The SAP standard application benchmark performed on December 11, 1997, by HP in Cupertino, CA, USA, was certified on March 16, 1998 with the following data:

Number of benchmark users: 1,670 SD

Average dialog response time: 1.91 seconds

Throughput: 8,420 SAPS (505,000 dialog steps/h)

Equivalent to (line items / hour): 168,000 fully processed order line items

Average DB request time (seconds): 0.192 (dialog) / 0.226 (update)

CPU utilization database server: 95%

CPU utilization application servers: 67% (dia: 73%, upd: 52%, msg/enq:25%)

Operating System (database server): Windows NT 4.0 SP3

Operating System (application serv.): Windows NT 4.0 SP3

RDBMS: Informix 7.23.TC1

R/3 Release: 3.1 G (with 3.1 H kernel)

Total disk space: 320 GB

Configuration:

1 Database Server: HP Netserver LXr Pro8, 8 processors SMP, Pentium Pro, 200 MHz, 1 MB SLC (Second Level Cache), 3 GB main memory

Application Servers (Total: 21 servers):

All application server are HP Netserver LX Pro, Pentium Pro 200 MHz

16 Dialog Server: HP LX Pro, 4-proc. SMP, 512 KB SLC, 512 MB memory

4 Update Server: HP LX Pro, 4-proc. SMP, 512 KB SLC, 512 MB memory

1 Msg/Enq Serv.: HP LX Pro, 4-proc. SMP, 512 KB SLC, 512 MB memory