SPEC® CINT2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2015 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Cisco Systems

Cisco UCS B420 M4 (Intel Xeon E5-4655 v3, 2.90
GHz)

CPU2006 license: 9019 Test date: Jul-2015
Test sponsor: Cisco Systems Hardware Availability: Jun-2015
Tested by: Cisco Systems Software Availability: Nov-2014
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5-4655 v3
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.20 GHz
CPU MHz: 2900
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 24 cores, 4 chips, 6 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 2,4 chip
Primary Cache: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 256 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache: 30 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 512 GB (32 x 16 GB 2Rx4 PC4-2133P-R)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 300 GB SAS, 15K RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x86_64)
3.12.28-4-default
Compiler: C/C++: Version 15.0.0.090 of Intel C++ Studio XE
for Linux
Auto Parallel: No
File System: xfs
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 32-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: Microquill SmartHeap V10.0

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 48 583   805 578   811 580   808 48 459   1020 458   1020 457   1030
401.bzip2 48 748   619 748   619 748   619 48 705   657 705   657 706   656
403.gcc 48 404   957 406   952 407   950 48 405   954 405   955 407   948
429.mcf 48 266   1650 264   1660 264   1660 48 266   1650 264   1660 264   1660
445.gobmk 48 667   755 668   754 667   755 48 662   760 662   760 662   760
456.hmmer 48 265   1690 267   1680 265   1690 48 232   1930 232   1930 231   1930
458.sjeng 48 735   790 734   791 735   790 48 703   826 703   826 703   827
462.libquantum 48 82.3 12100 82.4 12100 82.4 12100 48 82.3 12100 82.4 12100 82.4 12100
464.h264ref 48 803   1320 819   1300 823   1290 48 800   1330 799   1330 795   1340
471.omnetpp 48 446   673 442   678 443   677 48 419   716 418   718 419   717
473.astar 48 492   685 494   682 491   686 48 492   685 494   682 491   686
483.xalancbmk 48 242   1370 242   1370 242   1370 48 242   1370 242   1370 242   1370

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 Configuraton:
CPU performance set to Enterprise
Power Technology set to Energy-Efficient
Energy Performance BIAS setting set to Balanced Performance
Memory RAS configuration set to Maximum Performance
LV DDR Mode set to Performance-mode
 Sysinfo program /opt/cpu2006-1.2/config/sysinfo.rev6914
 $Rev: 6914 $ $Date:: 2014-06-25 #$ e3fbb8667b5a285932ceab81e28219e1
 running on linux-616o Tue Jul 21 17:32:19 2015

 This section contains SUT (System Under Test) info as seen by
 some common utilities.  To remove or add to this section, see:
   http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/Docs/config.html#sysinfo

 From /proc/cpuinfo
    model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-4655 v3 @ 2.90GHz
       4 "physical id"s (chips)
       48 "processors"
    cores, siblings (Caution: counting these is hw and system dependent.  The
    following excerpts from /proc/cpuinfo might not be reliable.  Use with
    caution.)
       cpu cores : 6
       siblings  : 12
       physical 0: cores 1 3 5 9 11 12
       physical 1: cores 1 3 5 9 11 12
       physical 2: cores 1 3 5 9 11 12
       physical 3: cores 1 3 5 9 11 12
    cache size : 30720 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       529334820 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    SuSE-release:
       SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x86_64)
       VERSION = 12
       PATCHLEVEL = 0
       # This file is deprecated and will be removed in a future service pack or
       release.
       # Please check /etc/os-release for details about this release.
    os-release:
       NAME="SLES"
       VERSION="12"
       VERSION_ID="12"
       PRETTY_NAME="SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12"
       ID="sles"
       ANSI_COLOR="0;32"
       CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:suse:sles:12"

 uname -a:
    Linux linux-616o 3.12.28-4-default #1 SMP Thu Sep 25 17:02:34 UTC 2014
    (9879bd4) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 run-level 3 Jul 21 17:21

 SPEC is set to: /opt/cpu2006-1.2
    Filesystem     Type  Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sdc2      xfs   250G   13G  238G   5% /
 Additional information from dmidecode:

    Warning: Use caution when you interpret this section. The 'dmidecode' program
    reads system data which is "intended to allow hardware to be accurately
    determined", but the intent may not be met, as there are frequent changes to
    hardware, firmware, and the "DMTF SMBIOS" standard.

   BIOS Cisco Systems, Inc. B420M4.2.2.5.0.043020152304 04/30/2015
   Memory:
    32x 0xCE00 M393A2G40DB0-CPB 16 GB 2 rank 2133 MHz
    16x NO DIMM NO DIMM

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/opt/cpu2006-1.2/libs/32:/opt/cpu2006-1.2/libs/64:/opt/cpu2006-1.2/sh"

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Core i5-4670K CPU + 16GB
 memory using RedHat EL 7.0
 Transparent Huge Pages enabled with:
 echo always > /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled
 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 Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc -m32 -L/opt/intel/composer_xe_2015/lib/ia32 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc -m32 -L/opt/intel/composer_xe_2015/lib/ia32 

Base Portability Flags

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

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/sh -lsmartheap 

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

403.gcc:  -Dalloca=_alloca 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icc -m32 -L/opt/intel/composer_xe_2015/lib/ia32 
400.perlbench:  icc -m64 
401.bzip2:  icc -m64 
456.hmmer:  icc -m64 
458.sjeng:  icc -m64 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc -m32 -L/opt/intel/composer_xe_2015/lib/ia32 

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:

400.perlbench:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -auto-ilp32 
401.bzip2:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-prefetch   -auto-ilp32   -ansi-alias 
403.gcc:  -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div 
429.mcf:  basepeak = yes 
445.gobmk:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 
456.hmmer:  -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -unroll2   -auto-ilp32 
458.sjeng:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4   -auto-ilp32 
462.libquantum:  basepeak = yes 
464.h264ref:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll2   -ansi-alias 

C++ benchmarks:

471.omnetpp:  -xCORE-AVX2(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/sh -lsmartheap 
473.astar:  basepeak = yes 
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-ic15.0-official-linux64.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Cisco-Platform-Settings-V1.2-revC.20150812.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic15.0-official-linux64.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Cisco-Platform-Settings-V1.2-revC.20150812.xml.