White Paper: Intel Processors and Microsoft PowerPivot

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Business Insight More Accessible and

Affordable: Microsoft PowerPivot on

Intel-based Servers and PCs ............. 1

The Building Blocks of Self-Service BI

.......................................................... 2

PowerPivot for Excel 2010 and the

All New 2010 Intel® Core™

vPro™ Processor ................................ 4 Intelligent Performance for Business

Intelligence ..........................................4

Smart, Client-side Security to Protect

Enterprise Data .....................................4

Cost-saving Manageability for Greater

Productivity ..........................................5

PowerPivot for SharePoint 2010 and

the Intel® Xeon Processor 5600 Series

.......................................................... 5 Intelligent Performance for BI Services ...6

Secure Data, Reliable Access ..................7

Virtualization to Optimize Utilization,

Availability, and ROI ..............................7

PowerPivot for SharePoint 2010

Growth Path: The Intel Xeon

Processor 7500 Series ...................... 7

Delivering the More-Intelligent

Enterprise ......................................... 8

Learn more ........................................ 8

Business Insight More Accessible and

Affordable: Microsoft PowerPivot on Intel-

based Servers and PCs

Microsoft® Office Excel® is easily the most popular data

visualization tool on the market; it’s both familiar and

powerful. Developers have built countless business

intelligence (BI) applications in Excel using connections to

data warehouses (or cubes), which Information Worker

(IW) Producers, also known as power users, can manipulate

with pivot tables and charts. Now, Microsoft® SQL Server®

PowerPivot for Microsoft® Excel® 2010 takes the self-service

BI capabilities of Excel to an unprecedented level. As a

separate add-in, PowerPivot expands upon the familiarity of

Excel while adding an in-memory BI engine (VertiPaq) and

new compression algorithms to load large data sets into

memory. IW Producers can process enormous quantities of

data right on their PCs with incredible speed. Processing

millions of rows of data (Figure 1) takes about the same

time as processing thousands, and by using Data Analysis

Expressions (DAX) to extend the data manipulation

capabilities of Excel, IW Producers can easily create

advanced workbook applications defining data

Intel Processors and

Microsoft PowerPivot: The

Smart Choice for Self-Service

Business Intelligence

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Figure 1: Processing Massive Amounts of Data

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relationships, include calculated columns

and measures, and aggregate tens or

hundreds of millions of rows. In many

cases, PowerPivot for Excel can establish

the table relationships automatically.

Workbooks become more powerful and

mission-critical than ever.

Microsoft® SQL Server® PowerPivot for

Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010 integrates

with Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 as a

reliable platform for building the managed

BI collaboration environment. For IW

Producers, SharePoint facilitates seamless

and secure data work flows and processes,

as well as sharing and collaboration of

user-generated workbook applications,

using a powerful SQL Server 2008 R2

database as workbook storage. It allows

Information Worker Consumers to view and

use PowerPivot workbooks through a Web-

based interface (Figure 2).

PowerPivot for SharePoint provides the

management tools and usage data that put

IT staff in control of spreadmarts. Now the

IT department can determine who is using

shared workbooks, when, how often, and

with what applications. IT managers can

also analyze the data source information to

see the applications and locations to which

users are importing their data. By

supporting automatic data refreshing for

shared workbooks, PowerPivot helps to

ensure consistent and accurate information

in self-service BI applications. It is even

possible to use shared workbooks as data

sources for further analysis, similar to a

SQL Server Analysis Services cube. By

delivering SharePoint-based BI

management tools, PowerPivot makes it

possible for IT departments to establish

efficient monitoring processes, proactively

discover mission-critical workbook

applications, and apply appropriate

maintenance procedures.

