Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 1,154,021
ssj_ops@100% per JVM = 144,253
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     1,153,097
Calibration 2     1,157,862
Calibration 3     1,154,391
ssj_ops@calibrated=1,156,127
100% 99.8% 1,156,127 1,154,021
90% 89.7% 1,040,514 1,037,286
80% 80.1% 924,901 925,651
70% 70.1% 809,289 810,444
60% 59.9% 693,676 692,102
50% 49.9% 578,063 577,066
40% 39.9% 462,451 460,966
30% 29.9% 346,838 345,846
20% 20.0% 231,225 231,226
10% 10.1% 115,613 116,235
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%
    M420-05c.001 144,901
    M420-05c.002 144,364
    M420-05c.003 145,057
    M420-05c.004 141,859
    M420-05c.005 144,411
    M420-05c.006 145,036
    M420-05c.007 142,699
    M420-05c.008 145,694
    ssj_ops@100% 1,154,021
    ssj_ops@100% per JVM 144,253
    Graph of per-instance results
    JVM 'M420-05c.001' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,115
    Calibration 2     145,381
    Calibration 3     144,818
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,100
    100% 99.9% 145,100 144,901
    90% 89.7% 130,590 130,214
    80% 79.9% 116,080 115,880
    70% 70.5% 101,570 102,239
    60% 59.3% 87,060 86,104
    50% 49.8% 72,550 72,201
    40% 39.9% 58,040 57,953
    30% 30.0% 43,530 43,546
    20% 19.8% 29,020 28,800
    10% 10.3% 14,510 14,977
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-05c.002' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,268
    Calibration 2     144,312
    Calibration 3     144,804
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,558
    100% 99.9% 144,558 144,364
    90% 89.6% 130,102 129,572
    80% 80.1% 115,646 115,801
    70% 69.9% 101,190 101,050
    60% 59.9% 86,735 86,558
    50% 49.9% 72,279 72,190
    40% 40.2% 57,823 58,045
    30% 29.9% 43,367 43,153
    20% 20.2% 28,912 29,142
    10% 9.8% 14,456 14,175
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-05c.003' Scores:
    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
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-05c.004' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,279
    Calibration 2     142,536
    Calibration 3     142,872
    ssj_ops@calibrated=142,704
    100% 99.4% 142,704 141,859
    90% 90.1% 128,434 128,607
    80% 80.6% 114,163 114,976
    70% 69.8% 99,893 99,561
    60% 60.0% 85,623 85,589
    50% 50.1% 71,352 71,520
    40% 39.6% 57,082 56,482
    30% 29.8% 42,811 42,455
    20% 19.8% 28,541 28,237
    10% 10.2% 14,270 14,525
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-05c.005' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,767
    Calibration 2     144,909
    Calibration 3     144,198
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,554
    100% 99.9% 144,554 144,411
    90% 89.8% 130,098 129,754
    80% 80.2% 115,643 115,905
    70% 69.8% 101,187 100,857
    60% 61.1% 86,732 88,279
    50% 49.8% 72,277 71,935
    40% 39.9% 57,821 57,649
    30% 29.6% 43,366 42,779
    20% 20.0% 28,911 28,908
    10% 10.0% 14,455 14,416
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-05c.006' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,646
    Calibration 2     145,951
    Calibration 3     144,949
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,450
    100% 99.7% 145,450 145,036
    90% 89.4% 130,905 130,095
    80% 80.4% 116,360 117,009
    70% 70.4% 101,815 102,461
    60% 59.7% 87,270 86,775
    50% 50.1% 72,725 72,866
    40% 39.6% 58,180 57,615
    30% 30.2% 43,635 43,944
    20% 20.1% 29,090 29,283
    10% 10.1% 14,545 14,698
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-05c.007' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     142,803
    Calibration 2     143,967
    Calibration 3     143,075
    ssj_ops@calibrated=143,521
    100% 99.4% 143,521 142,699
    90% 90.0% 129,169 129,106
    80% 80.7% 114,817 115,761
    70% 69.7% 100,465 100,084
    60% 59.5% 86,113 85,451
    50% 50.3% 71,760 72,151
    40% 40.0% 57,408 57,371
    30% 29.7% 43,056 42,682
    20% 20.2% 28,704 29,012
    10% 10.1% 14,352 14,449
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-05c.008' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,710
    Calibration 2     145,651
    Calibration 3     144,847
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,249
    100% 100.3% 145,249 145,694
    90% 89.9% 130,724 130,627
    80% 79.1% 116,199 114,840
    70% 70.3% 101,674 102,096
    60% 59.9% 87,149 87,055
    50% 49.7% 72,624 72,224
    40% 39.9% 58,099 57,927
    30% 30.0% 43,575 43,630
    20% 19.9% 29,050 28,917
    10% 10.0% 14,525 14,547
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.