Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 1,151,229
ssj_ops@100% per JVM = 143,904
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     1,156,777
Calibration 2     1,154,824
Calibration 3     1,155,429
ssj_ops@calibrated=1,155,126
100% 99.7% 1,155,126 1,151,229
90% 89.8% 1,039,614 1,037,151
80% 80.0% 924,101 924,028
70% 69.9% 808,588 807,357
60% 60.2% 693,076 695,379
50% 50.1% 577,563 579,031
40% 39.9% 462,050 461,045
30% 30.0% 346,538 346,605
20% 19.8% 231,025 229,196
10% 10.0% 115,513 115,091
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%
    M420-08b.001 143,270
    M420-08b.002 143,039
    M420-08b.003 145,127
    M420-08b.004 143,473
    M420-08b.005 144,153
    M420-08b.006 144,338
    M420-08b.007 143,972
    M420-08b.008 143,858
    ssj_ops@100% 1,151,229
    ssj_ops@100% per JVM 143,904
    Graph of per-instance results
    JVM 'M420-08b.001' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     145,258
    Calibration 2     143,621
    Calibration 3     143,848
    ssj_ops@calibrated=143,734
    100% 99.7% 143,734 143,270
    90% 89.5% 129,361 128,612
    80% 79.5% 114,987 114,322
    70% 69.9% 100,614 100,400
    60% 60.1% 86,240 86,444
    50% 50.7% 71,867 72,845
    40% 39.9% 57,494 57,418
    30% 29.9% 43,120 42,973
    20% 19.9% 28,747 28,569
    10% 9.8% 14,373 14,070
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-08b.002' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,118
    Calibration 2     143,899
    Calibration 3     143,829
    ssj_ops@calibrated=143,864
    100% 99.4% 143,864 143,039
    90% 89.4% 129,477 128,674
    80% 79.2% 115,091 113,933
    70% 69.6% 100,705 100,165
    60% 60.8% 86,318 87,476
    50% 50.3% 71,932 72,308
    40% 40.5% 57,546 58,201
    30% 30.0% 43,159 43,192
    20% 20.0% 28,773 28,708
    10% 10.0% 14,386 14,437
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-08b.003' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,378
    Calibration 2     145,374
    Calibration 3     146,045
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,709
    100% 99.6% 145,709 145,127
    90% 90.4% 131,138 131,654
    80% 80.5% 116,568 117,290
    70% 69.3% 101,997 100,977
    60% 59.6% 87,426 86,910
    50% 50.1% 72,855 73,039
    40% 38.9% 58,284 56,741
    30% 30.0% 43,713 43,730
    20% 20.1% 29,142 29,296
    10% 10.1% 14,571 14,676
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-08b.004' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     145,000
    Calibration 2     144,527
    Calibration 3     144,214
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,371
    100% 99.4% 144,371 143,473
    90% 90.3% 129,934 130,308
    80% 80.0% 115,497 115,545
    70% 70.5% 101,060 101,729
    60% 60.8% 86,622 87,834
    50% 50.4% 72,185 72,802
    40% 40.3% 57,748 58,121
    30% 29.7% 43,311 42,898
    20% 20.1% 28,874 28,956
    10% 10.0% 14,437 14,496
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-08b.005' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,268
    Calibration 2     144,758
    Calibration 3     143,788
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,273
    100% 99.9% 144,273 144,153
    90% 90.1% 129,846 129,958
    80% 80.7% 115,418 116,363
    70% 69.7% 100,991 100,538
    60% 60.9% 86,564 87,892
    50% 50.9% 72,137 73,374
    40% 40.1% 57,709 57,848
    30% 29.8% 43,282 42,975
    20% 19.8% 28,855 28,508
    10% 9.9% 14,427 14,233
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-08b.006' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     145,633
    Calibration 2     144,183
    Calibration 3     144,953
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,568
    100% 99.8% 144,568 144,338
    90% 89.1% 130,111 128,780
    80% 79.7% 115,655 115,151
    70% 70.0% 101,198 101,233
    60% 59.2% 86,741 85,608
    50% 49.4% 72,284 71,434
    40% 40.1% 57,827 57,939
    30% 29.9% 43,370 43,175
    20% 19.6% 28,914 28,329
    10% 9.9% 14,457 14,242
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-08b.007' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,506
    Calibration 2     144,012
    Calibration 3     144,401
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,207
    100% 99.8% 144,207 143,972
    90% 89.6% 129,786 129,273
    80% 79.8% 115,365 115,148
    70% 70.3% 100,945 101,354
    60% 60.4% 86,524 87,070
    50% 49.0% 72,103 70,713
    40% 40.1% 57,683 57,775
    30% 30.5% 43,262 43,984
    20% 19.8% 28,841 28,549
    10% 10.1% 14,421 14,621
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-08b.008' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,617
    Calibration 2     144,449
    Calibration 3     144,352
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,400
    100% 99.6% 144,400 143,858
    90% 90.0% 129,960 129,893
    80% 80.5% 115,520 116,277
    70% 69.9% 101,080 100,962
    60% 59.7% 86,640 86,145
    50% 50.2% 72,200 72,516
    40% 39.5% 57,760 57,003
    30% 30.2% 43,320 43,679
    20% 19.6% 28,880 28,281
    10% 9.9% 14,440 14,316
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.