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Help for SPECpower_ssj® 2008 Results

This is a powerful engine for fetching results from SPEC.

There are two interfaces to this engine:

The simple interface has a very limited interface and relies heavily on default settings. It can handle many basic inquires with minimal fuss.

Configurable Interface

The configurable interface offers a lot more functionality. With this interface, it is possible to:

select which columns you wish to see,
limit the records returned by regular expressions and/or numeric criteria over multiple columns
specify a multiple key sort ordering,
choose which quarterly publications to pull results from,
and pick one of three formats for the results display.

Most of this help information is for the configurable interface.

Dataset Fields

These are the fields available in the current configuration (power_ssj2008). Each configuration is likely to have a different set of fields available. [Note: there may be multiple configurations, each with different fields, for any set of results. Typically, the more specific a configuration is to a particular benchmark, the more fields that are available.]

Benchmark: Which benchmark is this a result for.
Benchmark Version: Benchmark software version
Hardware Vendor: The hardware vendor for the system under test
System: What is the name of the system tested.
Nodes: Number of nodes in the system under test
Form Factor: The hardware form factor (e.g. 2U).
Test Method: e.g. "Single Node" or "Multi Node".
Result: The summary metric, overall ssj_ops/watt.
ssj_ops @ 100% of target load: Reported ssj_ops at 100% of target load.
ssj_ops @ 90% of target load: Reported ssj_ops at 90% of target load.
ssj_ops @ 80% of target load: Reported ssj_ops at 80% of target load.
ssj_ops @ 70% of target load: Reported ssj_ops at 70% of target load.
ssj_ops @ 60% of target load: Reported ssj_ops at 60% of target load.
ssj_ops @ 50% of target load: Reported ssj_ops at 50% of target load.
ssj_ops @ 40% of target load: Reported ssj_ops at 40% of target load.
ssj_ops @ 30% of target load: Reported ssj_ops at 30% of target load.
ssj_ops @ 20% of target load: Reported ssj_ops at 20% of target load.
ssj_ops @ 10% of target load: Reported ssj_ops at 10% of target load.
Average watts @ 100% of target load: Average active power at 100% of target load.
Average watts @ 90% of target load: Average active power at 90% of target load.
Average watts @ 80% of target load: Average active power at 80% of target load.
Average watts @ 70% of target load: Average active power at 70% of target load.
Average watts @ 60% of target load: Average active power at 60% of target load.
Average watts @ 50% of target load: Average active power at 50% of target load.
Average watts @ 40% of target load: Average active power at 40% of target load.
Average watts @ 30% of target load: Average active power at 30% of target load.
Average watts @ 20% of target load: Average active power at 20% of target load.
Average watts@10% of target load: Average active power at 10% of target load.
Average watts @ active idle: Average active power at active idle.
Performance/power @ 100% of target load: Performance to power ratio at 100% of target load.
Performance/power @ 90% of target load: Performance to power ratio at 90% of target load.
Performance/power @ 80% of target load: Performance to power ratio at 80% of target load.
Performance/power @ 70% of target load: Performance to power ratio at 70% of target load.
Performance/power @ 60% of target load: Performance to power ratio at 60% of target load.
Performance/power @ 50% of target load: Performance to power ratio at 50% of target load.
Performance/power @ 40% of target load: Performance to power ratio at 40% of target load.
Performance/power @ 30% of target load: Performance to power ratio at 30% of target load.
Performance/power @ 20% of target load: Performance to power ratio at 20% of target load.
Performance/power @ 10% of target load: Performance to power ratio at 10% of target load.
# Cores: The number of cores in the system.
# Chips: The number of chips in the system.
# Cores Per Chip: The number of cores per chip in the system.
# Threads Per Core: The number of threads per processor core
Processor: The name of the central processor(s).
Processor MHz: The speed (MHz) of the central processor(s).
Processor Characteristics: Technical characteristics to help identify the processor.
CPU(s) Orderable: The valid number of CPU(s) orderable.
1st Level Cache: The size and structure of the first level cache.
2nd Level Cache: The size and structure of the second level cache.
3rd Level Cache: The size and structure of the third level cache.
Other Cache: The size and structure of any other levels of cache.
Memory (GB): The amount of main memory (in GB) in the system under test.
Operating System: The operating system running on the system under test.
Operating System Version: The version of the operating system running on the system under test.
File System: The type of file system used to hold the benchmark tree on the system under test.
DIMMS: The number and size of DIMMS in the system under test.
Memory Description: Description of the memory used in the system under test.
Network Controller: NIC used in the system under test.
NICs Connected: Number of NICs connected in the system under test.
NICs enabled (firmware): Number of NICs enabled in the firmware in the system under test.
NICs enabled (OS): Number of NICs enabled in the OS in the system under test.
Network speed: Network speed of the system under test.
JVM Vendor: JVM vendor
JVM Version: JVM version
JVM Instances: Number of instances of the JVM
JVM Affinity: JVM Affinity
JVM Bitness: JVM Bitness (e.g. 32, 64)
JVM Options: JVM command-line options
Initial Heap: Initial heap size
Max Heap: Maximum heap size
System Source: System source (single supplier/parts built)
System Designation: System designation (e.g. "server")
Power Provisioning: Power provisioning
Disk Drive: Disk drive
Disk Controller: Disk controller
Power Management: Power management
Power Supply Details: Power supply details
Power Supplies Installed: Number of power supplies installed
Power Supply Rating (watts): Power supply rating (watts)
HW Avail: The date that the hardware for this system is/will be generally available.
SW Avail: The date that the software used for this result is/will be generally available.
License: The number of the license used to generate this result.
Tested By: The people who have produced this result.
Test Sponsor: The name of the organization or individual that sponsored the test.
Test Date: When this result was measured.
Published: The date this result was first published by SPEC.
Updated: The date this result was last updated by SPEC, though most updates are clerical rather than significant.
Disclosure: Full disclosure reports
Disclosure URL: URL for full disclosure report

