Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,719
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     144,715
Calibration 2     145,207
Calibration 3     145,055
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,131
100% 99.7% 145,131 144,719
90% 88.7% 130,618 128,764
80% 79.8% 116,105 115,884
70% 70.5% 101,592 102,292
60% 59.7% 87,079 86,703
50% 49.7% 72,565 72,089
40% 39.8% 58,052 57,814
30% 30.1% 43,539 43,720
20% 19.5% 29,026 28,239
10% 10.4% 14,513 15,058
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 10,533,100 1,589
    Payment 10,533,095
    Order Status 1,053,309
    Delivery 1,053,310
    Stock Level 1,053,310
    Customer Report 10,533,099
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,560,602 1,589
    Payment 10,560,616
    Order Status 1,056,062
    Delivery 1,056,063
    Stock Level 1,056,060
    Customer Report 10,560,610
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,555,037 1,589
    Payment 10,555,034
    Order Status 1,055,504
    Delivery 1,055,504
    Stock Level 1,055,505
    Customer Report 10,555,037
    100% 99.7% New Order 10,527,860 1,589
    Payment 10,527,849
    Order Status 1,052,785
    Delivery 1,052,786
    Stock Level 1,052,786
    Customer Report 10,527,856
    90% 88.7% New Order 9,364,729 1,589
    Payment 9,364,733
    Order Status 936,471
    Delivery 936,472
    Stock Level 936,474
    Customer Report 9,364,728
    80% 79.8% New Order 8,427,971 1,589
    Payment 8,427,972
    Order Status 842,798
    Delivery 842,797
    Stock Level 842,798
    Customer Report 8,427,970
    70% 70.5% New Order 7,440,480 1,589
    Payment 7,440,476
    Order Status 744,048
    Delivery 744,048
    Stock Level 744,046
    Customer Report 7,440,480
    60% 59.7% New Order 6,305,712 1,589
    Payment 6,305,707
    Order Status 630,572
    Delivery 630,570
    Stock Level 630,572
    Customer Report 6,305,719
    50% 49.7% New Order 5,242,901 1,589
    Payment 5,242,903
    Order Status 524,289
    Delivery 524,289
    Stock Level 524,289
    Customer Report 5,242,899
    40% 39.8% New Order 4,204,660 1,589
    Payment 4,204,655
    Order Status 420,466
    Delivery 420,465
    Stock Level 420,467
    Customer Report 4,204,658
    30% 30.1% New Order 3,179,660 1,589
    Payment 3,179,667
    Order Status 317,966
    Delivery 317,968
    Stock Level 317,966
    Customer Report 3,179,674
    20% 19.5% New Order 2,053,786 1,589
    Payment 2,053,790
    Order Status 205,379
    Delivery 205,379
    Stock Level 205,379
    Customer Report 2,053,785
    10% 10.4% New Order 1,095,154 1,589
    Payment 1,095,150
    Order Status 109,515
    Delivery 109,516
    Stock Level 109,515
    Customer Report 1,095,150
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0