Oracle Sets World Record SPECpower_ssj2008 Benchmark Result; Beats
all Previously Published Results
Oracle® JRockit on PRIMERGY servers from Fujitsu Siemens Computers Outperforms
Competition with SPECpower_ssj2008 and Select SPECjbb2005 Benchmark Results
Redwood Shores, CA - March 16, 2009
News Facts
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Today, Oracle announced that Oracle® JRockit Java Virtual Machine
(JVM) on PRIMERGY servers from Fujitsu Siemens Computers achieved
world record performance on two industry benchmarks, the
SPECpower_ssj2008 and the SPECjbb2005.
The world-record SPECpower_ssj2008 result, achieved with Oracle
JRockit on a PRIMERGY server from Fujitsu Siemens Computers with an
Intel® Xeon® processor,(1) outperformed all previous
SPECpower_ssj2008 results,(2) showcasing that Oracle provides the
leading energy-efficient, high-performance platform for Java.
The SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark measures both server-side Javabased application performance and power. The SPECjbb2005 benchmark
is an industry-standard measurement of server-side Java-based
application performance.
Oracle JRockit combines technology from Oracle Fusion Middleware and
BEA Systems and illustrates the rapid progress that Oracle is making in
combining industry-leading technologies from the two companies into a
unified product offering.
The Oracle JRockit family of products, a key component of Oracle Fusion
Middleware, combines leading technology from Oracle and BEA to provide
a comprehensive portfolio of Java runtime solutions that includes the
industry’s fastest solution for standard Java.(3) Oracle JRockit is a high
performance Java Virtual Machine developed to help ensure reliability,
scalability, manageability and flexibility for Java applications. Oracle
JRockit enables a new level of performance for Java applications at
significantly lower costs to the enterprise.
World-Record Results on SPECpower_ssj2008
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Setting the new world-record SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark result and
demonstrating superior performance per watt, Oracle JRockit on a
PRIMERGY TX150 S6 server from Fujitsu Siemens Computers with one
quad-core Intel Xeon L3360 2.83 GHz processor running Microsoft
Windows 2008 achieved a Performance to Power ratio of 1,273 overall
ssj_ops/watt.
SPECpower_ssj2008 (Java Server Benchmark), developed by the
Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation, the first industry-standard
benchmark that measures power consumption in relation to performance
for server-class computers. SPECpower_ssj2008 reports power
consumption for servers at different performance levels — from 100percent to idle in 10-percent segments — over a set period of time. The
graduated workload recognizes the fact that processing loads and power
consumption on servers vary substantially over the course of days or
weeks. To compute a power-performance metric across all levels,
measured transaction throughputs for each segment are added together,
then divided by the sum of the average power consumed for each
segment. The result is a figure of merit called “overall ssj_ops/watt.”
Outperforms Competition in SPECjbb2005 Results
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Setting a new SPECjbb2005 benchmark record for single-socket
systems,(4) Oracle JRockit delivered 211,144 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM,
running on a PRIMERGY RX100 S5 server from Fujitsu Siemens
Computers with a quad-core Intel Xeon X3380 3.16 GHz processor, 8 GB
RAM and Microsoft Windows 2008.(5)
In a second test configuration, Oracle JRockit delivered 368,034
SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM, running on a PRIMERGY RX200 S4 server from
Fujitsu Siemens Computers with two quad-core Intel Xeon X5470 3.33
GHz processors, 16 GB RAM and Microsoft Windows 2008.(6) This result
delivered nearly seven percent more performance than a near identical
configuration with IBM’s Java Virtual Machine(7) and set a new world
record for dual-socket Intel Xeon systems.
SPECjbb2005 (Java Server Benchmark) developed by the Standard
Performance Evaluation Corporation, is a benchmark for evaluating the
performance of server side Java. SPECjbb2005 evaluates the
performance of server side Java by emulating a three-tier client/server
system (with emphasis on the middle tier). The benchmark exercises the
implementations of the JVM (Java Virtual Machine), JIT (Just-In-Time)
compiler, garbage collection, threads and some aspects of the operating
system. It also measures the performance of CPUs, caches, memory
hierarchy and the scalability of shared memory processors (SMPs).
Supporting Quotes
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“With environmental requirements and energy costs both on the rise,
minimizing power while increasing performance is a growing concern for
data centers worldwide,” said Juan Loaiza, senior vice president, Systems
Technology, Oracle. “This world record benchmark result validates that
Oracle JRockit on PRIMERGY servers from Fujitsu Siemens Computers
should be strongly considered by companies looking for a highperformance, energy-efficient platform for their business-critical Java
applications.”
“By bringing together best-of-breed hardware and software, Oracle and
Fujitsu Siemens Computers continue to demonstrate technically superior
solutions and unrivaled value to our joint customers,” said Jens-Peter
Seick, senior vice president, Enterprise Server Business, at Fujitsu
Siemens Computers. “These latest results are further proof of our
combined strength in delivering high-performance and cost-efficient
solutions to the market.”
Supporting Resources
 Oracle Fusion Middleware
 Oracle JRockit
 White Paper: Mission Critical Java
 Fujitsu Siemens Computers
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Other
SPEC, SPECjbb and SPECpower are registered trademarks of Standard
Performance Evaluation Corporation. All results from www.spec.org as of March
15, 2009, except where otherwise noted.
1. 1273 ssj_ops/watt, Fujitsu Siemens Computers PRIMERGY TX150 S6,
1xIntel Xeon L3360, 4 GB RAM, Microsoft Windows 2008, Oracle JRockit 6
P28.0.0.
2. Compared to all results available on
http://www.spec.org/power_ssj2008/results/power_ssj2008.html
3. SPECjbb2005 bops world record holder since April 2006 based on results
available from http://www.spec.org/jbb2005/results/jbb2005.html.
4. Compared to all results available on
http://www.spec.org/jbb2005/results/jbb2005.html
5. 211144 SPECjbb2005 bops, 105572 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM, Fujitsu
Siemens Computers PRIMERGY RX100 S5, 1xIntel Xeon X3380, 8 GB RAM,
Microsoft Windows 2008, Oracle JRockit 6 P28.0.0. Submitted to SPEC for
review.
6. 368034 SPECjbb2005 bops, 92009 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM, Fujitsu
Siemens Computers PRIMERGY RX200 S4, 2xIntel Xeon X5470, 16 GB RAM,
Microsoft Windows 2008, Oracle JRockit 6 P28.0.0. Submitted to SPEC for
review.
7. 344436 SPECjbb2005 bops, 86109 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM, IBM System
x3650, 2xIntel Xeon X5470, 16 GB RAM, Microsoft Windows 2003, IBM J9 1.6.0
sr3.
Contact Info
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Oracle
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Oracle
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