| CPU2006 license: | 11 | Test date: | Jan-2010 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | IBM Corporation | Hardware Availability: | Feb-2010 |
| Tested by: | IBM Corporation | Software Availability: | Dec-2009 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | POWER7 |
| CPU Characteristics: | Intelligent Energy Optimization enabled, up to 3.86 GHz |
| CPU MHz: | 3550 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 32 cores, 4 chips, 8 cores/chip, 4 threads/core |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 8,16,24,32 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: | 4 MB I+D on chip per core |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 256 GB (32x8 GB) DDR3 1066 MHz |
| Disk Subsystem: | 8x146.8 GB SAS SFF 15K RPM |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (ppc64), Kernel 2.6.27.19-5-ppc64 |
| Compiler: | IBM XL C/C++ for Linux, V10.1 Updated with the Oct2009 PTF |
| 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 5.5.0-1 -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 | 128 | 1406 | 890 | 1399 | 894 | 1400 | 893 | 128 | 1149 | 1090 | 1167 | 1070 | 1159 | 1080 |
| 401.bzip2 | 128 | 1440 | 858 | 1442 | 857 | 1447 | 854 | 128 | 1356 | 911 | 1363 | 906 | 1367 | 904 |
| 403.gcc | 128 | 1105 | 932 | 1110 | 928 | 1112 | 927 | 128 | 1026 | 1000 | 1018 | 1010 | 1035 | 996 |
| 429.mcf | 128 | 928 | 1260 | 932 | 1250 | 929 | 1260 | 64 | 417 | 1400 | 416 | 1400 | 416 | 1400 |
| 445.gobmk | 128 | 1195 | 1120 | 1196 | 1120 | 1196 | 1120 | 128 | 954 | 1410 | 957 | 1400 | 962 | 1400 |
| 456.hmmer | 128 | 1220 | 979 | 1218 | 980 | 1220 | 979 | 128 | 918 | 1300 | 922 | 1300 | 920 | 1300 |
| 458.sjeng | 128 | 1348 | 1150 | 1352 | 1150 | 1349 | 1150 | 128 | 1235 | 1250 | 1240 | 1250 | 1235 | 1250 |
| 462.libquantum | 128 | 2246 | 1180 | 2254 | 1180 | 2251 | 1180 | 32 | 523 | 1270 | 523 | 1270 | 521 | 1270 |
| 464.h264ref | 128 | 1952 | 1450 | 1935 | 1460 | 2023 | 1400 | 128 | 1804 | 1570 | 1839 | 1540 | 1792 | 1580 |
| 471.omnetpp | 128 | 1874 | 427 | 1871 | 428 | 1869 | 428 | 128 | 1845 | 434 | 1850 | 432 | 1851 | 432 |
| 473.astar | 128 | 1299 | 692 | 1300 | 691 | 1299 | 692 | 128 | 1173 | 766 | 1179 | 762 | 1182 | 760 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 128 | 826 | 1070 | 823 | 1070 | 821 | 1080 | 128 | 801 | 1100 | 790 | 1120 | 793 | 1110 |
Submit Notes
The config file option 'submit' was used.
Operating System Notes
ulimit -s (stack) set to 1048576.
Large pages reserved as follows by root user:
echo 7040 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
System configured with libhugetlbfs library for application access to large pages
Environment variables set before executing benchmarks.
export HUGETLB_VERBOSE=0
export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes
export XLFRTEOPTS=intrinthds=1
General Notes
IBM Post-Link Optimization tool with
options "-O4 -omullX -see 0 -m power6" used for
400.perlbench 401.bzip2 403.gcc 456.hmmer 458.sjeng
483.xalancbmk
options "-bf -dp -hr -las -pca -RC -RD -rmte -si -tlo -A 64 -isf 104 -lu 8 -rt 0.16
-hrf 0.18 -ihf 40 -sdp 6 -sdpms 128 -shci 65 -si -sidf 45 -omullX" used for
429.mcf
options "-q -O3 -A 32 -omullX" used for
445.gobmk
options "-bf -dp -lro -nop -RC -RD -tb -tlo -vro -A 4
-isf 88 -lu 8 -hrf 0.10 -sdp 4 -lun 27 -omullX" used for
462.libquantum
options "-O4 -omullX -see 1" used for
473.astar
options "-O4" used for
464.h264ref
Whenever option "-omullX" was used during the optimization phase,
option "-imullX" was also used during the instrumentation phase.
Benchmarks bound to a processor using numactl on the submit command.
See flags file for details on settings.
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 -qalias=noansi -qalloca -lhugetlbfs |
C++ benchmarks:
| -O5 -qrtti -lsmartheap |
Base Other Flags
C benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads |
C++ benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads |
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 -qalias=noansi -lsmartheap |
| 401.bzip2: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O3 -qarch=auto -qtune=auto -lhugetlbfs |
| 403.gcc: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qalloca -lhugetlbfs |
| 429.mcf: | -Wl,-q -O5 -qnoenablevmx -lhugetlbfs |
| 445.gobmk: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qnoenablevmx -lhugetlbfs |
| 456.hmmer: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -lhugetlbfs |
| 458.sjeng: | -Wl,-q -O5 -lhugetlbfs |
| 462.libquantum: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qnoenablevmx -q64 -lhugetlbfs |
| 464.h264ref: | Same as 456.hmmer |
C++ benchmarks:
| 471.omnetpp: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qrtti -lsmartheap |
| 473.astar: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qnoenablevmx -lsmartheap |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -Wl,-q -O5 -lsmartheap |