Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 144,861
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     145,932
Calibration 2     144,621
Calibration 3     145,888
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,255
100% 99.7% 145,255 144,861
90% 90.4% 130,729 131,334
80% 80.8% 116,204 117,315
70% 70.5% 101,678 102,375
60% 60.3% 87,153 87,543
50% 49.4% 72,627 71,691
40% 40.2% 58,102 58,369
30% 30.4% 43,576 44,090
20% 20.3% 29,051 29,441
10% 10.2% 14,525 14,795
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 10,613,441 1,589
    Payment 10,613,440
    Order Status 1,061,344
    Delivery 1,061,345
    Stock Level 1,061,343
    Customer Report 10,613,450
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,527,698 1,589
    Payment 10,527,694
    Order Status 1,052,770
    Delivery 1,052,770
    Stock Level 1,052,769
    Customer Report 10,527,699
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,617,832 1,589
    Payment 10,617,834
    Order Status 1,061,784
    Delivery 1,061,785
    Stock Level 1,061,782
    Customer Report 10,617,832
    100% 99.7% New Order 10,540,371 1,589
    Payment 10,540,373
    Order Status 1,054,037
    Delivery 1,054,036
    Stock Level 1,054,036
    Customer Report 10,540,370
    90% 90.4% New Order 9,551,893 1,589
    Payment 9,551,890
    Order Status 955,189
    Delivery 955,188
    Stock Level 955,190
    Customer Report 9,551,890
    80% 80.8% New Order 8,532,127 1,589
    Payment 8,532,127
    Order Status 853,214
    Delivery 853,215
    Stock Level 853,215
    Customer Report 8,532,126
    70% 70.5% New Order 7,445,608 1,589
    Payment 7,445,604
    Order Status 744,558
    Delivery 744,561
    Stock Level 744,560
    Customer Report 7,445,599
    60% 60.3% New Order 6,366,852 1,589
    Payment 6,366,854
    Order Status 636,684
    Delivery 636,684
    Stock Level 636,687
    Customer Report 6,366,859
    50% 49.4% New Order 5,213,992 1,589
    Payment 5,213,990
    Order Status 521,400
    Delivery 521,397
    Stock Level 521,398
    Customer Report 5,213,992
    40% 40.2% New Order 4,245,089 1,589
    Payment 4,245,090
    Order Status 424,508
    Delivery 424,508
    Stock Level 424,506
    Customer Report 4,245,086
    30% 30.4% New Order 3,206,594 1,589
    Payment 3,206,595
    Order Status 320,661
    Delivery 320,659
    Stock Level 320,659
    Customer Report 3,206,602
    20% 20.3% New Order 2,141,197 1,589
    Payment 2,141,195
    Order Status 214,121
    Delivery 214,120
    Stock Level 214,121
    Customer Report 2,141,195
    10% 10.2% New Order 1,076,046 1,589
    Payment 1,076,047
    Order Status 107,604
    Delivery 107,605
    Stock Level 107,604
    Customer Report 1,076,046
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0