Dell PowerEdge R770 Delivers World Record SPEC Power-Performance Results
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Abstract
The Dell PowerEdge R770, equipped with Intel® Xeon® E-core processors, set a new SPEC® world record. This record highlights Dell Technologies’ compute performance and efficient power consumption for data centers. The PowerEdge R770’s exceptional performance makes it an ideal server for high-performance and energy-conscious environments.
This document summarizes the SPEC® Power results published on 8/14/24, including major configuration details and links to the results on the SPECPower® website.
SPEC results
- Power Efficiency Score: 831 avg. watts @100%
- Idle Power Consumption Score: 197 watts @ active
- Overall Efficiency Score: 20,516 ssj_ops/watts
What do these scores mean?
The following world records were achieved:
- Power Efficiency Score: Indicates the average power consumed by the system at full load.
- Idle Power Consumption Score: Indicates the average power consumed by the system when idle.
- Overall Efficiency Score: Indicates the overall system efficiency by dividing watts by server-side operations.
With lower power efficiency and idle power consumption scores compared to Supermicro, the PowerEdge R770 emerges as the more energy-efficient server choice, resulting in an overall high efficiency. The PowerEdge R770’s exceptional performance per watt ratio demonstrates higher computational power for each watt consumed, making it the optimal choice for energy efficiency. Additionally, its advanced power optimization capabilities further emphasize its energy efficiency, making this an essential choice for data centers aiming to reduce their carbon footprint. The PowerEdge R770 robust performance ensures that our customers can rely on efficient and consistent operations.
The Dell PowerEdge R770, equipped with the Intel® Xeon® 6780E, has set a new benchmark in performance and power efficiency. This server configuration highlights the impressive scalability, power efficiency, and overall power-performance of the PowerEdge R770. In addition, the Xeon® 6-series Processors with E-cores are particularly well-suited for environments where energy efficiency and dense compute capabilities are crucial, highlighting the effectiveness of this use case for the PowerEdge R770.
Figure 1. Comparing Dell Technologies and Supermicro on power efficiency, idle power consumption, and overall efficiency
Note: Less watts consumed means superior energy efficiency.
The PowerEdge R770 CSP edition achieved an overall efficiency score of 20,516 while Supermicro SYS-222H-TN achieved the score of 19,273. By outperforming the Supermicro SYS-222H-TN, using the Intel® Xeon® 6780E processor, the Dell PowerEdge R770 has set a new world record. With superior performance to power ratio, the PowerEdge R770 is the ideal choice for data centers looking to optimize their power consumption and energy efficiency.
Figure 2. Performance to Power Ratio results from SPECPower on the Dell PowerEdge R770
Notes
- Results referenced are current as of August 22nd, 2024.
- To view SPEC Power results, see Third Quarter 2024 SPECpower_ssj2008 Results.
- This benchmark was run by the Dell, Solution Performance Analytics Lab.
About the Dell PowerEdge R770 CSP Edition
The Dell PowerEdge R770 CSP Edition server aids as a foundation for scaling up business critical applications such as high-density and scale-out cloud workloads, including virtualization and cloud native workloads as well as scale-out databases. This server empowers your infrastructure with unparalleled capabilities. In conjunction with the Intel® E-core processors, it is designed to maximize energy efficiency using a scalable infrastructure focused on performance per watt.
Figure 3. PowerEdge R770
Key configuration details
We tested the Dell PowerEdge R770 single node server with the following configuration:
- 2x Intel® Xeon® 6780E 144 core processors at 2.20GHz (Intel Xeon 6780E | Intel)
- 288 cores total
- 16 x 32 GB DDR5 RDIMM, 4800MT/s (512 GB total)
- 1 x 10GB Dual Port OCP BRCM Dell p/n MN1T3
What is SPEC Power?
SPEC Power is a benchmark tool used by hardware vendors to measure the power and performance characteristics of server-class products.
Author: Jahnavi Badri, Donald Russell