To fully realize the benefits of self-service

BI, organizations must think in terms of

end-to-end solutions: they should deploy

on platforms that deliver on the full

performance potential and value of

PowerPivot today and scale as PowerPivot

usage grows. Intel-based business PCs and

servers offer outstanding value and support

for both PowerPivot for Excel and

PowerPivot for SharePoint usage and

deployment models. All new 2010 Intel®

Core™ vPro™ processors deliver adaptable

performance, comprehensive security, and

cost-effective manageability for PCs

running PowerPivot for Excel. Servers built

with the Intel Xeon processor 5600 series

or the Intel Xeon processor 7500 series

combine industry-leading flexibility, energy

efficiency, and scalability with intelligent

performance that adapts to meet the

requirements of PowerPivot workloads

using SharePoint Server 2010 and SQL

Server 2008 R2.

The Building Blocks of

Self-Service BI

PowerPivot is a combination of add-ins, one

for Excel 2010 and one for SharePoint

Server 2010. Figure 3 gives an overview of

the PowerPivot components and usage

model.

Figure 2: PowerPivot Management Dashboard


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PowerPivot for Excel is a free

downloadable data analysis tool that

enables IW Producers to go beyond the

native row limitations in Excel 2010. It

allows IW Producers to analyze millions of

rows of data retrieved from internal and

external data sources, create interactive

reports, and share them with others using

SharePoint Server 2010. These users can

use the PowerPivot for Excel add-in to

create Excel workbooks, aggregating data

from Web services, text files, relational and

multidimensional databases, Reporting

Services reports, and other worksheets.

The new PowerPivot workbooks can then

be uploaded to SharePoint Server 2010 and

shared with other IW Producers—who can

download and manipulate the workbooks—

and with IW Consumers—who can view and

manipulate the reports via their Web

browsers without Excel or the PowerPivot

add-in. The PowerPivot for Excel add-in

includes a local processing engine

(VertiPaq) optimized to handle millions of

rows in memory using the processing

power of PCs built with all new 2010 Intel

Core vPro processors.

PowerPivot for SharePoint is a SQL

Server 2008 R2 service application that

adds PowerPivot data processing to a

SharePoint farm, much as Excel Services

adds calculations and rendering to

workbooks published to a SharePoint site.

SharePoint 2010 includes

Excel and the other

services, infrastructure,

dashboards, Web parts,

content types, and library

templates that users need

to securely share

PowerPivot workbooks and

reports. To use it, IT runs

SQL Server setup on a

SharePoint Application

Server and then uses

Central Administration to

manage the feature across

the SharePoint farm.

The PowerPivot for Excel add-in does not

require a SharePoint environment, and the

SharePoint environment does not require

PowerPivot for Excel on all user PCs. The

Excel 2010 add-in is required only for those

creating and publishing workbook

applications.

Figure 3: PowerPivot Component Overview

Figure 4: Dashboards in SharePoint


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Analysis Services for VertiPaq are

provided for PowerPivot on the PC and

server; this is a powerful in-memory data

storage and processing mode that enables

rapid processing of very large amounts of

data. The high performance is

accomplished through columnar storage

and data compression.

PowerPivot gives organizations the power

to deploy self-service BI solutions, facilitate

sharing and collaboration, and increase

operational efficiencies through Microsoft

SQL Server 2008 R2-based management

tools integrated within SharePoint. Desktop

and laptop PCs based on all new 2010 Intel

Core vPro processors, and intelligent server

platforms based on the Intel processor

7500 and 5600 series, provide a high-

performing, scalable, and cost-efficient

end-to-end platform that helps

organizations achieve maximum business

benefits and operational efficiencies from

PowerPivot.

PowerPivot for Excel and the

All New 2010 Intel® Core™

vPro™ Processor

PowerPivot for Excel lets users do faster,

more in-depth data analysis right on their

laptop or desktop PC. With cost-saving,

efficient maintenance features, the all new

2010 Intel Core vPro processor offers

producers of self-service BI a client

platform that works harder and smarter, is

more secure, and helps them to be more

productive.

Intelligent Performance for Business Intelligence

PowerPivot for Excel works in-memory

using the memory bandwidth and

processing power of PCs built with all new

2010 Intel Core vPro processors to process

millions of rows of data in seconds.

