Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,150
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     144,899
Calibration 2     145,351
Calibration 3     145,015
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,183
100% 99.3% 145,183 144,150
90% 90.4% 130,665 131,241
80% 79.8% 116,147 115,802
70% 69.7% 101,628 101,136
60% 60.3% 87,110 87,484
50% 49.9% 72,592 72,439
40% 40.2% 58,073 58,332
30% 30.3% 43,555 43,926
20% 19.9% 29,037 28,902
10% 10.1% 14,518 14,612
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 10,541,692 1,589
    Payment 10,541,692
    Order Status 1,054,170
    Delivery 1,054,167
    Stock Level 1,054,170
    Customer Report 10,541,690
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,578,656 1,589
    Payment 10,578,659
    Order Status 1,057,866
    Delivery 1,057,866
    Stock Level 1,057,864
    Customer Report 10,578,668
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,548,749 1,589
    Payment 10,548,744
    Order Status 1,054,875
    Delivery 1,054,875
    Stock Level 1,054,874
    Customer Report 10,548,751
    100% 99.3% New Order 10,486,814 1,589
    Payment 10,486,813
    Order Status 1,048,683
    Delivery 1,048,682
    Stock Level 1,048,681
    Customer Report 10,486,806
    90% 90.4% New Order 9,546,112 1,589
    Payment 9,546,107
    Order Status 954,611
    Delivery 954,612
    Stock Level 954,610
    Customer Report 9,546,111
    80% 79.8% New Order 8,423,277 1,589
    Payment 8,423,271
    Order Status 842,326
    Delivery 842,328
    Stock Level 842,326
    Customer Report 8,423,267
    70% 69.7% New Order 7,357,323 1,589
    Payment 7,357,324
    Order Status 735,732
    Delivery 735,732
    Stock Level 735,731
    Customer Report 7,357,321
    60% 60.3% New Order 6,363,708 1,589
    Payment 6,363,712
    Order Status 636,372
    Delivery 636,370
    Stock Level 636,371
    Customer Report 6,363,714
    50% 49.9% New Order 5,268,308 1,589
    Payment 5,268,320
    Order Status 526,832
    Delivery 526,833
    Stock Level 526,831
    Customer Report 5,268,316
    40% 40.2% New Order 4,242,349 1,589
    Payment 4,242,359
    Order Status 424,235
    Delivery 424,235
    Stock Level 424,233
    Customer Report 4,242,347
    30% 30.3% New Order 3,194,660 1,589
    Payment 3,194,661
    Order Status 319,465
    Delivery 319,466
    Stock Level 319,467
    Customer Report 3,194,663
    20% 19.9% New Order 2,101,969 1,589
    Payment 2,101,969
    Order Status 210,197
    Delivery 210,197
    Stock Level 210,197
    Customer Report 2,101,966
    10% 10.1% New Order 1,062,732 1,589
    Payment 1,062,724
    Order Status 106,272
    Delivery 106,270
    Stock Level 106,272
    Customer Report 1,062,730
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0