IBM Power 720 Express server

Reliable, secure, and flexible 4U rack or tower server ideal for midsized business solutions

POWER7® means high performance, high capacity, and near linear scaling. The benchmark and performance data below demonstrate how IBM solutions can be optimized for a wide variety of workloads, each one providing you with performance you can count on.


Multiuser performance
Technology Chips Cores Threads GHz rPerf* CPW**
POWER7 1 4 16 3.00 45.13 23,800
POWER7 1 6 24 3.00 65.52 34,900
POWER7 1 8 32 3.00 81.24 46,300
POWER7+ 1 4 16 3.6 53.9 28,400
POWER7+ 1 6 24 3.6 79.5 42,400
POWER7+ 1 8 32 3.6 102.4 56,300

For details on these and all other benchmarks published by IBM Power Systems, see the Power Systems Performance Report.

For details on SPEC results, see www.spec.org/ (link resides outside of ibm.com)
For details on TPC results, see www.tpc.org/ (link resides outside of ibm.com)
For details on SAP benchmarks, see www.sap.com/benchmark (link resides outside of ibm.com)

The benchmarks and values shown herein were derived using particular, well configured, development-level computer systems. Actual system performance may vary and is dependent upon many factors including system hardware configuration and software design and configuration. Additional information about these benchmarks and associated trademarks.

* rPerf (Relative Performance)

** CPW (Commercial Processing Workload)

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Companies embracing Smarter Computing are implementing IT infrastructure based on the IBM Power Systems platform that is designed for data, tuned to the task and managed with cloud technologies. With Power Systems, businesses can outpace their competitors by delivering services faster, differentiate their offerings by delivering higher quality services, and turn operational cost into investment opportunity by delivering services with superior economics.

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Power Systems hardware provides the foundation for designing workload optimized systems in conjunction with software and expert domain knowledge. Power servers and blades are modular and scalable and designed from the chip through the software stack to help deliver new levels of business performance.

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Power servers deliver flexibility and choice of operating systems to enable your business to select the best applications for your business needs. Whether running 1, 2, or all 3 - coupled with PowerVM, they maximize the benefit of Power Systems in your business.

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