SPEC® CINT2006 Result

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IBM Corporation

IBM BladeCenter HX5 (Intel Xeon X7550)

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Sep-2010
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: Oct-2010
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: Jan-2010
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon X7550
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.40 GHz
CPU MHz: 2000
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 32 cores, 4 chips, 8 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2,3,4 chips
Primary Cache: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 256 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache: 18 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 256 GB (32 x 8 GB PC3-8500R CL7, Quad Rank,
running at 978 MHz)
Disk Subsystem: 2 x 50 GB SATA, SSD, RAID 0
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64), Kernel
2.6.27.19-5-default
Compiler: Intel C++ Professional Compiler for IA32 and
Intel 64, Version 11.1
Build 20091130 Package ID: l_cproc_p_11.1.064
Auto Parallel: No
File System: ext3
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 32-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: Microquill SmartHeap V8.1

Results Table

Benchmark Base Peak
Copies Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Copies Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio
Results appear in the order in which they were run. Bold underlined text indicates a median measurement.
400.perlbench 64 1123 557 1124 556 1127 555 64 952 657 964 648 954 655
401.bzip2 64 1558 397 1552 398 1550 398 64 1477 418 1481 417 1480 417
403.gcc 64 1035 498 1036 497 1039 496 64 1035 498 1036 497 1039 496
429.mcf 64 799 731 800 730 799 730 64 799 731 799 731 797 732
445.gobmk 64 1029 653 1029 652 1029 652 64 942 713 945 711 945 711
456.hmmer 64 669 892 674 886 675 885 64 557 1070 557 1070 557 1070
458.sjeng 64 1295 598 1294 598 1296 598 64 1179 657 1178 657 1178 658
462.libquantum 64 858 1550 857 1550 856 1550 64 855 1550 854 1550 855 1550
464.h264ref 64 1713 827 1677 845 1679 844 64 1670 848 1679 844 1672 847
471.omnetpp 64 952 420 951 420 952 420 64 882 454 882 453 881 454
473.astar 64 1138 395 1140 394 1139 394 64 1043 431 1044 430 1044 430
483.xalancbmk 64 642 688 642 688 643 687 64 642 688 642 688 643 687

Submit Notes

The config file option 'submit' was used.
 numactl was used to bind copies to the cores

Operating System Notes

 echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/zone_reclaim_mode

Platform Notes

 Turbo Boost set to Traditional

General Notes

 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stack size to unlimited prior to run
 Binaries were compiled on SLES 10 with Binutils 2.18.50.0.7.20080502

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc -m32 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc -m32 

Base Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_IA32 
462.libquantum:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/home/cmplr/usr3/alrahate/cpu2006.1.1.ic11.1/libic11.1-32bit -lsmartheap 

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

403.gcc:  -Dalloca=_alloca 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icc -m32 
401.bzip2:  icc -m64 
456.hmmer:  icc -m64 
458.sjeng:  icc -m64 
462.libquantum:  icc -m64 

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icpc -m32 
473.astar:  icpc -m64 

Peak Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_IA32 
401.bzip2:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
456.hmmer:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
458.sjeng:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
462.libquantum:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
473.astar:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

400.perlbench:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -static(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -ansi-alias 
401.bzip2:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -static(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias   -auto-ilp32 
403.gcc:  basepeak = yes 
429.mcf:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch 
445.gobmk:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -O2   -ipo   -no-prec-div   -ansi-alias 
456.hmmer:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -unroll2   -ansi-alias   -auto-ilp32 
458.sjeng:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -static(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4   -auto-ilp32 
462.libquantum:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -auto-ilp32   -opt-prefetch 
464.h264ref:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -static(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll2   -ansi-alias 

C++ benchmarks:

471.omnetpp:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -ansi-alias   -opt-ra-region-strategy=block   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/home/cmplr/usr3/alrahate/cpu2006.1.1.ic11.1/libic11.1-32bit -lsmartheap 
473.astar:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -ansi-alias   -opt-ra-region-strategy=routine   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/home/cmplr/usr3/alrahate/cpu2006.1.1.ic11.1/libic11.1-64bit -lsmartheap64 
483.xalancbmk:  basepeak = yes 

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks:

403.gcc:  -Dalloca=_alloca 

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic11.1-linux64-revE.20100929.00.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic11.1-linux64-revE.20100929.00.xml.