Supermicro X10SDV-6C+-TLN4F Review – Xeon D-1528 mITX

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Evan

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In the review you said 'This platform did consume more power than our previous D-1518 test bed.'

D-1528 (6-core @ 35 watt)
  • BMC only power off – 4.8w
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS installation screen – 22.7w
  • UnixBench 5.1.3 single thread max – 33.9w
  • Multi threaded max observed – 58.1w
D-1518 (4-core @ 35 watt)
  • BMC only power off – 4.8w
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS installation screen – 22.3w
  • UnixBench 5.1.3 single thread max – 31.1w
  • Multi threaded max observed – 57.2w
D-1520 (4-core @ 45 watt)
  • BMC only power off – 4.8w
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS installation screen – 24.8w
  • UnixBench 5.1.3 single thread max – 36.7w
  • Multi threaded max observed – 74.1w

@Patrick
Only about 1 watt different right ??
Your 4-core parts also have a fan on cpu that must use some power, maybe 0.5 watt ? I assume the other cooling fan is not included in your power test calculations or is it ?
How much ram and which SSD do you attach for the power testing ?

Anyway if you compare to the wave 1 board at the slightly higher TDP the reduction from that is dramatic !
Makes me wonder how the small d-1508 will work out power wise.
 

Evan

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@Patrick , just curious what exactly is connected for power testing.
It's interesting looking how much less power the wave2 35watt TDP boards use.
 

Patrick

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Hey Evan - for these there are two chassis fans and it is measured at the outlet. The D-1520 was an early sample so I have a suspicion that the newer chips we are testing are much better.
 

Evan

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Impressive the 6-core really hardly draws any more power.
Your thinking a d-1521 or d-1541 would actually now be more or less same as the d-1518 or d-1528 ?
 

Patrick

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My guess is a current silicon D-1521 is much closer to the D-1528/ D-1528. If you notice, single threaded power consumption was very close but the full load spiked a lot. Likely not the best silicon on the D-1520 samples and causing fans to spool for cooling.
 

Daniel Edholm

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I've been very interested in buying Supermicro X10SDV-6C-TLN4F for some time now, but I am still a bit curious about the passive cooling solution. Do you know if it is exactly the same as the one tested here but without the fan or if it is a different (larger?) heatsink entirely? Is the fan on the plus model tested here quiet? One important aspect for my new home server is noise levels, which is why I want to know which type of cooling would suit me best.

Great reviews, all of them!
 

Patrick

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I've been very interested in buying Supermicro X10SDV-6C-TLN4F for some time now, but I am still a bit curious about the passive cooling solution. Do you know if it is exactly the same as the one tested here but without the fan or if it is a different (larger?) heatsink entirely? Is the fan on the plus model tested here quiet? One important aspect for my new home server is noise levels, which is why I want to know which type of cooling would suit me best.

Great reviews, all of them!
Daniel - this should be very interesting for you: Near silent powerhouse: Making a quieter MicroLab platform