Query Features

[Note: there are two kinds of query forms: Simple and Configurable. Most of the features described here are available only in the configurable query.]

Content: Display

What fields to display. Each field can be Display which will display the entire field, or SKIP which will cause the field not to be displayed. For fields of the string type, it is also possible to limit the width of the field's display by choosing one of the X Chars options.

Content: Criteria

Limit results to only those that satisfy some criteria. For each field it is possible to specify some criteria that will be used to select only certain records out of the entire dataset. String criteria can be regular expressions, numeric fields are compared against your provided floating point values, and date fields are compared against the specified month and year. You may specify criteria for and and all fields, whether or not that field will be displayed.

Content: Duplicates

Allows the removal of duplicates, such as where there are multiple results for the same configuration. Duplicates are defined to be records that all have matching values in across a specified set of fields. Duplicates are then ranked according to their values in a specified key field. There are three possible actions for duplicates: return all records (the default), return the one result with the latest (or greatest) value, return the one result with the earliest (or smallest) value.

Content: Publication

Specify in which datasets to look for results. All SPEC results are published on a quarterly basis, This allows you to specify the range of quarters that you are interested in. Note: there are some quarters where no results were published for certain benchmarks; datasets which would have no available results will not be present in the selection list. The default settings are for all quarters to be searched.

Sorting: Column

This search engine returns its findings in sorted order, this ordering is based upon any three keys: a primary, a secondary, and if records are still even, a tertiary key is used to settle ties.

Sorting: Direction

For each sort column, you must specify a direction. Ascending means that the list starts at the lowest value ("AA", or "0", or "Jan-80"), and Descending starts the list from the highest values.

Format: Output Format

Results may be returned in one of three formats.

HTML3.2 Table: Which uses HTML table specifications which allows your browser to arrange the display.
Preformatted Text: Which makes the server format the display of the data returned. This is most useful when a large number of fields are to be returned because most browsers do not perform well when there are a large number of columns in a table.
Comma Separated Values (CSV): Which may not look pretty, but if saved to a local file, can are easily loaded into any spreadsheet application and you can arrange and format and calculate to your heart's delight

Engine Basics

This search engine is designed to be controlled by two basic parts: the configuration used, and the datasets searched.

The configuration controls many of the aspects of this engine. It specifies which datasets are appropriate, and which views of those datasets are supported.

The datasets contain the available data for published results. SPEC breaks its publications into quarterly 'buckets'; thus there is a different dataset for each calendar quarter. This allows you to select how far back into history you want to go. If you want only the last year, specify a range covering the last four quarters; if you want to know about results performed during the last half of 1995, you may specify the range covering the September and December issues in '95; etc. The default settings cover all available quarters.

There may be multiple configurations for the same datasets. Typically, the more focused a configuration is towards a particular benchmark, the more information about each result is available. In other words, the summary configuration views commonly support only the highest level information about a system and its result; the more specific configuration would support columns including system configuration details, the specific software versions, and/or individual component benchmark results.

Finally, most configurations support links to the reporting page for each result as the last column of the data returned. These reporting pages (available in a variety of formats), contain the full disclosure for each particular result. Consult these pages to learn all the details about a result.

Engine Modes

This engine supports five different modes of operation:

Help: The current mode, what you are looking at right now. Displays the available help information about the engine and descriptions of the fields in the current configuration.
Simple: The starting interface. Offers a simple form for obtaining results using mostly default settings.
Form: The configurable interface. Offers a very configurable interface to the available results.
Fetch: The main workhorse. Takes the configuration and settings from the simple and form interfaces, and performs the desired lookups and displays the results.
Dump: Brute force. Changes settings to return all available data and then calls fetch. Returns all data in the current configuration; more data may be available in other configurations, and all the details are in each result's disclosure page. Because this is usually more data than browsers can handle as tables, these dumps are available in only two forms: preformated text, which can be easily scrolled, and comma separated values, which can be saved locally and loaded into a spreadsheet application.

Further Assistance

If you have comments or questions not addressed here, please contact the SPEC office.

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