| CPU2006 license: | 11 | Test date: | May-2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | IBM Corporation | Hardware Availability: | May-2011 |
| Tested by: | IBM Corporation | Software Availability: | Jan-2011 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | Intel Xeon E7-4820 |
| CPU Characteristics: | Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.26 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 4Rx8 PC3-8500R-7, ECC, running at 978 MHz) |
| Disk Subsystem: | 4 x 50 GB 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 | 559 | 17.5 | 547 | 17.9 | 543 | 18.0 | 480 | 20.4 | 493 | 19.8 | 483 | 20.2 |
| 401.bzip2 | 729 | 13.2 | 734 | 13.2 | 729 | 13.2 | 706 | 13.7 | 705 | 13.7 | 694 | 13.9 |
| 403.gcc | 496 | 16.2 | 497 | 16.2 | 496 | 16.2 | 443 | 18.2 | 444 | 18.1 | 443 | 18.2 |
| 429.mcf | 315 | 28.9 | 315 | 28.9 | 315 | 28.9 | 274 | 33.3 | 273 | 33.5 | 273 | 33.4 |
| 445.gobmk | 650 | 16.1 | 655 | 16.0 | 674 | 15.6 | 620 | 16.9 | 609 | 17.2 | 608 | 17.2 |
| 456.hmmer | 288 | 32.4 | 290 | 32.2 | 293 | 31.8 | 284 | 32.8 | 284 | 32.8 | 284 | 32.8 |
| 458.sjeng | 685 | 17.7 | 684 | 17.7 | 685 | 17.7 | 667 | 18.1 | 665 | 18.2 | 666 | 18.2 |
| 462.libquantum | 24.2 | 858 | 25.6 | 811 | 24.4 | 851 | 24.2 | 858 | 25.6 | 811 | 24.4 | 851 |
| 464.h264ref | 890 | 24.9 | 894 | 24.8 | 891 | 24.9 | 792 | 27.9 | 793 | 27.9 | 794 | 27.9 |
| 471.omnetpp | 410 | 15.3 | 431 | 14.5 | 543 | 11.5 | 328 | 19.1 | 384 | 16.3 | 320 | 19.5 |
| 473.astar | 419 | 16.8 | 427 | 16.4 | 425 | 16.5 | 419 | 16.8 | 427 | 16.4 | 425 | 16.5 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 263 | 26.3 | 260 | 26.5 | 261 | 26.4 | 263 | 26.3 | 260 | 26.5 | 261 | 26.4 |
Operating System Notes
'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited prior to run 'mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/hugepages' was used to enable large pages echo 900 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libhugetlbfs.so
Platform Notes
BIOS Settings: Turbo Boost Power Optimization set to Traditional
General Notes
OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores Binaries were 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 |