SPARC T5-8 Server Delivers New World Record Result for SPECjEnterprise2010 Benchmark

BENCHMARK SUMMARY

(As of Tuesday, 26 March 2013)

Oracle produced a world record SPECjEnterprise2010 benchmark result of 57,422.17 SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS using Oracle's SPARC T5-8 servers for the application tier and the database tier, respectively.

These results demonstrate that the SPARC T5-8 server provide 3.4 times better performance compared to the eight-chip IBM Power 780 result of 16,646.34 SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS. Also, the SPARC T5-8 is 3.7 times less expensive (1) for the application server hardware list cost compared to the eight-chip IBM Power 780 configuration.

BENCHMARK DESCRIPTION

SPECjEnterprise2010 is the third generation of the SPEC organization's Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) end-to-end industry standard benchmark application. The new SPECjEnterprise2010 benchmark has been redesigned and developed to cover the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 5 specification's significantly expanded and simplified programming model, highlighting the major features used by developers in the industry today. This provides a real world workload driving the application server's implementation of the Java EE specification to its maximum potential and allowing maximum stressing of the underlying hardware and software systems.

Moreover, SPECjEnterprise2010 also heavily exercises all parts of the underlying infrastructure that make up the application environment, including hardware, Java Virtual Machine (JVM) software, database software, JDBC drivers, and the system network.

The primary metric of the SPECjEnterprise2010 benchmark is Enterprise Operations Per Second (SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS). The primary metric for the SPECjEnterprise2010 benchmark is calculated by adding the metrics of the Dealership Management Application in the Dealer Domain and the Manufacturing Application in the Manufacturing Domain.

BENCHMARK OUTCOME

Submitter EjOPS Java EE Server Database Server
Oracle 57,442.17 1 x SPARC T5-8 server
8 chips, 128 cores, 3.6 GHz SPARC T5
Oracle WebLogic 12c (12.1.1)
1 x SPARC T5-8 server
8 chips, 128 cores, 3.6 GHz SPARC T5
Oracle Database 11g 11.2.0.3
Oracle 40,104.86 4 x SPARC T4-4 server
4 chips, 32 cores, 3.0 GHz SPARC T4 server
Oracle WebLogic 11g (10.3.5)
2 x SPARC T4-4 server
4 chips, 32 cores, 3.0 GHz SPARC T4 server
Oracle Database 11g 11.2.0.2
Cisco 26,118.67 2 x Cisco UCS B440 M2
4 chips,40 cores,2.4 GHz Xeon E7-4870
Oracle WebLogic 11g (10.3.5)
1 x Cisco UCS C460 M2
4 chips, 40 cores, 2.4 GHz Xeon E7-4870
Oracle Database 11g 11.2.0.2
IBM 16,646.34 1 x IBM Power 780
8 chips, 64 cores, 3.86 GHz POWER7
WebSphere Application Server V7.0
1 x IBM Power 750 Express
4 chips, 32 cores, 3.55 GHz POWER7
IBM DB2 Universal Database 9.7

The SPARC T5-8 server demonstrated 3.4 times better performance compared to an eight-socket IBM Power 780 server result of 16,646.34 SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS.

The SPARC T5-8 server demonstrated 2.2 times better performance compared to the Cisco UCS B440 M2 Blade Server result of 26,118.67 SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS.

 

(1) SPARC T5-8 server (SPARC T5-8 server base package, 8x SPARC T5 16-core processors, 128x16GB-1066 DIMMS, 2x600GB 10K RPM 2.5” SAS-2 HDD, 4x power cables, list price $268,742. IBM Power 780 (IBM Power 780:9179 Model MHB, 4x3.8GHz 16-core, 64xone processor activation, 4xCEC Enclosure with IBM Bezel, I/O backplane and system midplane,16x 0/32GB DDR3 memory (4x8GB) DIMMS-1066MHz Power7 CoD Memory, 12x Activation of 1 GB DDR3 Power7 Memory, 5x activation of 100GB DDR3 Power7 Memory, 1x Disk/Media Backplane. 2x 146.8GB SAS 15K RPM 2.5” HDD (AIX/Linux only), 4x AC power supply 1725W) list price $992,023. Source: TPC.org and IBM.com, collected 03/25/2013

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SPEC and the benchmark name SPECjEnterprise are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Results from www.spec.org as of 03/26/2013. SPARC T5-8, 57,422.17 SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS; SPARC T4-4, 40,104.86 SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS; Cisco UCS B440 M2, 26,118.67 SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS; IBM Power 780, 16,646.34 SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS.