Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 143,858
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     143,617
Calibration 2     144,449
Calibration 3     144,352
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,400
100% 99.6% 144,400 143,858
90% 90.0% 129,960 129,893
80% 80.5% 115,520 116,277
70% 69.9% 101,080 100,962
60% 59.7% 86,640 86,145
50% 50.2% 72,200 72,516
40% 39.5% 57,760 57,003
30% 30.2% 43,320 43,679
20% 19.6% 28,880 28,281
10% 9.9% 14,440 14,316
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 10,453,095 1,589
    Payment 10,453,100
    Order Status 1,045,309
    Delivery 1,045,312
    Stock Level 1,045,311
    Customer Report 10,453,096
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,505,450 1,589
    Payment 10,505,453
    Order Status 1,050,545
    Delivery 1,050,545
    Stock Level 1,050,543
    Customer Report 10,505,442
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,505,187 1,589
    Payment 10,505,186
    Order Status 1,050,518
    Delivery 1,050,520
    Stock Level 1,050,520
    Customer Report 10,505,183
    100% 99.6% New Order 10,467,439 1,589
    Payment 10,467,445
    Order Status 1,046,745
    Delivery 1,046,744
    Stock Level 1,046,746
    Customer Report 10,467,441
    90% 90.0% New Order 9,447,423 1,589
    Payment 9,447,416
    Order Status 944,744
    Delivery 944,742
    Stock Level 944,742
    Customer Report 9,447,415
    80% 80.5% New Order 8,456,536 1,589
    Payment 8,456,535
    Order Status 845,654
    Delivery 845,652
    Stock Level 845,652
    Customer Report 8,456,528
    70% 69.9% New Order 7,342,751 1,589
    Payment 7,342,747
    Order Status 734,275
    Delivery 734,276
    Stock Level 734,275
    Customer Report 7,342,750
    60% 59.7% New Order 6,265,076 1,589
    Payment 6,265,090
    Order Status 626,506
    Delivery 626,508
    Stock Level 626,507
    Customer Report 6,265,080
    50% 50.2% New Order 5,273,935 1,589
    Payment 5,273,935
    Order Status 527,393
    Delivery 527,392
    Stock Level 527,394
    Customer Report 5,273,934
    40% 39.5% New Order 4,145,884 1,589
    Payment 4,145,881
    Order Status 414,589
    Delivery 414,588
    Stock Level 414,589
    Customer Report 4,145,888
    30% 30.2% New Order 3,176,713 1,589
    Payment 3,176,711
    Order Status 317,670
    Delivery 317,672
    Stock Level 317,670
    Customer Report 3,176,712
    20% 19.6% New Order 2,056,799 1,589
    Payment 2,056,805
    Order Status 205,680
    Delivery 205,681
    Stock Level 205,681
    Customer Report 2,056,805
    10% 9.9% New Order 1,041,206 1,589
    Payment 1,041,209
    Order Status 104,121
    Delivery 104,123
    Stock Level 104,121
    Customer Report 1,041,220
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0