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Performance
Fact Sheet

Leadership Performance Demonstrated by 20 New Benchmark Records
Leads to Lower Total Cost of Ownership

May 5, 2015 – Businesses have ever increasing pressures to deliver more, achieve better results, be
more competitive but all with fewer resources. Keeping the costs of doing business down means
making smarter decisions. IT shops are considering more than just acquisition costs of any project.
The typical life-cycle for compute technology tends to be four to five years. The total cost of
ownership (TCO) becomes the main factor in purchase decisions since operational expenses can
dwarf capital expenditure costs. Performance is the key factor in lowering the overall TCO.
Supporting the growing needs of an Enterprise business, whether it be real-time analysis, faster
business operations or reducing physical server counts with higher levels of virtualization machine
consolidation requires the best performance balanced along with the right solution price.

The next generation Intel® Xeon® processor E7-8800/4800 v3 product families demonstrates
leadership performance and the scalability to handle any workload (systems with up to 32-
sockets available and has the industry-leading 1.5TB capability per socket) breaking several
benchmark records that represent business intelligence analytics, business processing
(wholesale/retail supply chain, enterprise resource planning, etc.) and infrastructure consolidation.
Thanks to improvements of performance by up to 40% on average1, the new platforms also
significantly reduce the total cost of ownership.

Uptime, crunch time, real time
Faster transaction speeds and accelerated operations means real-time responsiveness, quick
results, and increased productivity compared to the prior generation. Some performance
highlights include:

 Dell PowerEdge* R930 improves on in-memory business warehouse analytics by up to
25% demonstrated using SAP HANA* BW-EML benchmark at 2 billion initial records2

The new center of possibility

intel.com/centerofpossibility

 HP ProLiant* DL580 Gen9 supports 50% additional queries per hour on a 10 TB database
size compared to previous generation reducing TCO by up to 24% calculated with the TPC-
H* TCO model3

 Lenovo System x3850* X6 delivers up to 50% additional queries per hour on a 3 TB scale
factor over previous generation at half the cost per query4 and also delivers up to 24%
additional brokerage firm trade transactions per second5

 Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST* improves infrastructure consolidation efficiencies with a 26% better
application throughput and 40% more virtual machine (VM) tiles supported6

 Cisco* with their record four-processor score on SPECint*_rate_base2006 improves
general compute throughput by up to 18% with their UCS* C460 M4 Rack Server7

 Huawei* scored the best x86 eight processor SPECfp*_rate_base2006 result solving
complex technical compute problems faster by 14% with their scale-up RH8100 v3
platform8

Modernize your datacenter for better economics

To reduce operational expenses and meet the demands of a growing business, upgrading from
typical five-year old installed base of servers (7400 series formerly codenamed “Dunnington”)
improves your datacenter economics:

 Up to 6.8x more queries per hour at 1/20th the cost per query for a 3 TB database analysis9
 Up to 9.5x better on-line brokerage trading transaction processing (OLTP) performance10
 Based on Intel measurements and estimates, customers can see:

o Up to 17 times throughput at 1/5th the cost per VM11
o Up to 9:1 consolidation with 23 month ROI payback12

For more complete information, visit http://www.intel.com/E7v3records and
http://www.intel.com/performance/datacenter.

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Intel technologies’ features and benefits depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. Performance varies depending
on system configuration. No computer system can be absolutely secure. Check with your system manufacturer or retailer or learn more at http://www.intel.com.
Results have been estimated or simulated using internal Intel analysis or architecture simulation or modeling, and provided to you for informational purposes. Any
differences in your system hardware, software or configuration may affect your actual performance.
Cost reduction scenarios described are intended as examples of how a given Intel- based product, in the specified circumstances and configurations, may affect future costs
and provide cost savings. Circumstances will vary. Intel does not guarantee any costs or cost reduction.

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MobileMark, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to
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when combined with other products. For more complete information visit http://www.intel.com/performance. Claim configuration details as of 5 May 2015.