Calculation functions are optimized to use

the performance features of Intel Core vPro

processors to speed time to actionable

insight and improve productivity for

PowerPivot users. PCs powered by a 2010

Intel Core i5 vPro processor run business

productivity applications up to 80 percent

faster than a three-year-old PC.1 In

addition, Intel® Turbo Boost Technology§

in the 2010 Intel Core i5 and Core i7

processors intelligently allocate extra

processing to match the workload—

accelerating the processor clock by up to

20 percent. In other words, these new

processors automatically deliver extra

performance when you need it most. PCs

powered by Intel Core i5 vPro processors

also deliver multitasking performance up to

two times faster than a three-year-old PC.1

For example, a user can continue working

while uploading a PowerPivot workbook in

the background, without compromising

productivity or performance.

Smart, Client-side Security to Protect Enterprise Data

Security threats from internal and external

sources can compromise the integrity of

the data and insights that help drive

business success. The 2010 Intel Core vPro

processors maximize security for

PowerPivot users with features including:

Programmable defense filters and

continuous checking for software agents

to automatically guard against malicious

software (malware), viruses, and

malicious attacks.

Automatic protection against tampering

or disabling of security software.

Intel® Anti-Theft Technology (Intel® AT)

with PC disable to help protect sensitive

enterprise data in PowerPivot workbooks

on the user’s desktop.

PCs with 2010 Intel Core vPro processors

can enhance PowerPivot users’ security and

help them avoid the 53 percent increase in


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security incidences seen in four-year-old

PCs. For IT, 2010 Intel vPro technology‡

enables remote configuration, diagnosis,

isolation, and repair of infected PCs even if

they are not responding.

To keep critical data and enterprise

networks secure, Intel vPro technology

enables network security credentials to be

embedded in the hardware. Microsoft

System Center Configuration Manager

2007 SP2 enables network traffic on all

new 2010 Intel Core vPro processor-based

PCs to authenticate itself, whether the

enterprise is using 802.1x or Microsoft

Network Access Protection (NAP) to secure

end-point access to these networks.

Cost-saving Manageability for Greater Productivity

With PowerPivot, users are doing more with

their PCs: more data aggregation,

calculations, and analysis. They can’t afford

downtime for repairs or updates. The new

2010 Intel Core vPro processors simplify

management tasks; IT can be more

productive while reducing maintenance

costs by up to 50 percent. Intel vPro

technology makes it easy to deploy and

manage PowerPivot for Excel. Microsoft

System Center Configuration Manager

2007 SP2 uses the out-of-band

management capabilities of Intel vPro

technology to provide a secure, encrypted

power-up capability that enables IT to push

PowerPivot for Excel and security software

updates down the wire quickly and

efficiently.

Other money-saving and time-saving

maintenance features include the following:

Remote repair and secure of PCs

regardless of the PC’s power state or

location.

Improved support for remote workers

with “Call for Help” to IT to manage and

repair a PC, even if outside the firewall.

Hardware-assisted remote shutdown,

wake-up, and updates of PCs.

PowerPivot for SharePoint and

the Intel® Xeon® Processor

5600 Series

PowerPivot integrates with Microsoft

SharePoint Server 2010 to establish a

managed, self-service BI environment that

takes advantage of all the standard

SharePoint features such as role-based

security, compliance policies, workflows,

and versioning. It introduces new features

and capabilities such as PowerPivot Gallery

and automatic data refreshing for shared

workbook applications. IW Producers can

publish and share PowerPivot workbooks

via SharePoint, and IW Consumers can

access published workbook applications in

SharePoint via a Web browser, with the

same performance and most of the same

features as the Excel client. PowerPivot for

SharePoint features a management

dashboard that lets IT staff monitor shared

applications, track usage patterns over

time, drill down to reveal hidden details,

discover mission-critical solutions, and

make sure that appropriate server

resources are provisioned.

