Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 1,155,810
ssj_ops@100% per JVM = 144,476
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     1,158,245
Calibration 2     1,163,282
Calibration 3     1,162,756
ssj_ops@calibrated=1,163,019
100% 99.4% 1,163,019 1,155,810
90% 89.8% 1,046,717 1,044,094
80% 80.1% 930,416 931,819
70% 69.9% 814,114 812,567
60% 59.8% 697,812 695,801
50% 49.7% 581,510 578,291
40% 39.9% 465,208 464,194
30% 30.0% 348,906 349,142
20% 20.0% 232,604 232,192
10% 9.9% 116,302 115,340
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%
    M420-02a.001 143,678
    M420-02a.002 144,387
    M420-02a.003 145,854
    M420-02a.004 144,046
    M420-02a.005 144,389
    M420-02a.006 143,652
    M420-02a.007 144,313
    M420-02a.008 145,490
    ssj_ops@100% 1,155,810
    ssj_ops@100% per JVM 144,476
    Graph of per-instance results
    JVM 'M420-02a.001' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     145,082
    Calibration 2     145,560
    Calibration 3     144,571
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,065
    100% 99.0% 145,065 143,678
    90% 89.6% 130,559 130,008
    80% 80.0% 116,052 115,990
    70% 70.0% 101,546 101,547
    60% 59.7% 87,039 86,545
    50% 49.8% 72,533 72,204
    40% 39.5% 58,026 57,278
    30% 29.7% 43,520 43,128
    20% 20.0% 29,013 28,956
    10% 10.2% 14,507 14,737
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    JVM 'M420-02a.002' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     145,013
    Calibration 2     145,549
    Calibration 3     145,273
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,411
    100% 99.3% 145,411 144,387
    90% 89.5% 130,870 130,089
    80% 80.5% 116,329 117,091
    70% 70.2% 101,788 102,138
    60% 60.3% 87,246 87,635
    50% 49.1% 72,705 71,416
    40% 39.4% 58,164 57,353
    30% 30.2% 43,623 43,974
    20% 19.9% 29,082 28,945
    10% 10.3% 14,541 14,979
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    JVM 'M420-02a.003' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     146,223
    Calibration 2     146,155
    Calibration 3     145,813
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,984
    100% 99.9% 145,984 145,854
    90% 89.3% 131,386 130,383
    80% 79.8% 116,787 116,543
    70% 69.6% 102,189 101,539
    60% 60.4% 87,590 88,128
    50% 50.1% 72,992 73,202
    40% 39.8% 58,394 58,109
    30% 29.8% 43,795 43,508
    20% 19.7% 29,197 28,716
    10% 10.0% 14,598 14,558
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    JVM 'M420-02a.004' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     145,160
    Calibration 2     144,819
    Calibration 3     145,154
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,986
    100% 99.4% 144,986 144,046
    90% 89.4% 130,488 129,609
    80% 80.2% 115,989 116,315
    70% 70.1% 101,491 101,580
    60% 58.9% 86,992 85,444
    50% 49.9% 72,493 72,329
    40% 39.8% 57,995 57,747
    30% 30.0% 43,496 43,514
    20% 20.0% 28,997 29,042
    10% 9.8% 14,499 14,252
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    JVM 'M420-02a.005' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,320
    Calibration 2     145,320
    Calibration 3     145,739
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,530
    100% 99.2% 145,530 144,389
    90% 89.9% 130,977 130,863
    80% 80.2% 116,424 116,748
    70% 69.3% 101,871 100,823
    60% 59.4% 87,318 86,510
    50% 49.9% 72,765 72,653
    40% 39.7% 58,212 57,772
    30% 30.1% 43,659 43,836
    20% 20.5% 29,106 29,775
    10% 9.6% 14,553 13,971
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    JVM 'M420-02a.006' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,306
    Calibration 2     144,707
    Calibration 3     143,955
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,331
    100% 99.5% 144,331 143,652
    90% 89.7% 129,898 129,466
    80% 79.4% 115,465 114,628
    70% 70.5% 101,032 101,699
    60% 59.7% 86,599 86,175
    50% 49.9% 72,165 72,046
    40% 40.4% 57,732 58,301
    30% 30.0% 43,299 43,354
    20% 19.8% 28,866 28,506
    10% 9.7% 14,433 14,035
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    JVM 'M420-02a.007' Scores:
    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
    JVM 'M420-02a.008' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     145,596
    Calibration 2     145,580
    Calibration 3     146,768
    ssj_ops@calibrated=146,174
    100% 99.5% 146,174 145,490
    90% 89.7% 131,556 131,183
    80% 80.3% 116,939 117,358
    70% 69.9% 102,322 102,172
    60% 60.2% 87,704 87,940
    50% 49.5% 73,087 72,396
    40% 40.5% 58,470 59,273
    30% 30.3% 43,852 44,307
    20% 20.3% 29,235 29,629
    10% 9.7% 14,617 14,179
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results