SPEC® CINT2006 Result

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IBM Corporation

IBM System i 570 (4.7 GHz, 4 core)

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: May-2007
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: Sep-2007
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: Jun-2007
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: POWER6
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz: 4700
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 4 cores, 2 chips, 2 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 4,8,12,16 cores
Primary Cache: 64 KB I + 64 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 4 MB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache: 32 MB I+D off chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 32 GB (16x2 GB) DDR2 667 MHz
Disk Subsystem: 1x73 GB 1x146 GB SAS 15K RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: IBM AIX 5L V5.3
Compiler: XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition Version 9.0 for AIX
Auto Parallel: No
File System: AIX/JFS2
System State: Multi-user
Base Pointers: 32-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: --

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 8 1137 68.8 1133 69.0 1132 69.0 8 927 84.3 929 84.2 921 84.9
401.bzip2 8 946 81.6 950 81.3 948 81.4 8 769 100   764 101   759 102  
403.gcc 8 643 100   643 100   645 99.8 8 570 113   573 112   568 113  
429.mcf 8 399 183   397 184   396 184   8 392 186   393 186   392 186  
445.gobmk 8 863 97.3 862 97.3 864 97.2 8 756 111   756 111   756 111  
456.hmmer 8 893 83.6 891 83.7 893 83.6 8 731 102   730 102   731 102  
458.sjeng 8 1123 86.2 1123 86.2 1122 86.3 8 1015 95.3 1015 95.3 1015 95.3
462.libquantum 8 588 282   588 282   589 282   4 254 326   254 326   254 326  
464.h264ref 8 1032 172   1032 172   1031 172   8 967 183   967 183   967 183  
471.omnetpp 8 633 79.0 632 79.1 632 79.1 8 537 93.1 537 93.1 537 93.1
473.astar 8 715 78.6 716 78.4 715 78.6 8 635 88.5 634 88.6 635 88.4
483.xalancbmk 8 585 94.4 585 94.3 583 94.7 8 503 110   503 110   503 110  

General Notes

 AIX 5L V5.3 updated with the 5300-06 Technology Level.
 See flags file of details on following settings.
 all ulimits set to unlimited
 Envionment variables set before executing benchmarks:
   MALLOCOPTIONS=pool
   MEMORY_AFFINITY=MCM
   XLFRTEOPTS=intrinthds=1
 System set to "Enhanced" mode when defining partition on HMC
 1536 16M pages defined on systems with vmo command
 fdpr binary optimization tool used for
   401.bzip2 403.gcc 429.mcf 456.hmmer 462.libquantum 473.astar
 submit used to bind benchmark to a processor using "bindprocessor"
 The "IBM System p 570" and "IBM System i 570" are electroniclly equivalent.
 The results have been measured on the "IBM System p 570" model.

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 /usr/vac/bin/xlc 

C++ benchmarks:

 /usr/vacpp/bin/xlC 

Base Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_AIX 
462.libquantum:  -DSPEC_CPU_AIX 
464.h264ref:  -DSPEC_CPU_AIX   -qchars=signed 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_AIX 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -O5   -qlargepage   -D_ILS_MACROS   -qalloca   -blpdata 

C++ benchmarks:

 -O5   -qlargepage   -D_ILS_MACROS   -qrtti=all   -blpdata 

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

 -qlanglvl=extc99   -bmaxdata:0x50000000   -qalias=noansi   -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads   -qsuppress=1500-036 

C++ benchmarks:

 -bmaxdata:0x20000000   -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads   -qsuppress=1500-036 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 /usr/vac/bin/xlc 

C++ benchmarks:

 /usr/vacpp/bin/xlC 

Peak Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_AIX 
403.gcc:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
462.libquantum:  -DSPEC_CPU_AIX 
464.h264ref:  -DSPEC_CPU_AIX   -qchars=signed 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_AIX 

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

400.perlbench:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -qlargepage   -qenablevmx   -qvecnvol   -D_ILS_MACROS   -blpdata 
401.bzip2:  Same as 400.perlbench 
403.gcc:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -qlargepage   -D_ILS_MACROS   -qalloca   -q64   -blpdata 
429.mcf:  -O5   -qlargepage   -qenablevmx   -qvecnvol   -D_ILS_MACROS   -blpdata 
445.gobmk:  Same as 400.perlbench 
456.hmmer:  -O5   -qlargepage   -D_ILS_MACROS   -blpdata 
458.sjeng:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O4   -qlargepage   -qenablevmx   -qvecnvol   -D_ILS_MACROS   -blpdata 
462.libquantum:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -qlargepage   -qenablevmx   -qvecnvol   -D_ILS_MACROS   -q64   -blpdata 
464.h264ref:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -qlargepage   -D_ILS_MACROS   -blpdata 

C++ benchmarks:

471.omnetpp:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -qlargepage   -qenablevmx   -qvecnvol   -D_ILS_MACROS   -qalign=natural   -qrtti=all   -qinlglue   -blpdata 
473.astar:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -qlargepage   -qenablevmx   -qvecnvol   -D_ILS_MACROS   -blpdata 
483.xalancbmk:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -qlargepage   -D_ILS_MACROS   -qinlglue   -D__IBM_FAST_VECTOR   -blpdata 

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

 -qlanglvl=extc99   -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads   -qsuppress=1500-036 
400.perlbench:  -qlanglvl=extc99   -bmaxdata:0x50000000   -qalias=noansi   -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads   -qsuppress=1500-036 
401.bzip2:  -qlanglvl=extc99   -bmaxdata:0x4ffffffc   -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads   -qsuppress=1500-036 
429.mcf:  -qlanglvl=extc99   -bmaxdata:0x50000000   -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads   -qsuppress=1500-036 

C++ benchmarks:

 -bmaxdata:0x20000000   -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads   -qsuppress=1500-036 

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/CPU2006_flags.20090714.12.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/CPU2006_flags.20090714.12.xml.