Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 1,156,174
ssj_ops@100% per JVM = 144,522
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     1,158,006
Calibration 2     1,161,880
Calibration 3     1,158,668
ssj_ops@calibrated=1,160,274
100% 99.6% 1,160,274 1,156,174
90% 89.9% 1,044,247 1,042,977
80% 79.8% 928,219 925,781
70% 70.3% 812,192 815,268
60% 60.0% 696,164 696,402
50% 50.0% 580,137 580,132
40% 40.0% 464,110 463,688
30% 30.1% 348,082 348,795
20% 20.0% 232,055 232,368
10% 10.0% 116,027 115,712
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%
    M420-04d.001 146,527
    M420-04d.002 142,961
    M420-04d.003 144,318
    M420-04d.004 144,320
    M420-04d.005 146,058
    M420-04d.006 142,843
    M420-04d.007 144,375
    M420-04d.008 144,772
    ssj_ops@100% 1,156,174
    ssj_ops@100% per JVM 144,522
    Graph of per-instance results
    JVM 'M420-04d.001' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     146,775
    Calibration 2     147,435
    Calibration 3     147,054
    ssj_ops@calibrated=147,245
    100% 99.5% 147,245 146,527
    90% 90.1% 132,520 132,689
    80% 80.1% 117,796 117,896
    70% 70.3% 103,071 103,514
    60% 60.5% 88,347 89,117
    50% 49.7% 73,622 73,186
    40% 40.6% 58,898 59,724
    30% 29.9% 44,173 43,954
    20% 20.2% 29,449 29,727
    10% 10.2% 14,724 15,004
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-04d.002' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,747
    Calibration 2     143,596
    Calibration 3     143,054
    ssj_ops@calibrated=143,325
    100% 99.7% 143,325 142,961
    90% 90.1% 128,993 129,168
    80% 79.5% 114,660 113,956
    70% 70.8% 100,328 101,472
    60% 60.5% 85,995 86,649
    50% 49.8% 71,663 71,354
    40% 39.2% 57,330 56,236
    30% 30.2% 42,998 43,323
    20% 20.0% 28,665 28,722
    10% 9.9% 14,333 14,237
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-04d.003' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,190
    Calibration 2     145,030
    Calibration 3     143,982
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,506
    100% 99.9% 144,506 144,318
    90% 90.4% 130,055 130,609
    80% 80.0% 115,605 115,608
    70% 70.4% 101,154 101,679
    60% 59.8% 86,704 86,446
    50% 50.1% 72,253 72,414
    40% 39.9% 57,802 57,647
    30% 30.1% 43,352 43,455
    20% 20.1% 28,901 29,054
    10% 10.1% 14,451 14,596
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-04d.004' Scores:
    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
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-04d.005' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     146,711
    Calibration 2     147,519
    Calibration 3     147,188
    ssj_ops@calibrated=147,354
    100% 99.1% 147,354 146,058
    90% 90.4% 132,618 133,223
    80% 79.4% 117,883 116,998
    70% 69.9% 103,148 102,986
    60% 60.0% 88,412 88,485
    50% 49.8% 73,677 73,430
    40% 40.7% 58,942 59,933
    30% 30.0% 44,206 44,187
    20% 19.9% 29,471 29,396
    10% 9.9% 14,735 14,525
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-04d.006' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,094
    Calibration 2     144,807
    Calibration 3     144,179
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,493
    100% 98.9% 144,493 142,843
    90% 89.7% 130,044 129,599
    80% 80.6% 115,595 116,403
    70% 70.3% 101,145 101,559
    60% 59.1% 86,696 85,442
    50% 50.3% 72,247 72,731
    40% 40.0% 57,797 57,753
    30% 30.2% 43,348 43,616
    20% 20.0% 28,899 28,835
    10% 10.1% 14,449 14,592
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-04d.007' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,831
    Calibration 2     144,069
    Calibration 3     144,571
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,320
    100% 100.0% 144,320 144,375
    90% 89.0% 129,888 128,485
    80% 79.7% 115,456 115,091
    70% 70.6% 101,024 101,933
    60% 59.6% 86,592 86,016
    50% 50.0% 72,160 72,144
    40% 39.5% 57,728 56,966
    30% 30.0% 43,296 43,272
    20% 20.5% 28,864 29,583
    10% 9.7% 14,432 14,000
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-04d.008' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,132
    Calibration 2     144,704
    Calibration 3     144,122
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,413
    100% 100.2% 144,413 144,772
    90% 90.0% 129,972 130,014
    80% 79.8% 115,531 115,241
    70% 69.9% 101,089 100,949
    60% 60.2% 86,648 86,991
    50% 50.0% 72,207 72,258
    40% 40.3% 57,765 58,167
    30% 29.9% 43,324 43,120
    20% 19.5% 28,883 28,178
    10% 10.0% 14,441 14,404
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.