| CPU2006 license: | 20 | Test date: | Mar-2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | Bull SAS | Hardware Availability: | Oct-2007 |
| Tested by: | Bull SAS | Software Availability: | Oct-2007 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | POWER6 |
| CPU Characteristics: | |
| CPU MHz: | 3500 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 16 cores, 8 chips, 2 cores/chip, 2 threads/core |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 4,8,12,16 cores |
| Primary Cache: | 64 KB I + 64 KB D on chip per core |
| Secondary Cache: | 4 MB I+D on chip per core |
| L3 Cache: | 32 MB I+D off chip per chip |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 128 GB (64x2 GB) DDR2 667 MHz |
| Disk Subsystem: | 2x73 GB SAS 15K RPM |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | IBM AIX 5L V5.3 updated with the 5300-07 Technology Level |
| Compiler: | XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition V9 for AIX Updated with the Oct2007 PTF. |
| Auto Parallel: | No |
| File System: | AIX/JFS2 |
| System State: | Multi-user |
| Base Pointers: | 32-bit |
| Peak Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Other Software: | -- |
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 | 32 | 1533 | 204 | 1535 | 204 | 1531 | 204 | 32 | 1333 | 235 | 1333 | 235 | 1332 | 235 |
| 401.bzip2 | 32 | 1272 | 243 | 1269 | 243 | 1273 | 243 | 32 | 1023 | 302 | 1021 | 303 | 1021 | 302 |
| 403.gcc | 32 | 852 | 302 | 852 | 302 | 853 | 302 | 32 | 766 | 336 | 754 | 342 | 749 | 344 |
| 429.mcf | 32 | 504 | 578 | 504 | 579 | 504 | 579 | 32 | 500 | 584 | 501 | 582 | 500 | 584 |
| 445.gobmk | 32 | 1150 | 292 | 1151 | 292 | 1151 | 292 | 32 | 986 | 340 | 986 | 340 | 986 | 341 |
| 456.hmmer | 32 | 1204 | 248 | 1205 | 248 | 1204 | 248 | 32 | 986 | 303 | 985 | 303 | 986 | 303 |
| 458.sjeng | 32 | 1497 | 259 | 1496 | 259 | 1497 | 259 | 32 | 1291 | 300 | 1289 | 300 | 1290 | 300 |
| 462.libquantum | 32 | 831 | 797 | 830 | 799 | 830 | 799 | 16 | 403 | 822 | 403 | 823 | 403 | 822 |
| 464.h264ref | 32 | 1387 | 511 | 1387 | 511 | 1387 | 511 | 32 | 1346 | 526 | 1345 | 526 | 1345 | 527 |
| 471.omnetpp | 32 | 797 | 251 | 797 | 251 | 797 | 251 | 32 | 677 | 295 | 677 | 295 | 677 | 296 |
| 473.astar | 32 | 959 | 234 | 960 | 234 | 960 | 234 | 32 | 819 | 274 | 819 | 274 | 820 | 274 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 32 | 786 | 281 | 787 | 281 | 788 | 280 | 32 | 666 | 331 | 667 | 331 | 667 | 331 |
General Notes
See flags file of details on following settings. all ulimits set to unlimited. Envionment variables set before executing benchmarks: MALLOCOPTIONS=pool MEMORY_AFFINITY=MCM XLFRTEOPTS=intrinthds=1 System set to "Enhanced" mode when defining partition on HMC. bindprocessor command used on submit to bind each copy to a unique processor. Remote console disabled in /etc/inittab. fdpr binary optimization tool used for: 400.perlbench 401.bzip2 403.gcc 429.mcf 456.hmmer 458.sjent 462.libquantum 464.h264ref 473.astar 4000 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 -blpdata |
Base Other Flags
C benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |
C++ benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads -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 |
| 403.gcc: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 462.libquantum: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX |
| 464.h264ref: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX -qchars=signed |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX |
Peak Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
C++ benchmarks:
| 471.omnetpp: | -bmaxdata:0x20000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -D_ILS_MACROS -qalign=natural -qrtti=all -qinlglue -blpdata |
| 473.astar: | -bmaxdata:0x20000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qfdpr -qinlglue -qalign=natural -blpdata |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -bmaxdata:0x20000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qinlglue -D__IBM_FAST_VECTOR -blpdata |