HPE ProLiant Gen11 servers with AMD EPYC™ processors shatter 30 world benchmark records

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HPE ProLiant server benchmarks are like a performance report card for these powerful workhorses. By analyzing these record-setting benchmarks, your business can make an informed decision about your infrastructure investments.

Understanding how a server performs under specific workloads is crucial information to consider whether you’re choosing between different server models or planning an upgrade. It is important to remember that not all workloads are created equal; some applications demand high data management capabilities, while others thrive on Java performance or video rendering speed. Benchmarks provide valuable insights into real-world scenarios, helping you make the right decisions to optimize your computing environment.

As you dive into the details below, remember that they’re not just numbers, they represent real-world capabilities, innovation, and the quest for excellence in server performance.

Top scores in workload performance

Three of our HPE ProLiant Gen11 servers, powered by the 4th Gen AMD EPYC^TM Processors, break multiple records across industry performance benchmarks. These HPE powerhouses set top scores in workload performance and price/performance across three benchmark categories, establishing proof points for multiple customer environments.

The HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11 earned 7 records in unstructured database performance and 4 in content rendering apps. The HPE ProLiant DL345 Gen11 achieved a leadership result in cloud and virtualization performance. The HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11 was awarded 13 top benchmark results across business intelligence, fintech apps, and cloud and virtualization. 

Data Analytics/ Computer Aided Engineering (CAE)

The HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11 2U 2P server with 4th Gen AMD EPYC^TM Processors earned the top spot for performance/price performance on the TPC Benchmark^® H (TPC-H) decision support standard. Additionally, it garnered the top spots for performance on two scale factors and top price/performance on one scale factor (non-clustered) criteria. This benchmark measures performance and price per performance in critical decision support systems with large data volumes, executing complex queries, and answering key business questions.  

These results highlight how the HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11 handles the most demanding business intelligence needs for data processing and analytical capabilities—whether complex simulations, large-scale data analysis, or real-time decision-making processes.

Big Data and AI

The TPC Benchmark™ Express HS (TPCx-HS) benchmark is focused on big data. It measures performance of Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark compatible software distributions on a diverse range of systems and implementation strategies. The HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11 took best performance at the 1TB and 3TB scale factors. 

Virtualization

The HPE ProLiant DL345 Gen11 obtained the best 4-host 1-socket with vSAN result on the VMmark 3.x benchmark. The HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11 also excelled in both the latest VMmark 4® and VMmark 3® benchmarks for 2 sockets and 4 hosts. The cluster-level benchmark measures data center virtualization and environmental performance, showcasing the server’s built-in scalability and optimized virtualization features for heavy-duty workloads.  

For today’s power-hungry data centers, the HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11 maximizes hybrid environments space efficiency, consolidating compute footprints with more virtual machines into fewer physical servers, with industry-leading performance density. 

• The edge-optimized HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11 with a single AMD EPYC^TM processor strikes the cost-optimized balance of processor, memory, and network bandwidth. With up to 128 cores and 12 DIMMs to scale virtualized workloads, it’s got the right-sized compute power for software-defined compute, Content Delivery Network (CDN), Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), and secure edge apps.  
• The storage-optimized HPE ProLiant DL345 Gen11 server is the scalable 2U 1P solution made for data-intensive workloads like video transcoding, virtualized apps, and software-defined storage. It offers superior compute performance and large capacity storage options at 1P economics. It features the 4^th Gen AMD EPYC^TM Processors with up to 128 cores, high memory bandwidth, and ultimate security built into the firmware.  
• The rack-optimized, secure HPE ProLiant DL365 Gen11 1U 2P solution, powered by 4th Gen AMD EPYC^TM Processors with up to 256 cores (dual 128-core CPUs), is a perfect match for those enterprises wanting better compute density with built-in flexibility. Key applications include VDI, Electronic Design Automation (EDA), and Computer-Aided Design (CAD).

Built for high performance and power efficiency, HPE ProLiant Gen11 rack servers offer more performance/watt with advanced power management, energy-aware software, and other power sustainability features. In fact, these servers deliver 37% higher performance per kW than the HPE ProLiant Gen10 family.

Secure, green, and future-ready

It’s not just about going green—it’s also about saving green. Cost-effective data center operations are the mandate for the growing application-packed, hybrid world. Customizing HPE ProLiant Gen11 models for specific workloads means reducing the initial investment and scaling with needed and proven performance to optimize TCO over the long haul. 

Whether deployed on-premises or as a service, HPE ProLiant Gen11 servers also have the industry’s highest levels of security features through the AMD Secure Processor, AMD Infinity Guard HPE iLO 6, and HPE exclusive silicon root of trust firmware integrated into the hardware level.

The secure edge-to-cloud platform option, HPE GreenLake, is a pay-per-use consumption model balancing optimized OpEx with streamlined compute management, featuring real-time remote monitoring, and automatic updates. And when data needs change, scaling up on demand is seamless.  

Whether HCI, VDI, data analytics, supercomputing, or AI, there’s the right ProLiant Gen11 server that’s a fit for the future-ready enterprise – from the edge to the cloud. 

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• HPE and AMD: Delivering EPYC™ solutions together

Meet HPE Blogger, Christina Tiner!

Christina Austin Tiner is a veteran marketing leader in the Information Technology industry, having contributed to the server business for over 20 years. She has served in a variety of roles that include worldwide product management for Compaq and HP, director of product management for the Apollo line of HPC platforms, director of product management for Dell PowerEdge C servers, and group manager for the worldwide product marketing team responsible for the ProLiant enterprise rack server portfolio. She is currently the AMD Alliance Marketing Manager for HPE.

