IBM Power 750 Express server

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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 8 32 3.0 81.24 44,600
POWER7 2 16 64 3.0 155.99 82,600
POWER7 3 24 96 3.0 224.23 122,500
POWER7 4 32 128 3.0 292.47 158,300
POWER7 1 6 24 3.3 70.07 37,200
POWER7 2 12 48 3.3 134.54 69,200
POWER7 3 18 72 3.3 193.4 94,900
POWER7 4 24 96 3.3 252.26 135,300
POWER7 1 8 32 3.3 86.99 47,800
POWER7 2 16 64 3.3 167.01 88,700
POWER7 3 24 96 3.3 240.08 129,700
POWER7 4 32 128 3.3 313.15 168,800
POWER7 1 8 32 3.22 85.29 47,800
POWER7 2 16 64 3.22 163.75 89,600
POWER7 3 24 96 3.22 235.39 131,500
POWER7 4 32 128 3.22 307.03 171,400
POWER7 1 8 32 3.55 91.96 52,200
POWER7 2 16 64 3.55 176.57 95,700
POWER7 3 24 96 3.55 253.82 138,500
POWER7 4 32 128 3.55 331.06 181,000
POWER7 1 8 32 3.61 93.05 52,700
POWER7 2 16 64 3.61 178.65 97,000
POWER7 3 24 96 3.61 256.81 141,400
POWER7 4 32 128 3.61 334.97 183,200
POWER7 1 4 16 3.72 52.9 27,300
POWER7 2 8 32 3.72 101.57 51,000
POWER7 3 12 48 3.72 146 74,700
POWER7 4 16 64 3.72 190.44 97,700
POWER7 1 6 24 3.72 76.71 40,800
POWER7 2 12 48 3.72 147.27 75,500
POWER7 3 18 73 3.72 211.71 109,100
POWER7 4 24 96 3.72 276.14 145,600
POWER7+ 2 8 32 3.5 104.5 52,000
POWER7+ 4 16 64 3.5 197.0 96,000
POWER7+ 6 24 96 3.5 275.9 141,500
POWER7+ 8 32 128 3.5 354.9 185,000
POWER7+ 2 8 32 4.0 117.1 59,000
POWER7+ 4 16 64 4.0 220.7 108,000
POWER7+ 6 24 96 4.0 309.2 158,000
POWER7+ 8 32 128 4.0 397.7 208,000

SPEC CPU2006 performance
Technology Chips Cores Threads GHz OS SPEC
int_rate		 SPEC
fp_rate
POWER7 4 32 128 3.3 AIX 6.1 1,010 825
POWER7 4 32 128 3.3 SLES 11 1,030 839
POWER7 4 32 128 3.55 AIX 6.1 1,060 851
POWER7 4 32 128 3.55 SLES 11 1,070 865
POWER7 4 32 128 3.55 RHEL 6 1,140 978
POWER7 4 32 128 3.61 AIX 7.1 1,150 985
POWER7+ 8 32 128 3.5 AIX 7.1 1,600 1,130
POWER7+ 8 32 128 4.0 AIX 7.1 1,740 1,200
POWER7+ 8 32 128 4.0 SLES 11 SP2 1,710 1,170

SPECjbb2005 performance
Technology Chips Cores Threads GHz OS BOPS BOPS/jvm JVM
POWER7 2 16 64 3.3 IBM i 976,223 61,014 16
POWER7 4 32 128 3.55 AIX 6.1 2,478,929 77,467 32
POWER7 4 32 128 3.55 SLES 11 2,410,483 75,328 32
POWER7 4 32 128 3.61 AIX 7.1 2,491,323 77,854 32
POWER7+ 8 32 128 3.5 AIX 7.1 3,625,947 113,311 32
POWER7+ 8 32 128 4.0 AIX 7.1 3,983,153 124,474 32
POWER7+ 8 32 128 4.0 SLES 11 SP2 3,837,707 119,928 32

SPECjEnterprise2010 performance
Technology Chips Cores Threads GHz OS EjOPS
POWER7 4 32 128 3.55 AIX 6.1 7,172.93

SPEC ompM2001 performance
Technology Chips Cores Threads GHz OS Result
POWER7 4 32 128 3.3 SLES 11 101,911
POWER7 4 32 128 3.55 SLES 11 104,175

SPEC ompL2001
Technology Chips Cores Threads GHz OS Result
POWER7 4 32 128 3.55 RHEL 6 773,674

LINPACK performance
Technology Chips Cores Threads GHz OS HPC Gflops    
HPC Peak
POWER7 4 32 32 3.3 AIX 6.1 819.9 931.80
POWER7 4 32 32 3.55 AIX 6.1 874.1 988.16
POWER7 4 32 32 3.55 RHEL 6 870.0 988.16
POWER7 4 32 32 3.61 AIX 6.1 874.4 989.10
POWER7+ 8 32 32 3.5 AIX 7.1 895.7 1,012.5
POWER7+ 8 32 32 4.0 AIX 7.1 984.5 1,134.3
1POWER7+ 8 32 32 4.0 SLES 11 SP2 980.2 1,134.3
1 Using GCC

Stream Standard performance
Technology Chips Cores Threads GHz OS MB/s
POWER7 4 24 24 3.3 AIX 6.1 118,843
POWER7 4 24 24 3.3 SLES 11 122,766


SAP performance - SD 2-Tier
Technology Chips Cores Threads GHz OS Number of Benchmark Users Database ERP Release Cert. Number
POWER7 4 32 128 3.55 AIX 6.1 15,600 DB2 9.7 6.0 EHP4
(Unicode)		 2010004
POWER7 4 32 128 3.55 AIX 7.1 17,312 DB2 9.7 6.0 EHP4
(Unicode)		 2011043

SAP performance - BI-MXL
Technology Chips Cores Threads GHz OS ds/hr Database Technology Platform Cert. Number
POWER7 1 8 32 3.3 IBM i 7.1 278,462 DB2 7.1 SAP NetWeaver 7.0 2010014

Oracle eBS r12 Payroll Batch
Technology Chips Cores Threads GHz OS checks/hr eBS Release
POWER7 1 6 24 3.3 AIX 6.1 257,143 RUP 4

Oracle eBS r12 Order to Cash Batch
Technology Chips Cores Threads GHz OS checks/hr eBS Release
POWER7 1 6 24 3.3 AIX 6.1 177,095 RUP 4

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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