Microsoft SQL Server - The Smart Choice for Self Service Business Intelligence Whitepaper

T E CHN ICAL WHIT E PAPE R

Intel Processors and
Microsoft PowerPivot: The
Smart Choice for Self-Service
Business Intelligence

T A BLE O F CO N TE NT S Business Insight More Accessible and
Business Insight More Accessible and
Affordable: Microsoft PowerPivot on Intel-
Affordable: Microsoft PowerPivot on based Servers and PCs
Intel-based Servers and PCs ............. 1
Microsoft® Office Excel® is easily the most popular data
The Building Blocks of Self-Service BI
visualization tool on the market; it’s both familiar and
.......................................................... 2
powerful. Developers have built countless business
PowerPivot for Excel 2010 and the intelligence (BI) applications in Excel using connections to
All New 2010 Intel® Core™ data warehouses (or cubes), which Information Worker
vPro™ Processor ................................ 4 (IW) Producers, also known as power users, can manipulate
Intelligent Performance for Business
with pivot tables and charts. Now, Microsoft® SQL Server®
Intelligence ..........................................4
PowerPivot for Microsoft® Excel® 2010 takes the self-service
Smart, Client-side Security to Protect
Enterprise Data .....................................4 BI capabilities of Excel to an unprecedented level. As a
Cost-saving Manageability for Greater separate add-in, PowerPivot expands upon the familiarity of
Productivity ..........................................5 Excel while adding an in-memory BI engine (VertiPaq) and
PowerPivot for SharePoint 2010 and new compression algorithms to load large data sets into
the Intel® Xeon Processor 5600 Series memory. IW Producers can process enormous quantities of
.......................................................... 5 data right on their PCs with incredible speed. Processing
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 Figure 1: Processing Massive Amounts of Data
Learn more ........................................ 8
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

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER MICROSOFT POWERPIVOT AND INTEL PROCESSORS

relationships, include calculated columns To fully realize the benefits of self-service
and measures, and aggregate tens or BI, organizations must think in terms of
hundreds of millions of rows. In many end-to-end solutions: they should deploy
cases, PowerPivot for Excel can establish on platforms that deliver on the full
the table relationships automatically. performance potential and value of
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, Figure 2: PowerPivot Management Dashboard
using a powerful SQL Server 2008 R2
database as workbook storage. It allows PowerPivot today and scale as PowerPivot
Information Worker Consumers to view and usage grows. Intel-based business PCs and
use PowerPivot workbooks through a Web- servers offer outstanding value and support
based interface (Figure 2). for both PowerPivot for Excel and
PowerPivot for SharePoint provides the PowerPivot for SharePoint usage and
management tools and usage data that put deployment models. All new 2010 Intel®
IT staff in control of spreadmarts. Now the Core™ vPro™ processors deliver adaptable
IT department can determine who is using performance, comprehensive security, and
shared workbooks, when, how often, and cost-effective manageability for PCs
with what applications. IT managers can running PowerPivot for Excel. Servers built
also analyze the data source information to with the Intel Xeon processor 5600 series
see the applications and locations to which or the Intel Xeon processor 7500 series
users are importing their data. By combine industry-leading flexibility, energy
supporting automatic data refreshing for efficiency, and scalability with intelligent
shared workbooks, PowerPivot helps to performance that adapts to meet the
ensure consistent and accurate information requirements of PowerPivot workloads
in self-service BI applications. It is even using SharePoint Server 2010 and SQL
possible to use shared workbooks as data Server 2008 R2.
sources for further analysis, similar to a
SQL Server Analysis Services cube. By
The Building Blocks of
delivering SharePoint-based BI Self-Service BI
management tools, PowerPivot makes it
PowerPivot is a combination of add-ins, one
possible for IT departments to establish
for Excel 2010 and one for SharePoint
efficient monitoring processes, proactively
Server 2010. Figure 3 gives an overview of
discover mission-critical workbook
the PowerPivot components and usage
applications, and apply appropriate
model.
maintenance procedures.

