Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 1,155,332
ssj_ops@100% per JVM = 144,417
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     1,154,798
Calibration 2     1,158,696
Calibration 3     1,158,357
ssj_ops@calibrated=1,158,527
100% 99.7% 1,158,527 1,155,332
90% 90.2% 1,042,674 1,044,530
80% 79.9% 926,821 925,470
70% 70.1% 810,969 812,025
60% 60.0% 695,116 694,996
50% 49.9% 579,263 578,605
40% 40.3% 463,411 466,358
30% 29.9% 347,558 346,840
20% 20.1% 231,705 232,944
10% 10.1% 115,853 116,701
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%
    M420-06d.001 145,498
    M420-06d.002 144,336
    M420-06d.003 143,054
    M420-06d.004 144,137
    M420-06d.005 145,366
    M420-06d.006 143,729
    M420-06d.007 145,545
    M420-06d.008 143,667
    ssj_ops@100% 1,155,332
    ssj_ops@100% per JVM 144,417
    Graph of per-instance results
    JVM 'M420-06d.001' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,552
    Calibration 2     145,261
    Calibration 3     145,604
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,432
    100% 100.0% 145,432 145,498
    90% 90.3% 130,889 131,269
    80% 80.5% 116,346 117,065
    70% 69.8% 101,803 101,541
    60% 59.5% 87,259 86,577
    50% 50.2% 72,716 72,982
    40% 40.5% 58,173 58,892
    30% 30.1% 43,630 43,775
    20% 20.1% 29,086 29,221
    10% 9.9% 14,543 14,352
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-06d.002' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     145,251
    Calibration 2     145,811
    Calibration 3     145,398
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,605
    100% 99.1% 145,605 144,336
    90% 90.5% 131,044 131,832
    80% 79.3% 116,484 115,449
    70% 69.7% 101,923 101,448
    60% 59.9% 87,363 87,234
    50% 49.2% 72,802 71,650
    40% 40.1% 58,242 58,328
    30% 30.2% 43,681 43,969
    20% 19.8% 29,121 28,775
    10% 9.8% 14,560 14,226
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-06d.003' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,086
    Calibration 2     144,220
    Calibration 3     144,020
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,120
    100% 99.3% 144,120 143,054
    90% 90.1% 129,708 129,898
    80% 79.6% 115,296 114,695
    70% 70.8% 100,884 102,079
    60% 59.6% 86,472 85,912
    50% 49.6% 72,060 71,551
    40% 39.9% 57,648 57,485
    30% 29.2% 43,236 42,119
    20% 20.3% 28,824 29,315
    10% 10.2% 14,412 14,718
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-06d.004' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,525
    Calibration 2     144,741
    Calibration 3     143,741
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,241
    100% 99.9% 144,241 144,137
    90% 89.7% 129,817 129,416
    80% 79.2% 115,392 114,296
    70% 70.1% 100,968 101,061
    60% 60.0% 86,544 86,475
    50% 50.6% 72,120 73,041
    40% 40.2% 57,696 57,935
    30% 30.2% 43,272 43,537
    20% 19.8% 28,848 28,498
    10% 10.3% 14,424 14,800
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-06d.005' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,933
    Calibration 2     145,406
    Calibration 3     145,485
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,446
    100% 99.9% 145,446 145,366
    90% 90.6% 130,901 131,763
    80% 80.3% 116,357 116,773
    70% 70.1% 101,812 101,935
    60% 60.3% 87,267 87,633
    50% 49.9% 72,723 72,648
    40% 40.5% 58,178 58,975
    30% 29.7% 43,634 43,196
    20% 20.3% 29,089 29,535
    10% 10.2% 14,545 14,875
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-06d.006' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,485
    Calibration 2     144,380
    Calibration 3     144,359
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,370
    100% 99.6% 144,370 143,729
    90% 89.8% 129,933 129,647
    80% 80.0% 115,496 115,490
    70% 69.3% 101,059 100,002
    60% 60.0% 86,622 86,682
    50% 49.7% 72,185 71,779
    40% 40.5% 57,748 58,444
    30% 29.7% 43,311 42,871
    20% 20.2% 28,874 29,212
    10% 10.2% 14,437 14,696
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-06d.007' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,169
    Calibration 2     144,592
    Calibration 3     145,161
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,877
    100% 100.5% 144,877 145,545
    90% 89.4% 130,389 129,486
    80% 80.0% 115,901 115,890
    70% 71.3% 101,414 103,302
    60% 60.6% 86,926 87,843
    50% 50.0% 72,438 72,481
    40% 40.0% 57,951 58,018
    30% 30.2% 43,463 43,740
    20% 19.8% 28,975 28,694
    10% 10.1% 14,488 14,606
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-06d.008' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,798
    Calibration 2     144,285
    Calibration 3     144,589
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,437
    100% 99.5% 144,437 143,667
    90% 90.8% 129,993 131,220
    80% 80.2% 115,550 115,811
    70% 69.7% 101,106 100,658
    60% 60.0% 86,662 86,641
    50% 50.2% 72,218 72,472
    40% 40.4% 57,775 58,281
    30% 30.2% 43,331 43,632
    20% 20.6% 28,887 29,695
    10% 10.0% 14,444 14,428
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.