Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,133
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     144,058
Calibration 2     145,251
Calibration 3     144,363
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,807
100% 99.5% 144,807 144,133
90% 89.5% 130,326 129,621
80% 79.7% 115,846 115,389
70% 70.0% 101,365 101,433
60% 59.9% 86,884 86,672
50% 50.7% 72,404 73,441
40% 40.2% 57,923 58,157
30% 30.2% 43,442 43,776
20% 20.0% 28,961 28,979
10% 9.9% 14,481 14,387
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 10,482,182 1,589
    Payment 10,482,184
    Order Status 1,048,218
    Delivery 1,048,219
    Stock Level 1,048,219
    Customer Report 10,482,178
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,571,477 1,589
    Payment 10,571,476
    Order Status 1,057,147
    Delivery 1,057,147
    Stock Level 1,057,148
    Customer Report 10,571,477
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,504,784 1,589
    Payment 10,504,794
    Order Status 1,050,479
    Delivery 1,050,477
    Stock Level 1,050,478
    Customer Report 10,504,788
    100% 99.5% New Order 10,490,084 1,589
    Payment 10,490,088
    Order Status 1,049,009
    Delivery 1,049,011
    Stock Level 1,049,010
    Customer Report 10,490,091
    90% 89.5% New Order 9,428,137 1,589
    Payment 9,428,144
    Order Status 942,815
    Delivery 942,815
    Stock Level 942,815
    Customer Report 9,428,141
    80% 79.7% New Order 8,392,136 1,589
    Payment 8,392,140
    Order Status 839,215
    Delivery 839,212
    Stock Level 839,214
    Customer Report 8,392,135
    70% 70.0% New Order 7,379,002 1,589
    Payment 7,379,003
    Order Status 737,900
    Delivery 737,899
    Stock Level 737,901
    Customer Report 7,379,000
    60% 59.9% New Order 6,303,488 1,589
    Payment 6,303,484
    Order Status 630,349
    Delivery 630,350
    Stock Level 630,348
    Customer Report 6,303,483
    50% 50.7% New Order 5,341,267 1,589
    Payment 5,341,272
    Order Status 534,128
    Delivery 534,126
    Stock Level 534,124
    Customer Report 5,341,268
    40% 40.2% New Order 4,229,671 1,589
    Payment 4,229,675
    Order Status 422,968
    Delivery 422,969
    Stock Level 422,966
    Customer Report 4,229,672
    30% 30.2% New Order 3,183,748 1,589
    Payment 3,183,747
    Order Status 318,376
    Delivery 318,374
    Stock Level 318,372
    Customer Report 3,183,742
    20% 20.0% New Order 2,107,574 1,589
    Payment 2,107,575
    Order Status 210,758
    Delivery 210,756
    Stock Level 210,758
    Customer Report 2,107,579
    10% 9.9% New Order 1,046,363 1,589
    Payment 1,046,360
    Order Status 104,637
    Delivery 104,637
    Stock Level 104,636
    Customer Report 1,046,367
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0