Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,733
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     144,092
Calibration 2     144,968
Calibration 3     144,531
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,749
100% 100.0% 144,749 144,733
90% 90.1% 130,274 130,381
80% 80.0% 115,800 115,817
70% 70.4% 101,325 101,905
60% 59.5% 86,850 86,169
50% 50.3% 72,375 72,824
40% 39.9% 57,900 57,691
30% 29.9% 43,425 43,351
20% 19.7% 28,950 28,582
10% 9.8% 14,475 14,250
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 10,481,610 1,589
    Payment 10,481,605
    Order Status 1,048,159
    Delivery 1,048,160
    Stock Level 1,048,161
    Customer Report 10,481,603
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,550,824 1,589
    Payment 10,550,817
    Order Status 1,055,083
    Delivery 1,055,081
    Stock Level 1,055,081
    Customer Report 10,550,820
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,518,318 1,589
    Payment 10,518,323
    Order Status 1,051,832
    Delivery 1,051,830
    Stock Level 1,051,831
    Customer Report 10,518,319
    100% 100.0% New Order 10,530,826 1,589
    Payment 10,530,826
    Order Status 1,053,082
    Delivery 1,053,080
    Stock Level 1,053,084
    Customer Report 10,530,825
    90% 90.1% New Order 9,482,347 1,589
    Payment 9,482,342
    Order Status 948,234
    Delivery 948,234
    Stock Level 948,234
    Customer Report 9,482,343
    80% 80.0% New Order 8,423,203 1,589
    Payment 8,423,195
    Order Status 842,319
    Delivery 842,321
    Stock Level 842,319
    Customer Report 8,423,201
    70% 70.4% New Order 7,412,781 1,589
    Payment 7,412,788
    Order Status 741,279
    Delivery 741,275
    Stock Level 741,278
    Customer Report 7,412,783
    60% 59.5% New Order 6,266,908 1,589
    Payment 6,266,917
    Order Status 626,690
    Delivery 626,693
    Stock Level 626,692
    Customer Report 6,266,922
    50% 50.3% New Order 5,296,371 1,589
    Payment 5,296,377
    Order Status 529,638
    Delivery 529,638
    Stock Level 529,637
    Customer Report 5,296,372
    40% 39.9% New Order 4,195,773 1,589
    Payment 4,195,777
    Order Status 419,580
    Delivery 419,579
    Stock Level 419,577
    Customer Report 4,195,772
    30% 29.9% New Order 3,152,836 1,589
    Payment 3,152,840
    Order Status 315,284
    Delivery 315,283
    Stock Level 315,283
    Customer Report 3,152,836
    20% 19.7% New Order 2,078,748 1,589
    Payment 2,078,746
    Order Status 207,874
    Delivery 207,874
    Stock Level 207,875
    Customer Report 2,078,745
    10% 9.8% New Order 1,036,365 1,589
    Payment 1,036,358
    Order Status 103,636
    Delivery 103,638
    Stock Level 103,635
    Customer Report 1,036,368
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0