SPECjbb2015: SPARC T8-1 World Record Single Chip Multi-JVM Result

Oracle's SPARC T8-1 server, using Oracle Solaris and Oracle JDK, produced a world record single-chip SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM benchmark result. This benchmark was designed by the industry to showcase Java performance in the Enterprise. Performance is expressed in terms of two metrics, max-jOPS which is the maximum throughput number and critical-jOPS which is critical throughput under service level agreements (SLAs).

• The SPARC T8-1 server achieved 153,532 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM max-jOPS and 89,980 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM critical-jOPS on the SPECjbb2015 benchmark. On the SPARC T8-1 server's 32 cores, these rates are 4,798 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM max-jOPS per core and 2,812 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM critical-jOPS per core.

• The SPARC T8-1 server delivered 1.5 times more SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM critical-jOPS performance per core than the SPARC T7-1 server which uses SPARC M7 processors. The SPARC T8-1 server also produced 1.3 times more SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM max-jOPS performance per core compared to the SPARC T7-1 server.

• The SPARC T8-1 server delivered 2.7 times more SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM critical-jOPS performance per core than the Cisco UCS C240 M5 server using Intel Skylake processors (Intel Xeon Platinum 8180 Processor). The SPARC T8-1 server also produced 1.5 times more SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM max-jOPS performance per core compared to the same Cisco UCS C240 M5 server.

From SPEC's press release: "The SPECjbb2015 benchmark is based on the usage model of a worldwide supermarket company with an IT infrastructure that handles a mix of point-of-sale requests, online purchases, and data-mining operations. It exercises Java 7 and higher features, using the latest data formats (XML), communication using compression, and secure messaging."

Performance Landscape

Single chip results of SPECjbb2015 MultiJVM from www.spec.org as of August 28, 2017 and this report (for SPARC T8-1 results). Results ordered by by SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM max-jOPS, bigger is better.

Best SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM max-jOPS per core results (all chip counts) from www.spec.org as of August 28, 2017 and this report (for SPARC T8-1 results). Results ordered by Perf/Core, bigger is better.

Note: under Performance, the max column contains SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM max-jOPS results, and the crit column contains SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM critical-jOPS results. Under Perf/Core, the max column contains SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM max-jOPS results divided by their respective core count, and the crit column contains SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM critical-jOPS results divided by their respective core count. The Environment column contains the operating system version, the JDK version, and any special configuration.

Configuration Summary

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Benchmark Description

The benchmark description, as found at the SPEC website.

The SPECjbb2015 benchmark has been developed from the ground up to measure performance based on the latest Java application features. It is relevant to all audiences who are interested in Java server performance, including JVM vendors, hardware developers, Java application developers, researchers and members of the academic community.

Features include:

• A usage model based on a world-wide supermarket company with an IT infrastructure that handles a mix of point-of-sale requests, online purchases and data-mining operations.
• Both a pure throughput metric and a metric that measures critical throughput under service level agreements (SLAs) specifying response times ranging from 10ms to 100ms.
• Support for multiple run configurations, enabling users to analyze and overcome bottlenecks at multiple layers of the system stack, including hardware, OS, JVM and application layers.
• Exercising new Java 7 features and other important performance elements, including the latest data formats (XML), communication using compression, and messaging with security.
• Support for virtualization and cloud environments.

See Also

• SPECjbb2015 Results Website
• More Information on SPECjbb2015


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Disclosure Statement

SPEC and the benchmark name SPECjbb are registered trademarks of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC). Results from http://www.spec.org as of 8/28/2017.

Fujitsu SPARC M12-2S 54,434 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM max-jOPS, 34,771 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM critical-jOPS; Cisco UCS C240 M5 179,534 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM max-jOPS, 58,094 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM critical-jOPS; Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 177,561 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM max-jOPS, 54,418 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM critical-jOPS; Huawei FusionServer 2288H V5 175,588 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM max-jOPS, 48,977 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM critical-jOPS; SPARC T8-1 153,532 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM max-jOPS, 89,980 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM critical-jOPS; Huawei RH2288H V3 121,381 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM max-jOPS, 38,595 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM critical-jOPS; HP ProLiant DL360 Gen9 120,674 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM max-jOPS, 29,013 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM critical-jOPS; SPARC T7-1 120,603 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM max-jOPS, 60,280 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM critical-jOPS; HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 105,690 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM max-jOPS, 52,952 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM critical-jOPS; Huawei RH2288H V3 98,673 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM max-jOPS, 28,824 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM critical-jOPS; Cisco UCS C220 M4 94,667 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM max-jOPS, 71,951 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM critical-jOPS; HP ProLiant DL380 Gen10 84,142 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM max-jOPS, 25,431 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM critical-jOPS; Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 83,909 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM max-jOPS, 26,145 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM critical-jOPS; Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 80,889 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM max-jOPS, 43,654 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM critical-jOPS; SPARC T5-2 80,889 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM max-jOPS, 37,422 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM critical-jOPS; HP ProLiant DL380 Gen10 74,086 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM max-jOPS, 62,592 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM critical-jOPS; SPARC S7-2 65,790 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM max-jOPS, 35,812 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM critical-jOPS; IBM Power S812LC 44,883 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM max-jOPS, 13,032 SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM critical-jOPS.