Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,075
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     143,252
Calibration 2     143,900
Calibration 3     143,357
ssj_ops@calibrated=143,628
100% 100.3% 143,628 144,075
90% 90.5% 129,266 129,972
80% 80.2% 114,903 115,142
70% 70.3% 100,540 100,998
60% 60.5% 86,177 86,930
50% 50.3% 71,814 72,297
40% 40.1% 57,451 57,647
30% 30.3% 43,089 43,455
20% 20.4% 28,726 29,246
10% 10.0% 14,363 14,419
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 10,418,470 1,589
    Payment 10,418,473
    Order Status 1,041,848
    Delivery 1,041,848
    Stock Level 1,041,846
    Customer Report 10,418,474
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,466,257 1,589
    Payment 10,466,268
    Order Status 1,046,624
    Delivery 1,046,627
    Stock Level 1,046,627
    Customer Report 10,466,260
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,429,430 1,589
    Payment 10,429,427
    Order Status 1,042,945
    Delivery 1,042,945
    Stock Level 1,042,942
    Customer Report 10,429,426
    100% 100.3% New Order 10,484,403 1,589
    Payment 10,484,407
    Order Status 1,048,439
    Delivery 1,048,442
    Stock Level 1,048,441
    Customer Report 10,484,407
    90% 90.5% New Order 9,452,575 1,589
    Payment 9,452,575
    Order Status 945,259
    Delivery 945,258
    Stock Level 945,258
    Customer Report 9,452,570
    80% 80.2% New Order 8,379,499 1,589
    Payment 8,379,492
    Order Status 837,950
    Delivery 837,948
    Stock Level 837,950
    Customer Report 8,379,488
    70% 70.3% New Order 7,345,671 1,589
    Payment 7,345,673
    Order Status 734,566
    Delivery 734,568
    Stock Level 734,567
    Customer Report 7,345,661
    60% 60.5% New Order 6,322,208 1,589
    Payment 6,322,205
    Order Status 632,220
    Delivery 632,219
    Stock Level 632,218
    Customer Report 6,322,205
    50% 50.3% New Order 5,258,366 1,589
    Payment 5,258,370
    Order Status 525,837
    Delivery 525,838
    Stock Level 525,837
    Customer Report 5,258,372
    40% 40.1% New Order 4,192,522 1,589
    Payment 4,192,521
    Order Status 419,252
    Delivery 419,254
    Stock Level 419,252
    Customer Report 4,192,522
    30% 30.3% New Order 3,160,380 1,589
    Payment 3,160,382
    Order Status 316,037
    Delivery 316,038
    Stock Level 316,040
    Customer Report 3,160,375
    20% 20.4% New Order 2,126,991 1,589
    Payment 2,127,003
    Order Status 212,700
    Delivery 212,699
    Stock Level 212,697
    Customer Report 2,126,993
    10% 10.0% New Order 1,048,643 1,589
    Payment 1,048,642
    Order Status 104,865
    Delivery 104,864
    Stock Level 104,863
    Customer Report 1,048,640
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0