Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,313
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     143,545
Calibration 2     145,592
Calibration 3     145,483
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,538
100% 99.2% 145,538 144,313
90% 91.0% 130,984 132,492
80% 80.5% 116,430 117,146
70% 69.4% 101,877 101,068
60% 60.1% 87,323 87,425
50% 49.5% 72,769 72,044
40% 40.1% 58,215 58,360
30% 29.9% 43,661 43,520
20% 19.7% 29,108 28,622
10% 10.1% 14,554 14,629
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 10,447,890 1,589
    Payment 10,447,881
    Order Status 1,044,789
    Delivery 1,044,788
    Stock Level 1,044,788
    Customer Report 10,447,893
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,592,095 1,589
    Payment 10,592,094
    Order Status 1,059,209
    Delivery 1,059,209
    Stock Level 1,059,208
    Customer Report 10,592,100
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,583,494 1,589
    Payment 10,583,501
    Order Status 1,058,350
    Delivery 1,058,352
    Stock Level 1,058,349
    Customer Report 10,583,497
    100% 99.2% New Order 10,499,330 1,589
    Payment 10,499,335
    Order Status 1,049,936
    Delivery 1,049,936
    Stock Level 1,049,934
    Customer Report 10,499,347
    90% 91.0% New Order 9,640,520 1,589
    Payment 9,640,525
    Order Status 964,052
    Delivery 964,054
    Stock Level 964,052
    Customer Report 9,640,524
    80% 80.5% New Order 8,522,115 1,589
    Payment 8,522,111
    Order Status 852,213
    Delivery 852,212
    Stock Level 852,213
    Customer Report 8,522,115
    70% 69.4% New Order 7,350,806 1,589
    Payment 7,350,800
    Order Status 735,080
    Delivery 735,081
    Stock Level 735,079
    Customer Report 7,350,795
    60% 60.1% New Order 6,359,014 1,589
    Payment 6,359,014
    Order Status 635,901
    Delivery 635,900
    Stock Level 635,901
    Customer Report 6,359,012
    50% 49.5% New Order 5,239,621 1,589
    Payment 5,239,613
    Order Status 523,961
    Delivery 523,962
    Stock Level 523,962
    Customer Report 5,239,616
    40% 40.1% New Order 4,244,432 1,589
    Payment 4,244,436
    Order Status 424,444
    Delivery 424,445
    Stock Level 424,445
    Customer Report 4,244,438
    30% 29.9% New Order 3,165,139 1,589
    Payment 3,165,134
    Order Status 316,511
    Delivery 316,515
    Stock Level 316,514
    Customer Report 3,165,147
    20% 19.7% New Order 2,081,642 1,589
    Payment 2,081,639
    Order Status 208,162
    Delivery 208,164
    Stock Level 208,165
    Customer Report 2,081,646
    10% 10.1% New Order 1,063,925 1,589
    Payment 1,063,922
    Order Status 106,393
    Delivery 106,391
    Stock Level 106,390
    Customer Report 1,063,912
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0