Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 143,871
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     144,483
Calibration 2     145,592
Calibration 3     144,626
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,109
100% 99.1% 145,109 143,871
90% 91.1% 130,598 132,129
80% 79.7% 116,087 115,721
70% 69.4% 101,576 100,752
60% 59.5% 87,066 86,268
50% 50.7% 72,555 73,563
40% 40.1% 58,044 58,129
30% 30.4% 43,533 44,112
20% 20.1% 29,022 29,186
10% 9.9% 14,511 14,302
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 10,513,718 1,589
    Payment 10,513,716
    Order Status 1,051,372
    Delivery 1,051,372
    Stock Level 1,051,371
    Customer Report 10,513,714
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,589,330 1,589
    Payment 10,589,331
    Order Status 1,058,935
    Delivery 1,058,936
    Stock Level 1,058,933
    Customer Report 10,589,332
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,524,514 1,589
    Payment 10,524,522
    Order Status 1,052,453
    Delivery 1,052,452
    Stock Level 1,052,452
    Customer Report 10,524,516
    100% 99.1% New Order 10,465,462 1,589
    Payment 10,465,458
    Order Status 1,046,547
    Delivery 1,046,547
    Stock Level 1,046,546
    Customer Report 10,465,465
    90% 91.1% New Order 9,609,596 1,589
    Payment 9,609,583
    Order Status 960,959
    Delivery 960,959
    Stock Level 960,959
    Customer Report 9,609,584
    80% 79.7% New Order 8,416,124 1,589
    Payment 8,416,122
    Order Status 841,612
    Delivery 841,612
    Stock Level 841,611
    Customer Report 8,416,120
    70% 69.4% New Order 7,327,491 1,589
    Payment 7,327,493
    Order Status 732,751
    Delivery 732,750
    Stock Level 732,748
    Customer Report 7,327,491
    60% 59.5% New Order 6,274,078 1,589
    Payment 6,274,081
    Order Status 627,407
    Delivery 627,408
    Stock Level 627,409
    Customer Report 6,274,082
    50% 50.7% New Order 5,350,091 1,589
    Payment 5,350,095
    Order Status 535,010
    Delivery 535,011
    Stock Level 535,009
    Customer Report 5,350,097
    40% 40.1% New Order 4,227,544 1,589
    Payment 4,227,547
    Order Status 422,756
    Delivery 422,753
    Stock Level 422,755
    Customer Report 4,227,551
    30% 30.4% New Order 3,208,188 1,589
    Payment 3,208,190
    Order Status 320,819
    Delivery 320,820
    Stock Level 320,820
    Customer Report 3,208,193
    20% 20.1% New Order 2,122,629 1,589
    Payment 2,122,629
    Order Status 212,263
    Delivery 212,263
    Stock Level 212,262
    Customer Report 2,122,637
    10% 9.9% New Order 1,040,140 1,589
    Payment 1,040,132
    Order Status 104,016
    Delivery 104,014
    Stock Level 104,014
    Customer Report 1,040,134
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0