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Cisco UCS: A Tradition of World-Record-Setting Performance

March 6, 2012
Cisco UCS Claims Eight New World Records on Industry-Standard Benchmarks
63 World-Record Performance Results: Cisco Unified Computing System and Intel Xeon Processors

World-Record VMware VMmark Benchmarks

March 2011
VMware VMmark 2.1: Cisco UCS B200 M2 Blade Server: Best Cloud Computing Performance of Any 2-Socket Blade Server

January 2011
VMware VMmark 2.0: Cisco's Cloud-Ready Architecture Leads the Industry with First Posted VMware VMmark 2.0 Benchmark Results

June 2010
VMware VMmark: Cisco UCS B440 M1 High-Performance Blade Server: World-Record Virtualization Performance
VMware VMmark: Cisco UCS C460 M1 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server: World-Record Virtualization Performance

March 2010
VMware VMmark: Cisco UCS B250 M2 Extended Memory Blade Server: Best Virtualization Performance of Any Blade Server Anywhere

World-Record Java-Based SPEC Benchmarks

March 2012
SPECjbb2005: Cisco UCS C220 M3: World-Record Java Business Application Performance Performance for 2-Socket Servers

September 30, 2011
SPECjEnterprise2010: Cisco UCS B440 M2 Server: Record-Setting Enterprise Application Performance

September 30, 2011
SPECjbb2005: High-Density Cisco UCS Blade Servers Set World Java Business Application Performance Records

March 2011
SPECjEnterprise2010: Cisco Demonstrates Enterprise Application Leadership with World-Record-Setting SPECjEnterprise2010 Benchmark Results

March 16, 2011
SPECjEnterprise2010: Oracle Achieves World Record Result with SPECjEnterprise2010 Benchmark (press release)

September 2010
SPECjAppServer2004: Cisco Unified Computing System Delivers World - Record Application Server Performance

World-Record Oracle Benchmarks

March 2012
Oracle E-Business Suite: Cisco UCS B200 M3: Performance Leadership for Oracle E-Business Suite

January 2012
Oracle E-Business Suite: Cisco UCS B230 M2 Blade Server: Establishing a Tradition of Record-Setting Oracle E-Business Suite Performance

February 2011
Oracle E-Business Suite: E-Business Suite Applications R12 (RUP 4) Payroll (Batch) Benchmark - Using Oracle10g on a Cisco UCS B200 M2 Server

September 2010
Oracle E-Business Suite: Cisco Leads the Industry on Oracle E-Business Suite Benchmarks with Three Number 1 Results

World-Record Transaction Processing Council (TPC) Benchmarks

December 2011
TPC Benchmark H: Cisco UCS Demonstrates TPC-H Performance and Price/Performance Leadership

December 2011
TPC Benchmark C: Cisco UCS Demonstrates TPC-C Performance and Price/Performance Leadership

High-Performance Computing Benchmarks

November 2011
Cisco UCS C200 M2 Server Powered by Intel Xeon Processors: 10 Gigabit Ethernet Matches QDR InfiniBand for Clustered HPC

Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card Performance

March 2010
At-A-Glance: Gain Exceptional Network Throughput with the Cisco UCS M81KR Virtual Interface Card
White Paper: Improve Network Throughput by 38 Percent with the Cisco UCS M81KR Virtual Interface Card

Healthcare Benchmarks

May 2011
Siemens Benchmarks: Cisco Unified Computing System with the Intel Xeon Processor E7 Family for Siemens Soarian Clinicals

SPEC, SPECjAppServer, SPECjbb, SPECjEnterprise, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. VMware VMmark is a product of VMware, Inc.

Since its introduction in 2009, Cisco Unified Computing System has established the following results on industry benchmarks. Records noted in the Comments column were accurate as of the benchmark publication date.

