Jacob Thomas Basu Vaidyanathan Bret Olszewski Session II April 2014 POWER8 Benchmark and Performance Jacob Thomas Basu Vaidyanathan Bret Olszewski Session II April 2014

IBM POWER8 versus Intel x86 “Ivy Bridge” Published Industry Standard Benchmarks IBM Power S824 (3.5GHz) Intel x86 “Ivy Bridge” POWER8 vs x86 Xeon E5-2697 v2 Ratio 24 cores SAP SD 2-Tier 1 21,212 10,240 2.10x SPECint_rate2006 2 1,750 1,020 1.70x SPECfp_rate2006 2 1,370 734 1.90x SPECjEnterprise2010 3 22,543 11,260 2.00x 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

2X 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 Education: Ensure your face to face education attendees schedule local language education - to deliver local language education in your geo - leverage education in a kit Ensure top partners have the kit, are scheduling events and using their mgf funds to schedule events Ensure local websites contain highly visible local language digital offers behind registration with ldr follow-up to capture and nurture digital opportunities events Execute f to f local client events as IBM, partner and ISV owned Ensure top 10 assets are translated and posted in highly visibility easy to access location for IBMers and partners Use the top DG tactics to execute a 360 program that reaches key audiences, white space, Power5/ 6 clients 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 E5-2697 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   3

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 Mapped to height with “L” identifier moved to end to improve pronounce-ability Cost Optimized Systems / Paiwan (2S2U / 1S*U) in 2015 can leverage 4th digit xxx*L as identifier For example: S12CL (C = cost), S12AL (A = affordability) Note: all comparisons as of April 20, 2014. For more details, please visit www.spec.org 4

IBM Power S824 SPECint_rate2006 and SPECfp_rate2006 results Mapped to height with “L” identifier moved to end to improve pronounce-ability Cost Optimized Systems / Paiwan (2S2U / 1S*U) in 2015 can leverage 4th digit xxx*L as identifier For example: S12CL (C = cost), S12AL (A = affordability) 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 5

POWER8 rPerf SMT scaling POWER8 Enhanced rPerf results IBM Power p8 Systems: Enhanced rPerf POWER8 rPerf SMT scaling ST 1.00x SMT2 1.45x ST > SMT2 SMT4 1.89x SMT2 > SMT4 1.30x SMT8 2.02x SMT4 > SMT8 1.07x POWER8 Enhanced rPerf results System Configuration Freq cores ST SMT2 SMT4 SMT8 Power S814 1x6c 3.02GHz 6c 48.3 70.1 91.1 97.5   1x8c 3.72GHz 8c 71.4 103.5 134.5 143.9 Power S822 1x 6c 3.89GHz 59.9 86.9 112.9 120.8 1x 10c 3.42GHz 10c 88.2 127.8 166.2 177.8 2x 6c 12c 116.8 169.4 220.2 235.6 2x 10c 20c 171.9 249.3 324.0 346.7 Power S824 1x 8c 4.15GHz 82.3 119.3 155.1 166.0 2x 8c 16c 160.4 232.7 302.4 323.6 2x 12c 3.52GHz 24c 209.1 303.2 394.2 421.8 Mapped to height with “L” identifier moved to end to improve pronounce-ability Cost Optimized Systems / Paiwan (2S2U / 1S*U) in 2015 can leverage 4th digit xxx*L as identifier For example: S12CL (C = cost), S12AL (A = affordability) 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 6

IBM Power S824/S822 versus p7/p7+ p740/730 comparisons Mapped to height with “L” identifier moved to end to improve pronounce-ability Cost Optimized Systems / Paiwan (2S2U / 1S*U) in 2015 can leverage 4th digit xxx*L as identifier For example: S12CL (C = cost), S12AL (A = affordability) 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 7

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 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 SMT8 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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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 Databases AIX and Oracle Database Performance Considerations (ICC) 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 ) This is a preliminary draft. A URL to the content (living document) will be available at product GA time.

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 External Performance FAQ @ GA and post-GA Migration Best Practices (2-pager) 4/29 – preliminary draft @ GA and Post-GA - updates 01/03/14 IBM Confidential