Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,965
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     143,652
Calibration 2     145,967
Calibration 3     145,608
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,787
100% 99.4% 145,787 144,965
90% 90.6% 131,208 132,023
80% 80.1% 116,630 116,726
70% 70.0% 102,051 102,079
60% 59.6% 87,472 86,844
50% 50.5% 72,894 73,594
40% 39.4% 58,315 57,431
30% 30.1% 43,736 43,916
20% 20.2% 29,157 29,408
10% 10.0% 14,579 14,506
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 10,450,052 1,589
    Payment 10,450,059
    Order Status 1,045,006
    Delivery 1,045,005
    Stock Level 1,045,007
    Customer Report 10,450,052
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,619,260 1,589
    Payment 10,619,262
    Order Status 1,061,926
    Delivery 1,061,926
    Stock Level 1,061,927
    Customer Report 10,619,268
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,591,786 1,589
    Payment 10,591,791
    Order Status 1,059,176
    Delivery 1,059,176
    Stock Level 1,059,180
    Customer Report 10,591,783
    100% 99.4% New Order 10,549,118 1,589
    Payment 10,549,133
    Order Status 1,054,911
    Delivery 1,054,910
    Stock Level 1,054,916
    Customer Report 10,549,132
    90% 90.6% New Order 9,601,708 1,589
    Payment 9,601,717
    Order Status 960,171
    Delivery 960,171
    Stock Level 960,170
    Customer Report 9,601,714
    80% 80.1% New Order 8,489,702 1,589
    Payment 8,489,705
    Order Status 848,969
    Delivery 848,969
    Stock Level 848,971
    Customer Report 8,489,695
    70% 70.0% New Order 7,423,994 1,588
    Payment 7,423,987
    Order Status 742,397
    Delivery 742,396
    Stock Level 742,399
    Customer Report 7,423,984
    60% 59.6% New Order 6,315,972 1,589
    Payment 6,315,974
    Order Status 631,597
    Delivery 631,597
    Stock Level 631,597
    Customer Report 6,315,976
    50% 50.5% New Order 5,352,293 1,589
    Payment 5,352,295
    Order Status 535,228
    Delivery 535,232
    Stock Level 535,229
    Customer Report 5,352,294
    40% 39.4% New Order 4,177,057 1,589
    Payment 4,177,056
    Order Status 417,707
    Delivery 417,706
    Stock Level 417,706
    Customer Report 4,177,055
    30% 30.1% New Order 3,194,113 1,589
    Payment 3,194,118
    Order Status 319,413
    Delivery 319,410
    Stock Level 319,413
    Customer Report 3,194,114
    20% 20.2% New Order 2,138,794 1,589
    Payment 2,138,800
    Order Status 213,880
    Delivery 213,878
    Stock Level 213,881
    Customer Report 2,138,795
    10% 10.0% New Order 1,054,985 1,589
    Payment 1,054,985
    Order Status 105,500
    Delivery 105,498
    Stock Level 105,498
    Customer Report 1,054,983
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0