| CPU2006 license: | 11 | Test date: | Jan-2013 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | IBM Corporation | Hardware Availability: | Feb-2013 |
| Tested by: | IBM Corporation | Software Availability: | Dec-2012 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | POWER7+ |
| CPU Characteristics: | Intelligent Energy Optimization enabled, up to 4.540 GHz |
| CPU MHz: | 4228 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 16 cores, 2 chips, 8 cores/chip, 4 threads/core |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 8, 16 cores |
| Primary Cache: | 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core |
| Secondary Cache: | 256 KB I+D on chip per core |
| L3 Cache: | 10 MB I+D on chip per core |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 128 GB (16 x 8 GB) DDR3 1066 MHz |
| Disk Subsystem: | 1 x 146.8 GB SAS SFF 15K RPM |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64) kernel 3.0.42-0.7-ppc64 |
| Compiler: | C/C++: Version 12.1 of IBM XL C/C++ for Linux |
| Auto Parallel: | No |
| File System: | ext3 |
| System State: | Run level 3 (multi-user) |
| Base Pointers: | 32-bit |
| Peak Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Other Software: | -Post-Link Optimization for Linux on POWER, version 5.6.1-7 -MicroQuill SmartHeap 9 |
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 | 1157 | 541 | 1168 | 535 | 1166 | 536 | 64 | 1007 | 621 | 996 | 628 | 976 | 641 |
| 401.bzip2 | 64 | 957 | 645 | 978 | 632 | 969 | 637 | 64 | 864 | 715 | 872 | 709 | 866 | 714 |
| 403.gcc | 64 | 873 | 590 | 878 | 587 | 879 | 586 | 64 | 873 | 590 | 878 | 587 | 879 | 586 |
| 429.mcf | 64 | 678 | 861 | 677 | 862 | 680 | 859 | 32 | 335 | 872 | 335 | 872 | 336 | 870 |
| 445.gobmk | 64 | 920 | 730 | 920 | 730 | 923 | 728 | 64 | 765 | 878 | 763 | 880 | 768 | 874 |
| 456.hmmer | 64 | 1023 | 584 | 1024 | 583 | 1025 | 583 | 64 | 536 | 1110 | 543 | 1100 | 538 | 1110 |
| 458.sjeng | 64 | 1108 | 699 | 1103 | 702 | 1102 | 703 | 64 | 997 | 777 | 993 | 780 | 994 | 779 |
| 462.libquantum | 64 | 2203 | 602 | 2203 | 602 | 2202 | 602 | 64 | 188 | 7040 | 186 | 7140 | 185 | 7160 |
| 464.h264ref | 64 | 1519 | 932 | 1528 | 927 | 1592 | 890 | 64 | 1394 | 1020 | 1399 | 1010 | 1473 | 962 |
| 471.omnetpp | 64 | 1419 | 282 | 1420 | 282 | 1419 | 282 | 64 | 1417 | 282 | 1414 | 283 | 1418 | 282 |
| 473.astar | 64 | 847 | 531 | 852 | 527 | 849 | 529 | 64 | 845 | 532 | 848 | 530 | 849 | 529 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 64 | 606 | 729 | 608 | 727 | 610 | 724 | 64 | 571 | 773 | 575 | 768 | 571 | 774 |
Compiler Invocation Notes
C/C++ compiler updated to December 2012 PTF Version: 12.01.0000.0002
Peak Tuning Notes
Post-Link optimization tool used for:
400.perlbench
with options -O4 -omullX for optimization phase,
and -imullX for instrumentation phase
401.bzip2
with options -O4 -vrox
403.gcc
with options -O4 -nodp -rtb
429.mcf 445.gobmk 458.sjeng 473.astar
with options -O3
462.libquantum
with options -O4 -vrox -nodp
464.h264ref
with options -O4 -vrox -nodp -rtb
471.omnetpp
with options -O3 -lu -1 -nodp -sdp 9
483.xalancbmk
with options -O3 -m power7
Submit Notes
The config file option 'submit' was used to assign benchmark copy to specific kernel thread using the "numactl" command (see flags file for details).
Operating System Notes
ulimit -s (stack) set to 1048576.
Large pages reserved as follows by root user:
echo 4224 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
The following environment varibles were set before the runspec command:
export HUGETLB_VERBOSE=0
export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes
Base Portability Flags
| 400.perlbench: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_PPC |
| 462.libquantum: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
| 464.h264ref: | -qchars=signed |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
Base Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -q32 -qipa=threads -qalias=noansi -qalloca -lhugetlbfs |
C++ benchmarks:
| -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -q32 -qipa=threads -qrtti -lsmartheap |
Peak Portability Flags
| 400.perlbench: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_PPC |
| 462.libquantum: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
| 464.h264ref: | -qchars=signed |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
Peak Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| 400.perlbench: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qipa=threads -qalias=noansi -qipa=level=2 -lsmartheap |
| 401.bzip2: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O3 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -lhugetlbfs |
| 403.gcc: | basepeak = yes |
| 429.mcf: | -Wl,-q -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qipa=threads -lhugetlbfs |
| 445.gobmk: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qipa=threads -lhugetlbfs |
| 456.hmmer: | -Wl,-q -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qipa=threads -qsimd -qassert=refalign -qipa=inline=threshold=2888 -qipa=inline=limit=11880 -lhugetlbfs |
| 458.sjeng: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qipa=threads -lhugetlbfs |
| 462.libquantum: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qipa=threads -q64 -lhugetlbfs |
| 464.h264ref: | Same as 458.sjeng |
C++ benchmarks:
| 471.omnetpp: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qipa=threads -qrtti -lsmartheap |
| 473.astar: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qipa=threads -lhugetlbfs -lsmartheap |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -Wl,-q -O4 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qipa=threads -qipa=partition=large -lsmartheap |