Super Micro Computer, Inc A+ SuperBlade Server System SBS-820H-4114S (SBA-4114S-T2N) 188939 SPECjbb2015-Distributed max-jOPS
166587 SPECjbb2015-Distributed critical-jOPS
Tested by: Super Micro Computer, Inc Test Sponsor: Super Micro Computer, Inc Test location: San Jose, California Test date: February 18, 2022
SPEC license #: 001176 Hardware Availability: Mar-2022 Software Availability: Jan-2022 Publication: Mon Mar 21 09:10:57 EDT 2022
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 Cores64
Total Threads128
Total Memory Amount (GB)512
Total OS Images1
SW EnvironmentNon-virtual
 
Hardware hw_1
NameA+ SuperBlade Server System SBS-820H-4114S (SBA-4114S-T2N)
VendorSuper Micro Computer, Inc
Vendor URLhttps://www.supermicro.com
AvailableMar-2022
ModelBH12SSi-M25
Form Factor8U
CPU NameAMD EPYC 7773X
CPU Characteristics64 core, 2.2GHz, 768MB L3 Cache (Max. Boost Clock up to 3.5GHz)
Number of Systems1
Nodes Per System1
Chips Per System1
Cores Per System64
Cores Per Chip64
Threads Per System128
Threads Per Core2
Version2.3a 01/27/2022
CPU Frequency (MHz)2200
Primary Cache32 KB I + 32 KB D per core
Secondary Cache512 KB I+D per core
Tertiary Cache768 MB (I+D) on chip per chip
Other CacheNone
Disk20 x 2TB M.2 PCIe Gen3.1
File Systembtrfs
Memory Amount (GB)512
# and size of DIMM(s)8 x 64GB
Memory Details64GB 2Rx4 PC4-3200AA
# and type of Network Interface Cards (NICs)Onboard 1x25GbE dual-port NIC
Power Supply Quantity and Rating (W)8 x 2200W
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
NameSUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
VendorSUSE
Vendor URLhttp://suse.com/
Version5.3.18-57-default
AvailableJune-2021
Bitness64
NotesNone
Java Virtual Machine jvm_1
NameOracle Java SE 17.0.2
VendorOracle
Vendor URLhttp://oracle.com/
VersionJava HotSpot 64-bit Server VM, version 17.0.2
AvailableJan-2022
Bitness64
Notesnote
Other Software other_1
NameNone
VendorNone
Vendor URLNone
VersionNone
AvailableNone
BitnessNone
NotesNone
Hardware hw_2
NameA+ Server 2124US-TNRP
VendorSuper Micro Computer, Inc
Vendor URLhttps://www.supermicro.com
AvailableMar-2021
ModelH12DSU-iN
Form Factor2U
CPU NameAMD EPYC 7713
CPU Characteristics64 Core, 2.0 GHz, 256 MB L3 cache (Max. Boost Clock up to 3.7 GHz)
Number of Systems2
Nodes Per System1
Chips Per System2
Cores Per System128
Cores Per Chip64
Threads Per System256
Threads Per Core2
Version2.1 05/07/2021
CPU Frequency (MHz)2000
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 3.8 TB NVMe PCIe Gen4.0
File Systembtrfs
Memory Amount (GB)1024
# and size of DIMM(s)16 x 64GB
Memory Details64GB 2RX4 PC4-3200AA
# and type of Network Interface Cards (NICs)2 x 100GbE NIC
Power Supply Quantity and Rating (W)2 x 1600W
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_2
NameNone
VendorNone
Vendor URLNone
VersionNone
AvailableNone
BitnessNone
NotesNone
Operating System os_2
NameSUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
VendorSUSE
Vendor URLhttp://suse.com/
Version5.3.18-57-default
AvailableJune-2021
Bitness64
NotesNone
Java Virtual Machine jvm_2
NameOracle Java SE 17.0.2
VendorOracle
Vendor URLhttp://oracle.com/
VersionJava HotSpot 64-bit Server VM, version 17.0.2
AvailableJan-2022
Bitness64
Notesnote
Other Software other_2
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 = NPS1
  • Determinism Control = Manual
  • Determinism Slider = Power
  • L1 Stream HW Prefetcher = Disable
  • L2 Stream HW Prefetcher = Disable
  • EDC Control = Manual
  • EDC = 300
  • EDC Platform Limit = 300

Notes notes
OS Image os_Image_1
JVM Instances jvm_Backend_1(4)
OS Image Description os_1
Tuning

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

  • echo 950000 > /proc/sys/kernel/sched_rt_runtime_us
  • echo 100000000 > /proc/sys/kernel/sched_latency_ns
  • echo 80000 > /proc/sys/kernel/sched_migration_cost_ns
  • echo 600000 > /proc/sys/kernel/sched_min_granularity_ns
  • echo 100000 > /proc/sys/kernel/sched_wakeup_granularity_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 0 > /proc/sys/vm/numa_stat
  • echo always > /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled
  • echo always > /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/defrag

  • ulimit -n 1024000
  • UserTasksMax=970000
  • DefaultTasksMax=970000

Notes None
JVM Instance jvm_Backend_1
Parts of Benchmark Backend
JVM Instance Description jvm_1
Command Line

-Xms122g -Xmx122g -Xmn119g -server -XX:MetaspaceSize=256m -XX:AllocatePrefetchInstr=2 -XX:LargePageSizeInBytes=2m -XX:-UsePerfData -XX:-UseAdaptiveSizePolicy -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch -XX:+UseLargePages -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:SurvivorRatio=90 -XX:TargetSurvivorRatio=99 -XX:ParallelGCThreads=32 -XX:MaxTenuringThreshold=15 -XX:InitialCodeCacheSize=25m -XX:InlineSmallCode=10k -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=200 -XX:+UseCompressedOops -XX:ObjectAlignmentInBytes=32 -XX:+UseTransparentHugePages -XX:CompileThresholdScaling=15

