Performance Benchmarks for Computers Running Exchange Server 2003

Published: July 1, 2004

Find out how Exchange Server 2003 running on Microsoft Window Server 2003, Enterprise Edition performs under various hardware configurations by reading the performance benchmarks listed in the table on this page. To read the benchmark studies, you must have Adobe Reader installed.

To learn more about performance, read the Exchange Server 2003 Performance and Scalability Guide on the Microsoft TechNet site.

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Single Server

MMB3	Server	Processor Type	No. of Processors	Processor Speed (MHz)	Date of Test
16,776	FSC PRIMERGY RX300 S3	Quad-Core Xeon	2	2,660	June 2007
13,552	FSC PRIMERGY TX300 S3	Dual-Core Xeon	2	3,000	April 2007
13,504	Hewlett-Packard ProLiant BL480C	Dual-Core Xeon	2	3,000	December 2006
13,500	FSC Primergy BX620 S3	Dual-Core Xeon	2	3,000	May 2006
12,900	FSC Primergy BX620 S3	Dual-Core Xeon	2, with Hyper-Threading enabled	3,730	May 2006
12,700	Dell PowerEdge 2950	Dual-Core Xeon	2	3,000	June 2006
12,500	Dell PowerEdge 2970	Dual-Core Opteron	2	3,000	March 2007
12,500	Dell PowerEdge 1955	Dual-Core Xeon	2	2,300	July 2006
12,008	FSC Primergy BX630	Dual-Core Opteron	2	2,600	March 2006
12,000	Hewlett-Packard ProLiant DL585	Dual-Core Opteron	4	2,400	January 2006
11,600	IBM System x 3650	Dual-Core Xeon	2	3,000	May 2006
11,552	FSC Primergy BX630	Dual-Core Opteron	2	2,600	March 2006
11,000	Hewlett-Packard ProLiant DL385	Dual-Core Opteron	2	2,400	September 2005
10,652	Hewlett-Packard ProLiant BL25p	Dual-Core Operton	2	2,400	September 2005
10,640	Lenovo SureServer R650 G5	Xeon	4, with Hyper-Threading enabled	3,300	July 2005
10,600	IBM eServer xSeries 366	Xeon	4, with Hyper-Threading enabled	3,600	June 2005
10,540	Dell PowerEdge 6850	Xeon	4, with Hyper-Threading enabled	3,330	May 2005
10,520	Hewlett-Packard ProLiant DL580 G3	Xeon MP	4, with Hyper-Threading enabled	3,330	April 2005
10,200	Hewlett-Packard ProLiant DL585	Opteron	4	2,600	March 2005
10,000	Hewlett-Packard ProLiant DL385	Dual-Core Opteron	2	2,200	August 2005
10,000	Hewlett-Packard ProLiant BL25p	Dual-Core Opteron	2	2,200	August 2005
9,500	Dell PowerEdge 1850	Dual-Core Xeon	2, with Hyper-Threading enabled	2,800	September 2005
9,500	FSC Primergy BX660	Xeon	4, with Hyper-Threading enabled	3,000	January 2005
9,300	IBM eServer xSeries 365	Xeon	4, with Hyper-Threading enabled	3,000	December 2004
9,000	Hewlett-Packard ProLiant DL585	Opteron	4	2,400	July 2004
8,888	FSC Primergy RX600	Xeon	4, with Hyper-Threading enabled	3,000	August 2004
8,780	IBM System x 3200	Dual-Core Xeon	1	2,400	September 2006
8,630	IBM eServer xSeries 346	Xeon	2, with Hyper-Threading enabled	3,800	September 2005
8,352	Dell PowerEdge 1850	Xeon	2, with Hyper-Threading enabled	3,800	September 2005
8,208	FSC Primergy TX300 S2	Xeon	2, with Hyper-Threading enabled	3,600	February 2005
8,200	Hewlett-Packard ProLiant DL580 G2	Xeon	4, with Hyper-Threading enabled	3,000	July 2004
8,000	Dell PowerEdge 2850	Xeon	2, with Hyper-Threading enabled	3,600	February 2005
7,900	FSC Primergy TX600	Xeon	4, with Hyper-Threading enabled	3,000	July 2004
7,800	IBM eServer BladeCenter HS20	Xeon	2, with Hyper-Threading enabled	3,600	February 2005
7,500	FSC Primergy TX300 S2	Xeon	2, with Hyper-Threading enabled	3,600	December 2004
7,200	Dell PowerEdge 2850	Xeon	2, with Hyper-Threading enabled	3,600	October 2004
7,100	Hewlett-Packard ProLiant BL25p	Opteron	2	2,600	February 2005
7,000	IBM eServer xSeries 346	Xeon	2, with Hyper-Threading enabled	3,600	August 2004
6,700	Hewlett-Packard ProLiant DL380 G4	Xeon	2, with Hyper-Threading enabled	3,600	August 2004
6,664	FSC Primergy BX600	Xeon	2, with Hyper-Threading enabled	3,200	August 2004
6,500	Hewlett-Packard ProLiant DL360 G4	Xeon	2	3,400	September 2004
6,500	Dell PowerEdge 1850	Xeon	2, with Hyper-Threading enabled	3,600	July 2004
5,500	Hewlett-Packard ProLiant ML 310 G3	Dual-Core Pentium D	1	3,200	January 2006
5,000	IBM eServer xSeries 206m	Dual-Core Pentium D	1	3,000	September 2005
4,324	FSC Primergy TX150S2	Pentium IV	1, with Hyper-Threading enabled	3,400	August 2004
3,400	FSC Primergy BX300	Intel Pentium M755	1	2,000	November 2004

Four-Node Cluster

MMB3	Server	Processor Type	No. of Processors	Processor Speed (MHz)	Date of Test
20,400	Dell PowerEdge 1855	Xeon	2, with Hyper-Threading enabled	3,600	February 2005
18,600	Dell PowerEdge 1850	Xeon	2, with Hyper-Threading enabled	3,600	February 2005
18,500	FSC Primergy BX620 S2	Xeon	2, with Hyper-Threading enabled	3,600	November 2004
15,000	Dell PowerEdge 1750	Xeon	2, with Hyper-Threading enabled	3,200	July 2004

For More Information

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