 7,516,639 1,589
    Payment 7,516,629
    Order Status 751,663
    Delivery 751,664
    Stock Level 751,664
    Customer Report 7,516,638
    60% 59.3% New Order 6,382,657 1,589
    Payment 6,382,663
    Order Status 638,264
    Delivery 638,268
    Stock Level 638,267
    Customer Report 6,382,657
    50% 50.9% New Order 5,472,488 1,589
    Payment 5,472,491
    Order Status 547,249
    Delivery 547,248
    Stock Level 547,249
    Customer Report 5,472,491
    40% 40.1% New Order 4,314,081 1,589
    Payment 4,314,075
    Order Status 431,405
    Delivery 431,408
    Stock Level 431,407
    Customer Report 4,314,077
    30% 30.0% New Order 3,225,595 1,589
    Payment 3,225,593
    Order Status 322,557
    Delivery 322,558
    Stock Level 322,558
    Customer Report 3,225,598
    20% 19.9% New Order 2,139,678 1,589
    Payment 2,139,678
    Order Status 213,969
    Delivery 213,968
    Stock Level 213,966
    Customer Report 2,139,672
    10% 10.1% New Order 1,090,159 1,589
    Payment 1,090,153
    Order Status 109,015
    Delivery 109,016
    Stock Level 109,016
    Customer Report 1,090,161
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0