SPEC® CINT2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Bull SAS

BL265+ (Intel Xeon E5620, 2.40 GHz)

SPECint®2006 = 33.2

CPU2006 license: 20 Test date: Jan-2011
Test sponsor: Bull SAS Hardware Availability: May-2010
Tested by: Bull SAS Software Availability: Nov-2010
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5620
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.67 GHz
CPU MHz: 2400
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 8 cores, 2 chips, 4 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2 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: 12 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 48 GB (12 x 4 GB 2Rx4 PC3-10600R-9, ECC, running
at 1066 MHz)
Disk Subsystem: 2 x 50 GB SATA, SSD
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64) SP1,
Kernel 2.6.32.12-0.7-default
Compiler: Intel C++ Intel 64 Compiler XE for
applications running on Intel 64
Version 12.0.1.116 Build 20101116
Auto Parallel: Yes
File System: ext3
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 32/64-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: Microquill SmartHeap V9.01

Results Table

Benchmark Base Peak
Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio 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 463   21.1 488   20.0 462   21.2 408   24.0 423   23.1 411   23.7
401.bzip2 612   15.8 612   15.8 612   15.8 584   16.5 584   16.5 584   16.5
403.gcc 368   21.9 368   21.9 369   21.8 342   23.5 342   23.5 342   23.5
429.mcf 226   40.3 225   40.5 226   40.4 214   42.7 212   43.0 212   43.1
445.gobmk 553   19.0 541   19.4 548   19.1 515   20.4 516   20.3 516   20.3
456.hmmer 245   38.1 245   38.1 245   38.1 241   38.7 242   38.6 241   38.7
458.sjeng 564   21.4 564   21.5 568   21.3 552   21.9 555   21.8 551   22.0
462.libquantum 28.9 717   29.5 703   29.9 693   28.9 717   29.5 703   29.9 693  
464.h264ref 738   30.0 739   29.9 734   30.1 653   33.9 652   33.9 652   34.0
471.omnetpp 396   15.8 311   20.1 312   20.1 275   22.7 275   22.7 275   22.7
473.astar 356   19.7 356   19.7 358   19.6 420   16.7 422   16.6 422   16.6
483.xalancbmk 220   31.4 219   31.5 226   30.6 239   28.8 239   28.9 239   28.9

Operating System Notes

 Hugepages was enabled with the following:
   'nodev   /mnt/hugepages   hugetlbfs  defaults 0 0' added to /etc/fstab
    echo 900 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
    export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes
    export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libhugetlbfs.so

Platform Notes

 Turbo Mode enabled in BIOS
 Turbo Boost set to Traditional in BIOS
 Power C-states enabled in BIOS
 Demand Scrub disabled in BIOS

General Notes

 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
 KMP_AFFINITY set to granularity=fine,scatter
 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited prior to run

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc -m64 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc -m64 

Base Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_X64 
401.bzip2:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
403.gcc:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
429.mcf:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
445.gobmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
456.hmmer:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
458.sjeng:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
462.libquantum:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
464.h264ref:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
471.omnetpp:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
473.astar:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -parallel   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/smartheap -lsmartheap64   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

403.gcc:  -Dalloca=_alloca 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icc -m64 
400.perlbench:  icc -m32 
429.mcf:  icc -m32 
445.gobmk:  icc -m32 
464.h264ref:  icc -m32 

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 
403.gcc:  -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)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 
401.bzip2:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div   -prof-use(pass 2)   -auto-ilp32   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 
403.gcc:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -inline-calloc   -opt-malloc-options=3   -auto-ilp32   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 
429.mcf:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -auto-ilp32   -ansi-alias   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 
445.gobmk:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -auto-ilp32   -ansi-alias   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 
456.hmmer:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -unroll2   -auto-ilp32   -ansi-alias   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 
458.sjeng:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4 
462.libquantum:  basepeak = yes 
464.h264ref:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll2   -ansi-alias   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 

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)   -opt-ra-region-strategy=block   -ansi-alias   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/smartheap -lsmartheap   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 
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)   -opt-ra-region-strategy=routine   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/smartheap -lsmartheap64 
483.xalancbmk:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/smartheap -lsmartheap   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 

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-ic12.0-linux64-revA.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.0-linux64-revA.xml.