Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,108
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     143,384
Calibration 2     145,324
Calibration 3     144,676
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,000
100% 99.4% 145,000 144,108
90% 90.0% 130,500 130,480
80% 79.7% 116,000 115,529
70% 69.7% 101,500 101,138
60% 60.4% 87,000 87,522
50% 50.2% 72,500 72,797
40% 40.6% 58,000 58,862
30% 30.0% 43,500 43,519
20% 19.7% 29,000 28,589
10% 10.2% 14,500 14,798
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 10,433,449 1,589
    Payment 10,433,448
    Order Status 1,043,344
    Delivery 1,043,345
    Stock Level 1,043,345
    Customer Report 10,433,439
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,572,534 1,589
    Payment 10,572,534
    Order Status 1,057,252
    Delivery 1,057,253
    Stock Level 1,057,251
    Customer Report 10,572,530
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,527,464 1,589
    Payment 10,527,464
    Order Status 1,052,745
    Delivery 1,052,746
    Stock Level 1,052,747
    Customer Report 10,527,456
    100% 99.4% New Order 10,484,750 1,589
    Payment 10,484,749
    Order Status 1,048,475
    Delivery 1,048,474
    Stock Level 1,048,473
    Customer Report 10,484,749
    90% 90.0% New Order 9,489,471 1,589
    Payment 9,489,473
    Order Status 948,949
    Delivery 948,947
    Stock Level 948,945
    Customer Report 9,489,469
    80% 79.7% New Order 8,403,207 1,589
    Payment 8,403,211
    Order Status 840,320
    Delivery 840,322
    Stock Level 840,323
    Customer Report 8,403,219
    70% 69.7% New Order 7,358,221 1,589
    Payment 7,358,223
    Order Status 735,821
    Delivery 735,825
    Stock Level 735,823
    Customer Report 7,358,221
    60% 60.4% New Order 6,365,363 1,589
    Payment 6,365,366
    Order Status 636,538
    Delivery 636,536
    Stock Level 636,537
    Customer Report 6,365,363
    50% 50.2% New Order 5,294,360 1,589
    Payment 5,294,367
    Order Status 529,437
    Delivery 529,436
    Stock Level 529,436
    Customer Report 5,294,363
    40% 40.6% New Order 4,281,057 1,589
    Payment 4,281,052
    Order Status 428,105
    Delivery 428,106
    Stock Level 428,105
    Customer Report 4,281,059
    30% 30.0% New Order 3,165,054 1,589
    Payment 3,165,062
    Order Status 316,505
    Delivery 316,506
    Stock Level 316,504
    Customer Report 3,165,058
    20% 19.7% New Order 2,079,296 1,589
    Payment 2,079,302
    Order Status 207,930
    Delivery 207,929
    Stock Level 207,928
    Customer Report 2,079,290
    10% 10.2% New Order 1,076,196 1,589
    Payment 1,076,190
    Order Status 107,618
    Delivery 107,620
    Stock Level 107,620
    Customer Report 1,076,195
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0