Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 143,771
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     143,965
Calibration 2     144,124
Calibration 3     143,570
ssj_ops@calibrated=143,847
100% 99.9% 143,847 143,771
90% 90.6% 129,462 130,366
80% 79.9% 115,077 114,978
70% 70.5% 100,693 101,405
60% 59.6% 86,308 85,747
50% 49.7% 71,923 71,472
40% 40.0% 57,539 57,595
30% 30.0% 43,154 43,154
20% 19.8% 28,769 28,496
10% 9.8% 14,385 14,145
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 10,473,756 1,589
    Payment 10,473,768
    Order Status 1,047,378
    Delivery 1,047,376
    Stock Level 1,047,374
    Customer Report 10,473,761
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,492,815 1,589
    Payment 10,492,817
    Order Status 1,049,281
    Delivery 1,049,281
    Stock Level 1,049,282
    Customer Report 10,492,812
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,447,770 1,589
    Payment 10,447,769
    Order Status 1,044,777
    Delivery 1,044,778
    Stock Level 1,044,780
    Customer Report 10,447,774
    100% 99.9% New Order 10,458,984 1,589
    Payment 10,458,984
    Order Status 1,045,899
    Delivery 1,045,898
    Stock Level 1,045,898
    Customer Report 10,458,982
    90% 90.6% New Order 9,481,373 1,589
    Payment 9,481,375
    Order Status 948,137
    Delivery 948,138
    Stock Level 948,135
    Customer Report 9,481,373
    80% 79.9% New Order 8,363,174 1,589
    Payment 8,363,164
    Order Status 836,318
    Delivery 836,319
    Stock Level 836,317
    Customer Report 8,363,174
    70% 70.5% New Order 7,375,014 1,589
    Payment 7,375,021
    Order Status 737,500
    Delivery 737,506
    Stock Level 737,501
    Customer Report 7,375,018
    60% 59.6% New Order 6,237,884 1,589
    Payment 6,237,881
    Order Status 623,788
    Delivery 623,787
    Stock Level 623,789
    Customer Report 6,237,890
    50% 49.7% New Order 5,198,036 1,589
    Payment 5,198,041
    Order Status 519,804
    Delivery 519,804
    Stock Level 519,803
    Customer Report 5,198,042
    40% 40.0% New Order 4,188,830 1,589
    Payment 4,188,829
    Order Status 418,884
    Delivery 418,885
    Stock Level 418,883
    Customer Report 4,188,839
    30% 30.0% New Order 3,138,484 1,589
    Payment 3,138,488
    Order Status 313,848
    Delivery 313,847
    Stock Level 313,848
    Customer Report 3,138,485
    20% 19.8% New Order 2,072,486 1,589
    Payment 2,072,485
    Order Status 207,248
    Delivery 207,247
    Stock Level 207,248
    Customer Report 2,072,489
    10% 9.8% New Order 1,028,773 1,589
    Payment 1,028,770
    Order Status 102,877
    Delivery 102,879
    Stock Level 102,877
    Customer Report 1,028,769
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0