SPEC® CINT2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Dell Inc.

PowerEdge 1950 III (Intel Xeon E5420, 2.50 GHz)

CPU2006 license: 55 Test date: Oct-2008
Test sponsor: Dell Inc. Hardware Availability: Sep-2008
Tested by: Dell Inc. Software Availability: Nov-2008
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5420
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz: 2500
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 8 cores, 2 chips, 4 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2 chips
Primary Cache: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 12 MB I+D on chip per chip, 6 MB shared / 2 cores
L3 Cache: None
Other Cache: None
Memory: 16 GB (8 x 2 GB DDR2-667 FB-DIMM)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 73 GB 15000 RPM SAS
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64) SP2,
Kernel 2.6.16-60.0.21-smp
Compiler: Intel C++ Compiler 11.0 for Linux
Build 20080730 Package ID: l_cproc_b_11.0.042
Auto Parallel: Yes
File System: ReiserFS
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 32-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: Microquill SmartHeap V8.1
Binutils 2.18.50.0.7.20080502

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 8 578 135   567 138   574 136   8 495   158   493   159   492   159  
401.bzip2 8 800 96.5 804 96.0 805 95.9 8 765   101   765   101   767   101  
403.gcc 8 704 91.4 713 90.3 702 91.8 8 716   90.0 705   91.3 703   91.5
429.mcf 8 727 100   726 100   726 100   8 750   97.3 749   97.4 750   97.3
445.gobmk 8 641 131   641 131   639 131   8 602   139   601   140   602   139  
456.hmmer 8 559 134   559 133   559 134   8 437   171   435   171   437   171  
458.sjeng 8 712 136   713 136   711 136   8 688   141   688   141   688   141  
462.libquantum 8 939 177   938 177   938 177   1 90.4 229   90.6 229   90.6 229  
464.h264ref 8 805 220   804 220   805 220   8 763   232   764   232   764   232  
471.omnetpp 8 858 58.3 859 58.2 857 58.3 8 845   59.2 845   59.2 848   59.0
473.astar 8 808 69.5 807 69.6 808 69.5 8 720   78.0 717   78.4 717   78.3
483.xalancbmk 8 481 115   483 114   483 114   8 481   115   483   114   483   114  

Submit Notes

The config file option 'submit' was used.

Operating System Notes

 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stack size to unlimited prior to run

Platform Notes

 BIOS Settings:
 Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch = Disabled (Default = Enabled)

General Notes

 taskset was used to bind processes to cores except
 for 462.libquantum peak
 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of processors
 KMP_AFFINITY set to "physical,0"
 KMP_STACKSIZE set to 64M

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc 

Base Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_IA32 
462.libquantum:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -inline-calloc   -opt-malloc-options=3   -opt-prefetch 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/spec/cpu2006.1.1/lib -lsmartheap 

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

403.gcc:  -Dalloca=_alloca 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icc 
401.bzip2:  /opt/intel/Compiler/11.0/042/bin/intel64/icc   -L/opt/intel/Compiler/11.0/042/ipp/em64t/lib   -I/opt/intel/Compiler/11.0/042/ipp/em64t/include 
456.hmmer:  /opt/intel/Compiler/11.0/042/bin/intel64/icc   -L/opt/intel/Compiler/11.0/042/ipp/em64t/lib   -I/opt/intel/Compiler/11.0/042/ipp/em64t/include 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc 

Peak Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_IA32 
401.bzip2:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
456.hmmer:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
462.libquantum:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

400.perlbench:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -ansi-alias   -opt-prefetch 
401.bzip2:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 
403.gcc:  -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -inline-calloc   -opt-malloc-options=3 
429.mcf:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch 
445.gobmk:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xSSE4.1   -O2   -ipo   -no-prec-div   -ansi-alias 
456.hmmer:  -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -unroll2   -ansi-alias 
458.sjeng:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -unroll4 
462.libquantum:  -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-malloc-options=3   -parallel   -par-runtime-control   -opt-prefetch 
464.h264ref:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -unroll2   -ansi-alias 

C++ benchmarks:

471.omnetpp:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -ansi-alias   -opt-ra-region-strategy=block   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/spec/cpu2006.1.1/lib -lsmartheap 
473.astar:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -ansi-alias   -opt-ra-region-strategy=routine   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/spec/cpu2006.1.1/lib -lsmartheap 
483.xalancbmk:  basepeak = yes 

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks:

403.gcc:  -Dalloca=_alloca 

The flags files that were used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic11.0-int-linux64-revA.20090713.02.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-Linux64-Platform.20090713.02.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic11.0-int-linux64-revA.20090713.02.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-Linux64-Platform.20090713.02.xml.