Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 143,972
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     144,506
Calibration 2     144,012
Calibration 3     144,401
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,207
100% 99.8% 144,207 143,972
90% 89.6% 129,786 129,273
80% 79.8% 115,365 115,148
70% 70.3% 100,945 101,354
60% 60.4% 86,524 87,070
50% 49.0% 72,103 70,713
40% 40.1% 57,683 57,775
30% 30.5% 43,262 43,984
20% 19.8% 28,841 28,549
10% 10.1% 14,421 14,621
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 10,516,434 1,589
    Payment 10,516,435
    Order Status 1,051,642
    Delivery 1,051,646
    Stock Level 1,051,641
    Customer Report 10,516,431
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,475,029 1,588
    Payment 10,475,021
    Order Status 1,047,501
    Delivery 1,047,503
    Stock Level 1,047,503
    Customer Report 10,475,018
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,508,796 1,589
    Payment 10,508,799
    Order Status 1,050,878
    Delivery 1,050,880
    Stock Level 1,050,880
    Customer Report 10,508,796
    100% 99.8% New Order 10,472,616 1,589
    Payment 10,472,618
    Order Status 1,047,262
    Delivery 1,047,262
    Stock Level 1,047,262
    Customer Report 10,472,617
    90% 89.6% New Order 9,403,543 1,589
    Payment 9,403,546
    Order Status 940,354
    Delivery 940,354
    Stock Level 940,354
    Customer Report 9,403,540
    80% 79.8% New Order 8,374,420 1,589
    Payment 8,374,423
    Order Status 837,442
    Delivery 837,444
    Stock Level 837,444
    Customer Report 8,374,418
    70% 70.3% New Order 7,371,240 1,589
    Payment 7,371,232
    Order Status 737,121
    Delivery 737,123
    Stock Level 737,122
    Customer Report 7,371,241
    60% 60.4% New Order 6,332,406 1,589
    Payment 6,332,407
    Order Status 633,242
    Delivery 633,240
    Stock Level 633,241
    Customer Report 6,332,406
    50% 49.0% New Order 5,142,754 1,589
    Payment 5,142,750
    Order Status 514,276
    Delivery 514,275
    Stock Level 514,276
    Customer Report 5,142,754
    40% 40.1% New Order 4,202,067 1,589
    Payment 4,202,074
    Order Status 420,207
    Delivery 420,207
    Stock Level 420,207
    Customer Report 4,202,072
    30% 30.5% New Order 3,198,831 1,589
    Payment 3,198,834
    Order Status 319,882
    Delivery 319,885
    Stock Level 319,884
    Customer Report 3,198,841
    20% 19.8% New Order 2,076,324 1,589
    Payment 2,076,326
    Order Status 207,634
    Delivery 207,631
    Stock Level 207,631
    Customer Report 2,076,321
    10% 10.1% New Order 1,063,335 1,589
    Payment 1,063,332
    Order Status 106,333
    Delivery 106,333
    Stock Level 106,334
    Customer Report 1,063,333
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0