Dell PowerEdge R6715 Delivers World Record SPECstorage Performance
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Abstract
The Dell PowerEdge R6715, equipped with AMD® EPYC® 5th Generation processors, achieved two world records in storage performance in the SPECstorage® Solution 2020 benchmark for Q4 of 2024, underscoring Dell Technologies’ powerful storage performance. The exceptional results of the AMD® EPYC® CPUs featured in the Dell PowerEdge R6715 illustrate Dell Technologies’ performance leadership for the most demanding storage needs.
This document summarizes the SPECstorage Solution 2020 results and the major configuration details. The full results can be found at SPECstorage Solution 2020 (2024 Q4 results).
SPECstorage World Record Results
- Electronic Design Automation Workload: 75 job sets
- Video Data Analytics: 1200 streams
What do these scores mean?
In the context of an Electronic Design Automation (EDA) workload, the Dell PowerEdge R6715 achieved a world record result of 75 job sets. This score indicates exceptional performance in handling the high-volume data processing needs of an EDA environment and suggests that the R6715 is an ideal server capable of supporting complex EDA workloads with minimal latency.
In the context of a Video Data Analytics (VDA), the R6715 achieved a world record score of 1200 streams. This indicates that this server can handle high-throughput and low-latency requirements which are essential for VDA for processing vast amounts of data efficiently to create a robust storage solution.
About the Dell PowerEdge R6715
The Dell PowerEdge R6715, is an ideal solution for organizations requiring industry-leading compute performance. Key for virtualization workloads, this platform features support for DDR5 memory technology, PCIe Gen5 storage devices and support for air cooled CPUs up to 280W. Zen5 CPUs offer maximum per core performance and Zen5c CPUs provide high performance, efficiency, and remarkable density with up to 128 cores and a speed of 3550 Mhz.
Key configuration details
We tested on the Dell PowerEdge R6715 single socket server with the following configuration:
- AMD® EPYC® 9355P 5th generation processors, 32C / 64T, 280W
- 12x 128GB DDR5 RDIMMS @5200MT/s (1536 GB)
- 15 x 3.84TB NVMe Gen5 SSD drives for Data Storage
- 1 x 3.84TB NVMe Gen5 SSD drives for Ubuntu 24.04.1 OS
What is SPECstorage?
The SPECstorage benchmark is an essential tool for determining storage performance, specifically in the context of Electronic Design Automation and Video Data Analytics. For EDA, where verification of the electronic systems require handling massive amounts of data, this benchmark is essential in assessing how well the server can handle demanding workloads. VDA involves processing and analyzing vast amounts of data for applications including surveillance. This benchmark shares insights on the systems’ capabilities for storing vast amounts of data with high throughput and low latency requirements.
Note
Results referenced are current as of August 22, 2024.