Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,716
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     145,295
Calibration 2     146,191
Calibration 3     145,638
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,915
100% 99.2% 145,915 144,716
90% 90.5% 131,323 132,074
80% 79.2% 116,732 115,581
70% 69.9% 102,140 101,966
60% 60.2% 87,549 87,849
50% 49.2% 72,957 71,779
40% 40.0% 58,366 58,296
30% 30.6% 43,774 44,620
20% 19.9% 29,183 28,970
10% 9.8% 14,591 14,246
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 10,570,036 1,589
    Payment 10,570,026
    Order Status 1,057,003
    Delivery 1,057,003
    Stock Level 1,057,004
    Customer Report 10,570,034
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,641,991 1,589
    Payment 10,641,992
    Order Status 1,064,199
    Delivery 1,064,198
    Stock Level 1,064,198
    Customer Report 10,641,990
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,593,447 1,589
    Payment 10,593,440
    Order Status 1,059,345
    Delivery 1,059,343
    Stock Level 1,059,345
    Customer Report 10,593,439
    100% 99.2% New Order 10,535,948 1,589
    Payment 10,535,946
    Order Status 1,053,595
    Delivery 1,053,596
    Stock Level 1,053,595
    Customer Report 10,535,948
    90% 90.5% New Order 9,606,021 1,589
    Payment 9,606,025
    Order Status 960,604
    Delivery 960,604
    Stock Level 960,601
    Customer Report 9,606,025
    80% 79.2% New Order 8,406,431 1,589
    Payment 8,406,433
    Order Status 840,645
    Delivery 840,644
    Stock Level 840,642
    Customer Report 8,406,427
    70% 69.9% New Order 7,415,863 1,589
    Payment 7,415,868
    Order Status 741,585
    Delivery 741,584
    Stock Level 741,589
    Customer Report 7,415,873
    60% 60.2% New Order 6,389,510 1,589
    Payment 6,389,502
    Order Status 638,951
    Delivery 638,953
    Stock Level 638,950
    Customer Report 6,389,512
    50% 49.2% New Order 5,223,794 1,589
    Payment 5,223,792
    Order Status 522,377
    Delivery 522,379
    Stock Level 522,381
    Customer Report 5,223,784
    40% 40.0% New Order 4,239,754 1,589
    Payment 4,239,759
    Order Status 423,976
    Delivery 423,976
    Stock Level 423,977
    Customer Report 4,239,757
    30% 30.6% New Order 3,245,157 1,589
    Payment 3,245,153
    Order Status 324,514
    Delivery 324,516
    Stock Level 324,515
    Customer Report 3,245,145
    20% 19.9% New Order 2,106,920 1,589
    Payment 2,106,927
    Order Status 210,691
    Delivery 210,690
    Stock Level 210,691
    Customer Report 2,106,917
    10% 9.8% New Order 1,036,065 1,589
    Payment 1,036,058
    Order Status 103,605
    Delivery 103,606
    Stock Level 103,606
    Customer Report 1,036,060
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0