Dell PowerEdge 2950

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Dell PowerEdge 2950

General
Brand	Dell
Product name	PowerEdge 2950
Tested by HWI
Release date	29/08/2007
Price (min. / avg.)	-

Specifications
Processor type: Intel Xeon X5355 , Capacity: 8 GB , Casing type: Rackmount
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Reviews
New quad core server CPUs: AMD Barcelona vs. Intel Harpertown	Hardware.Info
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General
Brand	Dell
Product name	PowerEdge 2950
Tested by	Koen Crijns
Processor
Processor type	Intel Xeon X5355
Number of processors	2
Cores per processors	4
Total number of cores	8
Clock frequency	2.67 GHz
Frontside bus	1333 MHz
L1 cache per CPU	256 kB
L2 cache per CPU	8 MB
Memory
Capacity	8 GB
Type of modules	DDR2 FB-DIMM
Rating	667 MHz
Mainboard
Brand + Model	Dell 0NR282
North bridge	Intel 5000X
South bridge	Intel ESB
Processor sockets	2
DIMM slots	8
PCI-Express x8	2
PCI-Express x4	1
PCI-X	0
Integrated video	ATI ES1000
LAN
LAN 1	Broadcom BCM5708
LAN 1 - Speed	1000 Mbit/s
LAN 1 - Controller	PCI-Express
LAN 2	Broadcom BCM5708
LAN 2 - Speed	1000 Mbit/s
LAN 2 - Controller	PCI-Express
Storage
User controller	Dell PERC 5/i
Cache on controller	256 MB
Amount of harddisks	3
Max. amount of harddisks	6
Harddisk model	Fujitsu Allegro MAX3073RC
Capacity per harddisk	73 GB
Rotation speed harddisks	15000 rpm
Cache per harddisk	16 MB
Interface	SAS
RAID level	5
Hard disks hotswappable
Casing
Brand + Model	Dell Poweredge
Casing type	Rackmount
Rack height	2 U
Fans	4
Hotswappable fans
Power supply
Amount of PSU's	2
Brand + Model	Dell NPS-750BB
Power	750 W
Other
Optical drive	Slimline DVD-ROM
Fibre Channel controller
Benchmarks - CPU
Cinebench 9.5 x64	2293
SunGuard AA	252.3 sec.
Black Scholes	22.5 sec.
Cinebench 10 x64	18622
PovRay 3.7b21 - Benchmark 1024x768	302.3 sec.
FlamMap FSPRO benchmark	476 sec.
Caselab Euler3D benchmark	77.6 sec.
Half Life 2 - Build Map benchmark	86 sec.
Benchmarks - Memory
Rightmark Memory Analyzer - Multi-threaded Read	6872 MB/s
Rightmark Memory Analyzer - Multi-threaded Write	3609 MB/s
Benchmarks - Storage
IOMeter - Fileserver - 1 I/O	532 IOps
IOMeter - Fileserver - 4 I/O	1094 IOps
IOMeter - Fileserver - 16 I/O	1668 IOps
IOMeter - Fileserver - 64 I/O	2076 IOps
IOMeter - Fileserver - 256 I/O	2120 IOps
IOMeter - Database - 1 I/O	420 IOps
IOMeter - Database - 4 I/O	889 IOps
IOMeter - Database - 16 I/O	1448 IOps
IOMeter - Database - 64 I/O	1806 IOps
IOMeter - Database - 256 I/O	1819 IOps
Benchmarks - Power usage
Idle Power usage	265 W
SunGuard AA - Power usage	412 W
Rightmark Memory Analyzer - MT Read - Power usage	370 W
Benchmarks - Spec CPU 2006
SPECint_rate_base_2006 - 400.perlbench	131
SPECint_rate_base_2006 - 401.bzip2	78.8
SPECint_rate_base_2006 - 403.gcc	23.2
SPECint_rate_base_2006 - 429.mcf	31
SPECint_rate_base_2006 - 445.gobmk	124
SPECint_rate_base_2006 - 456.hmmer	139
SPECint_rate_base_2006 - 458.sjeng	121
SPECint_rate_base_2006 - 462.libquantum	21.7
SPECint_rate_base_2006 - 464.h264ref	250
SPECint_rate_base_2006 - 471.omnetpp	28.1
SPECint_rate_base_2006 - 473.aster	51.6
SPECint_rate_base_2006 - 483.xalancbmk	26.2
SPECint_rate_base_2006 - final score	61.9
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 410.bwaves	31
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 416.gamess	145
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 433.milc	19.9
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 434.zeusmp	62.3
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 435.gromacs	129
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 436.cactusADM	69.1
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 437.leslie3D	23.4
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 444.namd	112
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 447.dealII	90.8
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 450.soplex	27.9
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 453.povray	157
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 454.calculix	97.9
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 459.GemsFDTF	19.8
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 465.tonto	77.2
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 470.lbm	24.3
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 481.wrf	45.4
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 482.sphinx3	42.1
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - final score	54.8
User compiler for SPEC CPU 2006	Intel Compiler v. 10.0

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