Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 1,151,477
ssj_ops@100% per JVM = 143,935
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     1,155,120
Calibration 2     1,159,742
Calibration 3     1,155,370
ssj_ops@calibrated=1,157,556
100% 99.5% 1,157,556 1,151,477
90% 90.1% 1,041,800 1,043,069
80% 79.8% 926,045 924,089
70% 69.7% 810,289 807,317
60% 60.0% 694,534 694,087
50% 50.0% 578,778 578,912
40% 39.9% 463,022 461,817
30% 30.2% 347,267 349,862
20% 20.0% 231,511 231,360
10% 10.0% 115,756 116,001
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%
    M420-08d.001 144,719
    M420-08d.002 143,931
    M420-08d.003 144,150
    M420-08d.004 143,076
    M420-08d.005 143,732
    M420-08d.006 144,208
    M420-08d.007 143,791
    M420-08d.008 143,871
    ssj_ops@100% 1,151,477
    ssj_ops@100% per JVM 143,935
    Graph of per-instance results
    JVM 'M420-08d.001' Scores:
    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
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-08d.002' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,843
    Calibration 2     144,641
    Calibration 3     143,098
    ssj_ops@calibrated=143,870
    100% 100.0% 143,870 143,931
    90% 90.9% 129,483 130,750
    80% 79.9% 115,096 114,928
    70% 69.3% 100,709 99,702
    60% 59.6% 86,322 85,742
    50% 50.0% 71,935 71,895
    40% 39.8% 57,548 57,283
    30% 30.4% 43,161 43,669
    20% 20.0% 28,774 28,781
    10% 9.9% 14,387 14,300
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-08d.003' Scores:
    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
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-08d.004' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,621
    Calibration 2     144,640
    Calibration 3     144,311
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,476
    100% 99.0% 144,476 143,076
    90% 89.9% 130,028 129,888
    80% 79.8% 115,581 115,250
    70% 69.3% 101,133 100,152
    60% 60.2% 86,685 86,925
    50% 49.4% 72,238 71,346
    40% 39.8% 57,790 57,493
    30% 30.2% 43,343 43,592
    20% 19.9% 28,895 28,816
    10% 9.9% 14,448 14,316
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-08d.005' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,190
    Calibration 2     144,833
    Calibration 3     144,595
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,714
    100% 99.3% 144,714 143,732
    90% 90.6% 130,243 131,095
    80% 79.9% 115,771 115,666
    70% 69.6% 101,300 100,744
    60% 59.9% 86,828 86,631
    50% 50.2% 72,357 72,603
    40% 39.5% 57,886 57,111
    30% 30.1% 43,414 43,564
    20% 19.9% 28,943 28,769
    10% 10.0% 14,471 14,496
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-08d.006' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     145,095
    Calibration 2     145,051
    Calibration 3     144,893
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,972
    100% 99.5% 144,972 144,208
    90% 89.2% 130,475 129,291
    80% 80.0% 115,978 115,981
    70% 70.2% 101,481 101,741
    60% 60.1% 86,983 87,165
    50% 50.2% 72,486 72,837
    40% 39.9% 57,989 57,788
    30% 30.4% 43,492 44,033
    20% 20.4% 28,994 29,585
    10% 10.0% 14,497 14,500
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-08d.007' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     143,273
    Calibration 2     144,426
    Calibration 3     143,776
    ssj_ops@calibrated=144,101
    100% 99.8% 144,101 143,791
    90% 90.2% 129,691 129,911
    80% 79.7% 115,281 114,858
    70% 69.9% 100,871 100,797
    60% 60.5% 86,461 87,169
    50% 50.1% 72,051 72,140
    40% 40.2% 57,640 57,867
    30% 30.0% 43,230 43,246
    20% 20.2% 28,820 29,083
    10% 10.0% 14,410 14,416
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.
    JVM 'M420-08d.008' Scores:
    Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
    Target Actual
    Calibration 1     144,483
    Calibration 2     145,592
    Calibration 3     144,626
    ssj_ops@calibrated=145,109
    100% 99.1% 145,109 143,871
    90% 91.1% 130,598 132,129
    80% 79.7% 116,087 115,721
    70% 69.4% 101,576 100,752
    60% 59.5% 87,066 86,268
    50% 50.7% 72,555 73,563
    40% 40.1% 58,044 58,129
    30% 30.4% 43,533 44,112
    20% 20.1% 29,022 29,186
    10% 9.9% 14,511 14,302
    Active Idle   0 0
    Graph of results
    See the JVM Instance Performance Report for additional details.