Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 145,396
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     145,477
Calibration 2     146,151
Calibration 3     145,676
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,913
100% 99.6% 145,913 145,396
90% 89.9% 131,322 131,156
80% 81.0% 116,731 118,150
70% 69.2% 102,139 101,028
60% 60.1% 87,548 87,628
50% 50.0% 72,957 72,900
40% 39.9% 58,365 58,259
30% 30.6% 43,774 44,641
20% 20.0% 29,183 29,152
10% 9.9% 14,591 14,479
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 10,581,891 1,589
    Payment 10,581,884
    Order Status 1,058,191
    Delivery 1,058,187
    Stock Level 1,058,190
    Customer Report 10,581,880
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,634,074 1,589
    Payment 10,634,069
    Order Status 1,063,406
    Delivery 1,063,409
    Stock Level 1,063,408
    Customer Report 10,634,073
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,602,905 1,589
    Payment 10,602,903
    Order Status 1,060,290
    Delivery 1,060,292
    Stock Level 1,060,290
    Customer Report 10,602,906
    100% 99.6% New Order 10,581,889 1,589
    Payment 10,581,899
    Order Status 1,058,187
    Delivery 1,058,188
    Stock Level 1,058,189
    Customer Report 10,581,892
    90% 89.9% New Order 9,543,623 1,589
    Payment 9,543,632
    Order Status 954,364
    Delivery 954,363
    Stock Level 954,361
    Customer Report 9,543,620
    80% 81.0% New Order 8,599,503 1,589
    Payment 8,599,499
    Order Status 859,949
    Delivery 859,952
    Stock Level 859,952
    Customer Report 8,599,502
    70% 69.2% New Order 7,347,538 1,589
    Payment 7,347,544
    Order Status 734,754
    Delivery 734,754
    Stock Level 734,754
    Customer Report 7,347,539
    60% 60.1% New Order 6,372,970 1,589
    Payment 6,372,970
    Order Status 637,298
    Delivery 637,297
    Stock Level 637,296
    Customer Report 6,372,971
    50% 50.0% New Order 5,301,893 1,589
    Payment 5,301,891
    Order Status 530,191
    Delivery 530,190
    Stock Level 530,192
    Customer Report 5,301,895
    40% 39.9% New Order 4,237,339 1,589
    Payment 4,237,331
    Order Status 423,735
    Delivery 423,733
    Stock Level 423,735
    Customer Report 4,237,339
    30% 30.6% New Order 3,246,659 1,589
    Payment 3,246,656
    Order Status 324,667
    Delivery 324,665
    Stock Level 324,666
    Customer Report 3,246,653
    20% 20.0% New Order 2,120,118 1,589
    Payment 2,120,111
    Order Status 212,010
    Delivery 212,012
    Stock Level 212,010
    Customer Report 2,120,110
    10% 9.9% New Order 1,053,034 1,589
    Payment 1,053,031
    Order Status 105,304
    Delivery 105,304
    Stock Level 105,302
    Customer Report 1,053,025
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0