Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 1,157,567
ssj_ops@100% per JVM = 144,696
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     1,155,486
Calibration 2     1,159,564
Calibration 3     1,161,283
ssj_ops@calibrated=1,160,424
100% 99.8% 1,160,424 1,157,567
90% 90.2% 1,044,381 1,047,214
80% 79.9% 928,339 927,144
70% 69.9% 812,297 811,655
60% 59.7% 696,254 693,202
50% 50.0% 580,212 579,722
40% 40.0% 464,170 463,817
30% 30.0% 348,127 348,394
20% 20.0% 232,085 232,466
10% 10.1% 116,042 116,867
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
    JVM Instance Summary
    JVM Instance ssj_ops@100%
    M420-08a.001 144,861
    M420-08a.002 145,681
    M420-08a.003 144,071
    M420-08a.004 145,185
    M420-08a.005 143,634
    M420-08a.006 144,666
    M420-08a.007 143,854
    M420-08a.008 145,615
    ssj_ops@100% 1,157,567
    ssj_ops@100% per JVM 144,696
    Graph of per-instance results
    JVM 'M420-08a.001' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     145,932
    Calibration 2     144,621
    Calibration 3     145,888
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,255
    100% 99.7% 145,255 144,861
    90% 90.4% 130,729 131,334
    80% 80.8% 116,204 117,315
    70% 70.5% 101,678 102,375
    60% 60.3% 87,153 87,543
    50% 49.4% 72,627 71,691
    40% 40.2% 58,102 58,369
    30% 30.4% 43,576 44,090
    20% 20.3% 29,051 29,441
    10% 10.2% 14,525 14,795
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-08a.002' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,191
    Calibration 2     145,715
    Calibration 3     145,736
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,725
    100% 100.0% 145,725 145,681
    90% 89.7% 131,153 130,717
    80% 80.0% 116,580 116,584
    70% 69.2% 102,008 100,902
    60% 59.5% 87,435 86,769
    50% 50.0% 72,863 72,816
    40% 39.7% 58,290 57,871
    30% 30.4% 43,718 44,228
    20% 19.7% 29,145 28,704
    10% 10.1% 14,573 14,674
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-08a.003' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,061
    Calibration 2     145,131
    Calibration 3     144,852
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,991
    100% 99.4% 144,991 144,071
    90% 90.5% 130,492 131,286
    80% 80.4% 115,993 116,511
    70% 70.3% 101,494 101,970
    60% 59.6% 86,995 86,378
    50% 49.8% 72,496 72,243
    40% 40.0% 57,997 57,998
    30% 30.3% 43,497 43,869
    20% 20.2% 28,998 29,268
    10% 10.3% 14,499 14,954
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-08a.004' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,664
    Calibration 2     145,298
    Calibration 3     145,812
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,555
    100% 99.7% 145,555 145,185
    90% 89.9% 130,999 130,919
    80% 79.3% 116,444 115,410
    70% 69.9% 101,888 101,795
    60% 59.9% 87,333 87,125
    50% 50.4% 72,777 73,294
    40% 39.4% 58,222 57,310
    30% 30.1% 43,666 43,804
    20% 19.6% 29,111 28,493
    10% 10.3% 14,555 14,928
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-08a.005' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,696
    Calibration 2     144,171
    Calibration 3     143,099
    ssj_ops@calibrated=143,635
    100% 100.0% 143,635 143,634
    90% 89.9% 129,271 129,138
    80% 79.7% 114,908 114,444
    70% 70.2% 100,544 100,776
    60% 59.7% 86,181 85,679
    50% 50.2% 71,817 72,073
    40% 40.3% 57,454 57,911
    30% 30.2% 43,090 43,407
    20% 19.9% 28,727 28,619
    10% 9.8% 14,363 14,096
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-08a.006' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,272
    Calibration 2     145,536
    Calibration 3     145,484
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,510
    100% 99.4% 145,510 144,666
    90% 91.0% 130,959 132,342
    80% 79.4% 116,408 115,583
    70% 69.9% 101,857 101,727
    60% 59.4% 87,306 86,411
    50% 50.3% 72,755 73,137
    40% 40.1% 58,204 58,302
    30% 29.7% 43,653 43,205
    20% 20.1% 29,102 29,193
    10% 10.3% 14,551 14,943
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-08a.007' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,795
    Calibration 2     144,054
    Calibration 3     144,988
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,521
    100% 99.5% 144,521 143,854
    90% 90.5% 130,069 130,847
    80% 80.3% 115,617 116,008
    70% 69.7% 101,165 100,695
    60% 60.1% 86,713 86,887
    50% 50.2% 72,260 72,484
    40% 40.1% 57,808 57,935
    30% 29.7% 43,356 42,897
    20% 20.1% 28,904 29,054
    10% 9.8% 14,452 14,218
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-08a.008' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,875
    Calibration 2     145,038
    Calibration 3     145,425
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,232
    100% 100.3% 145,232 145,615
    90% 89.9% 130,708 130,631
    80% 79.4% 116,185 115,288
    70% 69.8% 101,662 101,414
    60% 59.5% 87,139 86,410
    50% 49.6% 72,616 71,984
    40% 40.0% 58,093 58,122
    30% 29.5% 43,569 42,895
    20% 20.4% 29,046 29,695
    10% 9.8% 14,523 14,258
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.