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PowerPivot for Excel is a free PowerPivot for SharePoint is a SQL
downloadable data analysis tool that Server 2008 R2 service application that
enables IW Producers to go beyond the adds PowerPivot data processing to a
native row limitations in Excel 2010. It SharePoint farm, much as Excel Services
allows IW Producers to analyze millions of adds calculations and rendering to
rows of data retrieved from internal and 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
Figure 3: PowerPivot Component Overview manage the feature across
the SharePoint farm.
external data sources, create interactive
reports, and share them with others using The PowerPivot for Excel add-in does not
SharePoint Server 2010. These users can require a SharePoint environment, and the
use the PowerPivot for Excel add-in to SharePoint environment does not require
create Excel workbooks, aggregating data PowerPivot for Excel on all user PCs. The
from Web services, text files, relational and Excel 2010 add-in is required only for those
multidimensional databases, Reporting creating and publishing workbook
Services reports, and other worksheets. applications.
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 Figure 4: Dashboards in SharePoint
Core vPro processors.

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Analysis Services for VertiPaq are the performance features of Intel Core vPro
provided for PowerPivot on the PC and processors to speed time to actionable
server; this is a powerful in-memory data insight and improve productivity for
storage and processing mode that enables PowerPivot users. PCs powered by a 2010
rapid processing of very large amounts of Intel Core i5 vPro processor run business
data. The high performance is productivity applications up to 80 percent
accomplished through columnar storage faster than a three-year-old PC.1 In
and data compression. addition, Intel® Turbo Boost Technology§
in the 2010 Intel Core i5 and Core i7
PowerPivot gives organizations the power
processors intelligently allocate extra
to deploy self-service BI solutions, facilitate
processing to match the workload—
sharing and collaboration, and increase
accelerating the processor clock by up to
operational efficiencies through Microsoft
20 percent. In other words, these new
SQL Server 2008 R2-based management
processors automatically deliver extra
tools integrated within SharePoint. Desktop
performance when you need it most. PCs
and laptop PCs based on all new 2010 Intel
powered by Intel Core i5 vPro processors
Core vPro processors, and intelligent server
also deliver multitasking performance up to
platforms based on the Intel processor
two times faster than a three-year-old PC.1
7500 and 5600 series, provide a high-
For example, a user can continue working
performing, scalable, and cost-efficient
while uploading a PowerPivot workbook in
end-to-end platform that helps
the background, without compromising
organizations achieve maximum business
productivity or performance.
benefits and operational efficiencies from
PowerPivot. Smart, Client-side Security to
Protect Enterprise Data
PowerPivot for Excel and the
Security threats from internal and external
All New 2010 Intel® Core™ sources can compromise the integrity of
vPro™ Processor the data and insights that help drive
business success. The 2010 Intel Core vPro
PowerPivot for Excel lets users do faster,
processors maximize security for
more in-depth data analysis right on their
PowerPivot users with features including:
laptop or desktop PC. With cost-saving,
efficient maintenance features, the all new  Programmable defense filters and
2010 Intel Core vPro processor offers continuous checking for software agents
producers of self-service BI a client to automatically guard against malicious
platform that works harder and smarter, is software (malware), viruses, and
more secure, and helps them to be more malicious attacks.
productive.  Automatic protection against tampering
or disabling of security software.
Intelligent Performance for
 Intel® Anti-Theft Technology (Intel® AT)
Business Intelligence
with PC disable to help protect sensitive
PowerPivot for Excel works in-memory enterprise data in PowerPivot workbooks
using the memory bandwidth and on the user’s desktop.
processing power of PCs built with all new PCs with 2010 Intel Core vPro processors
2010 Intel Core vPro processors to process can enhance PowerPivot users’ security and
millions of rows of data in seconds. help them avoid the 53 percent increase in
Calculation functions are optimized to use
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security incidences seen in four-year-old  Hardware-assisted remote shutdown,
PCs. For IT, 2010 Intel vPro technology‡ wake-up, and updates of PCs.
enables remote configuration, diagnosis,
PowerPivot for SharePoint and
isolation, and repair of infected PCs even if
they are not responding. the Intel® Xeon® Processor
To keep critical data and enterprise
5600 Series
networks secure, Intel vPro technology PowerPivot integrates with Microsoft
enables network security credentials to be SharePoint Server 2010 to establish a
embedded in the hardware. Microsoft managed, self-service BI environment that
System Center Configuration Manager takes advantage of all the standard
2007 SP2 enables network traffic on all SharePoint features such as role-based
new 2010 Intel Core vPro processor-based security, compliance policies, workflows,
PCs to authenticate itself, whether the and versioning. It introduces new features
enterprise is using 802.1x or Microsoft and capabilities such as PowerPivot Gallery
Network Access Protection (NAP) to secure and automatic data refreshing for shared
end-point access to these networks. workbook applications. IW Producers can
Cost-saving Manageability for publish and share PowerPivot workbooks
Greater Productivity via SharePoint, and IW Consumers can
access published workbook applications in
With PowerPivot, users are doing more with
SharePoint via a Web browser, with the
their PCs: more data aggregation,
same performance and most of the same
calculations, and analysis. They can’t afford
features as the Excel client. PowerPivot for
downtime for repairs or updates. The new
SharePoint features a management
2010 Intel Core vPro processors simplify
dashboard that lets IT staff monitor shared
management tasks; IT can be more
applications, track usage patterns over
productive while reducing maintenance
time, drill down to reveal hidden details,
costs by up to 50 percent. Intel vPro
discover mission-critical solutions, and
technology makes it easy to deploy and
make sure that appropriate server
manage PowerPivot for Excel. Microsoft
resources are provisioned.
System Center Configuration Manager
2007 SP2 uses the out-of-band However, as PowerPivot workbooks
management capabilities of Intel vPro increase and are adopted into enterprise
technology to provide a secure, encrypted work processes, the demands on Microsoft
power-up capability that enables IT to push PowerPivot for SharePoint services will
PowerPivot for Excel and security software grow. Careful planning and coordination
updates down the wire quickly and will be required to determine the best
efficiently. configuration options, to provision
adequate storage capacities and system
Other money-saving and time-saving
resources, and to optimize the managed BI
maintenance features include the following:
collaboration environment for high
 Remote repair and secure of PCs availability and performance.
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.
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Servers built on the Intel Xeon processor
5600 offer a scalable, secure, cost-effective
means to accommodate PowerPivot Intel® Turbo Boost Technology
demands and growth. Compared to single- delivers performance on demand,
core servers, servers based on the Intel letting processors operate above
Xeon processor 5600 series deliver up to the rated frequency under certain
15 times the performance per server over conditions to speed workloads.
two-socket single-core servers,2 enabling Intel® Hyper-Threading
up to 15:1 server consolidation ratios,3 up Technology delivers greater
to 95 percent lower energy costs,4 and an throughput and responsiveness for
estimated return on investment (ROI) in as multithreaded Windows®-based
little as five months.5 applications. Many Windows-based
Intelligent Performance for BI and SQL Server applications lend
Services themselves to parallel,
multithreaded execution. Intel
While PowerPivot for Excel extends the
Hyper-Threading Technology
capabilities of Excel on the desktop,
enables multiple threads to be
PowerPivot for SharePoint complements
executed within each processor
the capabilities of Excel Services in a
core, up to two threads per core.
SharePoint farm. Excel Services provides
Hyper-threading reduces
the foundation to share workbooks as
computational latency, making
interactive, Web-based reporting tools.
Excel Services also supports integration optimal use of power. For example,
with other BI features and technologies while one thread is waiting for a
such as SharePoint Report Center, result or event, another thread is
Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, executing in that core, maximizing
and Microsoft® PerformancePoint® Services the work from each clock cycle.
2010. PowerPivot also adds its own Intel® QuickPath Technology
interface Web service so that PowerPivot and an integrated memory
for Excel and other client applications can controller speed traffic between
access PowerPivot data in SharePoint processors and other components
directly. to reduce latency and optimize the
use of system bandwidth; this
As PowerPivot workbooks become integral
to enterprise workflows and decision- delivers better application
making, the demands on SharePoint and responsiveness and greater
network database servers will increase. throughput per processor for BI and
More available workbooks will mean more other Windows-based applications.
concurrent users uploading and
downloading data to and from enterprise
databases and performing complex
calculations over large datasets on 5600 processors enable faster performance
SharePoint servers running PowerPivot and and greater scalability for PowerPivot for
Excel Services. SharePoint. To deliver top performance for
With massive memory bandwidth plus 50 bandwidth-intensive applications (such as
percent more cores and cache, Intel Xeon multiple PowerPivot workbooks refreshing

