ThinkSystem SR950 Sets Six World Records with Three-Socket SPECjbb Results

The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 server has set six three-socket performance world records for the SPECjbb2015 benchmarks.

SPECjbb2015 is a Java Business Benchmark and is the SPEC benchmark used for evaluating the performance of servers running typical Enterprise Java applications.

The ThinkSystem SR950 with three processors achieved the following six top SPECjbb2015 scores:

• SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM critical-jOPS: 200,372
• SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM max-jOPS: 28,4001
• SPECjbb2015-Composite max-jOPS: 220,144
• SPECjbb2015-Distributed critical-jOPS: 201,615
• SPECjbb2015-Distributed max-jOPS: 266,341
• SPECjbb2015-Composite critical-jOPS: 177,141

SPECjbb2015 measures multi-threaded compute-intensive applications, with mixed industry workloads such as online purchase, inventory management, and supply. Critical-jOPS scores are ideal for measuring latency-critical applications and max-jOPS scores are ideal for measuring throughput-critical applications.

The ThinkSystem SR950 was configured as follows:

For the MultiJVM critical-jOPS, MultiJVM Max-jOPS, Composite Max-jOPS, and Distributed critical-jOPS results:

• 3x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 processors
  • 2.7 GHz base frequency, 38.5 MB L3 cache
  • 3 processors, each 28 cores and 56 threads
• 3072 GB system memory
• Operating system:
  • SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM critical-jOPS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6
  • SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM Max-jOPS: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SPECjbb2015-Composite Max-jOPS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6
  • SPECjbb2015-Distributed critical-jOPS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6
• Oracle Java HotSpot 64-Bit Server VM, version 11.0.2

Results referenced are current as of April 2, 2019. To view details of these results, go to these SPEC web pages:

• SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM critical-jOPS
  https://www.spec.org/jbb2015/results/res2019q2/jbb2015-20190314-00429.html
• SPECjbb2015-MultiJVM max-jOPS
  https://www.spec.org/jbb2015/results/res2019q2/jbb2015-20190314-00415.html
• SPECjbb2015-Composite max-jOPS
  https://www.spec.org/jbb2015/results/res2019q2/jbb2015-20190314-00442.html
• SPECjbb2015-Distributed critical-jOPS
  https://www.spec.org/jbb2015/results/res2019q2/jbb2015-20190314-00401.html
• SPECjbb2015-Distributed max-jOPS (published September 13, 2018)
  https://www.spec.org/jbb2015/results/res2018q3/jbb2015-20180829-00315.html
• SPECjbb2015-Composite critical-jOPS (published September 13, 2018)
  https://www.spec.org/jbb2015/results/res2018q3/jbb2015-20180829-00318.html

To view all SPECjbb2015 results, go to
https://www.spec.org/jbb2015/results/jbb2015.html

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The SPECjbb 2015 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.

SPECjbb2015 scores are ideal for measuring throughput and latency of multi-threaded compute-intensive applications such as online purchasing, inventory management, and supply.

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To learn more about the Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 server, visit the SR950 product web page.