Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 1,155,986
ssj_ops@100% per JVM = 144,498
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     1,156,784
Calibration 2     1,160,070
Calibration 3     1,158,569
ssj_ops@calibrated=1,159,320
100% 99.7% 1,159,320 1,155,986
90% 90.1% 1,043,388 1,044,594
80% 80.1% 927,456 928,482
70% 70.2% 811,524 813,725
60% 60.0% 695,592 695,796
50% 49.8% 579,660 577,451
40% 40.2% 463,728 465,957
30% 30.1% 347,796 349,235
20% 20.1% 231,864 232,833
10% 10.1% 115,932 116,706
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%
    M420-01c.001 145,111
    M420-01c.002 143,810
    M420-01c.003 142,500
    M420-01c.004 144,212
    M420-01c.005 147,946
    M420-01c.006 144,458
    M420-01c.007 144,842
    M420-01c.008 143,107
    ssj_ops@100% 1,155,986
    ssj_ops@100% per JVM 144,498
    Graph of per-instance results
    JVM 'M420-01c.001' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     145,198
    Calibration 2     145,742
    Calibration 3     146,155
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,949
    100% 99.4% 145,949 145,111
    90% 90.6% 131,354 132,230
    80% 79.9% 116,759 116,617
    70% 70.2% 102,164 102,401
    60% 59.8% 87,569 87,277
    50% 49.7% 72,974 72,590
    40% 40.2% 58,379 58,649
    30% 30.2% 43,785 44,133
    20% 20.3% 29,190 29,687
    10% 10.2% 14,595 14,951
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-01c.002' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,105
    Calibration 2     144,354
    Calibration 3     143,775
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,064
    100% 99.8% 144,064 143,810
    90% 89.6% 129,658 129,105
    80% 80.1% 115,252 115,433
    70% 70.1% 100,845 101,049
    60% 59.8% 86,439 86,102
    50% 50.0% 72,032 71,972
    40% 39.8% 57,626 57,293
    30% 30.2% 43,219 43,549
    20% 20.3% 28,813 29,279
    10% 10.1% 14,406 14,618
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-01c.003' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,547
    Calibration 2     143,106
    Calibration 3     142,460
    ssj_ops@calibrated=142,783
    100% 99.8% 142,783 142,500
    90% 90.7% 128,505 129,528
    80% 80.6% 114,226 115,151
    70% 70.1% 99,948 100,089
    60% 60.2% 85,670 85,936
    50% 49.8% 71,392 71,148
    40% 40.6% 57,113 58,040
    30% 30.5% 42,835 43,484
    20% 19.7% 28,557 28,131
    10% 9.9% 14,278 14,144
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-01c.004' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,428
    Calibration 2     144,969
    Calibration 3     144,715
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,842
    100% 99.6% 144,842 144,212
    90% 89.9% 130,358 130,284
    80% 80.1% 115,874 115,955
    70% 70.1% 101,389 101,534
    60% 60.9% 86,905 88,246
    50% 49.9% 72,421 72,263
    40% 40.1% 57,937 58,093
    30% 29.8% 43,453 43,139
    20% 19.9% 28,968 28,821
    10% 9.8% 14,484 14,246
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-01c.005' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     147,330
    Calibration 2     148,387
    Calibration 3     148,753
    ssj_ops@calibrated=148,570
    100% 99.6% 148,570 147,946
    90% 89.6% 133,713 133,138
    80% 79.9% 118,856 118,778
    70% 70.4% 103,999 104,525
    60% 59.6% 89,142 88,498
    50% 49.8% 74,285 74,013
    40% 40.5% 59,428 60,155
    30% 29.9% 44,571 44,397
    20% 20.0% 29,714 29,668
    10% 10.1% 14,857 14,942
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-01c.006' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,157
    Calibration 2     144,033
    Calibration 3     143,914
    ssj_ops@calibrated=143,974
    100% 100.3% 143,974 144,458
    90% 90.3% 129,576 129,955
    80% 79.9% 115,179 115,047
    70% 70.2% 100,782 101,093
    60% 60.4% 86,384 87,011
    50% 50.3% 71,987 72,369
    40% 40.2% 57,589 57,876
    30% 30.3% 43,192 43,659
    20% 20.1% 28,795 28,882
    10% 10.0% 14,397 14,446
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-01c.007' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,337
    Calibration 2     145,077
    Calibration 3     144,682
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,880
    100% 100.0% 144,880 144,842
    90% 90.6% 130,392 131,321
    80% 79.9% 115,904 115,786
    70% 70.2% 101,416 101,666
    60% 59.5% 86,928 86,152
    50% 49.7% 72,440 72,052
    40% 40.5% 57,952 58,709
    30% 30.4% 43,464 44,037
    20% 20.0% 28,976 29,006
    10% 10.2% 14,488 14,767
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-01c.008' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,681
    Calibration 2     144,403
    Calibration 3     144,115
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,259
    100% 99.2% 144,259 143,107
    90% 89.4% 129,833 129,032
    80% 80.2% 115,407 115,715
    70% 70.3% 100,981 101,367
    60% 60.0% 86,555 86,574
    50% 49.2% 72,129 71,044
    40% 39.6% 57,703 57,143
    30% 29.7% 43,278 42,837
    20% 20.4% 28,852 29,360
    10% 10.1% 14,426 14,594
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.