Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 143,904
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     142,447
Calibration 2     143,946
Calibration 3     143,100
ssj_ops@calibrated=143,523
100% 100.3% 143,523 143,904
90% 90.5% 129,171 129,898
80% 79.2% 114,818 113,618
70% 70.7% 100,466 101,505
60% 60.1% 86,114 86,310
50% 50.0% 71,761 71,702
40% 39.6% 57,409 56,895
30% 29.9% 43,057 42,979
20% 20.0% 28,705 28,704
10% 10.0% 14,352 14,330
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 10,364,811 1,589
    Payment 10,364,800
    Order Status 1,036,481
    Delivery 1,036,481
    Stock Level 1,036,480
    Customer Report 10,364,808
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,471,754 1,589
    Payment 10,471,747
    Order Status 1,047,174
    Delivery 1,047,174
    Stock Level 1,047,176
    Customer Report 10,471,750
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,412,257 1,589
    Payment 10,412,258
    Order Status 1,041,225
    Delivery 1,041,226
    Stock Level 1,041,226
    Customer Report 10,412,255
    100% 100.3% New Order 10,472,129 1,589
    Payment 10,472,133
    Order Status 1,047,214
    Delivery 1,047,214
    Stock Level 1,047,213
    Customer Report 10,472,126
    90% 90.5% New Order 9,447,466 1,589
    Payment 9,447,465
    Order Status 944,746
    Delivery 944,748
    Stock Level 944,745
    Customer Report 9,447,471
    80% 79.2% New Order 8,263,288 1,589
    Payment 8,263,285
    Order Status 826,330
    Delivery 826,328
    Stock Level 826,329
    Customer Report 8,263,290
    70% 70.7% New Order 7,382,531 1,589
    Payment 7,382,528
    Order Status 738,252
    Delivery 738,254
    Stock Level 738,253
    Customer Report 7,382,527
    60% 60.1% New Order 6,278,637 1,589
    Payment 6,278,629
    Order Status 627,865
    Delivery 627,865
    Stock Level 627,862
    Customer Report 6,278,630
    50% 50.0% New Order 5,215,006 1,589
    Payment 5,215,007
    Order Status 521,501
    Delivery 521,499
    Stock Level 521,502
    Customer Report 5,215,001
    40% 39.6% New Order 4,137,871 1,589
    Payment 4,137,868
    Order Status 413,788
    Delivery 413,788
    Stock Level 413,786
    Customer Report 4,137,868
    30% 29.9% New Order 3,125,815 1,589
    Payment 3,125,813
    Order Status 312,581
    Delivery 312,582
    Stock Level 312,581
    Customer Report 3,125,813
    20% 20.0% New Order 2,087,576 1,589
    Payment 2,087,576
    Order Status 208,759
    Delivery 208,758
    Stock Level 208,760
    Customer Report 2,087,571
    10% 10.0% New Order 1,042,280 1,589
    Payment 1,042,287
    Order Status 104,227
    Delivery 104,228
    Stock Level 104,230
    Customer Report 1,042,277
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0