Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 146,487
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     146,691
Calibration 2     147,222
Calibration 3     146,465
ssj_ops@calibrated=146,844
100% 99.8% 146,844 146,487
90% 89.9% 132,159 132,000
80% 80.7% 117,475 118,474
70% 70.3% 102,790 103,221
60% 60.1% 88,106 88,241
50% 49.4% 73,422 72,543
40% 39.7% 58,737 58,359
30% 30.3% 44,053 44,425
20% 20.3% 29,369 29,760
10% 10.1% 14,684 14,821
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 10,676,224 1,589
    Payment 10,676,227
    Order Status 1,067,622
    Delivery 1,067,623
    Stock Level 1,067,622
    Customer Report 10,676,233
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,710,705 1,589
    Payment 10,710,711
    Order Status 1,071,071
    Delivery 1,071,069
    Stock Level 1,071,072
    Customer Report 10,710,706
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,659,078 1,589
    Payment 10,659,070
    Order Status 1,065,906
    Delivery 1,065,908
    Stock Level 1,065,907
    Customer Report 10,659,075
    100% 99.8% New Order 10,657,232 1,589
    Payment 10,657,234
    Order Status 1,065,723
    Delivery 1,065,724
    Stock Level 1,065,724
    Customer Report 10,657,231
    90% 89.9% New Order 9,601,389 1,589
    Payment 9,601,393
    Order Status 960,140
    Delivery 960,138
    Stock Level 960,142
    Customer Report 9,601,386
    80% 80.7% New Order 8,616,403 1,589
    Payment 8,616,398
    Order Status 861,639
    Delivery 861,639
    Stock Level 861,641
    Customer Report 8,616,388
    70% 70.3% New Order 7,507,074 1,589
    Payment 7,507,064
    Order Status 750,707
    Delivery 750,707
    Stock Level 750,706
    Customer Report 7,507,070
    60% 60.1% New Order 6,417,589 1,589
    Payment 6,417,588
    Order Status 641,759
    Delivery 641,758
    Stock Level 641,758
    Customer Report 6,417,592
    50% 49.4% New Order 5,275,917 1,589
    Payment 5,275,927
    Order Status 527,593
    Delivery 527,591
    Stock Level 527,592
    Customer Report 5,275,913
    40% 39.7% New Order 4,244,363 1,589
    Payment 4,244,361
    Order Status 424,435
    Delivery 424,434
    Stock Level 424,434
    Customer Report 4,244,357
    30% 30.3% New Order 3,230,911 1,589
    Payment 3,230,910
    Order Status 323,090
    Delivery 323,090
    Stock Level 323,091
    Customer Report 3,230,911
    20% 20.3% New Order 2,164,394 1,589
    Payment 2,164,395
    Order Status 216,440
    Delivery 216,440
    Stock Level 216,440
    Customer Report 2,164,397
    10% 10.1% New Order 1,077,881 1,589
    Payment 1,077,883
    Order Status 107,787
    Delivery 107,787
    Stock Level 107,785
    Customer Report 1,077,877
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0