Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 1,154,490
ssj_ops@100% per JVM = 144,311
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     1,154,567
Calibration 2     1,158,633
Calibration 3     1,157,403
ssj_ops@calibrated=1,158,018
100% 99.7% 1,158,018 1,154,490
90% 90.0% 1,042,216 1,042,394
80% 79.9% 926,414 925,650
70% 70.3% 810,612 814,066
60% 59.9% 694,811 694,078
50% 49.7% 579,009 575,454
40% 40.0% 463,207 463,151
30% 29.9% 347,405 346,735
20% 19.9% 231,604 230,229
10% 10.1% 115,802 116,429
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%
    M420-03a.001 143,469
    M420-03a.002 144,865
    M420-03a.003 144,380
    M420-03a.004 144,423
    M420-03a.005 144,527
    M420-03a.006 144,558
    M420-03a.007 143,170
    M420-03a.008 145,098
    ssj_ops@100% 1,154,490
    ssj_ops@100% per JVM 144,311
    Graph of per-instance results
    JVM 'M420-03a.001' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,450
    Calibration 2     144,453
    Calibration 3     142,961
    ssj_ops@calibrated=143,707
    100% 99.8% 143,707 143,469
    90% 90.1% 129,336 129,493
    80% 79.6% 114,966 114,412
    70% 70.8% 100,595 101,729
    60% 60.4% 86,224 86,837
    50% 49.6% 71,854 71,326
    40% 39.6% 57,483 56,974
    30% 30.0% 43,112 43,130
    20% 19.7% 28,741 28,302
    10% 9.9% 14,371 14,275
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-03a.002' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,351
    Calibration 2     145,249
    Calibration 3     145,016
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,132
    100% 99.8% 145,132 144,865
    90% 89.8% 130,619 130,262
    80% 79.6% 116,106 115,481
    70% 70.3% 101,593 101,998
    60% 59.6% 87,079 86,549
    50% 49.8% 72,566 72,305
    40% 40.4% 58,053 58,661
    30% 29.6% 43,540 42,997
    20% 19.8% 29,026 28,693
    10% 10.2% 14,513 14,789
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-03a.003' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,525
    Calibration 2     144,594
    Calibration 3     145,216
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,905
    100% 99.6% 144,905 144,380
    90% 89.6% 130,414 129,767
    80% 79.7% 115,924 115,532
    70% 70.3% 101,433 101,903
    60% 59.2% 86,943 85,764
    50% 50.3% 72,452 72,850
    40% 39.6% 57,962 57,335
    30% 29.6% 43,471 42,933
    20% 19.9% 28,981 28,777
    10% 9.9% 14,490 14,346
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-03a.004' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,933
    Calibration 2     146,113
    Calibration 3     145,987
    ssj_ops@calibrated=146,050
    100% 98.9% 146,050 144,423
    90% 89.7% 131,445 130,989
    80% 79.8% 116,840 116,536
    70% 70.0% 102,235 102,304
    60% 60.5% 87,630 88,321
    50% 49.4% 73,025 72,159
    40% 39.7% 58,420 58,034
    30% 29.4% 43,815 42,937
    20% 20.0% 29,210 29,158
    10% 10.4% 14,605 15,189
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-03a.005' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,028
    Calibration 2     144,256
    Calibration 3     144,264
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,260
    100% 100.2% 144,260 144,527
    90% 90.0% 129,834 129,842
    80% 80.0% 115,408 115,472
    70% 69.8% 100,982 100,677
    60% 59.9% 86,556 86,436
    50% 49.4% 72,130 71,194
    40% 40.3% 57,704 58,193
    30% 30.1% 43,278 43,440
    20% 19.7% 28,852 28,483
    10% 9.8% 14,426 14,114
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-03a.006' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     145,080
    Calibration 2     145,122
    Calibration 3     144,248
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,685
    100% 99.9% 144,685 144,558
    90% 90.3% 130,217 130,636
    80% 79.9% 115,748 115,548
    70% 70.2% 101,280 101,632
    60% 60.0% 86,811 86,798
    50% 49.8% 72,343 72,023
    40% 40.1% 57,874 58,079
    30% 29.9% 43,406 43,193
    20% 19.7% 28,937 28,487
    10% 10.2% 14,469 14,787
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-03a.007' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,309
    Calibration 2     143,792
    Calibration 3     143,460
    ssj_ops@calibrated=143,626
    100% 99.7% 143,626 143,170
    90% 90.7% 129,263 130,339
    80% 80.7% 114,901 115,864
    70% 70.9% 100,538 101,766
    60% 59.3% 86,175 85,232
    50% 49.4% 71,813 70,985
    40% 40.2% 57,450 57,766
    30% 30.5% 43,088 43,774
    20% 20.2% 28,725 29,018
    10% 10.1% 14,363 14,437
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-03a.008' Scores:
    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
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.