SPECweb99 Result

Dell:	PowerApp.web 120
Microsoft:	Internet Information Server 5.0

SPECweb99 = 1070

Performance

Iteration

Conforming Simultaneous Connections

1	1070
2	1070
3	1070
Median	1070

Configuration

Availability Dates
All Hardware	Dec-2000
HTTP Software	Feb-2000
Operating System	Feb-2000
Supplemental System	--

Hardware

Vendor Dell

Model PowerApp.web 120

Processor 1000MHz Pentium III Coppermine

# Processors 2 cores, 2 chips, 1 core/chip

Primary Cache 16KBI+16KBD on chip

Secondary Cache 256KB ATC

Other Cache None

Memory 2 GB

Disk Subsystem 3 36GB 10KRPM drives

Disk Controllers PERC3/DCL RAID controller

Other Hardware 1 Alteon ACEswitch 180

Software

Operating System Windows Powered Appliance Software

File System NTFS

Other Software None

HTTP Software

Vendor Microsoft

HTTP Software Internet Information Server 5.0

API ISAPI

Server Cache None

Log Mode W3C Extended Log File Format

Test Sponsor
Test Date	Nov-2000
Tested By	Dell
SPEC License	55

Network

# of Controllers 1

Network Controllers Alteon AceNIC 1000SX

# of Nets 1

Type of Nets Gigabit Ethernet

Network Speed 1Gb/s

MSL (sec) 30 (Non RFC1122)

Time-Wait (sec) 60 (Non RFC1122)

MTU 1500

Clients

# of Clients 5

Model Dell Precision 410

Processor 450MHz Pentium II

# of Processors 2

Memory 128MB

Network Controller Alteon AceNIC 1000SX

Operating System Windows 2000 Professional

Compiler Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0

Benchmark Configuration

Requested Connections 1070

Fileset Size (MB) 3542.88

Notes

SUT Notes

IIS settings: maximum performance.
IIS Home Directory: Access for Read & Write, Scripts & Executables.
IIS Virtual Directory spec99 points back to web server root, low application protection.

Operating System Notes

Tuning parameters:
- AFD/Parameters/TransmitWorker=32, adjusts system default thread.
- Tcpip/Parameters/MaxFreeTWTcbs=248000, sets maximum number of TIME_WAIT tcbs to 248,000.
- Tcpip/Parameters/MaxHashTableSize=0x2000, sets TCB hash table size to 8,192 entries, default is 512.
- Tcpip/Parameters/MaxUserPort=0xfffe, sets maximum open ports to 65534.
- Tcpip/Parameters/NumTcbTablePartitions=16, sets number of independent TCB table segments, default 4.
- Tcpip/Parameters/TcpTimedWaitDelay=60, sets TIME_WAIT parameter to 60 seconds (non-RFC 1122), default is 240.
- Tcpip/Parameters/TcpWindowSize=65535, sets TCP send/receive window size, default 8192.
- Inetinfo/Parameters/ListenBacklog=1000, default 25.
- Inetinfo/Parameters/LogFileFlushInterval=60, forces flush every 60 seconds, default 300.
- Inetinfo/Parameters/ObjectCacheTTL=0xffff, sets IIS object cache timeout, default 10 minutes.
- Inetinfo/Parameters/MaxPoolThreads=20, maximum network request threads per processor, default 4.
- Inetinfo/Parameters/MemCacheSize=1600, maximum amount of memory IIS will use for its file cache in MB, default 50% of available memory.
- Inetinfo/Parameters/MaxCachedFileSize=620000, maximum file size kept in IIS cache in bytes, default 262,144 bytes (256KB).
Alteon NIC settings in registry:
- RecvCoalMax=80, sets number of frames received before notifying host, default 20.
- RecvCoalTicks=10000, sets number of microsec before recv buffers are given to host, default 1,000.
- RxFlowControl=0 (off), default 1 (on).
- SendCoalMax=40, sets number of frames sent before notifying host, default 20.
- SendCoalTicks=10000, sets number of microsec before send buffers are returned to host, default 1,000.
- StatTicks=0, default 100000.

HTTP API Notes

Microsoft ISAPI for IIS 5.0 compiled with VC++ 6.0.

Hardware Notes

One 36GB 10KRPM disk for OS and pagefile, 2 36GB 10KRPM disks striped for web pages and logs.

Test Run Details

**Test results for each iteration (median is shaded)**
Iteration	Conforming Connections	Percent Conform	Throughput ops/sec	Response msec	ops/sec/ loadgen	kbit/ sec
1	1070	100.0%	2983.6	358.5	2.79	334.8
2	1070	100.0%	2971.4	360.0	2.78	333.8
3	1070	100.0%	2973.5	359.8	2.78	333.6

Wed Apr 13 16:34:59 2005

First published at SPEC.org on 12-Dec-2000