SPEC® CINT2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2016 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Cisco Systems

Cisco UCS B200 M4 (Intel Xeon E5-2637 v4, 3.50
GHz)

CPU2006 license: 9019 Test date: Jun-2016
Test sponsor: Cisco Systems Hardware Availability: Apr-2016
Tested by: Cisco Systems Software Availability: Dec-2015
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5-2637 v4
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.70 GHz
CPU MHz: 3500
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 8 cores, 2 chips, 4 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: 15 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 256 GB (16 x 16 GB 2Rx4 PC4-2400T-R)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 400 GB SSD SAS
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (x86_64)
3.12.49-11-default
Compiler: C/C++: Version 16.0.0.101 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 V10.2

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 16 465   336 466   336 469   333 16 381   410 380   411 378   414
401.bzip2 16 656   235 660   234 659   234 16 638   242 636   243 638   242
403.gcc 16 358   360 356   362 355   363 16 359   359 357   361 359   359
429.mcf 16 230   633 228   640 231   632 16 230   633 228   640 231   632
445.gobmk 16 552   304 553   304 551   305 16 539   311 541   310 540   311
456.hmmer 16 206   725 207   721 207   723 16 168   891 167   892 167   891
458.sjeng 16 610   317 614   315 614   315 16 567   342 579   334 579   334
462.libquantum 16 69.8 4750 69.9 4740 69.9 4750 16 69.8 4750 69.9 4740 69.9 4750
464.h264ref 16 643   551 607   583 610   580 16 604   586 596   594 597   593
471.omnetpp 16 428   234 428   233 430   233 16 399   251 398   251 398   252
473.astar 16 394   285 394   285 395   284 16 394   285 394   285 395   284
483.xalancbmk 16 183   602 184   600 184   600 16 183   602 184   600 184   600

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:
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
Memory Power Saving Mode set to Disabled
QPI Snoop Mode set to Home Directory Snoop with OSB
 Sysinfo program /opt/CISCO_Benchmarks/cpu2006/config/sysinfo.rev6914
 $Rev: 6914 $ $Date:: 2014-06-25 #$ e3fbb8667b5a285932ceab81e28219e1
 running on linux-nsg9 Tue Jun 21 00:55:43 2016

 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 E5-2637 v4 @ 3.50GHz
       2 "physical id"s (chips)
       16 "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 : 4
       siblings  : 8
       physical 0: cores 0 1 2 3
       physical 1: cores 0 1 2 3
    cache size : 15360 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       264369660 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 /usr/bin/lsb_release -d
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    SuSE-release:
       SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x86_64)
       VERSION = 12
       PATCHLEVEL = 1
       # 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-SP1"
       VERSION_ID="12.1"
       PRETTY_NAME="SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1"
       ID="sles"
       ANSI_COLOR="0;32"
       CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:suse:sles:12:sp1"

 uname -a:
    Linux linux-nsg9 3.12.49-11-default #1 SMP Wed Nov 11 20:52:43 UTC 2015
    (8d714a0) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 run-level 3 Jun 21 00:52

 SPEC is set to: /opt/CISCO_Benchmarks/cpu2006
    Filesystem     Type  Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sda1      xfs   325G   14G  312G   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. B200M4.3.1.2.4.041120161047 04/11/2016
   Memory:
    16x 0xCE00 M393A2G40EB1-CRC 16 GB 2 rank 2400 MHz
    8x 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/CISCO_Benchmarks/cpu2006/libs/32:/opt/CISCO_Benchmarks/cpu2006/libs/64:/opt/CISCO_Benchmarks/cpu2006/sh"

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Intel Core i5-4670K CPU + 32GB
 memory using RedHat EL 7.1
 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/compilers_and_libraries_2016/linux/compiler/lib/ia32_lin 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc -m32 -L/opt/intel/compilers_and_libraries_2016/linux/compiler/lib/ia32_lin 

Base Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_IA32 
401.bzip2:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
403.gcc:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
429.mcf:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
445.gobmk:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
456.hmmer:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
458.sjeng:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
462.libquantum:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
464.h264ref:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
471.omnetpp:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
473.astar:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
483.xalancbmk:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64   -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/compilers_and_libraries_2016/linux/compiler/lib/ia32_lin 
400.perlbench:  icc -m64 
401.bzip2:  icc -m64 
456.hmmer:  icc -m64 
458.sjeng:  icc -m64 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc -m32 -L/opt/intel/compilers_and_libraries_2016/linux/compiler/lib/ia32_lin 

Peak Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64   -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_X64 
401.bzip2:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64   -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
403.gcc:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
429.mcf:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
445.gobmk:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
456.hmmer:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64   -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
458.sjeng:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64   -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
462.libquantum:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
464.h264ref:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
471.omnetpp:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
473.astar:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
483.xalancbmk:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

400.perlbench:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen:threadsafe(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -auto-ilp32 
401.bzip2:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen:threadsafe(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -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:threadsafe(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -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:threadsafe(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4   -auto-ilp32 
462.libquantum:  basepeak = yes 
464.h264ref:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen:threadsafe(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll2   -ansi-alias 

C++ benchmarks:

471.omnetpp:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen:threadsafe(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -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-ic16.0-official-linux64.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Cisco-Platform-Settings-V1.2-revE.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic16.0-official-linux64.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Cisco-Platform-Settings-V1.2-revE.xml.