Benchmark Server and Processor Score Date Comments
SPECompL®base2001 Cisco UCS C220 M3
Intel® Xeon® E5-2690 at 2.9 GHz
527122 3/7/2012 Number-one 2-socket server (View Disclosure)
SPECompM®base2001 Cisco UCS C240 M3
Intel® Xeon® E5-2690 at 2.9 GHz
94065 3/6/2012 Number-one 2-socket server (View Disclosure)
Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.2 Cisco UCS B200 M3
Intel® Xeon® E5-2690 at 2.9 GHz
Order-to-Cash 206,044 Lines/Hr  3/6/2012 Number-one result (View Disclosure)
SPECjbb™2005 Cisco UCS C220 M3
Intel® Xeon® E5-2690 at 2.9 GHz
SPECjbb2005 bops= 1584567, SPECjbb2005 bops/2JVM = 792284 3/6/2012 Number-one 2-socket server (View Disclosure)
SPECint®_rate_base2006 Cisco UCS C220 M3
Intel® Xeon® E5-2690 at 2.9 GHz
671 3/6/2012 Number-one 2-socket server
SPECfp®_rate_base2006 Cisco UCS C220 M3
Intel® Xeon® E5-2690 at 2.9 GHz
497 3/6/2012 Number-one x86/64 2-socket server
SPECfp®_base2006 Cisco UCS C220 M3
Intel® Xeon® E5-2690 at 2.9 GHz
89.9 3/6/2012 Number-one 2-socket server (View Disclosure)
Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.2 Cisco UCS B200 M3
Intel® Xeon® E5-2690 at 2.9 GHz
Payroll 828,729 Employees/Hr Extra-Large Model 3/6/2012 Number-one result (View Disclosure)
TPC-H Cisco UCS C250 M2
Intel® Xeon®
332,
482 QphH@100GB,
$0.15USD/QphH
2/14/2012 Number-one 2-socket server at 100GB scale factor (View Disclosure)
TPC-H Cisco UCS C250 M2
Intel® Xeon®
331.658 QphH@300GB,
$0.34USD/QphH
2/13/2012 Number-one 2-socket server at 300GB scale factor (View Disclosure)
Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.2 Cisco UCS B230 M2
Intel® Xeon® E7-2870 at 2.4 GHz
Payroll 738,188 Employees/Hr Extra-Large Model 12/9/2011 Number-one extra-large-model 2-socket server payroll batch (View Performance Brief) (View Disclosure)
TPC-C Cisco UCS C250 M2
Intel® Xeon® X5690 at 3.46 GHz
1053100tpmC @ $.58USD/tpmC 12/7/2011 Number-one 2-socket server powered by Intel Xeon processors (View Performance Brief) (View Disclosure)
TPC-H Cisco UCS C460 M2
Intel® Xeon® E7-4870 at 2.4 GHz
134117QphH@1000GB,
$1.30USD/QphH
12/7/2011 Number-one 4-socket server powered by Intel Xeon processors running Microsoft SQL Server (View Performance Brief) (View Disclosure)
VMware® VMmark™ 2.x Cisco UCS C460 M2
Intel® Xeon® E7-4870 at 2.4 GHz
18.00@18 tiles 10/4/2011 Number-one 4-socket server, 2 node result (View Disclosure)
SPECjEnterprise™2010 Cisco UCS B440 M2
Intel® Xeon® E7-4870 at 2.4 GHz
26118.67 SPECjEnterprise EjOPS 9/30/2011 Number-one x86-architecture server (View Performance Brief) (View Disclosure)
SPECjbb™2005 Cisco UCS B230 M2
Intel® Xeon® E7-2870 at 2.4 GHz
SPECjbb2005 bops = 1408935,
SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM = 704468 
9/30/2011 Number-one 2-socket server (View Performance Brief) (View Disclosure)
SPECjbb™2005 Cisco UCS B440 M2
Intel® Xeon® E7-4870 at 2.4 GHz
SPECjbb2005 bops = 2798763,
SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM = 699691
9/30/2011 Number-one 4-socket server (View Performance Brief) (View Disclosure)
VMware® VMmark™ 2.x Cisco UCS C460 M2
Intel® Xeon® E7-4870 at 2.4 GHz
35.06@35 tiles 8/21/2011 Number-one result of any server (View Performance Brief) (View Disclosure)
SPECjbb™2005 Cisco UCS B230 M2
Intel® Xeon® E7-2870 at 2.4 GHz
SPECjbb2005 bops = 1395684,
SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM = 697842
6/15/2011 Number-one 2-socket server (View Disclosure)
SPECfp®_rate_base2006 Cisco UCS B440 M1
Intel® Xeon® X7560 at 2.27 GHz
793 5/23/2011  (View Disclosure)
SPECint®_rate_base2006 Cisco UCS C460 M2
Intel® Xeon® E7-4870 at 2.4 GHz
1030 4/5/2011 Number-one x86 4-socket server (View Disclosure)
VMware® VMmark™ 2.x Cisco UCS C460 M2
Intel® Xeon® E7-4870 at 2.4 GHz
16.68@18 tiles 4/5/2011 Number-one result of any server (View Disclosure)
SPECompM®base2001 Cisco UCS C460 M2
Intel® Xeon® E7-4870 at 2.4 GHz
115176 4/5/2011 Number-one 4-socket server (View Disclosure)
SPECjbb™2005 Cisco UCS C260 M2
Intel® Xeon® E7-2870 at 2.4 GHz
SPECjbb2005 bops = 1337210,
SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM = 668605
4/5/2011 Number-one 2-socket server (View Disclosure)
SPECfp®_rate_base2006 Cisco UCS C260 M2
Intel® Xeon® E7-2870 at 2.4 GHz
365 4/5/2011 Number-one x86 2-socket server (View Disclosure)
SPECint®_rate_base2006 Cisco UCS C260 M2
Intel® Xeon® E7-2870 at 2.4 GHz
526 4/5/2011 Number-one x86 2-socket server (View Disclosure)
SPECompL®base2001 Cisco UCS B230 M2
Intel® Xeon® E7-2870 at 2.4 GHz
378522 4/5/2011 Number-one 2-socket server (View Disclosure)
SPECompM®base2001 Cisco UCS B230 M2
Intel® Xeon® E7-2870 at 2.4 GHz
67926 4/5/2011 Number-one x86 2-socket server (View Disclosure)
SPECompL®base2001 Cisco UCS C460 M2
Intel® Xeon® E7-4870 at 2.4 GHz
727635 4/5/2011 Number-one 4-socket server (View Disclosure)
SPECjbb™2005 Cisco UCS C260 M2
Intel® Xeon® E7-2870 at 2.4 GHz
SPECjbb2005 bops = 1333087,
SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM = 666544
4/1/2011  (View Disclosure)
SPECjbb™2005 Cisco UCS B230 M2
Intel® Xeon® E7-2870 at 2.4 GHz
SPECjbb2005 bops = 1329283,
SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM = 664642
3/31/2011  (View Disclosure)
VMware® VMmark™ 2.x Cisco UCS B200 M2
Intel® Xeon® X5690 at 3.46 GHz
7.17@7 Tiles 3/23/2011 Number-one 2-socket server (View Performance Brief) (View Disclosure)
SPECompM®base2001 Cisco UCS B200 M2
Intel® Xeon® X5690 at 3.46 GHz
52986 3/15/2011 Number-one 2-socket server (View Disclosure)
SPECompL®base2001 Cisco UCS B200 M2
Intel® Xeon® X5690 at 3.46 GHz
282771 3/15/2011 Number-one 2-socket server (View Disclosure)
SPECint®_rate_base2006 Cisco UCS B200 M2
Intel® Xeon® X5690 at 3.46 GHz
390 3/15/2011 Number-one x86 2-socket server (View Disclosure)
SPECjEnterprise™2010 Cisco UCS B440 M1
Intel® Xeon® X7560 at 2.26 GHz
