Transcript POWER8 Benchmark and Performance

POWER8 Benchmark and Performance
Jacob Thomas
Basu Vaidyanathan
Bret Olszewski
Session II
April 2014
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IBM POWER8 versus Intel x86 “Ivy Bridge”
Published Industry
Standard Benchmarks
IBM Power S824
(3.5GHz)
Intel x86
“Ivy Bridge”
POWER8
vs x86
POWER8
Xeon E5-2697 v2
Ratio
24 cores
24 cores
21,212
10,240
2.10x
SPECint_rate2006 2
1,750
1,020
1.70x
SPECfp_rate2006 2
1,370
734
1.90x
22,543
11,260
2.00x
SAP SD 2-Tier 1
SPECjEnterprise2010 3
1) IBM Power System S824 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 4 processors / 24 cores / 96 threads, POWER8; 3.52GHz,
512 GB memory, 21,212 SD benchmark users, running AIX® 7.1 and DB2® 10.5, dialog response: 0.98 seconds, line items/hour: 2,317,330, dialog steps/hour: 6.952,000 SAPS: 115,870 database response time
(dialog/update): 0.011 sec / 0.019sec, CPU utilization: 99%, Certification #: * Results valid as of 3/24/14. * Certification # not available at press time. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.
(1.1) Fujitsu RX300 S8 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 2 processors / 24 cores / 48 threads. Intel Xeon E5-2697
processor 2.70 GHz, 256 GB memory, 10.240 SD benchmark users, running Windows Server 2012 SE and SQL Server 2012, Certification #: 2013024
2) IBM Power S824 results submitted to SPEC, waiting for approval. Supermicro SuperServer 6027AX-TRF (X9DAX-iF, Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2, 2.70 GHz) results. Source: http://www.spec.org
3) IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.5.5.2 and DB2 10.5 on IBM Power S824 result of 22,543.34 published on Apr 22, 2014. Oracle Weblogic Server Standard Edition Release 12.1.2 and Oracle Database 12c
on Oracle Sun Server X4-2 result of 11,259.88 published on Sep 23, 2013. Source:http://www.spec.org
SAP Sales & Distribution 2-Tier ERP 6 Benchmarks
IBM Power System S824 using DB2 10.5 vs. Competition
Over 2 times better 24 core performance than nearest Intel competitive results
Up to 2 times greater performance than previous Power generation
2X
more users
IBM Power
S824
Fujitsu
RX300 S8
Cisco UCS
C240 M3
HP ProLiant
BL460c
IBM Power
S824
IBM
p270
IBM
p260
(1.0) IBM Power System S824 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 4 processors / 24 cores / 96 threads, POWER8;
3.52GHz, 512 GB memory, 21,212 SD benchmark users, running AIX® 7.1 and DB2® 10.5, dialog response: 0.98 seconds, line items/hour: 2,317,330, dialog steps/hour: 6.952,000 SAPS: 115,870 database
response time (dialog/update): 0.011 sec / 0.019sec, CPU utilization: 99%, Certification #: * Results valid as of 3/24/14. * Certification # not available at press time. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.
(1.1) Fujitsu RX300 S8 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 2 processors / 24 cores / 48 threads. Intel Xeon E5-2697
processor 2.70 GHz, 256 GB memory, 10.240 SD benchmark users, running Windows Server 2012 SE and SQL Server 2012, Certification #: 2013024
(1.2) Cisco UCS c240 M3 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 2 processors / 24c ores / 48 threads. Intel Xeon E5-2697
processor 2.70 GHz, 256 GB memory, 10.045 SD benchmark users, running Windows Server 2012 DE and SQL Server 2012, Certification #: 2013038
(1.3) HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 2 processors / 24 cores / 48 threads. Intel Xeon E52697 processor 2.70 GHz, 256 GB memory, 10.025 SD benchmark users, running Windows Server 2012 DE and SQL Server 2012, Certification #: 2013025
(2.1 IBM Flex System p270 Compute Node on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 4 processors / 24 cores / 96 threads,
POWER7+; 3.4GHz, 256 GB memory, 12.528 SD benchmark users, running AIX® 7.1 and DB2® 10 .5 Certification #: 3012019 Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.