However, as PowerPivot workbooks

increase and are adopted into enterprise

work processes, the demands on Microsoft

PowerPivot for SharePoint services will

grow. Careful planning and coordination

will be required to determine the best

configuration options, to provision

adequate storage capacities and system

resources, and to optimize the managed BI

collaboration environment for high

availability and performance.


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Servers built on the Intel Xeon processor

5600 offer a scalable, secure, cost-effective

means to accommodate PowerPivot

demands and growth. Compared to single-

core servers, servers based on the Intel

Xeon processor 5600 series deliver up to

15 times the performance per server over

two-socket single-core servers,2 enabling

up to 15:1 server consolidation ratios,3 up

to 95 percent lower energy costs,4 and an

estimated return on investment (ROI) in as

little as five months.5

Intelligent Performance for BI Services

While PowerPivot for Excel extends the

capabilities of Excel on the desktop,

PowerPivot for SharePoint complements

the capabilities of Excel Services in a

SharePoint farm. Excel Services provides

the foundation to share workbooks as

interactive, Web-based reporting tools.

Excel Services also supports integration

with other BI features and technologies

such as SharePoint Report Center,

Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services,

and Microsoft® PerformancePoint® Services

2010. PowerPivot also adds its own

interface Web service so that PowerPivot

for Excel and other client applications can

access PowerPivot data in SharePoint

directly.

As PowerPivot workbooks become integral

to enterprise workflows and decision-

making, the demands on SharePoint and

network database servers will increase.

More available workbooks will mean more

concurrent users uploading and

downloading data to and from enterprise

databases and performing complex

calculations over large datasets on

SharePoint servers running PowerPivot and

Excel Services.

With massive memory bandwidth plus 50

percent more cores and cache, Intel Xeon

5600 processors enable faster performance

and greater scalability for PowerPivot for

SharePoint. To deliver top performance for

bandwidth-intensive applications (such as

multiple PowerPivot workbooks refreshing

Intel® Turbo Boost Technology

delivers performance on demand,

letting processors operate above

the rated frequency under certain

conditions to speed workloads.

Intel® Hyper-Threading

Technology delivers greater

throughput and responsiveness for

multithreaded Windows®-based

applications. Many Windows-based

and SQL Server applications lend

themselves to parallel,

multithreaded execution. Intel

Hyper-Threading Technology

enables multiple threads to be

executed within each processor

core, up to two threads per core.

Hyper-threading reduces

computational latency, making

optimal use of power. For example,

while one thread is waiting for a

result or event, another thread is

executing in that core, maximizing

the work from each clock cycle.

Intel® QuickPath Technology

and an integrated memory

controller speed traffic between

processors and other components

to reduce latency and optimize the

use of system bandwidth; this

delivers better application

responsiveness and greater

throughput per processor for BI and

other Windows-based applications.


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millions of rows of data), Intel® QuickPath

Technology and an integrated memory

controller speed traffic between processors

and I/O controllers, reduce latency, and

provide up to 4.4 times the bandwidth of

previous-generation processors.6 Memory

capacity up to 288 gigabytes (GB) on a

two-socket system offers plenty of

headroom for growth in PowerPivot use.

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and

SQL Server 2008 R2 take advantage of

Intel® Turbo Boost Technology, delivering

performance on demand by letting

processors operate above the rated

frequency to speed specific Windows-based

workloads. Because Windows Server 2008

R2 scheduler is also highly optimized for

multithreading, multiple concurrent users

working on multiple PowerPivot workbooks

will see better responsiveness with Intel®

Hyper-Threading Technology.† This

technology also delivers greater throughput

and responsiveness for multithreaded SQL

Server 2008 R2-based applications

accessed via PowerPivot.

Secure Data, Reliable Access

The reliability, availability, and

serviceability (RAS) features of the Intel

Xeon processor 5600 series help keep

enterprise data and services secure and

available for PowerPivot users. Intel Xeon

5600 series processors built on Next-

Generation Intel Microarchitecture are

designed for reliability. With features such

as Enhanced Memory ECC, Memory

Sparing, Memory Mirroring, and Memory

CRC that work in conjunction with the

Windows Server 2008 R2 operating

system, they enable high levels of uptime

for business services. Intel also

collaborated closely with Microsoft on the

Windows Hardware Error Architecture

(WHEA). In Windows Server® 2008 R2,

WHEA offers robust failure reporting, rich

diagnostics, and faster recovery times to

further improve server availability.

Virtualization to Optimize Utilization, Availability, and ROI

Virtualization can increase availability for

SharePoint services and save datacenter

space and costs by consolidating

underutilized departmental servers and

databases. Windows Server 2008 R2

Hyper-V™ with the Intel Xeon processor

5600 series offer outstanding virtualization

headroom in a two-socket platform: up to

15:1 consolidation ratios when refreshing

servers based on single-core processors.7

Windows Server 2008 R2 and Intel®

Virtualization Technology◊ enable IT to

combine servers from multiple generations

into the same virtualized server pool to

extend failover, load balancing, and

disaster recovery capability.

PowerPivot for SharePoint

Growth Path: The Intel® Xeon®

Processor 7500 Series

It is common for user-generated

workbooks to evolve into mission-critical

business applications and for BI demands

to outgrow existing datacenter resources.

As these applications become increasingly

important to the success of the business,

they need to be always available. With the

same Next-Generation Intel

Microarchitecture (codenamed Nehalem)

and Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel®

VT) as the Intel Xeon processor 5600

series, plus more capacity and mission-

critical RAS features, servers based on the

Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 series help

drive data-demanding PowerPivot analytics

faster, scale them farther, and achieve

mission-critical availability.

Delivering a quantum leap in enterprise

computing, the Intel Xeon processor 7500

series features 8 cores supporting 16


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threads and 24 megabytes (MB) of cache

per processor, up to 2 TB of memory on 8-

socket servers, and advanced high-

bandwidth Intel QuickPath Interconnect

links that allow multiple processors to be

directly connected to each other.

Servers based on the Intel Xeon processor

7500 series also help IT deliver more

computing power and performance for

PowerPivot users without increasing

footprint or power demands. Scaling from 2

to 256 sockets, with 8 times the memory

bandwidth of the prior generation8, and

with more than 20 new advanced reliability

features, the Intel Xeon processor 7500

series is uniquely architected for data-

demanding and mission-critical

applications, such as BI, and for large-scale

virtualization to lower costs while

supporting expanding PowerPivot usage

and data demands.

Delivering the More-

Intelligent Enterprise

For more than 20 years, Microsoft and Intel

have collaborated to provide the best

performance and value for enterprise

computing needs. This proven, trusted

combination has delivered business

advantage through generations of SQL

Server versions and hardware platforms,

thus reducing the cost of computing while

constantly increasing performance and

reliability.

The success of PowerPivot in the enterprise

will depend on two issues: the ability of the

BI environment to satisfy user needs, and

IT’s ability to ensure security and

compliance with reliable, scalable, and fast-

performing systems. PCs built with all new

2010 Intel Core vPro processors, and

servers built with the Intel Xeon processor

5600 series or Intel Xeon processor 7500

series, will deliver fast PowerPivot

performance, whether via a Web browser

or the desktop, and advanced RAS features

will help keep enterprise data secure and

available when users need it. These leading

platforms will enable IT to offer new levels

of business insight and agility throughout

the organization. Enhanced security,

outstanding scalability, automated energy

efficiency, and flexible virtualization will

help IT achieve unprecedented operational

efficiency and dramatically lower total cost

of ownership.

Learn more

To learn more about the latest Intel Xeon processors, visit www.intel.com/xeon.

To learn more about the Intel Xeon processor 5600 series, visit

www.intel.com/itcenter/products/xeon/5600.

To learn more about the Intel Xeon processor 7500 series, visit

www.intel.com/itcenter/products/xeon/7500.

For more information about Intel Microarchitecture (codenamed Nehalem), visit

www.intel.com/technology/architecture-silicon/next-gen.

To learn about the 2010 Intel Core vPro processor, visit www.intel.com/vpro.

For more about Microsoft PowerPivot, visit www.powerpivot.com.

To learn more about SQL Server 2008 R2, visit www.microsoft.com/sqlserver.

To learn more about SharePoint Server 2010, visit sharepoint2010.microsoft.com/Pages/

default.aspx.

To find out more about Microsoft virtualization, visit www.microsoft.com/virtualization.

http://www.intel.com/xeon

http://www.intel.com/itcenter/products/xeon/5600

http://www.intel.com/itcenter/products/xeon/7500

http://www.intel.com/technology/architecture-silicon/next-gen

http://www.intel.com/vpro

http://www.powerpivot.com/

http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver

http://sharepoint2010.microsoft.com/Pages/default.aspx

http://sharepoint2010.microsoft.com/Pages/default.aspx

http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization


Performance tests and ratings are measured using specific computer systems and/or components and reflect the

approximate performance of Intel® products as measured by those tests. Any difference in system hardware or

software design or configuration may affect actual performance. Buyers should consult other sources of

information to evaluate the performance of systems or components they are considering purchasing. For more

information on performance tests and on the performance of Intel products, visit

http://www.intel.com/performance/resources/limits.htm or call (U.S.) 1-800-628-8686 or 1-916-356-3104.

Relative performance is calculated by assigning a baseline value of 1.0 to one benchmark result, and then 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.

Intel processor numbers are not a measure of performance. Processor numbers differentiate features within each

processor series, not across different processor sequences. See

http://www.intel.com/products/processor_number/ for details.

§ 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 http://www.intel.com/technology/turboboost.

‡Intel® vPro™ technology includes powerful Intel® Active Management Technology. Intel® Active Management

Technology (Intel® AMT) requires the computer system to have an Intel® AMT-enabled chipset, network hardware

and software, as well as connection with a power source and a corporate network connection. Setup requires

configuration by the purchaser and may require scripting with the management console or further integration into

existing security frameworks to enable certain functionality. It may also require modifications of implementation of

new business processes. With regard to notebooks, Intel AMT may not be available or certain capabilities may be

limited over a host OS-based VPN or when connecting wirelessly, on battery power, sleeping, hibernating or

powered off. For more information, see www.intel.com/technology/platform-technology/intel-amt.

†Hyper-Threading Technology requires a computer system with a processor supporting HT Technology and an HT

Technology-enabled chipset, BIOS and operating system. Performance will vary depending on the specific

hardware and software you use. For more information including details on which processors support HT

Technology, see here.

◊Intel Virtualization Technology requires a computer system with an enabled Intel processor, BIOS, virtual

machine monitor (VMM) and, for some uses, certain platform software enabled for it. Functionality, performance

or other benefits will vary depending on hardware and software configurations and may require a BIOS update.

Software applications may not be compatible with all operating systems. Please check with your application

vendor.

Intel products are not intended for use in medical, life-saving, life sustaining, critical control or safety systems, or

in nuclear facility applications.

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Performance Evaluation Corporation. See http://www.spec.org for more information.

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

Copyright© 2010 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel, the Intel logo, and Xeon are trademarks of Intel

Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All dates and products specified are for planning purposes only and

are subject to change without notice.

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http://www.intel.com/technology/turboboost

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http://www.spec.org/


1 Cross client claim based on lowest performance data number when comparing desktop and mobile benchmarks. Configurations

and performance test as follows:

(Mobile) Comparing pre-production Intel® Core™ i5-520M processor-based laptops to theoretical installed base of Intel® Core™2

Duo processor T5500. Laptop system configurations: Intel Core i5-520M (3 MB Cache, 2.4 GHz), with Intel® Turbo Boost

Technology and Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology on pre-production Intel® Ibex Peak HM55, Dual-channel Micron* 4 GB (2x2

GB) DDR3-1066 7-7-7-20 with Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator HD graphics, Hitachi 320 GB HDD, Intel® Matrix Storage

Manager 8.9.0.1023 (BIOS, Intel® INF and Graphics: pre-production, Imon compliant with VRD 11.1 requirements), Microsoft

Windows* 7 Ultimate 64-bit RTM. Intel Core 2 Duo processor T5500 (2 MB Cache, 1.66 GHz, 667 MHz FSB) in Lenovo Thinkpad*

T60 laptop, Mobile Intel® 945GM E®press Chipset, Micron PC5300 DDR2 667 2x1 GB 5-5-5-15 memory, Intel® GMA 950 graphics

224 MB Dynamic video memory technology, Hitachi Travelstar*

HTS721010G9SA00 SATA 100 GB 7200RPM HDD, BIOS Lenovo 79ETD7WW 2.17* with default settings, Microsoft Windows*

Vista Ultimate. Business productivity claims based on SYSmark* 2007 preview is BAPCo’s latest version of the mainstream office

productivity and Internet content creation benchmark tool used to characterize the performance of the business client. SYSmark

2007 preview features user-driven workloads and usage models developed by application experts. Multitasking claims based on

financial calculations workload consisting of advanced spreadsheet calculation measured using Microsoft Excel* Monte Carlo

Simulation plus Virus Scan. Security workload consists of Winzip*12 decompressing an encrypted archive containing 200 photos,

125 of which are 10MP photos and 75 which are 6MP photos. The photos are in jpeg format. The total size of all the photos is

about 830 MB.

(Desktop) Comparing pre-production Intel® Core™ i5-650 processor-based desktops to theoretical installed base of Intel® Core™2

Duo Processor E6400 with comparable frequency. Desktop configurations: pre-production Intel Core i5-650 processor (4 MB

Cache, 3.20 GHz) on pre-production Intel® Ibex Peak P55, Dual-channel DS Micron 4 GB (2x2 GB) DDR3-1333 9-9-9-24 with

Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator HD graphics @ 900 MHz, Seagate 1TB HDD, Intel® Matrix Storage Manager 8.9.1023 (BIOS,

Intel® INF and Graphics: pre-production, Imon compliant with VRD 11.1 requirements), Microsoft Windows* 7 Ultimate 64-bit

RTM Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6400 (2 MB Cache, 2.13 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB) on Intel® DQ45CB, Dual channel DS Micron 2 GB

(2x1 GB) DDR2-800 5-5-5-18 with Integrated Intel® GMA 3000 onboard graphics subsystem, Seagate 320 GB HDD,

(BIOS:0059, Intel® Chipset INF: 8.4.0.1016, Graphics: 7.14.10.1329), Microsoft Windows* 7 Ultimate 64-bit RTM, Microsoft

Windows* Vista Ultimate 32-bit. Business productivity and energy claims based on SYSmark* 2007 preview is BAPCo’s latest

version of the mainstream office productivity and Internet content creation benchmark tool used to characterize the performance

of the business client. SYSmark 2007 preview features user-driven workloads and usage models developed by application

experts.

Multitasking claims based on financial calculations workload consists of advanced spreadsheet calculation measured using

Microsoft Excel* Monte Carlo Simulation plus Virus Scan. Security workload consists of Winzip*14 decompressing an encrypted

archive containing 200 photos, 125 of which are 10 MP photos and 75 which are 6 MP photos. The photos are in jpeg format.

The total size of all the photos is about 830 MB. 2 Claim: “Up to 15x performance per server” Disclaimer: Intel performance comparison using SPECjbb2005* business operations

per second between four-year-old single-core Intel® Xeon® processor 3.8 GHz with 2M cache based servers and one new Intel

Xeon processor X5670 based server. Performance tests and ratings are measured using specific computer systems and/or

components and reflect the approximate performance of Intel products as measured by those tests. Any difference in system

hardware or software design or configuration may affect actual performance. Buyers should consult other sources of information

to evaluate the performance of systems or components they are considering purchasing. For more information, visit

www.intel.com/performance/server.

