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

2. IBM POWER8 versus Intel x86 “Ivy Bridge”
Published Industry Standard Benchmarks
IBM Power S824 (3.5GHz)
Intel x “Ivy Bridge”
POWER8
vs x86
Xeon E 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): sec / 0.019sec, CPU utilization: 99%, Certification #: * Results valid as of 3/24/14.  * Certification # not available at press time. Source:
(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 E processor 2.70 GHz, 256 GB memory, SD benchmark users, running Windows Server 2012 SE and SQL Server 2012, Certification #:
2) IBM Power S824 results submitted to SPEC, waiting for approval. Supermicro SuperServer 6027AX-TRF (X9DAX-iF, Intel Xeon E v2, 2.70 GHz) results. Source:
3) IBM WebSphere Application Server V and DB on IBM Power S824 result of 22, published on Apr 22, Oracle Weblogic Server Standard Edition Release and Oracle Database 12c on Oracle Sun Server X4-2 result of 11, published on Sep 23, Source:

3. 2X SAP Sales & Distribution 2-Tier ERP 6 Benchmarks
IBM Power System S824 using DB 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
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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): sec / 0.019sec, CPU utilization: 99%, Certification #: * Results valid as of 3/24/14.  * Certification # not available at press time. Source:
(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 E processor 2.70 GHz, 256 GB memory, SD benchmark users, running Windows Server 2012 SE and SQL Server 2012, Certification #:
(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 E processor 2.70 GHz, 256 GB memory, SD benchmark users, running Windows Server 2012 DE and SQL Server 2012, Certification #:
(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 E processor 2.70 GHz, 256 GB memory, SD benchmark users, running Windows Server 2012 DE and SQL Server 2012, Certification #:
(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, SD benchmark users, running AIX® 7.1 and DB2® Certification #:  Source:
(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 #:   3

4. 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, For more details, please visit 4

5. 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, For more details, please visit 5

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. This is a preliminary draft
This is a preliminary draft. A URL to the content (living document) will be available at product GA time.

10. 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.

11. 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