Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 145,179
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     145,611
Calibration 2     145,554
Calibration 3     145,118
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,336
100% 99.9% 145,336 145,179
90% 90.7% 130,802 131,810
80% 80.1% 116,269 116,467
70% 69.8% 101,735 101,475
60% 60.0% 87,202 87,178
50% 49.8% 72,668 72,402
40% 40.1% 58,134 58,249
30% 30.0% 43,601 43,577
20% 19.6% 29,067 28,504
10% 10.4% 14,534 15,112
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 10,590,020 1,589
    Payment 10,590,012
    Order Status 1,059,001
    Delivery 1,059,002
    Stock Level 1,058,999
    Customer Report 10,590,010
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,585,879 1,589
    Payment 10,585,878
    Order Status 1,058,591
    Delivery 1,058,588
    Stock Level 1,058,588
    Customer Report 10,585,877
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,554,137 1,589
    Payment 10,554,137
    Order Status 1,055,413
    Delivery 1,055,415
    Stock Level 1,055,412
    Customer Report 10,554,137
    100% 99.9% New Order 10,562,048 1,589
    Payment 10,562,050
    Order Status 1,056,207
    Delivery 1,056,204
    Stock Level 1,056,204
    Customer Report 10,562,050
    90% 90.7% New Order 9,586,519 1,589
    Payment 9,586,524
    Order Status 958,652
    Delivery 958,654
    Stock Level 958,651
    Customer Report 9,586,527
    80% 80.1% New Order 8,470,443 1,589
    Payment 8,470,443
    Order Status 847,044
    Delivery 847,043
    Stock Level 847,043
    Customer Report 8,470,438
    70% 69.8% New Order 7,380,048 1,589
    Payment 7,380,052
    Order Status 738,003
    Delivery 738,004
    Stock Level 738,006
    Customer Report 7,380,045
    60% 60.0% New Order 6,340,292 1,589
    Payment 6,340,297
    Order Status 634,031
    Delivery 634,028
    Stock Level 634,029
    Customer Report 6,340,301
    50% 49.8% New Order 5,265,791 1,589
    Payment 5,265,794
    Order Status 526,578
    Delivery 526,580
    Stock Level 526,578
    Customer Report 5,265,792
    40% 40.1% New Order 4,237,401 1,589
    Payment 4,237,396
    Order Status 423,740
    Delivery 423,740
    Stock Level 423,740
    Customer Report 4,237,396
    30% 30.0% New Order 3,169,248 1,589
    Payment 3,169,247
    Order Status 316,925
    Delivery 316,924
    Stock Level 316,926
    Customer Report 3,169,254
    20% 19.6% New Order 2,073,016 1,589
    Payment 2,073,020
    Order Status 207,303
    Delivery 207,301
    Stock Level 207,302
    Customer Report 2,073,014
    10% 10.4% New Order 1,099,084 1,589
    Payment 1,099,092
    Order Status 109,910
    Delivery 109,909
    Stock Level 109,907
    Customer Report 1,099,098
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0