Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 1,162,871
ssj_ops@100% per JVM = 145,359
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     1,162,397
Calibration 2     1,168,703
Calibration 3     1,165,942
ssj_ops@calibrated=1,167,323
100% 99.6% 1,167,323 1,162,871
90% 90.2% 1,050,591 1,052,822
80% 80.2% 933,858 936,714
70% 70.2% 817,126 819,835
60% 59.9% 700,394 699,004
50% 49.8% 583,661 580,927
40% 40.0% 466,929 467,069
30% 30.1% 350,197 351,526
20% 19.9% 233,465 232,675
10% 10.1% 116,732 117,937
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%
    M420-03d.001 145,172
    M420-03d.002 145,179
    M420-03d.003 144,801
    M420-03d.004 144,780
    M420-03d.005 145,763
    M420-03d.006 144,404
    M420-03d.007 147,267
    M420-03d.008 145,504
    ssj_ops@100% 1,162,871
    ssj_ops@100% per JVM 145,359
    Graph of per-instance results
    JVM 'M420-03d.001' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,601
    Calibration 2     145,853
    Calibration 3     145,254
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,553
    100% 99.7% 145,553 145,172
    90% 90.2% 130,998 131,350
    80% 80.3% 116,443 116,912
    70% 70.4% 101,887 102,488
    60% 60.4% 87,332 87,891
    50% 49.9% 72,777 72,621
    40% 40.1% 58,221 58,434
    30% 30.2% 43,666 43,966
    20% 20.0% 29,111 29,052
    10% 10.2% 14,555 14,896
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-03d.002' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     145,611
    Calibration 2     145,554
    Calibration 3     145,118
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,336
    100% 99.9% 145,336 145,179
    90% 90.7% 130,802 131,810
    80% 80.1% 116,269 116,467
    70% 69.8% 101,735 101,475
    60% 60.0% 87,202 87,178
    50% 49.8% 72,668 72,402
    40% 40.1% 58,134 58,249
    30% 30.0% 43,601 43,577
    20% 19.6% 29,067 28,504
    10% 10.4% 14,534 15,112
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-03d.003' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,337
    Calibration 2     145,726
    Calibration 3     145,000
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,363
    100% 99.6% 145,363 144,801
    90% 90.5% 130,827 131,557
    80% 79.5% 116,291 115,610
    70% 70.0% 101,754 101,744
    60% 60.0% 87,218 87,163
    50% 49.6% 72,682 72,087
    40% 39.7% 58,145 57,750
    30% 29.9% 43,609 43,403
    20% 20.0% 29,073 29,006
    10% 10.3% 14,536 15,029
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-03d.004' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,873
    Calibration 2     145,724
    Calibration 3     145,515
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,619
    100% 99.4% 145,619 144,780
    90% 89.4% 131,057 130,142
    80% 80.8% 116,495 117,722
    70% 71.1% 101,934 103,520
    60% 59.1% 87,372 86,065
    50% 49.6% 72,810 72,294
    40% 39.8% 58,248 57,942
    30% 30.4% 43,686 44,250
    20% 19.9% 29,124 28,975
    10% 10.1% 14,562 14,721
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-03d.005' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     145,057
    Calibration 2     145,838
    Calibration 3     145,963
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,900
    100% 99.9% 145,900 145,763
    90% 89.6% 131,310 130,740
    80% 80.5% 116,720 117,457
    70% 70.0% 102,130 102,088
    60% 59.8% 87,540 87,189
    50% 49.7% 72,950 72,556
    40% 39.9% 58,360 58,189
    30% 30.2% 43,770 43,991
    20% 19.9% 29,180 29,058
    10% 9.7% 14,590 14,200
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-03d.006' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,507
    Calibration 2     145,432
    Calibration 3     144,746
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,089
    100% 99.5% 145,089 144,404
    90% 89.5% 130,580 129,919
    80% 80.3% 116,071 116,439
    70% 70.2% 101,562 101,898
    60% 59.8% 87,053 86,730
    50% 49.2% 72,544 71,315
    40% 40.2% 58,035 58,377
    30% 29.9% 43,527 43,344
    20% 20.2% 29,018 29,287
    10% 9.9% 14,509 14,310
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-03d.007' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     148,037
    Calibration 2     148,492
    Calibration 3     148,409
    ssj_ops@calibrated=148,451
    100% 99.2% 148,451 147,267
    90% 90.5% 133,605 134,280
    80% 80.5% 118,760 119,440
    70% 70.4% 103,915 104,512
    60% 59.9% 89,070 88,948
    50% 50.0% 74,225 74,268
    40% 40.2% 59,380 59,718
    30% 30.0% 44,535 44,603
    20% 20.3% 29,690 30,098
    10% 9.9% 14,845 14,674
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-03d.008' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     146,374
    Calibration 2     146,085
    Calibration 3     145,938
    ssj_ops@calibrated=146,011
    100% 99.7% 146,011 145,504
    90% 91.1% 131,410 133,024
    80% 79.9% 116,809 116,666
    70% 69.9% 102,208 102,112
    60% 60.2% 87,607 87,840
    50% 50.3% 73,006 73,384
    40% 40.0% 58,405 58,411
    30% 30.4% 43,803 44,392
    20% 19.7% 29,202 28,696
    10% 10.3% 14,601 14,995
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.