| 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++ Compiler XE for applications running on IA-32 Version 12.0.1.116 Build 20101116 |
| 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 V9.01 |
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 | 16 | 762 | 205 | 763 | 205 | 763 | 205 | 16 | 606 | 258 | 608 | 257 | 607 | 258 |
| 401.bzip2 | 16 | 1024 | 151 | 1024 | 151 | 1024 | 151 | 16 | 925 | 167 | 921 | 168 | 921 | 168 |
| 403.gcc | 16 | 698 | 185 | 677 | 190 | 682 | 189 | 16 | 698 | 185 | 677 | 190 | 682 | 189 |
| 429.mcf | 16 | 562 | 260 | 562 | 260 | 559 | 261 | 8 | 252 | 289 | 254 | 288 | 251 | 291 |
| 445.gobmk | 16 | 722 | 232 | 721 | 233 | 722 | 233 | 16 | 687 | 244 | 685 | 245 | 685 | 245 |
| 456.hmmer | 16 | 465 | 321 | 461 | 323 | 462 | 323 | 8 | 210 | 355 | 210 | 355 | 210 | 356 |
| 458.sjeng | 16 | 862 | 225 | 862 | 225 | 862 | 225 | 16 | 796 | 243 | 796 | 243 | 795 | 244 |
| 462.libquantum | 16 | 267 | 1240 | 267 | 1240 | 267 | 1240 | 16 | 267 | 1240 | 267 | 1240 | 267 | 1240 |
| 464.h264ref | 16 | 1086 | 326 | 1136 | 312 | 1126 | 315 | 16 | 1091 | 324 | 1119 | 316 | 1082 | 327 |
| 471.omnetpp | 16 | 582 | 172 | 582 | 172 | 580 | 172 | 16 | 540 | 185 | 541 | 185 | 541 | 185 |
| 473.astar | 16 | 714 | 157 | 715 | 157 | 715 | 157 | 16 | 714 | 157 | 715 | 157 | 715 | 157 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 16 | 435 | 254 | 436 | 253 | 436 | 253 | 16 | 435 | 254 | 436 | 253 | 436 | 253 |
Submit Notes
The config file option 'submit' was used. numactl was used to bind copies to the cores
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 7200 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libhugetlbfs.sospec.cpu2006.notes_plat_000: Load Default BIOS Settings and then change the following:
Platform Notes
Turbo Mode enabled Turbo Boost set to Traditional Power C-states disabled Demand Scrub disabled
General Notes
Binaries compiled on RHEL5.5
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 -opt-prefetch -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT |
C++ benchmarks:
| -xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -opt-prefetch -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/smartheap -lsmartheap -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT |
Peak Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks (except as noted below):
| icc -m32 | |
| 400.perlbench: | icc -m64 |
| 401.bzip2: | icc -m64 |
| 456.hmmer: | icc -m64 |
| 458.sjeng: | icc -m64 |
C++ benchmarks:
| icpc -m32 |
Peak Portability Flags
| 400.perlbench: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_X64 |
| 401.bzip2: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 456.hmmer: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 458.sjeng: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 462.libquantum: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -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) -ansi-alias -opt-ra-region-strategy=block -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/smartheap -lsmartheap |
| 473.astar: | basepeak = yes |
| 483.xalancbmk: | basepeak = yes |