Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 148,060
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     148,612
Calibration 2     148,339
Calibration 3     146,765
ssj_ops@calibrated=147,552
100% 100.3% 147,552 148,060
90% 90.2% 132,797 133,108
80% 79.3% 118,042 116,949
70% 70.4% 103,287 103,876
60% 60.2% 88,531 88,868
50% 50.5% 73,776 74,453
40% 40.3% 59,021 59,499
30% 29.5% 44,266 43,554
20% 20.3% 29,510 29,952
10% 10.0% 14,755 14,691
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 10,811,038 1,589
    Payment 10,811,040
    Order Status 1,081,104
    Delivery 1,081,105
    Stock Level 1,081,102
    Customer Report 10,811,040
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,794,704 1,589
    Payment 10,794,701
    Order Status 1,079,469
    Delivery 1,079,470
    Stock Level 1,079,470
    Customer Report 10,794,697
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,677,376 1,589
    Payment 10,677,373
    Order Status 1,067,737
    Delivery 1,067,737
    Stock Level 1,067,740
    Customer Report 10,677,378
    100% 100.3% New Order 10,770,186 1,589
    Payment 10,770,192
    Order Status 1,077,019
    Delivery 1,077,020
    Stock Level 1,077,019
    Customer Report 10,770,183
    90% 90.2% New Order 9,690,524 1,589
    Payment 9,690,521
    Order Status 969,052
    Delivery 969,053
    Stock Level 969,051
    Customer Report 9,690,511
    80% 79.3% New Order 8,505,873 1,589
    Payment 8,505,873
    Order Status 850,586
    Delivery 850,587
    Stock Level 850,587
    Customer Report 8,505,872
    70% 70.4% New Order 7,554,887 1,589
    Payment 7,554,888
    Order Status 755,487
    Delivery 755,490
    Stock Level 755,488
    Customer Report 7,554,891
    60% 60.2% New Order 6,463,134 1,589
    Payment 6,463,138
    Order Status 646,315
    Delivery 646,317
    Stock Level 646,312
    Customer Report 6,463,136
    50% 50.5% New Order 5,414,818 1,589
    Payment 5,414,817
    Order Status 541,483
    Delivery 541,482
    Stock Level 541,481
    Customer Report 5,414,822
    40% 40.3% New Order 4,327,380 1,589
    Payment 4,327,376
    Order Status 432,739
    Delivery 432,737
    Stock Level 432,738
    Customer Report 4,327,381
    30% 29.5% New Order 3,167,576 1,588
    Payment 3,167,575
    Order Status 316,760
    Delivery 316,756
    Stock Level 316,757
    Customer Report 3,167,576
    20% 20.3% New Order 2,178,353 1,589
    Payment 2,178,356
    Order Status 217,837
    Delivery 217,833
    Stock Level 217,837
    Customer Report 2,178,354
    10% 10.0% New Order 1,068,480 1,589
    Payment 1,068,475
    Order Status 106,848
    Delivery 106,846
    Stock Level 106,845
    Customer Report 1,068,475
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0