Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 145,098
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     144,892
Calibration 2     145,053
Calibration 3     146,251
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,652
100% 99.6% 145,652 145,098
90% 90.0% 131,087 131,065
80% 80.2% 116,522 116,805
70% 70.1% 101,957 102,058
60% 60.5% 87,391 88,141
50% 49.9% 72,826 72,611
40% 39.9% 58,261 58,110
30% 30.4% 43,696 44,329
20% 20.1% 29,130 29,312
10% 9.9% 14,565 14,491
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 10,543,486 1,589
    Payment 10,543,498
    Order Status 1,054,349
    Delivery 1,054,350
    Stock Level 1,054,351
    Customer Report 10,543,503
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,550,517 1,589
    Payment 10,550,500
    Order Status 1,055,050
    Delivery 1,055,051
    Stock Level 1,055,053
    Customer Report 10,550,507
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,644,230 1,589
    Payment 10,644,228
    Order Status 1,064,425
    Delivery 1,064,423
    Stock Level 1,064,424
    Customer Report 10,644,231
    100% 99.6% New Order 10,558,978 1,589
    Payment 10,558,983
    Order Status 1,055,897
    Delivery 1,055,897
    Stock Level 1,055,899
    Customer Report 10,558,979
    90% 90.0% New Order 9,536,421 1,589
    Payment 9,536,423
    Order Status 953,643
    Delivery 953,642
    Stock Level 953,644
    Customer Report 9,536,422
    80% 80.2% New Order 8,495,035 1,589
    Payment 8,495,033
    Order Status 849,503
    Delivery 849,503
    Stock Level 849,503
    Customer Report 8,495,036
    70% 70.1% New Order 7,422,750 1,589
    Payment 7,422,751
    Order Status 742,276
    Delivery 742,275
    Stock Level 742,276
    Customer Report 7,422,754
    60% 60.5% New Order 6,410,308 1,589
    Payment 6,410,313
    Order Status 641,031
    Delivery 641,031
    Stock Level 641,030
    Customer Report 6,410,310
    50% 49.9% New Order 5,280,874 1,589
    Payment 5,280,883
    Order Status 528,090
    Delivery 528,086
    Stock Level 528,089
    Customer Report 5,280,879
    40% 39.9% New Order 4,226,222 1,589
    Payment 4,226,220
    Order Status 422,623
    Delivery 422,623
    Stock Level 422,622
    Customer Report 4,226,218
    30% 30.4% New Order 3,223,980 1,589
    Payment 3,223,992
    Order Status 322,398
    Delivery 322,400
    Stock Level 322,398
    Customer Report 3,223,989
    20% 20.1% New Order 2,131,782 1,589
    Payment 2,131,786
    Order Status 213,178
    Delivery 213,178
    Stock Level 213,180
    Customer Report 2,131,782
    10% 9.9% New Order 1,053,929 1,589
    Payment 1,053,928
    Order Status 105,392
    Delivery 105,394
    Stock Level 105,393
    Customer Report 1,053,933
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0