Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 143,931
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     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
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 10,472,326 1,589
    Payment 10,472,326
    Order Status 1,047,232
    Delivery 1,047,234
    Stock Level 1,047,233
    Customer Report 10,472,327
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,522,897 1,589
    Payment 10,522,887
    Order Status 1,052,289
    Delivery 1,052,289
    Stock Level 1,052,290
    Customer Report 10,522,884
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,409,966 1,589
    Payment 10,409,967
    Order Status 1,040,997
    Delivery 1,040,996
    Stock Level 1,040,996
    Customer Report 10,409,967
    100% 100.0% New Order 10,467,832 1,588
    Payment 10,467,836
    Order Status 1,046,784
    Delivery 1,046,782
    Stock Level 1,046,784
    Customer Report 10,467,838
    90% 90.9% New Order 9,509,656 1,589
    Payment 9,509,650
    Order Status 950,965
    Delivery 950,966
    Stock Level 950,966
    Customer Report 9,509,651
    80% 79.9% New Order 8,358,854 1,589
    Payment 8,358,858
    Order Status 835,886
    Delivery 835,884
    Stock Level 835,886
    Customer Report 8,358,852
    70% 69.3% New Order 7,251,159 1,589
    Payment 7,251,158
    Order Status 725,114
    Delivery 725,116
    Stock Level 725,115
    Customer Report 7,251,156
    60% 59.6% New Order 6,235,846 1,589
    Payment 6,235,846
    Order Status 623,582
    Delivery 623,586
    Stock Level 623,584
    Customer Report 6,235,851
    50% 50.0% New Order 5,228,746 1,589
    Payment 5,228,740
    Order Status 522,873
    Delivery 522,874
    Stock Level 522,873
    Customer Report 5,228,743
    40% 39.8% New Order 4,166,224 1,589
    Payment 4,166,224
    Order Status 416,622
    Delivery 416,622
    Stock Level 416,621
    Customer Report 4,166,226
    30% 30.4% New Order 3,176,008 1,589
    Payment 3,176,007
    Order Status 317,602
    Delivery 317,601
    Stock Level 317,603
    Customer Report 3,176,016
    20% 20.0% New Order 2,093,139 1,589
    Payment 2,093,142
    Order Status 209,313
    Delivery 209,314
    Stock Level 209,314
    Customer Report 2,093,139
    10% 9.9% New Order 1,039,998 1,589
    Payment 1,040,006
    Order Status 103,999
    Delivery 103,999
    Stock Level 104,001
    Customer Report 1,039,997
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0