17301.86 SPECjEnterprise EjOPS 3/9/2011 Number-one overall server (View Performance Brief) (View Disclosure)
Oracle E-Business Suite 12.0.4 Cisco UCS B200 M2
Intel® Xeon® X5690 at 3.47 GHz
Payroll 422,535 Employees/Hr Medium Model 2/23/2011 Number-one medium-model payroll batch (View Performance Brief) (View Disclosure)
VMware® VMmark™ 2.x Cisco UCS B200 M2
Intel® Xeon® X5680 at 3.33 GHz
6.51@6 tiles 12/28/2010 Number-one overall VMmark 2.0 (View Performance Brief) (View Disclosure)
VMware® VMmark™ 1.1 Cisco UCS B230 M1
Intel® Xeon® X7560 at 2.27 GHz
39.19@27 tiles 10/19/2010 Number-one 2-socket blade server (View Disclosure)
SPECjbb™2005 Cisco UCS B230 M1
Intel® Xeon® X7560 at 2.26 GHz
SPECjbb2005 bops = 1017141,
SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM = 127143
9/25/2010 Number-one x86/64 2-socket server (View Disclosure)
SPECjAppServer®2004 Cisco UCS B230 M1
Intel® Xeon® X7560 at 2.26 GHz
11283.80 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard  9/8/2010 Number-one 2-node server (View Performance Brief) (View Disclosure)
VMware® VMmark™ 1.1 Cisco UCS C460 M1
Intel® Xeon® X7560 at 2.27 GHz
76.10@51 tiles 9/7/2010 Number-one server (View Performance Brief) (View Disclosure)
SPECjbb™2005 Cisco UCS B230 M1
Intel® Xeon® X7560 at 2.26 GHz
SPECjbb2005 bops = 1015802,
SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM = 126975
9/7/2010 Number-one x86/64 2-socket server (View Disclosure)
Oracle E-Business Suite 12.0.4 Cisco UCS B200 M2
Intel® Xeon® X5680 at 3.33 GHz
Payroll 581,846 Employees/Hr Extra-Large Model 8/21/2010 Number-one extra-large-model payroll batch (View Performance Brief) (View Disclosure)
Oracle E-Business Suite 12.0.4 Cisco UCS B200 M2
Intel® Xeon® X5680 at 3.33 GHz
Order-to-Cash 185,643 Lines/Hr  8/21/2010 Number-one medium-model order-to-cash (View Performance Brief) (View Disclosure)
Oracle E-Business Suite 12.0.4 Cisco UCS B200 M2
Intel® Xeon® X5680 at 3.33 GHz
Payroll 368,098 Employees/Hr Medium Model 8/21/2010 Number-one medium-model payroll batch (View Performance Brief) (View Disclosure)
VMware® VMmark™ 1.1 Cisco UCS B440 M1
Intel® Xeon® X7560 at 2.27 GHz
71.13@48 tiles 7/27/2010 Number-one blade server  (View Performance Brief) (View Disclosure)
SPECfp®_rate_base2006 Cisco UCS C460 M1
Intel® Xeon® X7560 at 2.26 GHz
549 5/25/2010 Number-one x86/64 4-socket server (View Disclosure)
VMware® VMmark™ 1.1 Cisco UCS C460 M1
Intel® Xeon® X7560 at 2.27 GHz
73.82@50 tiles 5/4/2010 Number-one server (View Disclosure)
VMware® VMmark™ 1.1 Cisco UCS Server:  B250 M2
Intel® Xeon® X5680 at 3.33 GHz
35.83@26 tiles 4/6/2010 Number-one 2-socket server (View Performance Brief) (View Disclosure)
SPECompM®base2001 Cisco UCS C460 M1
Intel® Xeon® X7560 at 2.26 GHz
100258 3/30/2010 Number-one 4-socket server (View Disclosure)
SPECompL®base2001 Cisco UCS C460 M1
Intel® Xeon® X7560 at 2.26 GHz
