HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer G1610T Performance First Look

By: John Stutsman

Figure 1 -- My G1610T HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer with External DVD Drive Attached – Note: Power draw on meter is 35.8 Watts

Until recently, the relative performance ranking of the Celeron G1610T in the HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer had been unavailable for our analyses.

The purpose of this report is to update previous reports (included in the References at the end of this posting) where I used PassMark CPU index scores to compare the performance for a variety of devices including the HP MediaSmart series, the earlier MicroServer series (N36L, N40L, & N54L) and the new Gen8 -- plus many confirmed as well as potential CPU replacements for the Gen8.

With an average CPU PassMark score of 2,324 (based on 3 reports) the G1610T scores 66% over the performance of the N54L that was in the previous generation MicroServer. The CPU PassMark on my G1610T MicroServer was significantly higher.

Table 1 -- Comparison of CPU PassMark Performance Indices

When I ran the PassMark test suite on my G1610T HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer it scored a CPU Mark of 2,476 and overall rating of 265.

My system configuration:

• HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer Celeron G1610T
• 16GB RAM – Kingston KVR1333D3E9SK2/16G (this RAM had previously been in my N40L MicroServer)
• OS Drive: HP Dynamic Smart Array B120i RAID Controller – Logical RAID0 Drive made with two (2) physical drives VelociRaptor WD1500HLHX (the physical drives were attached to SATAIII [6Gbps] Ports 0 & 1)
• OS: Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard
• Fans are running about 6% (information provided by iLO) -- see Figure 2 for Temperature Distribution

Figure 2 -- Temperature Information (iLO4 ProLiant MicroServer Gen8)

You can find my PassMark system summary, with an overall system rating of 265, at PassMark loaded here: http://www.passmark.com/baselines/V8/display.php?id=16737660989

Figure 3 -- PassMark Disk Speed – Reading

Figure 4 – PassMark Disk Speed – Writing

Figure 5 -- ATTO Disk Read/Write Performance

Overall, I’m very pleased with the performance of this MicroServer. It is noticeably “snappier” than my N54L plus it has the potential to upgrade the CPU for even greater performance. The iLO is a pleasure to work with and contains an extensive set of tools for self-testing the MicroServer’s hardware.

Just for Fun

A week earlier, while testing the G1610T MicroServer just to see how things worked, I loaded Windows Server 2012 R2 Data Center onto the G1610T HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer with two Corsair 60GB SSD’s in RAID0 for the OS drive and achieved some astounding ATTO Performance:

Figure 6 -- ATTO Disk Read/Write Performance -- Just for fun

This looks like something to dig deeper in a future blog posting.

Questions?

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References

ProLiant MicroServer Gen8 Links Message #8

ProLiant MicroServer Gen8 Links

Performance Comparison of Rumored HP ProLiant G8 MicroServer CPU’s G630T & G530T

HP ProLiant MicroServer CPU Performance Index Comparisons

Performance Measurement of the HP ProLiant N40L and N54L G7 MicroServer and Other NAS Devices

Useful MicroServer Links & References

MicroServer Hardware Links

MicroServer Blog Postings