Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,654
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     145,022
Calibration 2     145,652
Calibration 3     144,995
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,323
100% 99.5% 145,323 144,654
90% 90.5% 130,791 131,451
80% 80.4% 116,259 116,861
70% 69.5% 101,726 100,992
60% 60.6% 87,194 88,097
50% 49.8% 72,662 72,303
40% 39.7% 58,129 57,670
30% 29.9% 43,597 43,451
20% 19.9% 29,065 28,961
10% 9.9% 14,532 14,366
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 10,554,853 1,589
    Payment 10,554,855
    Order Status 1,055,484
    Delivery 1,055,484
    Stock Level 1,055,487
    Customer Report 10,554,852
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,598,667 1,589
    Payment 10,598,667
    Order Status 1,059,866
    Delivery 1,059,867
    Stock Level 1,059,866
    Customer Report 10,598,659
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,550,167 1,589
    Payment 10,550,173
    Order Status 1,055,015
    Delivery 1,055,016
    Stock Level 1,055,015
    Customer Report 10,550,162
    100% 99.5% New Order 10,527,380 1,589
    Payment 10,527,382
    Order Status 1,052,737
    Delivery 1,052,739
    Stock Level 1,052,738
    Customer Report 10,527,385
    90% 90.5% New Order 9,561,268 1,589
    Payment 9,561,258
    Order Status 956,126
    Delivery 956,125
    Stock Level 956,126
    Customer Report 9,561,262
    80% 80.4% New Order 8,499,198 1,589
    Payment 8,499,189
    Order Status 849,920
    Delivery 849,921
    Stock Level 849,920
    Customer Report 8,499,194
    70% 69.5% New Order 7,348,410 1,589
    Payment 7,348,420
    Order Status 734,839
    Delivery 734,842
    Stock Level 734,841
    Customer Report 7,348,419
    60% 60.6% New Order 6,407,178 1,589
    Payment 6,407,175
    Order Status 640,715
    Delivery 640,716
    Stock Level 640,716
    Customer Report 6,407,177
    50% 49.8% New Order 5,258,515 1,589
    Payment 5,258,510
    Order Status 525,853
    Delivery 525,851
    Stock Level 525,852
    Customer Report 5,258,522
    40% 39.7% New Order 4,194,293 1,588
    Payment 4,194,290
    Order Status 419,429
    Delivery 419,426
    Stock Level 419,429
    Customer Report 4,194,283
    30% 29.9% New Order 3,160,125 1,589
    Payment 3,160,118
    Order Status 316,012
    Delivery 316,011
    Stock Level 316,013
    Customer Report 3,160,126
    20% 19.9% New Order 2,106,286 1,589
    Payment 2,106,296
    Order Status 210,631
    Delivery 210,629
    Stock Level 210,628
    Customer Report 2,106,293
    10% 9.9% New Order 1,044,847 1,589
    Payment 1,044,851
    Order Status 104,484
    Delivery 104,484
    Stock Level 104,484
    Customer Report 1,044,850
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0