Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 146,032
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     146,075
Calibration 2     146,462
Calibration 3     146,693
ssj_ops@calibrated=146,577
100% 99.6% 146,577 146,032
90% 90.1% 131,920 132,130
80% 80.3% 117,262 117,767
70% 70.4% 102,604 103,248
60% 60.0% 87,946 87,953
50% 50.0% 73,289 73,362
40% 40.7% 58,631 59,691
30% 30.1% 43,973 44,062
20% 20.1% 29,315 29,531
10% 10.3% 14,658 15,031
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 10,634,733 1,589
    Payment 10,634,729
    Order Status 1,063,474
    Delivery 1,063,472
    Stock Level 1,063,474
    Customer Report 10,634,724
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,658,047 1,588
    Payment 10,658,047
    Order Status 1,065,805
    Delivery 1,065,803
    Stock Level 1,065,803
    Customer Report 10,658,048
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,676,972 1,589
    Payment 10,676,976
    Order Status 1,067,698
    Delivery 1,067,699
    Stock Level 1,067,698
    Customer Report 10,676,967
    100% 99.6% New Order 10,627,888 1,589
    Payment 10,627,894
    Order Status 1,062,788
    Delivery 1,062,789
    Stock Level 1,062,790
    Customer Report 10,627,894
    90% 90.1% New Order 9,609,495 1,589
    Payment 9,609,487
    Order Status 960,951
    Delivery 960,948
    Stock Level 960,949
    Customer Report 9,609,491
    80% 80.3% New Order 8,564,916 1,589
    Payment 8,564,912
    Order Status 856,492
    Delivery 856,490
    Stock Level 856,493
    Customer Report 8,564,917
    70% 70.4% New Order 7,508,952 1,589
    Payment 7,508,958
    Order Status 750,895
    Delivery 750,897
    Stock Level 750,897
    Customer Report 7,508,956
    60% 60.0% New Order 6,399,095 1,589
    Payment 6,399,092
    Order Status 639,910
    Delivery 639,909
    Stock Level 639,910
    Customer Report 6,399,100
    50% 50.0% New Order 5,335,442 1,589
    Payment 5,335,444
    Order Status 533,542
    Delivery 533,545
    Stock Level 533,545
    Customer Report 5,335,440
    40% 40.7% New Order 4,341,156 1,589
    Payment 4,341,157
    Order Status 434,113
    Delivery 434,116
    Stock Level 434,116
    Customer Report 4,341,159
    30% 30.1% New Order 3,204,496 1,589
    Payment 3,204,498
    Order Status 320,449
    Delivery 320,448
    Stock Level 320,449
    Customer Report 3,204,492
    20% 20.1% New Order 2,147,842 1,589
    Payment 2,147,838
    Order Status 214,784
    Delivery 214,783
    Stock Level 214,783
    Customer Report 2,147,846
    10% 10.3% New Order 1,093,164 1,589
    Payment 1,093,159
    Order Status 109,316
    Delivery 109,316
    Stock Level 109,317
    Customer Report 1,093,164
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0