SAP-SD* Benchmarks: Intel® Xeon® Processor E7-8800 Family

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Intel® Xeon® processor E7-8800 product family

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Enterprise resource planning (ERP) server

ERP performance on SAP Sales and Distribution (SD)* two-tier

Information flow is critical to support business planning with sales and distribution of products from the sales order, to the delivery, to the invoicing of customers. Intel's next generation Intel® Xeon® processor E7-8800 product family demonstrates the best option for managing the data flow in a two-tier environment where the clients are supported by a single application and database server.

ERP performance on SAP* Sales and Distribution (SD) two-tier

Benchmark description for SAP SD two-tier

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) integrates several data sources and processes of an organization into a unified system. SAP- Sales and Distribution (SD)* is a product by SAP that helps to optimize all the tasks and activities carried out in sales, delivery, and billing. Key elements are: presales support, inquiry processing, quotation processing, sales order processing, delivery processing, billing, and sales information system. The SAP-SD benchmark has a defined set of business transactions that one or more users repeat. Each transaction is full business workflow of an order line item - creating the order, creating a delivery note for this order, displaying the order, changing the delivery, posting a goods issue, listing orders, and creating an invoice. The reported metric is the number of SD benchmark users that is supported by the server.

Configuration details Intel® Xeon® processor E7-8800 product family

As of May 2011

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) performance on SAP-SD* two-tier benchmark

SAP and SAP NetWeaver are the registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries. See www.sap.com/solutions/benchmark/sd2tier.epx for more information. Comparison is based on best 8-socket published or submitted results.

8-socket Intel® Xeon® processor X7460 based platform details

NEC Express5800* A1160 server platform with eight Intel Xeon processor X7460 (16MB cache, 2.66GHz, 1066MHz FSB), 262,144MB memory, Microsoft Windows Server* 2008 Enterprise Edition, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 RDBMS, SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0 (Unicode). Referenced as published score of 4,485 benchmark users. Certification #2009001.

8-socket Intel® Xeon® processor X7560 based platform details

IBM System x*3850X5 server platform with eight Intel Xeon processors X7560 (4P/32C/64T, 24M cache, 2.26 GHz, 6.40GT/s Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (Intel® QPI)). Referenced as published at a score of 19,700 benchmark users. Certification #2010044.

8-socket Intel® Xeon® processor E7-8870 based platform details

Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST* 1800E2 server platform with eight Intel Xeon processors E7-8870 (30M cache, 2.40GHz, 6.40GT/s Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (Intel® QPI)), 512GB memory, Microsoft SQL Server* 2008 database, Microsoft Windows Server* 2008 R2 Datacenter Edition, SAP* Enhancement package 4 for SAP* ERP 6.0. Referenced as published score of 24,000 benchmark users. Certification #2011017.

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1. Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel® microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark* and MobileMark*, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations, and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products.


2. Intel does not control or audit the design or implementation of third party benchmarks or web sites referenced in this document. Intel encourages all of its customers to visit the referenced web sites or others where similar performance benchmarks are reported and confirm whether the referenced benchmarks are accurate and reflect performance of systems available for purchase.


3. Relative performance for each benchmark is calculated by taking the actual benchmark result for the first platform tested and assigning it a value of 1.0 as a baseline. Relative performance for the remaining platforms tested was calculated by dividing the actual benchmark result for the baseline platform into each of the specific benchmark results of each of the other platforms and assigning them a relative performance number that correlates with the performance improvements reported.


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8. Intel® AES New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI) requires a computer system with an Intel® AES-NI enabled processor, as well as non-Intel software to execute the instructions in the correct sequence. For availability, consult your reseller or system manufacturer. For more information, see software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-advanced-encryption-standard-instructions-aes-ni/.


9. Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology) requires an Intel® HT Technology enabled system, check with your PC manufacturer. Performance will vary depending on the specific hardware and software used. Intel® HT Technology is available on select Intel® processors. For more information including details on which processors support Intel® HT Technology, visit www.intel.com/info/hyperthreading.


10. Intel® Turbo Boost Technology requires a platform with a processor with Intel Turbo Boost Technology capability. Intel Turbo Boost Technology performance varies depending on hardware, software, and overall system configuration. Check with your platform manufacturer on whether your system delivers Intel Turbo Boost Technology. For more information, see www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/turbo-boost/turbo-boost-technology.html.


11. Intel® Virtualization Technology requires a computer system with an enabled Intel® processor, BIOS, and virtual machine monitor (VMM). Functionality, performance, or other benefits will vary depending on hardware and software configurations. Software applications may not be compatible with all operating systems. Consult your PC manufacturer. For more information, visit www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/virtualization/virtualization-technology/hardware-assist-virtualization-technology.html.


12. Intel® processor numbers are not a measure of performance. Processor numbers differentiate features within each processor family, not across different processor families. See www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/processor-numbers.html for details.


13. Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark and MobileMark, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations, and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products.