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Unstructured Database workload—TPC Benchmark™ Express HS (TPCx-HS)

HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11

• TPCx-HS @ 100TB result as of 03/23/2023. HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11 17-node, available 03/27/2023, scored 58.38 HSph@100TB, $32306.38 USD/HSph@100TB. See tpc.org/5562.
• TPCx-HS @ 1TB result as of 03/23/2023. HPE ProLiant DL325 Ge11 17-node, available 3/27/2023, scored 42.91 HSph@1TB, $43953.54 USD/HSph@1TB on TPCx-HS. See tpc.org/5561.
• TPCx-HS @ 3TB result as of 03/23/2023. HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11 17-node, available 3/27/2023, scored 49.83 HSph@3TB, $37849.61 USD/HSph@3TB on TPCx-HS. See tpc.org/5560.

Business Intelligence workload—TPC Benchmark H (TPC-H)

• TPC-H @ 1000GB non-clustered result as of 11/03/2022. HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11, available 12/05/2022, scored 1,1566,27 QphH@SF1000, $265.09 USD/kQphH@1,000GB. See tpc.org/3386.
• TPC-H @ 3000GB non-clustered result as of 11/02/2022. HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11, available 4/03/2023, scored 2,405,162 QphH@3,000GB, $490.02 USD/QphH@SF3000. See tpc.org/3385.
• TPC-H @ 3000GB non-clustered result as of 03/03/2021. HPE ProLiant DL345 Gen10 Plus, available 4/19/2021, scored 1,346,933 QphH@3,000GB, $396.18 USD/QphH@SF3000. See tpc.org/3363.

 Cloud and virtualization - VMware® VMmark® 3.x and 4.x

HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11

• Claim based on best-published 256 total cores and best 4-host 2-socket with FC-based storage VMmark 3.1.1 uniform host result, published at https://www.vmware.com/products/vmmark/results3x.html as of 10 November 2022. Source: vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/vmmark/2022-11-10-HPE-ProLiant-DL385-Gen11_4-Hosts.pdf. VMmark 3.1.1 Performance Only score of 34.22 @ 36 tiles.
• Claim based on published best 4-host 2-socket with vSAN storage VMmark 4.0 uniform host result, published at https://www.vmware.com/products/vmmark/results4x  as of 22 August 2024. Source: https://www.vmware.com/docs/2024-06-12-hpe-proliant-dl385gen11.  VMmark 4.0 score of 6.66.

HPE ProLiant DL345 Gen11

• Claim based on best-published 4-host 1-socket with vSAN VMmark 3.1.1 uniform host result, published at https://www.vmware.com/products/vmmark/results3x.html as of 4 April 2023. Source: vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/vmmark/2023-04-04-HPE-ProLiant-DL345Gen11.pdf. VMmark 3.1.1 Performance Only score of 28.90 @ 31 tiles.

Content apps – rendering - Chaos® V-Ray® 5

HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11

2P AMD EPYC™ 9754 scores 229,471 Max vsamples on HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11 on Chaos V-Ray benchmark.

• Best overall score and best 2 CPU Linux score

2P AMD EPYC™ 9754 scores 212,566 Max vsamples on HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11 on Chaos V-Ray benchmark.

• Best 2 CPU Windows score

1P AMD EPYC™ 9754 scores 125,970 Max vsamples on HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11 on Chaos V-Ray benchmark. 

• Best 1 CPU Windows score

Source: https://benchmark.chaos.com/v5/vray/#####.

FinTech apps—STAC-N1

HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11

• 1P AMD EPYC™ 9374F scores 2.0 ms STAC N1™ - UDP - STAC.N1. β1.PINGPONG.LAT1 - 100k mps (99P latency), https://stacresearch.com/news/AMD230414. Best 99P LAT1 latency for UDP 1 CPU.
• 1P AMD EPYC™ 9374F scores 2.0 ms STAC N1™ - UDP - STAC.N1. β1.PINGPONG.LAT1 - 100k mps (mean latency), https://stacresearch.com/news/AMD230414. Best mean LAT1 latency for UDP 1 CPU
• 1P AMD EPYC™ 9374F scores 2.2 ms STAC N1™ - UDP - STAC.N1. β1.PINGPONG.LAT2 - 100k mps (mean latency), https://stacresearch.com/news/AMD230414. Best mean LAT2 latency for UDP 1 CPU.
• 1P AMD EPYC™ 9374F scores 3.0 ms STAC N1™ - UDP - STAC.N1. β1.PINGPONG.LAT2 - 100k mps (99P latency), https://stacresearch.com/news/AMD230414. Best 99P LAT 2 LAT2 latency for UDP 1. CPU.
• 1P AMD EPYC™ 9374F scores 1500000 STAC N1™ - UDP - STAC.N1.β1.PINGPONG.TPUT1 (max msg/sec), https://stacresearch.com/news/AMD230414. Best max msg/sec throughput for UDP 1 CPU.

Cloud and virtualization - VMware® VMmark® 3.x and 4.x

HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11

• Claim based on best-published 256 total cores and best 4-host 2-socket with FC-based storage VMmark 3.1.1 uniform host result, published at https://www.vmware.com/products/vmmark/results3x.html as of 10 November 2022. Source: vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/vmmark/2022-11-10-HPE-ProLiant-DL385-Gen11_4-Hosts.pdf. VMmark 3.1.1 Performance Only score of 34.22 @ 36 tiles.
• Claim based on published best 4-host 2-socket with vSAN storage VMmark 4.0 uniform host result, published at https://www.vmware.com/products/vmmark/results4x as of 22 August 2024. Source: https://www.vmware.com/docs/2024-06-12-hpe-proliant-dl385gen11.  VMmark 4.0 score of 6.66 @ 8 tiles.

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