Tuning None
Notes

Used numactl to affinitize each Backend JVM to 16 Core / 32 Threads in BH12SSi-M25 SuT

    • Group1:numactl --physcpubind=0-15,64-79 --localalloc
    • Group2:numactl --physcpubind=16-31,80-95 --localalloc
    • Group3:numactl --physcpubind=32-47,96-111 --localalloc
    • Group4:numactl --physcpubind=48-63,112-127 --localalloc

Hardware
OS Images os_Image_2(1)
Hardware Description hw_2
Number of Systems 1
SW Environment non-virtual
Tuning

BIOS Settings:

  • NUMA nodes per socket = NPS2
  • Determinism Control = Manual
  • Determinism Slider = Power
  • L1 Stream HW Prefetcher = Disable
  • L2 Stream HW Prefetcher = Disable

Notes notes
OS Image os_Image_2
JVM Instances jvm_Ctr_1(1), jvm_TxInjector_1(4)
OS Image Description os_2
Tuning

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

  • echo 950000 > /proc/sys/kernel/sched_rt_runtime_us
  • echo 100000000 > /proc/sys/kernel/sched_latency_ns
  • echo 80000 > /proc/sys/kernel/sched_migration_cost_ns
  • echo 600000 > /proc/sys/kernel/sched_min_granularity_ns
  • echo 100000 > /proc/sys/kernel/sched_wakeup_granularity_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 0 > /proc/sys/vm/numa_stat
  • echo always > /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled
  • echo always > /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/defrag

  • ulimit -n 1024000
  • UserTasksMax=970000
  • DefaultTasksMax=970000

Notes None
JVM Instance jvm_Ctr_1
Parts of Benchmark Controller
JVM Instance Description jvm_2
Command Line

-Xms10g -Xmx10g -Xmn8g -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:CICompilerCount=4 -XX:ParallelGCThreads=4

Tuning None
Notes

Used numactl to interleave memory on all Nodes in Driver system

  • numactl --interleave=all

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

-Xms3g -Xmx3g -Xmn2g -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:CICompilerCount=2 -XX:ParallelGCThreads=2

Tuning None
Notes

Used numactl to affinitize 1 Transaction Injector JVM to one NUMA node in Driver system

  • Group1:numactl --cpunodebind=0 --membind=0
  • Group2:numactl --cpunodebind=1 --membind=1
  • Group3:numactl --cpunodebind=2 --membind=2
  • Group4:numactl --cpunodebind=3 --membind=3

max-jOPS = jOPS passed before the First Failure
Pass/Fail Pass Pass Fail Fail Fail
jOPS 186635 188939 191243 193547 195851
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 137096 162210 172042 178570 187787 166587
  Percentile
  10-th 50-th 90-th 95-th 99-th 100-th
500us - / 2304 - / 2304 - / 2304 - / 2304 - / 2304 - / 2304
1000us 135944 / 129031 11521 / 13825 2304 / 4608 - / 2304 - / 2304 - / 2304
5000us 188939 / - 188939 / - 149768 / 145160 117511 / 119815 73732 / 76036 - / 2304
10000us 188939 / - 188939 / - 188939 / - 184330 / 186635 135944 / 138248 - / 2304
25000us 188939 / - 188939 / - 188939 / - 188939 / - 165897 / 156681 - / 2304
50000us 188939 / - 188939 / - 188939 / - 188939 / - 175114 / 170506 - / 2304
75000us 188939 / - 188939 / - 188939 / - 188939 / - 177418 / 179722 23041 / 4608
100000us 188939 / - 188939 / - 188939 / - 188939 / - 186635 / 188939 73732 / 4608
200000us 188939 / - 188939 / - 188939 / - 188939 / - 188939 / - 161289 / 149768
500000us 188939 / - 188939 / - 188939 / - 188939 / - 188939 / - 188939 / -
1000000us 188939 / - 188939 / - 188939 / - 188939 / - 188939 / - 188939 / -
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 Group2.Backend.beJVM Group2.TxInjector.txiJVM1 Group3.Backend.beJVM Group3.TxInjector.txiJVM1 Group4.Backend.beJVM Group4.TxInjector.txiJVM1
specjbb.comm.connect.client.pool.size 256 256 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150
specjbb.comm.connect.selector.runner.count 0 16 1 1 1 1
specjbb.comm.connect.timeouts.connect 60000 60000 900000 900000 900000 900000 900000 900000 900000 900000
specjbb.comm.connect.timeouts.read 60000 60000 800000 800000 800000 800000 800000 800000 800000 800000
specjbb.comm.connect.timeouts.write 60000 60000 800000 800000 800000 800000 800000 800000 800000 800000
specjbb.comm.connect.worker.pool.max 256 256 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150
specjbb.comm.connect.worker.pool.min 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
specjbb.controller.handshake.period 5000 20000
specjbb.controller.handshake.timeout 600000 900000
specjbb.controller.host localhost 172.24.118.226
specjbb.forkjoin.workers 128 {Tier1=124, Tier2=1, Tier3=8}
specjbb.group.count 1 4
specjbb.heartbeat.period 10000 2000
specjbb.heartbeat.threshold 100000 9000000
specjbb.mapreducer.pool.size 128 64
specjbb.txi.pergroup.count 1 1
View table in csv format
 
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 230413 IR
High-bound (settled) is 219423 IR