607818 3/30/2010 Number-one 4-socket server (View Disclosure)
SPECint®_rate_base2006 Cisco UCS C460 M1
Intel® Xeon® X7560 at 2.26 GHz
723 3/30/2010 Number-one x86/64 4-socket server (View Disclosure)
SPECjbb™2005 Cisco UCS C460 M1
Intel® Xeon® X7560 at 2.26 GHz
SPECjbb2005 bops = 2021525,
SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM = 126345
3/30/2010 Number-one x86/64 4-socket server (View Disclosure)
4S LS-Dyna Crash Simulation Cisco UCS C460 M1
Intel® Xeon® X7560
41,727 seconds car2car 3/30/2010 Number-one 4-socket server (View Disclosure)
SPECjbb™2005 Cisco UCS B200 M2
Intel® Xeon® X5680 at 3.33 GHz
SPECjbb2005 bops= 931076,
SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM = 155179
3/18/2010  (View Disclosure)
SPECompM®base2001 Cisco UCS B200 M2
Intel® Xeon® X5680 at 3.33 GHz
52314 3/16/2010 Number-one 2-socket server (View Disclosure)
SPECjAppServer®2004 Cisco UCS C250 M2
Intel® Xeon® X5680 at 3.33 GHz
5185.45 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard  3/16/2010 Number-one 1-node 2-socket server (View Disclosure)
SPECfp®_rate_base2006 Cisco UCS B200 M2
Intel® Xeon® X5680 at 3.33 GHz
248 3/16/2010 Number-one x86/64 2-socket server (View Disclosure)
SPECompL®base2001 Cisco UCS B200 M2
Intel® Xeon® X5680 at 3.33 GHz
278603 3/16/2010 Number-one 2-socket server (View Disclosure)
SPECint®_rate_base2006 Cisco UCS B200 M2
Intel® Xeon® X5680 at 3.33 GHz
355 3/16/2010 Number-one x86/64 2-socket server (View Disclosure)
LinPack Cisco UCS B200 M2
Intel® Xeon® X5680 at 3.33 GHz
146.8 GFlops 3/16/2010 Number-one 2-socket server
SPECjbb™2005 Cisco UCS B200 M2
Intel® Xeon® X5570 at 3.33 GHz
SPECjbb2005 bops = 624059 ,
SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM = 156015
3/16/2010 Number-one x86/64 2-socket server (View Disclosure)
VMware® VMmark™ 1.1 Cisco UCS B200 M1
Intel® Xeon® X5570 at 2.93 GHz
25.06@17 tiles 1/12/2010 Number-one 2-socket server (View Disclosure)
SPECint®_rate_base2006 Cisco UCS B200 M1
Intel® Xeon® X5550 at 2.66 GHz
226 6/1/2009  (View Disclosure)
SPECjbb™2005 Cisco UCS B200 M1
Intel® Xeon® X5570 at 2.93 GHz
SPECjbb2005 bops = 568283,
SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM = 284142
5/18/2009  (View Disclosure)
VMware® VMmark™ 1.1 Cisco UCS B200 M1
Intel® Xeon® X5570 at 2.93 GHz
24.14@17 tiles 4/21/2009 Number-one 2-socket server (View Disclosure)
SPECfp®_rate_base2006 Cisco UCS B200 M1
Intel® Xeon® X5570 at 2.93 GHz
194 4/21/2009 Number-one x86/64 2-socket server (View Disclosure)
SPECint®_rate_base2006 Cisco UCS B200 M1
Intel® Xeon® X5570 at 2.93 GHz
239 4/21/2009 Number-one x86/64 2-socket server (View Disclosure)
SPECjbb™2005 Cisco UCS B200 M1
Intel® Xeon® X5570 at 2.93 GHz
SPECjbb2005 bops = 556792,
SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM = 278396
3/20/2009  (View Disclosure)
SPECompM®base2001 Cisco UCS B200 M1
Intel® Xeon® X5570 at 2.93 GHz
43593 3/1/2009  (View Disclosure)