1 Up to 1.4x average performance increase claim based on generational scaling of comparable 4x Intel Xeon processor E7-8890 v3 compared to E7-
4890 v2 geometric mean average across 12 benchmark results (est. SPECint*_base2006 1.06x, STREAM 1.07x, est. SPECfp*_base2006 1.09x, Est.
SPECfp*_rate_base2006 1.16x, SPECint*_rate_base2006 1.16x, Brokerage OLTP tps 1.25x, Warehouse OLTP tpm 1.39x, Server Consolidation VM
1.39x, LINPACK 1.68x, SAS New Mixed Analytics* 1.72x, and SAP HANA* SPS9 with Intel® TSX OLTP tpm 6x). See
http://www.intel.com/performance/datacenter for more details.
2 Up to 25% SAP HANA* BW-EML performance improvement at 2 billion initial records generational claim based on Dell* PowerEdge* R930 with
four Intel® Xeon® processor E7-8890 v3 (4P/72C/144T) scoring 172,450 ad-hoc nav steps/hr @ 2 billion records (Source: The SAP certification
number was not available at press time and can be found at the following Web page: www.sap.com/benchmark) compared to Dell PowerEdge R920
with four Intel Xeon processors E7-4890 v2 (4P/60C/120T) scoring 137,010 ad-hoc nav steps/hr @ 2 billion records (Source:
http://global.sap.com/solutions/benchmark/~/solutions/benchmark/pdf/Cert14044.pdf).
3 Up to 50% additional queries per hour at 24% lower TCO generational claim based on four-processor non-clustered world record on HP ProLiant*
DL580 Gen9 Server with four Intel® Xeon® processor E7-8890 v3 (2.5GHz, 4 processors, 72 cores, 144 threads, Availability: 05/05/2015, Source:
www.tpc.org/xxx) scoring 606,821.8 Queries per hour (QphH) @10TB and $1.84 USD/QphH @ 10TB compared to HP ProLiant DL580 G8 with four
Intel Xeon processor E7-4890 v2 (2.8 GHz, 4 processors, 60 cores, 120 threads, Availability: 4/16/2014, Source: http://www.tpc.org/3298) scoring
404,005 QphH @ 10TB and $2.34 USD/QphH @ 10TB.
4 Up to 50% additional queries per hour at half the TCO generational claim based on four-processor non-clustered world record on Lenovo System*
x3850 X6 with four Intel® Xeon® processor E7-8890 v3 (2.5GHz, 4 processors, 72 cores, 144 threads, Availability: 05/26/2015, Source:
www.tpc.org/xxx) scoring 700,392 Queries per hour (QphH) @3TB and $0.99 USD/QphH @ 3TB compared to HP ProLiant DL580 G8 with four Intel
Xeon processor E7-4890 v2 (2.8 GHz, 4 processors, 60 cores, 120 threads, Availability: 4/16/2014, Source: http://www.tpc.org/3297) scoring
461,837 QphH @ 3TB and $2.04 USD/QphH @ 3TB.
5 Up to 24% additional transactions per second generational claim based on Lenovo* System x3850 X6 with four Intel® Xeon® processor E7-8890 v3
(2.5GHz, 4 processors, 72 cores, 144 threads, Availability: 7/31/2015, Source: www.tpc.org/xxx) scoring 6964.75 tpsE at a price of $245.98 USD/tpsE
compared to System x3850 X6 with four Intel® Xeon® processor E7-4890 v2 (2.8GHz, 4 processors, 60 cores, 120 threads, Availability: 4/15/2014,
Source: www.tpc.org/4067) scoring 5576.27 tpsE at a price of $188.69 USD/tpsE
6 Up to 26% better application performance with 40% more VM tiles supported generational claim based on a matched pair of Fujitsu Server
PRIMEQUEST* 2800E2, each with eight Intel® Xeon® processor E7-8890 v3 with VMmark 2.5.2 scoring 78.41 @ 70 Tiles (Source:
http://www.vmware.com/a/assets/vmmark/pdf/2015-05-05-Fujitsu-PRIMEQUEST2800E2-70.pdf) compared to a matched pair of PRIMEQUEST*
2800E, each with eigth Intel Xeon processor E7-8890 v2 with VMmark 2.5.2 scoring 62.05 @ 50 Tiles (Source:
http://www.vmware.com/a/assets/vmmark/pdf/2014-04-01-Fujitsu-PRIMEQUEST2800E-50.pdf).
7 Up to 18% generational performance improvement claim based on Cisco UCS* C460 M4 Rack Server with four Intel® Xeon® processor E7-8890 v3
