SPEC® CINT2006 Result

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IBM Corporation

IBM BladeCenter HX5 (Intel Xeon X7542)

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Aug-2010
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: Oct-2010
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: Jan-2010
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon X7542
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.80 GHz
CPU MHz: 2667
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 24 cores, 4 chips, 6 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2,3,4 chips
Primary Cache: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 256 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache: 18 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 256 GB (32 x 8 GB PC3-8500R CL7, Quad Rank,
running at 978 MHz)
Disk Subsystem: 2 x 50 GB SATA, SSD, RAID 0
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64), Kernel
2.6.27.19-5-default
Compiler: Intel C++ Professional Compiler for IA32 and
Intel 64, Version 11.1
Build 20091130 Package ID: l_cproc_p_11.1.064
Auto Parallel: No
File System: ext3
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 32-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: Microquill SmartHeap V8.1

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 24 509 461 510 460 507 462 24 433 541 431 544 434 540
401.bzip2 24 733 316 733 316 733 316 24 687 337 685 338 686 338
403.gcc 24 514 376 513 377 511 378 24 512 377 513 377 512 378
429.mcf 24 351 624 348 630 348 629 24 348 630 348 629 348 629
445.gobmk 24 530 475 530 475 530 475 24 501 503 501 503 501 503
456.hmmer 24 271 826 272 824 273 821 24 232 965 232 964 232 964
458.sjeng 24 632 459 632 459 632 459 24 576 504 577 504 576 504
462.libquantum 24 396 1260 401 1240 396 1260 24 375 1330 375 1330 375 1330
464.h264ref 24 687 773 689 771 688 772 24 655 811 655 811 655 811
471.omnetpp 24 524 286 524 286 525 286 24 493 304 493 304 494 304
473.astar 24 565 298 565 298 564 298 24 518 326 516 327 517 326
483.xalancbmk 24 296 560 296 559 296 560 24 296 560 296 559 296 560

Submit Notes

The config file option 'submit' was used.
 numactl was used to bind copies to the cores

Operating System Notes

 echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/zone_reclaim_mode

Platform Notes

 Turbo Boost set to Traditional

General Notes

 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stack size to unlimited prior to run
 Binaries were compiled on SLES 10 with Binutils 2.18.50.0.7.20080502

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc -m32 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc -m32 

Base Portability Flags

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

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/home/cmplr/usr3/alrahate/cpu2006.1.1.ic11.1/libic11.1-32bit -lsmartheap 

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

403.gcc:  -Dalloca=_alloca 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icc -m32 
401.bzip2:  icc -m64 
456.hmmer:  icc -m64 
458.sjeng:  icc -m64 
462.libquantum:  icc -m64 

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icpc -m32 
473.astar:  icpc -m64 

Peak Portability Flags

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

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

400.perlbench:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -static(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -ansi-alias 
401.bzip2:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -static(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias   -auto-ilp32 
403.gcc:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static 
429.mcf:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch 
445.gobmk:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -O2   -ipo   -no-prec-div   -ansi-alias 
456.hmmer:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -unroll2   -ansi-alias   -auto-ilp32 
458.sjeng:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -static(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4   -auto-ilp32 
462.libquantum:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -auto-ilp32   -opt-prefetch 
464.h264ref:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -static(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll2   -ansi-alias 

C++ benchmarks:

471.omnetpp:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -ansi-alias   -opt-ra-region-strategy=block   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/home/cmplr/usr3/alrahate/cpu2006.1.1.ic11.1/libic11.1-32bit -lsmartheap 
473.astar:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -ansi-alias   -opt-ra-region-strategy=routine   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/home/cmplr/usr3/alrahate/cpu2006.1.1.ic11.1/libic11.1-64bit -lsmartheap64 
483.xalancbmk:  basepeak = yes 

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks:

403.gcc:  -Dalloca=_alloca 

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic11.1-linux64-revE.20100603.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic11.1-linux64-revE.20100603.xml.