The following are trademarks or registered trademarks of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation: SPEC, SPECfp, SPECjAppServer, SPECjbb, SPECjEnterprise, SPECint, SPECompL, SPECompM

The comparative results described in this document are derived from the results available at the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation website on the dates specified in the table.

VMware VMmark is a product of VMware, Inc. The comparative results cited in this document were based on results posted on the VMware VMmark site as of the dates specified in the table.

2011 Industry Awards and Recognition

Microsoft Windows IT Pro 2011 Community Choice

The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco UCS family received gold and bronze medal recognition.

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2011 Nemertes Research PilotHouse Award

Cisco wins the awards for Virtualization for Servers, Application Delivery Optimization, Data Center Firewalls, and Unified Communications.

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Microsoft Tech Ed 2011

Cisco UCS B250 M2 Extended Memory Blade Server was selected as Best of Show in the hardware category at Microsoft Tech Ed 2011

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2011 Citrix Ready Business Solution

Cisco won the 2011 Citrix Ready Business Solution of the Year with the Cisco Desktop Virtualization Solution with Citrix XenDesktop, the most cost-effective and scalable platform for desktop virtualization.

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2010 Industry Awards and Recognition

InfoWorld's 2010 Technology of the Year Awards: Unified Computing System

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2010 "CIO 100 Awards"

Won by Cisco Unified Computing System customers: Pitt Ohio, Taser, ExamWorks, King County, Monsanto, EMC, and NetApp.

Learn more on the CIO site.

2010 VMWorld Award

Cisco Unified Computing System won in the "Hardware for Virtualization" category

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Cisco Unified Computing wins Market Challenger award for host servers for virtualization

In August 2010 Nemertes Research asked its pool of 2,004 total participants to rate their ten top host-server providers. Cisco´s win was built on solid scores in all categories, leading in both customer services and value.

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2009 Industry Awards and Recognition

Unified Computing System wins eWeek 2009 "Enterprise IT Products of the Year"

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Cisco Innovation Recognized with Best of VMWorld 2009 GOLD Award: Hardware for Virtualization

SearchServerVirtualization.com received over 175 nominees for the eight categories, and Cisco's new Unified Computing System (UCS) wins with a combination of server, network and virtualization resources into a single integrated platform.

Learn More on the VMWorld Site

Cisco Unified Computing System Wins "Best Data Center Innovation" Award

BladeSystems Insight is an executive summit for data center blade-server technologies, which took place April 2009 in Las Vegas before an audience of more than 150 hosted end-user executives; vendor sponsors; key industry analysts including Forrester and IDC; association leaders; and others. This award was based on voting from attending IT executives near the end of the event when attendees had taken the the opportunity to experience and evaluate the full range of companies, products, and presentations.

Cisco Unified Computing System Wins Best of INTEROP 2009 for Data Center & Storage

"It's clear that Cisco really examined the server virtualization challenge carefully when they designed the UCS. Everywhere you look, you can see how they focused on removing virtualization bottlenecks and enabling flexible device management at every level - plus they've left plenty of room for growth. That's why the UCS is our choice for the BOI Data Center and Storage Category winner for 2009." — Steven Hill, InformationWeek

Industry Reports

Access industry analyst reports about the Unified Computing System from Gartner, Forrester, IDC, and others. Learn what they are saying about the innovations behind the Unified Computing system, which integrates computing, virtualization, networking, and storage access into a single, cohesive system. Read their thoughts about our technology, management architecture, market strategy, and partner ecosystem.