Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 1,151,400
ssj_ops@100% per JVM = 143,925
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     1,153,326
Calibration 2     1,156,842
Calibration 3     1,152,881
ssj_ops@calibrated=1,154,862
100% 99.7% 1,154,862 1,151,400
90% 90.2% 1,039,376 1,041,180
80% 79.9% 923,889 923,144
70% 70.1% 808,403 809,914
60% 60.0% 692,917 692,855
50% 50.0% 577,431 577,582
40% 40.0% 461,945 462,253
30% 30.1% 346,459 347,647
20% 20.0% 230,972 230,748
10% 9.9% 115,486 114,608
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
    JVM Instance Summary
    JVM Instance ssj_ops@100%
    M420-05b.001 141,606
    M420-05b.002 144,460
    M420-05b.003 145,823
    M420-05b.004 143,543
    M420-05b.005 144,435
    M420-05b.006 144,143
    M420-05b.007 143,542
    M420-05b.008 143,848
    ssj_ops@100% 1,151,400
    ssj_ops@100% per JVM 143,925
    Graph of per-instance results
    JVM 'M420-05b.001' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,382
    Calibration 2     143,552
    Calibration 3     142,269
    ssj_ops@calibrated=142,910
    100% 99.1% 142,910 141,606
    90% 90.3% 128,619 129,105
    80% 80.8% 114,328 115,478
    70% 70.4% 100,037 100,618
    60% 59.9% 85,746 85,545
    50% 50.3% 71,455 71,824
    40% 40.2% 57,164 57,460
    30% 30.3% 42,873 43,362
    20% 20.1% 28,582 28,749
    10% 9.9% 14,291 14,098
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-05b.002' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,849
    Calibration 2     144,235
    Calibration 3     143,735
    ssj_ops@calibrated=143,985
    100% 100.3% 143,985 144,460
    90% 91.2% 129,586 131,305
    80% 78.4% 115,188 112,888
    70% 69.6% 100,789 100,228
    60% 59.2% 86,391 85,272
    50% 50.6% 71,992 72,822
    40% 39.8% 57,594 57,374
    30% 30.1% 43,195 43,339
    20% 19.5% 28,797 28,104
    10% 10.1% 14,398 14,521
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-05b.003' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     145,568
    Calibration 2     146,004
    Calibration 3     145,732
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,868
    100% 100.0% 145,868 145,823
    90% 89.8% 131,281 131,023
    80% 79.9% 116,694 116,560
    70% 70.0% 102,108 102,067
    60% 59.7% 87,521 87,151
    50% 49.9% 72,934 72,861
    40% 39.8% 58,347 58,110
    30% 30.0% 43,760 43,782
    20% 19.8% 29,174 28,932
    10% 10.3% 14,587 14,978
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-05b.004' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,062
    Calibration 2     143,756
    Calibration 3     143,687
    ssj_ops@calibrated=143,722
    100% 99.9% 143,722 143,543
    90% 90.3% 129,349 129,760
    80% 80.4% 114,977 115,595
    70% 70.0% 100,605 100,617
    60% 59.9% 86,233 86,157
    50% 49.8% 71,861 71,610
    40% 40.0% 57,489 57,514
    30% 30.2% 43,116 43,370
    20% 20.3% 28,744 29,176
    10% 9.7% 14,372 14,008
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-05b.005' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,631
    Calibration 2     145,061
    Calibration 3     145,328
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,195
    100% 99.5% 145,195 144,435
    90% 89.6% 130,675 130,076
    80% 79.8% 116,156 115,850
    70% 69.9% 101,636 101,468
    60% 59.6% 87,117 86,544
    50% 49.9% 72,597 72,519
    40% 40.0% 58,078 58,034
    30% 30.2% 43,558 43,822
    20% 20.3% 29,039 29,461
    10% 9.8% 14,519 14,250
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-05b.006' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,081
    Calibration 2     144,798
    Calibration 3     144,072
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,435
    100% 99.8% 144,435 144,143
    90% 90.3% 129,991 130,470
    80% 79.8% 115,548 115,233
    70% 70.3% 101,104 101,547
    60% 61.0% 86,661 88,063
    50% 49.9% 72,217 72,030
    40% 40.4% 57,774 58,291
    30% 30.1% 43,330 43,478
    20% 19.7% 28,887 28,512
    10% 10.1% 14,443 14,572
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-05b.007' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,906
    Calibration 2     144,918
    Calibration 3     144,185
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,552
    100% 99.3% 144,552 143,542
    90% 89.8% 130,097 129,793
    80% 80.0% 115,641 115,701
    70% 70.1% 101,186 101,299
    60% 60.6% 86,731 87,536
    50% 49.5% 72,276 71,597
    40% 39.7% 57,821 57,420
    30% 30.0% 43,366 43,378
    20% 20.0% 28,910 28,847
    10% 9.7% 14,455 13,953
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-05b.008' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,848
    Calibration 2     144,519
    Calibration 3     143,873
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,196
    100% 99.8% 144,196 143,848
    90% 89.9% 129,776 129,649
    80% 80.3% 115,357 115,839
    70% 70.8% 100,937 102,069
    60% 60.0% 86,518 86,588
    50% 50.2% 72,098 72,321
    40% 40.3% 57,678 58,050
    30% 29.9% 43,259 43,115
    20% 20.1% 28,839 28,966
    10% 9.9% 14,420 14,229
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.