(1.1)IBM Flex System p260 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 2 processors / 16 cores / 64 threads, POWER7+; 4.1GHz,
256 GB memory, 10,000 SD benchmark users, running AIX® 7.1 and DB2® 10, Certification #: 2012035
IBM Power S824 SPECjEnterprise2010 Result
IBM Power S824 SPECjEnterprise2010 Benchmark (as of April 20, 2014)
Power S824 core is the fastest core in the industry
Power S824 holds 8th rank in over all non-cluster systems
The only 24-core result in the top 10 non-clustered results
Note: all comparisons as of April 20, 2014. For more details, please visit www.spec.org
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IBM Power S824 SPECint_rate2006 and SPECfp_rate2006 results
IBM Power S824 is the fastest SPECint_rate2006 and SPECfp_rate2006 core in the industry history
The same POWER8 core holds both records
IBM Power S824 SPECint_rate2006 result beats all low core/high frequency Intel results
Note: all comparisons as of April 13, 2014. For more details, please visit www.spec.org
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IBM Power p8 Systems: Enhanced rPerf
POWER8 rPerf SMT scaling
ST
1.00x
SMT2
1.45x
ST > SMT2
1.45x
SMT4
1.89x
SMT2 > SMT4
1.30x
SMT8
2.02x
SMT4 > SMT8
1.07x
POWER8 Enhanced rPerf results
System
Configuration
Freq
cores
Power S814
1x6c
3.02GHz
6c
1x8c
3.72GHz
1x 6c
Power S822
Power S824
ST
SMT2
SMT4
SMT8
48.3
70.1
91.1
97.5
8c
71.4
103.5
134.5
143.9
3.89GHz
6c
59.9
86.9
112.9
120.8
1x 10c
3.42GHz
10c
88.2
127.8
166.2
177.8
2x 6c
3.89GHz
12c
116.8
169.4
220.2
235.6
2x 10c
3.42GHz
20c
171.9
249.3
324.0
346.7
1x 6c
3.89GHz
6c
59.9
86.9
112.9
120.8
1x 8c
4.15GHz
8c
82.3
119.3
155.1
166.0
2x 6c
3.89GHz
12c
116.8
169.4
220.2
235.6
2x 8c
4.15GHz
16c
160.4
232.7
302.4
323.6
2x 12c
3.52GHz
24c
209.1
303.2
394.2
421.8
The rPerf assumes 100% CPU utilization
SMT2: p6 compatibility mode AIX V6.1
SMT4: p7 compatibility mode AIX V7.1
SMT8: p8 native mode AIX V7.1
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IBM Power S824/S822 versus p7/p7+ p740/730 comparisons
16c 3.55GHz p740 to 24c 3.52GHz S824 speedup
System speedup: 2.39x and 2.23x in p7 compatibility mode
Core speedup: 1.59x and 1.49x in p7 compatibility mode
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Supported FW and OS Levels on POWER8
Supported
Level
FW
AIX
IBM i
Linux
(PowerVM only)
Maximum SMT level
P8
810_00
7.1 TL3 SP3 +
APAR IV56367
7.1 TR8, 7.2
RHEL 7
SMT8
P8
810_00
AIX 6.1 TL9 SP3 +
APAR IV56366
Other levels
RHEL 6.5
SLES 11 SP3
SMT4
Default SMT mode of supported OS on POWER8
Operating
System
AIX 7.1
IBMi 7.1
IBMi 7.2
RHEL 7
RHEL 6.5
SLES 11
SMT mode
SMT4
SMT4
SMT8
SMT8
SMT4
SMT4
Partition Mobility
From/To
AIX 5.3
AIX 6.1
AIX 7.1
Linux
IBM i 7.2
POWER6/6+
POWER7/7+
POWER8
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This is a preliminary draft. A URL to the content (living document) will be available at product GA time.
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Performance Best Practices Documents
Best Practices documents and References:
POWER
Power Virtualization Best Practices
Active Memory Expansion Performance
IBM i
Performance Management on IBM i
IBM i on Power – Performance FAQ
Under the Hood: Power Logical Partitions
AIX and VIOS
AIX on Power – Performance FAQ
VIOS Sizing
Java
Java Performance on P
Advisor Tools:
Workload Estimator
PowerVM Virtualization Performance LPAR Advisor
VIOS Advisor
Java Performance Advisor
Redbooks:
PowerVM Best Practices
PowerVM Managing and Monitoring
PowerVM Virtualization Introduction and
Configuration
Software Updates:
IBM i Technology Updates
Fix Central ( for Firmware, AIX and VIOS updates )
Databases
AIX and Oracle Database Performance
Considerations (ICC)
This is a preliminary draft. A URL to the content (living document) will be available at product GA time.
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P8 Performance Education Timeline
Education Content Deliverable
Target Date
Enhanced rPerf table and education
04/29
Capacity Sizng Rulebook and education
06/15
Pre-/Post-sales Education and Training
06/15
External Performance FAQ
@ GA and post-GA
Migration Best Practices (2-pager)
4/29 – preliminary draft
@ GA and Post-GA - updates
01/03/14
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