SPECint*_rate_base2006 scoring 2770 (Source: submitted to www.spec.org) compared to Huawei RH5885H v3* with four Intel Xeon processor E7-
4890 v2 scoring 2340 (source: http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2014q2/cpu2006-20140324-29006.html).
8 Up to 14% generational performance claim based on Huawei* RH8100 V3 platform with eight Intel® Xeon® processor E7-8890 v3
SPECfp*_rate_base2006 scoring 3870 (Source:http://enterprise.huawei.com/ilink/enenterprise/partners/alliance-partner/collaborate-
partner/HW_202652?keyTemps=Cloud%20Computing%20&Data%20Centers) compared to HP Integrity Superdome X* with eight Intel Xeon
processor E7-2890 v2 SPECfp*_rate_base2006 scoring 3390 (Source: http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2014q4/cpu2006-20141103-
32671.html).
9 Up to 6.8x more queries per hour at 1/20th the cost for a 3 TB database analysis over typical 5-year servers claim based on Lenovo System* x3850
X6 with four Intel® Xeon® processor E7-8890 v3 (2.5GHz, 4 processors, 72 cores, 144 threads, Availability: 05/26/2015, Source: www.tpc.org) scoring
700,392 Queries per hour (QphH) @3TB and $0.99 USD/QphH @ 3TB compared to Unisys ES7000 Model 7600R Enterprise Server (16s) with 16
Intel Xeon processor X7460 (2.66GHz, 16 processors, 96 cores, 96 threads availability: 5/6/2010, source: http://www.tpc.org/3245) scoring 102,778
QphH@3000GB at $21.05 USD/QphH@3000GB.
10 Up to 9.5x better on-line brokerage trading transaction processing (OLTP) performance over typical 5-year servers claim based on Lenovo*
System x3850 X6 with four Intel® Xeon® processor E7-8890 v3 (2.5GHz, 4 processors, 72 cores, 144 threads, Availability: 7/31/2015, Source:
www.tpc.org) scoring 6964.75 tpsE at a price of $245.98 USD/tpsE compared to IBM System* x3850 M2 with four Intel Xeon processor X7460
(2.66GHz, 4 processor, 24 cores, 24 threads, available: 10/10/08, source: http://www.tpc.org/4018) scoring 729 tpsE at a price of $457.27 USD/tspE.
11 Up to 17x throughput gain vs. 5-year old servers for VM consolidation claim using internal virtualized consolidation workload scoring application
throughput score @ given number of VMs. Configurations include: 1) 1-Node, 4 x Intel® Xeon® Processor X7460 with 192 GB Total Memory on
VMware ESXi* 4.1 Update 2 using Guest OS RHEL6.4-64bit. Data Source: Request Number: 1392. Scoring 94.28 @ 6 VMs. 6) 1-Node, 4 x Intel® Xeon®
Processor E7-8890 v3 with 1024 GB 1024 GB on VMware ESXi* 6 Update 1 using Guest OS RHEL6.4-64bit. Data Source: Request Number: 232.
Scoring 1603 @ 90 VMs. Up to 1/5th the cost per VM based on estimated hardware costs including acquisition costs, memory, storage and
networking (no S/W) of the old system at $31K ($5166/VM) to the new configuration at $101.5K ($1127/VM).
See http://www.intel.com/performance/datacenter for more details.
12 Up to 9:1 consolidation with a 23-month ROI payback claim based on estimated SPECint_rate_base2006* results assuming a scenario of 100 each
5-year old 4-socket servers using Intel Xeon processor X7460 scoring 274 each compared to 11 each comparable Intel Xeon processor E7-8890 v3-
based servers scoring 2650 each. The 23-month ROI payback is based on an initial investment of $645,786 with a net savings of $742,126 for a

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115% ROI and 40% IRR when purchasing each server at an estimated street price of $56,228 for with $1505 installation and disposal cost per server
providing 81% savings of power/cooling and lower management costs with 89 fewer deployed servers in this scenario. See
http://www.intel.com/performance/datacenter and http://estimator.intel.com/serverroi/ for more details.

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