Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 143,945
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     144,784
Calibration 2     144,945
Calibration 3     144,136
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,540
100% 99.6% 144,540 143,945
90% 90.9% 130,086 131,405
80% 79.3% 115,632 114,591
70% 70.1% 101,178 101,383
60% 60.4% 86,724 87,357
50% 50.1% 72,270 72,357
40% 39.8% 57,816 57,500
30% 29.7% 43,362 42,918
20% 20.1% 28,908 29,011
10% 9.9% 14,454 14,381
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 10,531,241 1,589
    Payment 10,531,235
    Order Status 1,053,123
    Delivery 1,053,124
    Stock Level 1,053,122
    Customer Report 10,531,236
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,549,065 1,589
    Payment 10,549,063
    Order Status 1,054,907
    Delivery 1,054,909
    Stock Level 1,054,906
    Customer Report 10,549,072
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,486,795 1,589
    Payment 10,486,798
    Order Status 1,048,679
    Delivery 1,048,680
    Stock Level 1,048,680
    Customer Report 10,486,802
    100% 99.6% New Order 10,473,622 1,589
    Payment 10,473,624
    Order Status 1,047,363
    Delivery 1,047,363
    Stock Level 1,047,361
    Customer Report 10,473,631
    90% 90.9% New Order 9,556,808 1,589
    Payment 9,556,810
    Order Status 955,680
    Delivery 955,679
    Stock Level 955,681
    Customer Report 9,556,811
    80% 79.3% New Order 8,334,006 1,589
    Payment 8,334,001
    Order Status 833,401
    Delivery 833,401
    Stock Level 833,401
    Customer Report 8,334,010
    70% 70.1% New Order 7,373,981 1,589
    Payment 7,373,990
    Order Status 737,397
    Delivery 737,398
    Stock Level 737,399
    Customer Report 7,373,984
    60% 60.4% New Order 6,353,317 1,589
    Payment 6,353,312
    Order Status 635,330
    Delivery 635,331
    Stock Level 635,331
    Customer Report 6,353,308
    50% 50.1% New Order 5,262,350 1,589
    Payment 5,262,350
    Order Status 526,235
    Delivery 526,234
    Stock Level 526,237
    Customer Report 5,262,355
    40% 39.8% New Order 4,181,829 1,589
    Payment 4,181,826
    Order Status 418,182
    Delivery 418,182
    Stock Level 418,182
    Customer Report 4,181,816
    30% 29.7% New Order 3,121,353 1,589
    Payment 3,121,348
    Order Status 312,137
    Delivery 312,137
    Stock Level 312,135
    Customer Report 3,121,356
    20% 20.1% New Order 2,109,934 1,589
    Payment 2,109,931
    Order Status 210,991
    Delivery 210,995
    Stock Level 210,994
    Customer Report 2,109,933
    10% 9.9% New Order 1,045,884 1,589
    Payment 1,045,890
    Order Status 104,589
    Delivery 104,589
    Stock Level 104,589
    Customer Report 1,045,882
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0