Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,320
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     144,526
Calibration 2     144,719
Calibration 3     144,517
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,618
100% 99.8% 144,618 144,320
90% 89.3% 130,156 129,191
80% 79.2% 115,695 114,589
70% 70.0% 101,233 101,176
60% 60.3% 86,771 87,255
50% 50.2% 72,309 72,617
40% 39.6% 57,847 57,261
30% 30.3% 43,385 43,869
20% 20.0% 28,924 28,874
10% 9.9% 14,462 14,354
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 10,522,605 1,589
    Payment 10,522,611
    Order Status 1,052,261
    Delivery 1,052,260
    Stock Level 1,052,260
    Customer Report 10,522,613
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,527,915 1,589
    Payment 10,527,914
    Order Status 1,052,792
    Delivery 1,052,792
    Stock Level 1,052,793
    Customer Report 10,527,924
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,516,678 1,589
    Payment 10,516,678
    Order Status 1,051,667
    Delivery 1,051,667
    Stock Level 1,051,670
    Customer Report 10,516,676
    100% 99.8% New Order 10,497,506 1,589
    Payment 10,497,507
    Order Status 1,049,751
    Delivery 1,049,751
    Stock Level 1,049,752
    Customer Report 10,497,514
    90% 89.3% New Order 9,396,205 1,588
    Payment 9,396,204
    Order Status 939,621
    Delivery 939,622
    Stock Level 939,622
    Customer Report 9,396,203
    80% 79.2% New Order 8,333,898 1,589
    Payment 8,333,892
    Order Status 833,390
    Delivery 833,389
    Stock Level 833,391
    Customer Report 8,333,900
    70% 70.0% New Order 7,358,358 1,589
    Payment 7,358,356
    Order Status 735,837
    Delivery 735,834
    Stock Level 735,834
    Customer Report 7,358,365
    60% 60.3% New Order 6,345,907 1,589
    Payment 6,345,902
    Order Status 634,590
    Delivery 634,591
    Stock Level 634,590
    Customer Report 6,345,906
    50% 50.2% New Order 5,281,300 1,589
    Payment 5,281,305
    Order Status 528,134
    Delivery 528,130
    Stock Level 528,131
    Customer Report 5,281,303
    40% 39.6% New Order 4,164,474 1,589
    Payment 4,164,468
    Order Status 416,446
    Delivery 416,447
    Stock Level 416,446
    Customer Report 4,164,462
    30% 30.3% New Order 3,190,704 1,589
    Payment 3,190,703
    Order Status 319,071
    Delivery 319,071
    Stock Level 319,070
    Customer Report 3,190,705
    20% 20.0% New Order 2,099,950 1,589
    Payment 2,099,960
    Order Status 209,995
    Delivery 209,996
    Stock Level 209,995
    Customer Report 2,099,954
    10% 9.9% New Order 1,043,938 1,589
    Payment 1,043,938
    Order Status 104,395
    Delivery 104,395
    Stock Level 104,394
    Customer Report 1,043,940
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0