Super Micro Computer, Inc Supermicro A+ 2014TP-HTR Server 67072 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM max-jOPS
46694 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM critical-jOPS
Tested by: Super Micro Computer, Inc Test Sponsor: Super Micro Computer, Inc Test location: San Jose, California Test date: March 22, 2020
SPEC license #: 001176 Hardware Availability: Apr-2020 Software Availability: Jan-2020 Publication: Wed Apr 15 14:02:19 EDT 2020
Benchmark Results Summary
 
Overall Throughput RT curve
Overall SUT (System Under Test) Description
VendorSuper Micro Computer, Inc
Vendor URLhttps://www.supermicro.com
System SourceSingle Supplier
System DesignationServer Rack
Total Systems1
All SUT Systems IdenticalYES
Total Nodes1
All Nodes IdenticalYES
Nodes Per System1
Total Chips1
Total Cores16
Total Threads32
Total Memory Amount (GB)512
Total OS Images1
SW EnvironmentNon-virtual
 
Hardware hw_1
NameSupermicro A+ 2014TP-HTR Server
VendorSuper Micro Computer, Inc
Vendor URLhttps://www.supermicro.com
AvailableAug-2019
ModelH12SST-PS
Form Factor2U
CPU NameAMD EPYC 7F52
CPU Characteristics16 core, 3.5GHz, 256MB L3 Cache (Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.9GHz)
Number of Systems1
Nodes Per System1
Chips Per System1
Cores Per System16
Cores Per Chip16
Threads Per System32
Threads Per Core2
VersionT20190710213757 07/10/2019
CPU Frequency (MHz)3500
Primary Cache32KB(I)+32KB(D) per core
Secondary Cache512KB (I+D) per core
Tertiary Cache256MB (I+D) on chip per chip
Other CacheNone
Disk1 x Toshiba KXG50ZNV1T02 NVMe SSD 1TB
File Systemxfs
Memory Amount (GB)512
# and size of DIMM(s)8 x 64GB
Memory Details64 GB 2Rx4 PC4-3200AA-R
# and type of Network Interface Cards (NICs)1 x 1 GbE NIC
Power Supply Quantity and Rating (W)2 x 2000w
Other HardwareNone
Cabinet/Housing/EnclosureNone
Shared DescriptionNone
Shared CommentNone
Notes
  • NA: The test sponsor attests, as of date of publication, that CVE-2017-5754 (Meltdown) is mitigated in the system as tested and documented.
  • Yes: The test sponsor attests, as of date of publication, that CVE-2017-5753 (Spectre variant 1) is mitigated in the system as tested and documented.
  • Yes: The test sponsor attests, as of date of publication, that CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre variant 2) is mitigated in the system as tested and documented.
Other Hardware network_1
NameNone
VendorNone
Vendor URLNone
VersionNone
AvailableNone
BitnessNone
NotesNone
Operating System os_1
NameRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 (Maipo)
VendorRed Hat
Vendor URLhttp://www.redhat.com/
Version3.10.0-1062.el7.x86_64
AvailableAug-2019
Bitness64
NotesNone
Java Virtual Machine jvm_1
NameOracle Java SE 13.0.2
VendorOracle
Vendor URLhttp://oracle.com/
VersionJava HotSpot 64-bit Server VM, version 13.0.2
AvailableJan-2020
Bitness64
NotesNone
Other Software other_1
NameNone
VendorNone
Vendor URLNone
VersionNone
AvailableNone
BitnessNone
NotesNone
Hardware
OS Images os_Image_1(1)
Hardware Description hw_1
Number of Systems 1
SW Environment non-virtual
Tuning

BIOS Settings:

  • NUMA nodes per socket = NPS2
  • Determinism Control = Manual
  • Determinism Slider = Power
  • cTDP Control = Manual
  • cTDP = 240
  • Package Power Limit Control = Manual
  • Package Power Limit = 240
  • Memory Clock Speed = 1600MHz
  • L1 Stream HW Prefetcher = Disable
  • L2 Stream HW Prefetcher = Disable

Notes None
OS Image os_Image_1
JVM Instances jvm_Ctr_1(1), jvm_Backend_1(1), jvm_TxInjector_1(1)
OS Image Description os_1
Tuning

  • cpupower -c all frequency-set -g performance
  • tuned-adm profile throughput-performance

  • echo 400000000 > /proc/sys/kernel/sched_min_granularity_ns
  • echo 50000 > /proc/sys/kernel/sched_wakeup_granularity_ns
  • echo 50000 > /proc/sys/kernel/sched_migration_cost_ns
  • echo 128 > /proc/sys/kernel/sched_nr_migrate
  • echo 950000 > /proc/sys/kernel/sched_rt_runtime_us
  • echo 400000 > /proc/sys/kernel/sched_latency_ns
  • echo 10000 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_expire_centisecs
  • echo 1500 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs
  • echo 40 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_ratio
  • echo 10 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_background_ratio
  • echo 10 > /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
  • echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/numa_balancing
  • echo always > /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/defrag
  • echo always > /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled

  • Add cgroup_disable=memory,cpu,cpuacct,blkio,hugetlb,pids,cpuset,perf_event,freezer,devices,net_cls,net_prio to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT
  • ulimit -n 1024000
  • UserTasksMax=970000
  • DefaultTasksMax=970000

