| CPU2006 license: | 9006 | Test date: | May-2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | NEC Corporation | Hardware Availability: | May-2012 |
| Tested by: | NEC Corporation | Software Availability: | Dec-2011 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | Intel Xeon E5-2690 |
| CPU Characteristics: | Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.80 GHz |
| CPU MHz: | 2900 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 8 cores, 1 chip, 8 cores/chip, 2 threads/core |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 1,2 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: | 20 MB I+D on chip per chip |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 64 GB (8 x 8 GB 2Rx4 PC3L-12800R-11, ECC) |
| Disk Subsystem: | 1 x 300 GB SAS, 15000 RPM |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.7 (Tikanga) Kernel 2.6.18-274.el5 on an x86_64 |
| Compiler: | C/C++: Version 12.1.2.273 of Intel C++ Studio XE for Linux; |
| 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 | 16 | 618 | 253 | 625 | 250 | 624 | 251 | 16 | 504 | 310 | 502 | 312 | 501 | 312 |
| 401.bzip2 | 16 | 797 | 194 | 799 | 193 | 797 | 194 | 16 | 746 | 207 | 746 | 207 | 746 | 207 |
| 403.gcc | 16 | 476 | 271 | 480 | 269 | 476 | 270 | 16 | 476 | 271 | 480 | 269 | 476 | 270 |
| 429.mcf | 16 | 335 | 436 | 336 | 434 | 334 | 437 | 16 | 335 | 436 | 336 | 434 | 334 | 437 |
| 445.gobmk | 16 | 651 | 258 | 651 | 258 | 653 | 257 | 16 | 638 | 263 | 637 | 263 | 637 | 263 |
| 456.hmmer | 16 | 344 | 434 | 345 | 432 | 349 | 428 | 16 | 295 | 506 | 291 | 512 | 291 | 513 |
| 458.sjeng | 16 | 778 | 249 | 778 | 249 | 777 | 249 | 16 | 725 | 267 | 725 | 267 | 725 | 267 |
| 462.libquantum | 16 | 160 | 2070 | 161 | 2060 | 161 | 2060 | 16 | 160 | 2070 | 161 | 2060 | 161 | 2060 |
| 464.h264ref | 16 | 784 | 452 | 780 | 454 | 782 | 453 | 16 | 771 | 459 | 770 | 460 | 772 | 459 |
| 471.omnetpp | 16 | 500 | 200 | 500 | 200 | 502 | 199 | 16 | 478 | 209 | 478 | 209 | 478 | 209 |
| 473.astar | 16 | 585 | 192 | 586 | 192 | 588 | 191 | 16 | 585 | 192 | 586 | 192 | 588 | 191 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 16 | 330 | 334 | 330 | 334 | 330 | 334 | 16 | 330 | 334 | 330 | 334 | 330 | 334 |
Submit Notes
The numactl mechanism was used to bind copies to processors. The config file option 'submit' was used to generate numactl commands to bind each copy to a specific processor. For details, please see the config file.
Operating System Notes
Stack size set to unlimited using "ulimit -s unlimited"
Platform Notes
BIOS Settings: Energy Performance: Performance Memory Voltage: 1.5 V
General Notes
Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run: LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/home/cpu2006/libs/32:/home/cpu2006/libs/64" 'mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/hugepages' was used to enable large pages echo 19800 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libhugetlbfs.so Filesystem page cache cleared with: echo 1> /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches runspec command invoked through numactl i.e.: numactl --interleave=all runspec <etc>
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 -opt-prefetch -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT |
C++ benchmarks:
| -xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -opt-prefetch -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/opt/SmartHeap_8.1/lib -lsmartheap -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT |
Peak Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks (except as noted below):
| icc -m32 | |
| 400.perlbench: | icc -m64 |
| 401.bzip2: | icc -m64 |
| 456.hmmer: | icc -m64 |
| 458.sjeng: | icc -m64 |
C++ benchmarks:
| icpc -m32 |
Peak Portability Flags
| 400.perlbench: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_X64 |
| 401.bzip2: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 456.hmmer: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 458.sjeng: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 462.libquantum: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
Peak Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
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/opt/SmartHeap_8.1/lib -lsmartheap |
| 473.astar: | basepeak = yes |
| 483.xalancbmk: | basepeak = yes |