Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 143,395
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     145,447
Calibration 2     145,093
Calibration 3     144,706
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,900
100% 99.0% 144,900 143,395
90% 90.9% 130,410 131,753
80% 80.5% 115,920 116,576
70% 70.3% 101,430 101,858
60% 59.3% 86,940 85,861
50% 50.4% 72,450 73,023
40% 39.4% 57,960 57,047
30% 29.8% 43,470 43,230
20% 20.1% 28,980 29,183
10% 10.0% 14,490 14,439
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 10,583,968 1,589
    Payment 10,583,960
    Order Status 1,058,396
    Delivery 1,058,395
    Stock Level 1,058,396
    Customer Report 10,583,961
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,554,504 1,589
    Payment 10,554,506
    Order Status 1,055,450
    Delivery 1,055,450
    Stock Level 1,055,449
    Customer Report 10,554,506
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,531,120 1,589
    Payment 10,531,122
    Order Status 1,053,114
    Delivery 1,053,111
    Stock Level 1,053,112
    Customer Report 10,531,127
    100% 99.0% New Order 10,430,973 1,589
    Payment 10,430,980
    Order Status 1,043,096
    Delivery 1,043,098
    Stock Level 1,043,099
    Customer Report 10,430,975
    90% 90.9% New Order 9,585,988 1,589
    Payment 9,586,003
    Order Status 958,600
    Delivery 958,599
    Stock Level 958,599
    Customer Report 9,585,991
    80% 80.5% New Order 8,479,207 1,589
    Payment 8,479,211
    Order Status 847,922
    Delivery 847,924
    Stock Level 847,921
    Customer Report 8,479,209
    70% 70.3% New Order 7,408,193 1,589
    Payment 7,408,187
    Order Status 740,817
    Delivery 740,819
    Stock Level 740,818
    Customer Report 7,408,185
    60% 59.3% New Order 6,245,267 1,589
    Payment 6,245,256
    Order Status 624,525
    Delivery 624,527
    Stock Level 624,527
    Customer Report 6,245,259
    50% 50.4% New Order 5,310,892 1,589
    Payment 5,310,901
    Order Status 531,090
    Delivery 531,090
    Stock Level 531,090
    Customer Report 5,310,895
    40% 39.4% New Order 4,149,146 1,589
    Payment 4,149,137
    Order Status 414,915
    Delivery 414,915
    Stock Level 414,914
    Customer Report 4,149,145
    30% 29.8% New Order 3,144,083 1,589
    Payment 3,144,090
    Order Status 314,407
    Delivery 314,408
    Stock Level 314,408
    Customer Report 3,144,091
    20% 20.1% New Order 2,122,447 1,589
    Payment 2,122,448
    Order Status 212,245
    Delivery 212,245
    Stock Level 212,245
    Customer Report 2,122,450
    10% 10.0% New Order 1,050,137 1,589
    Payment 1,050,135
    Order Status 105,014
    Delivery 105,014
    Stock Level 105,016
    Customer Report 1,050,143
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0