Notes None
JVM Instance jvm_Ctr_1
Parts of Benchmark Controller
JVM Instance Description jvm_1
Command Line

-Xms2g -Xmx2g -Xmn1536m -XX:+UseParallelOldGC -XX:ParallelGCThreads=2

Tuning None
Notes

Used numactl to interleave memory on all Nodes

  • numactl --interleave=all

JVM Instance jvm_Backend_1
Parts of Benchmark Backend
JVM Instance Description jvm_1
Command Line

-Xms480g -Xmx480g -Xmn472g -server -XX:+UseParallelOldGC -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch -XX:+UseLargePages -XX:LargePageSizeInBytes=2m -XX:MaxTenuringThreshold=4 -XX:+ScavengeBeforeFullGC -XX:-UseAdaptiveSizePolicy -XX:ParallelGCThreads=32 -XX:-UseBiasedLocking -XX:SurvivorRatio=180 -XX:TargetSurvivorRatio=95 -XX:+UseTransparentHugePages -XX:InlineSmallCode=10k -XX:LoopUnrollLimit=1000 -XX:+UseNUMA -XX:-UseNUMAInterleaving -XX:-UseAdaptiveNUMAChunkSizing

Tuning None
Notes

Used numactl to affinitize Backend JVM to all Nodes

  • numactl --cpunodebind=0-1 --localalloc

JVM Instance jvm_TxInjector_1
Parts of Benchmark TxInjector
JVM Instance Description jvm_1
Command Line

-Xms2g -Xmx2g -Xmn1536m -XX:+UseParallelOldGC -XX:ParallelGCThreads=2

Tuning None
Notes

Used numactl to affinitize Transaction Injector JVM to all Nodes

  • numactl --cpunodebind=0-1 --localalloc

max-jOPS = jOPS passed before the First Failure
Pass/Fail Pass Pass Fail Fail Fail
jOPS 66343 67072 67801 68530 69259
critical-jOPS = Geomean ( jOPS @ 10000; 25000; 50000; 75000; 100000; SLAs )
Response time percentile is 99-th
SLA (us) 10000 25000 50000 75000 100000 Geomean
jOPS 32442 47752 51298 52126 53584 46694
  Percentile
  10-th 50-th 90-th 95-th 99-th 100-th
500us - / 729 - / 729 - / 729 - / 729 - / 729 - / 729
1000us 5832 / 6561 729 / 1458 - / 729 - / 729 - / 729 - / 729
5000us 60510 / 61239 55407 / 56136 29891 / 30620 22600 / 23329 13852 / 14581 2187 / 2916
10000us 61968 / 62697 59052 / 59781 50304 / 51033 43013 / 43742 32807 / 32078 13123 / 4374
25000us 62697 / 63426 60510 / 61239 56865 / 57594 56136 / 55407 48846 / 46659 27704 / 4374
50000us 63426 / 64156 61239 / 61968 58323 / 59052 56865 / 57594 53949 / 46659 27704 / 4374
75000us 63426 / 64156 61239 / 61968 59052 / 59781 58323 / 59052 53949 / 50304 27704 / 4374
100000us 64156 / 64885 61968 / 62697 59052 / 59781 58323 / 59052 53949 / 53220 27704 / 4374
200000us 64156 / 64885 62697 / 63426 60510 / 61239 59781 / 60510 57594 / 58323 32807 / 28433
500000us 66343 / 67072 64156 / 64885 62697 / 63426 62697 / 63426 61968 / 62697 56136 / 50304
1000000us 67072 / - 66343 / 67072 64885 / 65614 64885 / 65614 64156 / 64885 59781 / 60510
Probes jOPS / Total jOPS
Request Mix Accuracy
Note
(Actual % in the Mix - Expected % in the Mix) must be within:
'Main Tx' limit of +/-5.0% for the requests whose expected % in the mix is >= 10.0%
'Minor Tx' limit of +/-1.0% for the requests whose expected % in the mix is < 10.0%
There were no non-critical failures in Response Time curve building
Delay between status pings
IR/PR Accuracy
This section lists properties only set by user
Property Name Default Controller Group1.Backend.beJVM Group1.TxInjector.txiJVM1
specjbb.comm.connect.client.pool.size 256 256 64 64
specjbb.comm.connect.selector.runner.count 0 1
specjbb.comm.connect.timeouts.connect 60000 800000 600000 600000
specjbb.comm.connect.timeouts.read 60000 800000 600000 600000
specjbb.comm.connect.timeouts.write 60000 800000 600000 600000
specjbb.comm.connect.worker.pool.max 256 256 64 64
specjbb.customerDriver.threads 64 {saturate=95}
specjbb.forkjoin.workers 32 {Tier1=32, Tier2=4, Tier3=12}
specjbb.group.count 1 1
specjbb.txi.pergroup.count 1 1
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Level: COMPLIANCE
Check Agent Result
Check properties on compliance All PASSED
 
Level: CORRECTNESS
Check Agent Result
Compare SM and HQ Inventory All PASSED
High-bound (max attempted) is 72904 IR
High-bound (settled) is 70615 IR