Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,338
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     145,633
Calibration 2     144,183
Calibration 3     144,953
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,568
100% 99.8% 144,568 144,338
90% 89.1% 130,111 128,780
80% 79.7% 115,655 115,151
70% 70.0% 101,198 101,233
60% 59.2% 86,741 85,608
50% 49.4% 72,284 71,434
40% 40.1% 57,827 57,939
30% 29.9% 43,370 43,175
20% 19.6% 28,914 28,329
10% 9.9% 14,457 14,242
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 10,598,485 1,589
    Payment 10,598,487
    Order Status 1,059,850
    Delivery 1,059,848
    Stock Level 1,059,849
    Customer Report 10,598,491
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,488,865 1,589
    Payment 10,488,853
    Order Status 1,048,887
    Delivery 1,048,886
    Stock Level 1,048,887
    Customer Report 10,488,861
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,542,090 1,589
    Payment 10,542,089
    Order Status 1,054,211
    Delivery 1,054,210
    Stock Level 1,054,209
    Customer Report 10,542,091
    100% 99.8% New Order 10,504,850 1,589
    Payment 10,504,853
    Order Status 1,050,484
    Delivery 1,050,484
    Stock Level 1,050,484
    Customer Report 10,504,845
    90% 89.1% New Order 9,365,873 1,589
    Payment 9,365,877
    Order Status 936,586
    Delivery 936,587
    Stock Level 936,588
    Customer Report 9,365,876
    80% 79.7% New Order 8,374,637 1,589
    Payment 8,374,645
    Order Status 837,464
    Delivery 837,464
    Stock Level 837,464
    Customer Report 8,374,640
    70% 70.0% New Order 7,362,785 1,589
    Payment 7,362,791
    Order Status 736,280
    Delivery 736,280
    Stock Level 736,280
    Customer Report 7,362,785
    60% 59.2% New Order 6,226,532 1,589
    Payment 6,226,534
    Order Status 622,653
    Delivery 622,653
    Stock Level 622,653
    Customer Report 6,226,527
    50% 49.4% New Order 5,195,226 1,589
    Payment 5,195,225
    Order Status 519,523
    Delivery 519,521
    Stock Level 519,521
    Customer Report 5,195,218
    40% 40.1% New Order 4,214,346 1,589
    Payment 4,214,333
    Order Status 421,432
    Delivery 421,434
    Stock Level 421,435
    Customer Report 4,214,336
    30% 29.9% New Order 3,139,986 1,589
    Payment 3,139,985
    Order Status 313,998
    Delivery 313,998
    Stock Level 313,999
    Customer Report 3,139,991
    20% 19.6% New Order 2,060,302 1,589
    Payment 2,060,304
    Order Status 206,030
    Delivery 206,032
    Stock Level 206,031
    Customer Report 2,060,301
    10% 9.9% New Order 1,035,757 1,589
    Payment 1,035,755
    Order Status 103,577
    Delivery 103,573
    Stock Level 103,576
    Customer Report 1,035,762
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0