Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 145,057
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     144,509
Calibration 2     145,155
Calibration 3     144,828
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,991
100% 100.0% 144,991 145,057
90% 89.2% 130,492 129,310
80% 79.6% 115,993 115,479
70% 70.4% 101,494 102,097
60% 59.5% 86,995 86,292
50% 49.6% 72,496 71,979
40% 39.9% 57,997 57,924
30% 30.1% 43,497 43,656
20% 20.0% 28,998 28,929
10% 10.0% 14,499 14,448
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 10,513,440 1,589
    Payment 10,513,447
    Order Status 1,051,346
    Delivery 1,051,345
    Stock Level 1,051,344
    Customer Report 10,513,450
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,561,096 1,589
    Payment 10,561,096
    Order Status 1,056,109
    Delivery 1,056,109
    Stock Level 1,056,109
    Customer Report 10,561,099
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,536,598 1,589
    Payment 10,536,599
    Order Status 1,053,660
    Delivery 1,053,661
    Stock Level 1,053,660
    Customer Report 10,536,597
    100% 100.0% New Order 10,558,039 1,589
    Payment 10,558,042
    Order Status 1,055,805
    Delivery 1,055,805
    Stock Level 1,055,803
    Customer Report 10,558,042
    90% 89.2% New Order 9,404,608 1,589
    Payment 9,404,599
    Order Status 940,459
    Delivery 940,462
    Stock Level 940,460
    Customer Report 9,404,614
    80% 79.6% New Order 8,399,627 1,589
    Payment 8,399,624
    Order Status 839,961
    Delivery 839,964
    Stock Level 839,963
    Customer Report 8,399,622
    70% 70.4% New Order 7,427,332 1,589
    Payment 7,427,329
    Order Status 742,734
    Delivery 742,734
    Stock Level 742,733
    Customer Report 7,427,323
    60% 59.5% New Order 6,275,886 1,589
    Payment 6,275,894
    Order Status 627,590
    Delivery 627,590
    Stock Level 627,589
    Customer Report 6,275,899
    50% 49.6% New Order 5,234,951 1,589
    Payment 5,234,947
    Order Status 523,495
    Delivery 523,496
    Stock Level 523,493
    Customer Report 5,234,952
    40% 39.9% New Order 4,212,728 1,589
    Payment 4,212,727
    Order Status 421,273
    Delivery 421,273
    Stock Level 421,272
    Customer Report 4,212,727
    30% 30.1% New Order 3,175,056 1,589
    Payment 3,175,056
    Order Status 317,506
    Delivery 317,508
    Stock Level 317,506
    Customer Report 3,175,058
    20% 20.0% New Order 2,103,934 1,589
    Payment 2,103,947
    Order Status 210,395
    Delivery 210,395
    Stock Level 210,395
    Customer Report 2,103,934
    10% 10.0% New Order 1,050,744 1,589
    Payment 1,050,751
    Order Status 105,075
    Delivery 105,075
    Stock Level 105,075
    Customer Report 1,050,749
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0