| CPU2006 license: | 11 | Test date: | Mar-2010 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | IBM Corporation | Hardware Availability: | Jun-2010 |
| Tested by: | IBM Corporation | Software Availability: | Apr-2010 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | POWER7 |
| CPU Characteristics: | Intelligent Energy Optimization enabled, up to 3.30 GHz |
| CPU MHz: | 3000 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 16 cores, 2 chips, 8 cores/chip, 4 threads/core |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 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: | 4 MB I+D on chip per core |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 128 GB (32x4 GB) DDR3 1066 MHz |
| Disk Subsystem: | 1x300 GB SAS SFF 10K RPM |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | IBM AIX V6.1 with the 6100-05 Technology Level SP1 |
| Compiler: | IBM XL C/C++ for AIX, V11.1.0.1 |
| Auto Parallel: | No |
| File System: | AIX/JFS2 |
| System State: | Multi-user |
| Base Pointers: | 32-bit |
| Peak Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Other Software: | None |
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 | 1512 | 414 | 1496 | 418 | 1518 | 412 | 64 | 1266 | 494 | 1266 | 494 | 1263 | 495 |
| 401.bzip2 | 64 | 1525 | 405 | 1529 | 404 | 1522 | 406 | 64 | 1472 | 420 | 1471 | 420 | 1467 | 421 |
| 403.gcc | 64 | 1217 | 423 | 1215 | 424 | 1229 | 419 | 64 | 1140 | 452 | 1118 | 461 | 1129 | 457 |
| 429.mcf | 64 | 913 | 639 | 914 | 639 | 911 | 640 | 32 | 406 | 720 | 401 | 728 | 406 | 719 |
| 445.gobmk | 64 | 1297 | 518 | 1279 | 525 | 1287 | 522 | 64 | 1104 | 608 | 1103 | 609 | 1121 | 599 |
| 456.hmmer | 64 | 1332 | 448 | 1333 | 448 | 1335 | 447 | 64 | 824 | 725 | 805 | 742 | 838 | 713 |
| 458.sjeng | 64 | 1527 | 507 | 1530 | 506 | 1526 | 507 | 64 | 1317 | 588 | 1326 | 584 | 1332 | 581 |
| 462.libquantum | 64 | 2171 | 611 | 2166 | 612 | 2165 | 612 | 32 | 1051 | 631 | 1050 | 631 | 1050 | 632 |
| 464.h264ref | 64 | 2271 | 624 | 2309 | 613 | 2371 | 597 | 64 | 2104 | 673 | 2121 | 668 | 2054 | 689 |
| 471.omnetpp | 64 | 1631 | 245 | 1628 | 246 | 1629 | 246 | 64 | 1469 | 272 | 1466 | 273 | 1471 | 272 |
| 473.astar | 64 | 1309 | 343 | 1309 | 343 | 1308 | 343 | 64 | 1286 | 349 | 1294 | 347 | 1288 | 349 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 64 | 926 | 477 | 920 | 480 | 919 | 480 | 64 | 805 | 549 | 800 | 552 | 808 | 547 |
Peak Tuning Notes
fdpr binary optimization tool used for: 400.perlbench 401.bzip2 462.libquantum with options -O4 -vrox -nodp -m power7 fdpr binary optimization tool used for 403.gcc with options -O4 -nodp -rtb -m power7 fdpr binary optimization tool used for: 429.mcf 445.gobmk 458.sjeng with options -O3 -m power7 fdpr binary optimization tool used for: 456.hmmer 473.astar with options -O4 -nodp -m power7 fdpr binary optimization tool used for 464.h264ref with options -O4 -vrox -nodp -rtb -m power7 fdpr binary optimization tool used for: 471.omnetpp 483.xalancbmk with options -O3 -lu -1 -nodp -sdp 9 -m power7
Submit Notes
The config file option 'submit' was used to assign benchmark copy to specific kernel thread using the "bindprocessor" command (see flags file for details).
Operating System Notes
Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run: MALLOCOPTIONS = "pool" MEMORY_AFFINITY = "MCM" XLFRTEOPTS = "intrinthds=1" all ulimits set to unlimited. 4096 16M large pages defined with vmo command
Base Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks:
| /usr/vac/bin/xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 |
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:
| -bmaxdata:0x50000000 -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qalias=noansi -qalloca -blpdata |
C++ benchmarks:
| -bmaxdata:0x20000000 -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qrtti=all -D__IBM_FAST_SET_MAP_ITERATOR -blpdata |
Base Other Flags
C benchmarks:
| -qipa=threads -qipa=noobject -qsuppress=1500-036 |
C++ benchmarks:
| -qipa=threads -qipa=noobject -qsuppress=1500-036 |
Peak Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks:
| /usr/vac/bin/xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 |
C++ benchmarks:
| /usr/vacpp/bin/xlC |
Peak Portability Flags
| 400.perlbench: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX |
| 462.libquantum: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX |
| 464.h264ref: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX -qchars=signed |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX |
Peak Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| 400.perlbench: | -bmaxdata:0x50000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O2 -qarch=auto -qtune=auto -D_ILS_MACROS -qalias=noansi -blpdata -btextpsize:64K |
| 401.bzip2: | -bmaxdata:0x4ffffffc -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -blpdata |
| 403.gcc: | -bmaxdata:0x50000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qsimd -qvecnvol -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qalloca -blpdata |
| 429.mcf: | -bmaxdata:0x50000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qsimd -qvecnvol -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -blpdata |
| 445.gobmk: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qsimd -qvecnvol -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -blpdata |
| 456.hmmer: | -O5 -qsimd -qvecnvol -qassert=refalign -D_ILS_MACROS -blpdata -btextpsize:64K |
| 458.sjeng: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -D_ILS_MACROS -blpdata |
| 462.libquantum: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -q64 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -blpdata |
| 464.h264ref: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qsimd -qvecnvol -D_ILS_MACROS -blpdata -btextpsize:64K |
C++ benchmarks:
| 471.omnetpp: | -bmaxdata:0x20000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -D_ILS_MACROS -qalign=natural -qrtti=all -qinlglue -D__IBM_FAST_SET_MAP_ITERATOR -blpdata -btextpsize:64K |
| 473.astar: | -bmaxdata:0x20000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qinlglue -qalign=natural -blpdata |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -bmaxdata:0x20000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qarch=pwr5 -qtune=pwr5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qinlglue -D__IBM_FAST_VECTOR -blpdata -btextpsize:64K |