Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 1,152,219
ssj_ops@100% per JVM = 144,027
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     1,152,331
Calibration 2     1,157,701
Calibration 3     1,153,335
ssj_ops@calibrated=1,155,518
100% 99.7% 1,155,518 1,152,219
90% 90.2% 1,039,966 1,042,844
80% 80.0% 924,414 924,653
70% 70.2% 808,862 810,653
60% 60.0% 693,311 693,599
50% 50.2% 577,759 579,928
40% 39.9% 462,207 461,377
30% 30.0% 346,655 346,930
20% 19.9% 231,104 229,426
10% 9.9% 115,552 114,198
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%
    M420-04a.001 144,075
    M420-04a.002 144,085
    M420-04a.003 143,916
    M420-04a.004 145,244
    M420-04a.005 142,893
    M420-04a.006 142,963
    M420-04a.007 143,945
    M420-04a.008 145,098
    ssj_ops@100% 1,152,219
    ssj_ops@100% per JVM 144,027
    Graph of per-instance results
    JVM 'M420-04a.001' Scores:
    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
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-04a.002' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,583
    Calibration 2     144,043
    Calibration 3     143,858
    ssj_ops@calibrated=143,950
    100% 100.1% 143,950 144,085
    90% 89.7% 129,555 129,177
    80% 80.1% 115,160 115,259
    70% 69.8% 100,765 100,512
    60% 60.0% 86,370 86,421
    50% 50.5% 71,975 72,660
    40% 39.9% 57,580 57,445
    30% 30.1% 43,185 43,369
    20% 19.7% 28,790 28,390
    10% 10.0% 14,395 14,439
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-04a.003' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,258
    Calibration 2     144,401
    Calibration 3     143,779
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,090
    100% 99.9% 144,090 143,916
    90% 89.9% 129,681 129,581
    80% 79.8% 115,272 114,971
    70% 70.3% 100,863 101,344
    60% 60.2% 86,454 86,713
    50% 50.3% 72,045 72,426
    40% 40.1% 57,636 57,807
    30% 30.5% 43,227 43,958
    20% 19.6% 28,818 28,296
    10% 9.6% 14,409 13,804
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-04a.004' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,782
    Calibration 2     145,184
    Calibration 3     145,304
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,244
    100% 100.0% 145,244 145,244
    90% 90.1% 130,720 130,816
    80% 80.2% 116,195 116,441
    70% 70.6% 101,671 102,583
    60% 59.9% 87,146 86,973
    50% 49.8% 72,622 72,288
    40% 40.4% 58,098 58,662
    30% 30.3% 43,573 44,002
    20% 19.5% 29,049 28,376
    10% 9.8% 14,524 14,292
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-04a.005' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,452
    Calibration 2     144,683
    Calibration 3     144,321
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,502
    100% 98.9% 144,502 142,893
    90% 90.7% 130,052 131,043
    80% 80.3% 115,602 115,980
    70% 69.9% 101,152 100,967
    60% 59.0% 86,701 85,306
    50% 50.1% 72,251 72,384
    40% 39.8% 57,801 57,453
    30% 29.9% 43,351 43,170
    20% 19.7% 28,900 28,510
    10% 9.7% 14,450 13,997
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-04a.006' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,476
    Calibration 2     144,780
    Calibration 3     143,720
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,250
    100% 99.1% 144,250 142,963
    90% 90.0% 129,825 129,821
    80% 80.4% 115,400 115,933
    70% 70.0% 100,975 100,915
    60% 59.8% 86,550 86,314
    50% 50.1% 72,125 72,268
    40% 39.8% 57,700 57,397
    30% 29.6% 43,275 42,683
    20% 20.1% 28,850 29,034
    10% 9.9% 14,425 14,225
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-04a.007' Scores:
    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
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-04a.008' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,745
    Calibration 2     145,765
    Calibration 3     144,860
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,313
    100% 99.9% 145,313 145,098
    90% 90.2% 130,781 131,029
    80% 80.1% 116,250 116,335
    70% 70.2% 101,719 101,952
    60% 60.3% 87,188 87,585
    50% 50.4% 72,656 73,248
    40% 39.5% 58,125 57,467
    30% 29.8% 43,594 43,376
    20% 19.7% 29,063 28,562
    10% 10.1% 14,531 14,642
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.