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millions of rows of data), Intel® QuickPath diagnostics, and faster recovery times to
Technology and an integrated memory further improve server availability.
controller speed traffic between processors
Virtualization to Optimize
and I/O controllers, reduce latency, and
Utilization, Availability, and ROI
provide up to 4.4 times the bandwidth of
previous-generation processors.6 Memory Virtualization can increase availability for
capacity up to 288 gigabytes (GB) on a SharePoint services and save datacenter
two-socket system offers plenty of space and costs by consolidating
headroom for growth in PowerPivot use. underutilized departmental servers and
databases. Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and
Hyper-V™ with the Intel Xeon processor
SQL Server 2008 R2 take advantage of
5600 series offer outstanding virtualization
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology, delivering
headroom in a two-socket platform: up to
performance on demand by letting
15:1 consolidation ratios when refreshing
processors operate above the rated
servers based on single-core processors.7
frequency to speed specific Windows-based
Windows Server 2008 R2 and Intel®
workloads. Because Windows Server 2008
Virtualization Technology◊ enable IT to
R2 scheduler is also highly optimized for
combine servers from multiple generations
multithreading, multiple concurrent users
into the same virtualized server pool to
working on multiple PowerPivot workbooks
extend failover, load balancing, and
will see better responsiveness with Intel®
disaster recovery capability.
Hyper-Threading Technology.† This
technology also delivers greater throughput PowerPivot for SharePoint
and responsiveness for multithreaded SQL Growth Path: The Intel® Xeon®
Server 2008 R2-based applications
accessed via PowerPivot. Processor 7500 Series
Secure Data, Reliable Access It is common for user-generated
workbooks to evolve into mission-critical
The reliability, availability, and
business applications and for BI demands
serviceability (RAS) features of the Intel
to outgrow existing datacenter resources.
Xeon processor 5600 series help keep
As these applications become increasingly
enterprise data and services secure and
important to the success of the business,
available for PowerPivot users. Intel Xeon
they need to be always available. With the
5600 series processors built on Next-
same Next-Generation Intel
Generation Intel Microarchitecture are
Microarchitecture (codenamed Nehalem)
designed for reliability. With features such
and Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel®
as Enhanced Memory ECC, Memory
VT) as the Intel Xeon processor 5600
Sparing, Memory Mirroring, and Memory
series, plus more capacity and mission-
CRC that work in conjunction with the
critical RAS features, servers based on the
Windows Server 2008 R2 operating
Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 series help
system, they enable high levels of uptime
drive data-demanding PowerPivot analytics
for business services. Intel also
faster, scale them farther, and achieve
collaborated closely with Microsoft on the
mission-critical availability.
Windows Hardware Error Architecture
(WHEA). In Windows Server® 2008 R2, Delivering a quantum leap in enterprise
WHEA offers robust failure reporting, rich computing, the Intel Xeon processor 7500
series features 8 cores supporting 16
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threads and 24 megabytes (MB) of cache advantage through generations of SQL
per processor, up to 2 TB of memory on 8- Server versions and hardware platforms,
socket servers, and advanced high- thus reducing the cost of computing while
bandwidth Intel QuickPath Interconnect constantly increasing performance and
links that allow multiple processors to be reliability.
directly connected to each other.
The success of PowerPivot in the enterprise
Servers based on the Intel Xeon processor will depend on two issues: the ability of the
7500 series also help IT deliver more BI environment to satisfy user needs, and
computing power and performance for IT’s ability to ensure security and
PowerPivot users without increasing compliance with reliable, scalable, and fast-
footprint or power demands. Scaling from 2 performing systems. PCs built with all new
to 256 sockets, with 8 times the memory 2010 Intel Core vPro processors, and
bandwidth of the prior generation8, and servers built with the Intel Xeon processor
with more than 20 new advanced reliability 5600 series or Intel Xeon processor 7500
features, the Intel Xeon processor 7500 series, will deliver fast PowerPivot
series is uniquely architected for data- performance, whether via a Web browser
demanding and mission-critical or the desktop, and advanced RAS features
applications, such as BI, and for large-scale will help keep enterprise data secure and
virtualization to lower costs while available when users need it. These leading
supporting expanding PowerPivot usage platforms will enable IT to offer new levels
and data demands. of business insight and agility throughout
the organization. Enhanced security,
Delivering the More- outstanding scalability, automated energy
Intelligent Enterprise efficiency, and flexible virtualization will
help IT achieve unprecedented operational
For more than 20 years, Microsoft and Intel efficiency and dramatically lower total cost
have collaborated to provide the best of ownership.
performance and value for enterprise
computing needs. This proven, trusted
combination has delivered business

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.
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default.aspx.


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.
◊IntelVirtualization 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.
SPEC, SPECint2000, SPECfp2000, SPECint2006, SPECfp2006, SPECjbb, SPECWeb are trademarks of the Standard
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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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.
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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
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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