Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 1,154,791
ssj_ops@100% per JVM = 144,349
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     1,156,435
Calibration 2     1,158,489
Calibration 3     1,158,210
ssj_ops@calibrated=1,158,350
100% 99.7% 1,158,350 1,154,791
90% 89.9% 1,042,515 1,041,880
80% 80.0% 926,680 926,645
70% 69.9% 810,845 810,227
60% 60.0% 695,010 695,398
50% 50.2% 579,175 581,322
40% 40.1% 463,340 464,467
30% 30.1% 347,505 348,509
20% 20.0% 231,670 231,506
10% 10.0% 115,835 115,452
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%
    M420-05a.001 145,407
    M420-05a.002 143,975
    M420-05a.003 144,257
    M420-05a.004 144,277
    M420-05a.005 144,894
    M420-05a.006 143,972
    M420-05a.007 144,281
    M420-05a.008 143,728
    ssj_ops@100% 1,154,791
    ssj_ops@100% per JVM 144,349
    Graph of per-instance results
    JVM 'M420-05a.001' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,661
    Calibration 2     145,432
    Calibration 3     145,750
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,591
    100% 99.9% 145,591 145,407
    90% 90.3% 131,032 131,516
    80% 79.5% 116,473 115,791
    70% 70.4% 101,914 102,453
    60% 59.8% 87,355 87,069
    50% 50.1% 72,795 72,957
    40% 39.6% 58,236 57,650
    30% 29.9% 43,677 43,589
    20% 20.1% 29,118 29,275
    10% 10.3% 14,559 14,933
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-05a.002' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,481
    Calibration 2     144,204
    Calibration 3     144,173
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,189
    100% 99.9% 144,189 143,975
    90% 90.0% 129,770 129,718
    80% 80.2% 115,351 115,676
    70% 70.1% 100,932 101,102
    60% 60.2% 86,513 86,863
    50% 50.2% 72,094 72,398
    40% 40.0% 57,675 57,654
    30% 29.9% 43,257 43,070
    20% 19.7% 28,838 28,471
    10% 10.0% 14,419 14,377
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-05a.003' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,912
    Calibration 2     145,102
    Calibration 3     144,353
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,728
    100% 99.7% 144,728 144,257
    90% 90.1% 130,255 130,399
    80% 80.5% 115,782 116,464
    70% 70.5% 101,309 102,055
    60% 59.9% 86,837 86,734
    50% 50.6% 72,364 73,235
    40% 40.8% 57,891 59,049
    30% 31.0% 43,418 44,889
    20% 19.8% 28,946 28,714
    10% 9.9% 14,473 14,266
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-05a.004' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,978
    Calibration 2     145,218
    Calibration 3     144,876
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,047
    100% 99.5% 145,047 144,277
    90% 90.3% 130,542 131,049
    80% 79.7% 116,038 115,585
    70% 70.2% 101,533 101,842
    60% 60.1% 87,028 87,125
    50% 50.2% 72,524 72,821
    40% 40.6% 58,019 58,889
    30% 29.9% 43,514 43,420
    20% 19.8% 29,009 28,689
    10% 10.0% 14,505 14,512
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-05a.005' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     145,360
    Calibration 2     145,291
    Calibration 3     145,901
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,596
    100% 99.5% 145,596 144,894
    90% 89.1% 131,036 129,660
    80% 80.4% 116,477 117,061
    70% 69.0% 101,917 100,459
    60% 59.8% 87,357 87,127
    50% 50.2% 72,798 73,132
    40% 40.0% 58,238 58,198
    30% 30.1% 43,679 43,776
    20% 20.3% 29,119 29,508
    10% 10.2% 14,560 14,843
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-05a.006' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,234
    Calibration 2     144,188
    Calibration 3     144,643
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,415
    100% 99.7% 144,415 143,972
    90% 89.7% 129,974 129,585
    80% 80.4% 115,532 116,151
    70% 69.6% 101,091 100,528
    60% 60.7% 86,649 87,612
    50% 50.2% 72,208 72,513
    40% 40.1% 57,766 57,907
    30% 30.2% 43,325 43,640
    20% 20.2% 28,883 29,176
    10% 9.7% 14,442 14,052
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-05a.007' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,038
    Calibration 2     144,539
    Calibration 3     144,183
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,361
    100% 99.9% 144,361 144,281
    90% 90.7% 129,925 130,899
    80% 79.6% 115,489 114,924
    70% 69.5% 101,053 100,308
    60% 59.7% 86,617 86,180
    50% 50.1% 72,180 72,353
    40% 39.7% 57,744 57,283
    30% 29.4% 43,308 42,379
    20% 19.9% 28,872 28,712
    10% 9.8% 14,436 14,212
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-05a.008' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     145,769
    Calibration 2     144,517
    Calibration 3     144,330
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,423
    100% 99.5% 144,423 143,728
    90% 89.4% 129,981 129,054
    80% 79.6% 115,539 114,994
    70% 70.3% 101,096 101,479
    60% 60.0% 86,654 86,689
    50% 49.8% 72,212 71,914
    40% 40.0% 57,769 57,837
    30% 30.3% 43,327 43,745
    20% 20.1% 28,885 28,962
    10% 9.9% 14,442 14,256
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.