Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,003
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     144,206
Calibration 2     144,040
Calibration 3     143,997
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,018
100% 100.0% 144,018 144,003
90% 90.1% 129,616 129,731
80% 80.5% 115,214 115,864
70% 69.1% 100,813 99,481
60% 59.8% 86,411 86,095
50% 50.1% 72,009 72,130
40% 40.2% 57,607 57,930
30% 29.7% 43,205 42,774
20% 20.5% 28,804 29,470
10% 9.8% 14,402 14,075
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 10,490,582 1,589
    Payment 10,490,585
    Order Status 1,049,059
    Delivery 1,049,058
    Stock Level 1,049,060
    Customer Report 10,490,587
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,482,524 1,589
    Payment 10,482,520
    Order Status 1,048,252
    Delivery 1,048,253
    Stock Level 1,048,253
    Customer Report 10,482,527
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,473,275 1,589
    Payment 10,473,275
    Order Status 1,047,330
    Delivery 1,047,328
    Stock Level 1,047,327
    Customer Report 10,473,275
    100% 100.0% New Order 10,477,814 1,589
    Payment 10,477,814
    Order Status 1,047,781
    Delivery 1,047,780
    Stock Level 1,047,781
    Customer Report 10,477,810
    90% 90.1% New Order 9,435,062 1,589
    Payment 9,435,055
    Order Status 943,507
    Delivery 943,505
    Stock Level 943,505
    Customer Report 9,435,062
    80% 80.5% New Order 8,426,546 1,589
    Payment 8,426,543
    Order Status 842,654
    Delivery 842,655
    Stock Level 842,654
    Customer Report 8,426,538
    70% 69.1% New Order 7,235,074 1,589
    Payment 7,235,072
    Order Status 723,507
    Delivery 723,509
    Stock Level 723,506
    Customer Report 7,235,070
    60% 59.8% New Order 6,261,923 1,589
    Payment 6,261,920
    Order Status 626,192
    Delivery 626,192
    Stock Level 626,193
    Customer Report 6,261,925
    50% 50.1% New Order 5,248,945 1,589
    Payment 5,248,949
    Order Status 524,895
    Delivery 524,894
    Stock Level 524,894
    Customer Report 5,248,949
    40% 40.2% New Order 4,213,157 1,589
    Payment 4,213,156
    Order Status 421,316
    Delivery 421,315
    Stock Level 421,316
    Customer Report 4,213,153
    30% 29.7% New Order 3,110,884 1,589
    Payment 3,110,887
    Order Status 311,089
    Delivery 311,090
    Stock Level 311,086
    Customer Report 3,110,882
    20% 20.5% New Order 2,143,314 1,589
    Payment 2,143,311
    Order Status 214,332
    Delivery 214,333
    Stock Level 214,331
    Customer Report 2,143,316
    10% 9.8% New Order 1,023,636 1,589
    Payment 1,023,641
    Order Status 102,364
    Delivery 102,362
    Stock Level 102,364
    Customer Report 1,023,633
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0