Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 1,156,516
ssj_ops@100% per JVM = 144,564
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     1,159,282
Calibration 2     1,160,795
Calibration 3     1,159,155
ssj_ops@calibrated=1,159,975
100% 99.7% 1,159,975 1,156,516
90% 90.3% 1,043,977 1,046,955
80% 80.1% 927,980 928,758
70% 70.0% 811,982 811,771
60% 60.2% 695,985 698,325
50% 50.0% 579,987 580,392
40% 40.2% 463,990 466,023
30% 30.0% 347,992 348,465
20% 20.0% 231,995 232,500
10% 10.0% 115,997 115,646
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%
    M420-07d.001 141,617
    M420-07d.002 146,244
    M420-07d.003 146,032
    M420-07d.004 143,724
    M420-07d.005 144,569
    M420-07d.006 145,589
    M420-07d.007 144,644
    M420-07d.008 144,096
    ssj_ops@100% 1,156,516
    ssj_ops@100% per JVM 144,564
    Graph of per-instance results
    JVM 'M420-07d.001' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,062
    Calibration 2     143,592
    Calibration 3     142,098
    ssj_ops@calibrated=142,845
    100% 99.1% 142,845 141,617
    90% 90.6% 128,561 129,352
    80% 79.7% 114,276 113,888
    70% 69.9% 99,992 99,853
    60% 60.4% 85,707 86,341
    50% 49.9% 71,423 71,213
    40% 40.4% 57,138 57,654
    30% 30.3% 42,854 43,219
    20% 20.2% 28,569 28,868
    10% 10.0% 14,285 14,350
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-07d.002' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     146,235
    Calibration 2     145,848
    Calibration 3     146,531
    ssj_ops@calibrated=146,190
    100% 100.0% 146,190 146,244
    90% 89.9% 131,571 131,475
    80% 80.3% 116,952 117,350
    70% 70.1% 102,333 102,468
    60% 59.7% 87,714 87,234
    50% 49.5% 73,095 72,315
    40% 39.8% 58,476 58,206
    30% 29.8% 43,857 43,634
    20% 19.8% 29,238 28,878
    10% 9.7% 14,619 14,218
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-07d.003' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     146,075
    Calibration 2     146,462
    Calibration 3     146,693
    ssj_ops@calibrated=146,577
    100% 99.6% 146,577 146,032
    90% 90.1% 131,920 132,130
    80% 80.3% 117,262 117,767
    70% 70.4% 102,604 103,248
    60% 60.0% 87,946 87,953
    50% 50.0% 73,289 73,362
    40% 40.7% 58,631 59,691
    30% 30.1% 43,973 44,062
    20% 20.1% 29,315 29,531
    10% 10.3% 14,658 15,031
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-07d.004' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,954
    Calibration 2     145,083
    Calibration 3     144,603
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,843
    100% 99.2% 144,843 143,724
    90% 90.3% 130,359 130,730
    80% 80.0% 115,874 115,843
    70% 69.4% 101,390 100,529
    60% 59.3% 86,906 85,954
    50% 50.4% 72,422 72,956
    40% 40.3% 57,937 58,432
    30% 30.1% 43,453 43,628
    20% 20.3% 28,969 29,461
    10% 10.1% 14,484 14,629
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-07d.005' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,323
    Calibration 2     144,870
    Calibration 3     144,436
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,653
    100% 99.9% 144,653 144,569
    90% 89.8% 130,188 129,896
    80% 80.0% 115,723 115,760
    70% 70.8% 101,257 102,487
    60% 60.4% 86,792 87,356
    50% 50.0% 72,327 72,297
    40% 39.6% 57,861 57,260
    30% 30.0% 43,396 43,411
    20% 20.0% 28,931 28,959
    10% 9.9% 14,465 14,267
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-07d.006' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     145,221
    Calibration 2     145,500
    Calibration 3     145,142
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,321
    100% 100.2% 145,321 145,589
    90% 90.2% 130,789 131,130
    80% 80.2% 116,257 116,482
    70% 70.3% 101,725 102,101
    60% 60.6% 87,193 88,061
    50% 49.7% 72,660 72,233
    40% 40.3% 58,128 58,568
    30% 30.2% 43,596 43,905
    20% 19.9% 29,064 28,880
    10% 10.0% 14,532 14,500
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-07d.007' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     145,243
    Calibration 2     145,594
    Calibration 3     145,221
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,408
    100% 99.5% 145,408 144,644
    90% 90.2% 130,867 131,126
    80% 79.7% 116,326 115,886
    70% 69.7% 101,785 101,343
    60% 60.7% 87,245 88,220
    50% 50.4% 72,704 73,235
    40% 39.9% 58,163 58,025
    30% 30.1% 43,622 43,786
    20% 20.1% 29,082 29,257
    10% 9.9% 14,541 14,444
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-07d.008' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,169
    Calibration 2     143,845
    Calibration 3     144,430
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,137
    100% 100.0% 144,137 144,096
    90% 91.0% 129,724 131,117
    80% 80.3% 115,310 115,781
    70% 69.2% 100,896 99,743
    60% 60.5% 86,482 87,206
    50% 50.5% 72,069 72,782
    40% 40.4% 57,655 58,188
    30% 29.7% 43,241 42,820
    20% 19.9% 28,827 28,665
    10% 9.9% 14,414 14,207
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.