Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 143,473
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     145,000
Calibration 2     144,527
Calibration 3     144,214
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,371
100% 99.4% 144,371 143,473
90% 90.3% 129,934 130,308
80% 80.0% 115,497 115,545
70% 70.5% 101,060 101,729
60% 60.8% 86,622 87,834
50% 50.4% 72,185 72,802
40% 40.3% 57,748 58,121
30% 29.7% 43,311 42,898
20% 20.1% 28,874 28,956
10% 10.0% 14,437 14,496
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 10,552,703 1,589
    Payment 10,552,701
    Order Status 1,055,270
    Delivery 1,055,270
    Stock Level 1,055,272
    Customer Report 10,552,703
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,517,972 1,589
    Payment 10,517,972
    Order Status 1,051,799
    Delivery 1,051,799
    Stock Level 1,051,797
    Customer Report 10,517,977
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,491,777 1,589
    Payment 10,491,776
    Order Status 1,049,178
    Delivery 1,049,179
    Stock Level 1,049,178
    Customer Report 10,491,777
    100% 99.4% New Order 10,436,464 1,589
    Payment 10,436,467
    Order Status 1,043,644
    Delivery 1,043,647
    Stock Level 1,043,647
    Customer Report 10,436,465
    90% 90.3% New Order 9,478,389 1,589
    Payment 9,478,385
    Order Status 947,841
    Delivery 947,838
    Stock Level 947,838
    Customer Report 9,478,391
    80% 80.0% New Order 8,403,310 1,589
    Payment 8,403,313
    Order Status 840,331
    Delivery 840,332
    Stock Level 840,332
    Customer Report 8,403,315
    70% 70.5% New Order 7,398,670 1,589
    Payment 7,398,660
    Order Status 739,867
    Delivery 739,867
    Stock Level 739,866
    Customer Report 7,398,670
    60% 60.8% New Order 6,388,148 1,589
    Payment 6,388,145
    Order Status 638,816
    Delivery 638,812
    Stock Level 638,814
    Customer Report 6,388,143
    50% 50.4% New Order 5,294,740 1,589
    Payment 5,294,739
    Order Status 529,473
    Delivery 529,474
    Stock Level 529,474
    Customer Report 5,294,741
    40% 40.3% New Order 4,227,218 1,589
    Payment 4,227,221
    Order Status 422,724
    Delivery 422,720
    Stock Level 422,722
    Customer Report 4,227,226
    30% 29.7% New Order 3,119,885 1,589
    Payment 3,119,882
    Order Status 311,987
    Delivery 311,989
    Stock Level 311,990
    Customer Report 3,119,881
    20% 20.1% New Order 2,105,907 1,589
    Payment 2,105,912
    Order Status 210,592
    Delivery 210,593
    Stock Level 210,591
    Customer Report 2,105,910
    10% 10.0% New Order 1,054,238 1,589
    Payment 1,054,244
    Order Status 105,424
    Delivery 105,425
    Stock Level 105,424
    Customer Report 1,054,245
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0