Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 1,155,890
ssj_ops@100% per JVM = 144,486
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     1,153,980
Calibration 2     1,157,402
Calibration 3     1,155,910
ssj_ops@calibrated=1,156,656
100% 99.9% 1,156,656 1,155,890
90% 90.2% 1,040,991 1,043,701
80% 79.7% 925,325 922,350
70% 69.7% 809,659 805,953
60% 60.0% 693,994 694,480
50% 50.0% 578,328 578,017
40% 39.9% 462,662 461,780
30% 30.1% 346,997 348,266
20% 20.0% 231,331 231,164
10% 10.1% 115,666 116,432
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%
    M420-06b.001 144,313
    M420-06b.002 145,249
    M420-06b.003 144,003
    M420-06b.004 144,130
    M420-06b.005 145,042
    M420-06b.006 143,577
    M420-06b.007 144,883
    M420-06b.008 144,692
    ssj_ops@100% 1,155,890
    ssj_ops@100% per JVM 144,486
    Graph of per-instance results
    JVM 'M420-06b.001' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,147
    Calibration 2     144,383
    Calibration 3     144,637
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,510
    100% 99.9% 144,510 144,313
    90% 89.4% 130,059 129,158
    80% 79.8% 115,608 115,341
    70% 70.3% 101,157 101,604
    60% 60.4% 86,706 87,256
    50% 50.2% 72,255 72,478
    40% 39.7% 57,804 57,440
    30% 30.4% 43,353 43,906
    20% 19.9% 28,902 28,716
    10% 10.1% 14,451 14,577
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-06b.002' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     145,381
    Calibration 2     145,532
    Calibration 3     146,584
    ssj_ops@calibrated=146,058
    100% 99.4% 146,058 145,249
    90% 90.1% 131,452 131,566
    80% 79.8% 116,846 116,514
    70% 69.9% 102,241 102,106
    60% 60.5% 87,635 88,300
    50% 49.6% 73,029 72,389
    40% 40.0% 58,423 58,372
    30% 30.2% 43,817 44,049
    20% 20.0% 29,212 29,235
    10% 10.0% 14,606 14,591
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-06b.003' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,206
    Calibration 2     144,040
    Calibration 3     143,997
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,018
    100% 100.0% 144,018 144,003
    90% 90.1% 129,616 129,731
    80% 80.5% 115,214 115,864
    70% 69.1% 100,813 99,481
    60% 59.8% 86,411 86,095
    50% 50.1% 72,009 72,130
    40% 40.2% 57,607 57,930
    30% 29.7% 43,205 42,774
    20% 20.5% 28,804 29,470
    10% 9.8% 14,402 14,075
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-06b.004' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,501
    Calibration 2     144,556
    Calibration 3     144,000
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,278
    100% 99.9% 144,278 144,130
    90% 90.6% 129,850 130,692
    80% 79.4% 115,423 114,581
    70% 69.2% 100,995 99,840
    60% 59.5% 86,567 85,873
    50% 50.1% 72,139 72,221
    40% 40.2% 57,711 58,050
    30% 29.6% 43,283 42,702
    20% 19.8% 28,856 28,558
    10% 10.3% 14,428 14,800
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-06b.005' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,612
    Calibration 2     144,729
    Calibration 3     144,817
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,773
    100% 100.2% 144,773 145,042
    90% 90.0% 130,295 130,309
    80% 80.8% 115,818 116,995
    70% 69.7% 101,341 100,951
    60% 59.5% 86,864 86,189
    50% 49.8% 72,386 72,112
    40% 39.9% 57,909 57,702
    30% 30.7% 43,432 44,423
    20% 20.0% 28,955 29,021
    10% 10.4% 14,477 15,106
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-06b.006' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,151
    Calibration 2     144,666
    Calibration 3     143,558
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,112
    100% 99.6% 144,112 143,577
    90% 90.3% 129,701 130,185
    80% 78.8% 115,290 113,610
    70% 69.8% 100,879 100,565
    60% 60.2% 86,467 86,712
    50% 49.6% 72,056 71,453
    40% 39.6% 57,645 57,080
    30% 30.0% 43,234 43,216
    20% 19.9% 28,822 28,648
    10% 10.0% 14,411 14,450
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-06b.007' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,270
    Calibration 2     144,950
    Calibration 3     143,424
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,187
    100% 100.5% 144,187 144,883
    90% 91.1% 129,769 131,422
    80% 79.5% 115,350 114,644
    70% 70.0% 100,931 100,917
    60% 60.3% 86,512 86,943
    50% 50.2% 72,094 72,340
    40% 39.9% 57,675 57,561
    30% 29.9% 43,256 43,179
    20% 20.0% 28,837 28,783
    10% 9.8% 14,419 14,108
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-06b.008' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,711
    Calibration 2     144,546
    Calibration 3     144,892
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,719
    100% 100.0% 144,719 144,692
    90% 90.3% 130,247 130,639
    80% 79.3% 115,775 114,801
    70% 69.4% 101,303 100,488
    60% 60.2% 86,832 87,111
    50% 50.4% 72,360 72,893
    40% 39.8% 57,888 57,645
    30% 30.4% 43,416 44,017
    20% 19.9% 28,944 28,733
    10% 10.2% 14,472 14,725
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.