- Baseline platform: Intel server platform with two 64-bit Intel Xeon Processor 3.80Ghz with 2M L2 Cache, 800 FSB, 8x1GB

DDR2-400 memory, 1 hard drive, 1 power supply, Microsoft* Windows* Server 2003 Ent. SP1, Oracle* JRockit* build

P27.4.0-windows-x86_64 run with 2 JVM instances

- New platform: Intel server platform with two six-core Intel® Xeon® processor X5670, 2.93 GHz, 12MB L3 cache, 6.4QPI, 12

GB memory (6x2GB DDR3-1333), 1 hard drive, 1 power supply, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 64 bit SP2, Oracle* JRockit*

build P28.0.0-29 run with 2 JVM instances 3 Claim: “Up to 15:1 server consolidation” Disclaimer: Intel consolidation based on replacing 15 four-year-old single-core Intel®

Xeon® processor 3.8 GHz with 2M cache based servers with one new Intel Xeon processor X5670 based server while maintaining

performance as measured by SPECjbb2005* business operations per second. Performance tests and ratings are measured using

specific computer systems and/or components and reflect the approximate performance of Intel products as measured by those

tests. Any difference in system hardware or software design or configuration may affect actual performance. Buyers should

consult other sources of information to evaluate the performance of systems or components they are considering purchasing.

For more information, visit www.intel.com/performance/server.




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build P28.0.0-29 run with 2 JVM instances 4 Claim: “Up to 95% lower energy costs” Disclaimer: Intel comparison replacing 15 four-year-old single-core Intel® Xeon®

processor 3.8 GHz with 2M cache based servers with one new Intel Xeon processor X5670 based server. Costs have been

estimated based on internal Intel analysis and are provided for informational purposes only.






build P28.0.0-29 run with 2 JVM instances.

5 Claim: “As little as 5 month ROI claim estimated based on comparison between 2S Single Core Intel® Xeon® 3.80 with 2M L2

Cache and 2S Intel® Xeon® X5670 based servers. Calculation includes analysis based on performance, power, cooling, electricity

rates, operating system annual license costs and estimated server costs. This assumes 8kW racks, $0.10 per kWh, cooling costs

are 2x the server power consumption costs, operating system license cost of $900/year per server, per server cost of $7200

based on estimated list prices and estimated server utilization rates. All dollar figures are approximate. Performance and power

comparisons are based on estimated server side java benchmark results (Intel Corporation Jan 2010). Platform power was

estimated during the steady state window of the benchmark run and at idle. Performance gain compared to baseline was 15x.






build P28.0.0-29 run with 2 JVM instances. 6 Stream_MP Triad benchmark results comparing 2S Intel® Xeon® Processor E5472 (12M Cache, 3.00 GHz, 1600 MHz FSB), 16

GB memory (8x2 GB FB DDR-800)-based server platform to 2S Intel® Xeon® processor X5680 (12M Cache, 3.33 GHz, 6.4 GT/s

Intel® QPI)-based server platform, 24GB memory (12x4GB DDR3-1333). Source: Intel measurements SSG TR#942 and

TR#1071 as of 12 February 2010.

7 Claim: “Up to 15:1 server consolidation” Disclaimer: Intel consolidation based on replacing 15 four-year-old single-core Intel®

Xeon® processor 3.8 GHz with 2M cache based servers with one new Intel Xeon processor X5670 based server while maintaining

performance as measured by SPECjbb2005* business operations per second. Performance tests and ratings are measured using

specific computer systems and/or components and reflect the approximate performance of Intel products as measured by those

tests. Any difference in system hardware or software design or configuration may affect actual performance. Buyers should

consult other sources of information to evaluate the performance of systems or components they are considering purchasing.

For more information, visit www.intel.com/performance/server.






build P28.0.0-29 run with 2 JVM instances 8 8.2x memory bandwidth claim based on February 2010 Intel internal measurement using internal memory bandwidth workload

on comparable 4S Intel® Xeon® processor X7560 and 4S Intel® Xeon® processor X7460 servers.


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White Paper: Intel Processors and Microsoft PowerPivot