| CPU2006 license: | 11 | Test date: | May-2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | IBM Corporation | Hardware Availability: | Feb-2011 |
| Tested by: | IBM Corporation | Software Availability: | Jan-2011 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | Intel Xeon X5647 |
| CPU Characteristics: | Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.20 GHz |
| CPU MHz: | 2933 |
| 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 2Rx8 PC3-10600R-9, ECC, running at 1066 MHz) |
| Disk Subsystem: | 2 x 50 GB SATA, SSD, RAID 0 |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (x86_64), 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 | 391 | 25.0 | 393 | 24.8 | 389 | 25.1 | 345 | 28.3 | 342 | 28.6 | 346 | 28.3 |
| 401.bzip2 | 519 | 18.6 | 519 | 18.6 | 519 | 18.6 | 495 | 19.5 | 495 | 19.5 | 495 | 19.5 |
| 403.gcc | 332 | 24.3 | 326 | 24.7 | 329 | 24.4 | 305 | 26.4 | 305 | 26.4 | 305 | 26.4 |
| 429.mcf | 206 | 44.4 | 206 | 44.3 | 205 | 44.5 | 189 | 48.1 | 191 | 47.7 | 191 | 47.9 |
| 445.gobmk | 462 | 22.7 | 461 | 22.8 | 454 | 23.1 | 432 | 24.3 | 432 | 24.3 | 432 | 24.3 |
| 456.hmmer | 204 | 45.7 | 204 | 45.7 | 204 | 45.7 | 201 | 46.4 | 201 | 46.4 | 201 | 46.4 |
| 458.sjeng | 476 | 25.4 | 480 | 25.2 | 477 | 25.4 | 466 | 26.0 | 466 | 26.0 | 466 | 26.0 |
| 462.libquantum | 24.7 | 840 | 24.7 | 840 | 25.7 | 807 | 24.7 | 840 | 24.7 | 840 | 25.7 | 807 |
| 464.h264ref | 612 | 36.2 | 616 | 35.9 | 612 | 36.2 | 545 | 40.6 | 545 | 40.6 | 547 | 40.4 |
| 471.omnetpp | 295 | 21.2 | 295 | 21.2 | 295 | 21.2 | 255 | 24.5 | 255 | 24.5 | 256 | 24.4 |
| 473.astar | 304 | 23.1 | 308 | 22.8 | 308 | 22.8 | 304 | 23.1 | 308 | 22.8 | 308 | 22.8 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 186 | 37.0 | 185 | 37.3 | 186 | 37.1 | 186 | 37.0 | 185 | 37.3 | 186 | 37.1 |
Operating System Notes
'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited '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
Load Default BIOS Settings and then change the following: Turbo Mode enabled Turbo Boost set to Traditional Power C-states enabled Demand Scrub disabled
General Notes
Binaries compiled on RHEL5.5
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 |
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 -m64 | |
| 471.omnetpp: | icpc -m32 |
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_LP64 -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
Peak Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
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: | basepeak = yes |
| 483.xalancbmk: | basepeak = yes |