| CPU2006 license: | 11 | Test date: | Mar-2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | IBM Corporation | Hardware Availability: | May-2008 |
| Tested by: | IBM Corporation | Software Availability: | May-2008 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | POWER6 |
| CPU Characteristics: | |
| CPU MHz: | 4700 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 32 cores, 16 chips, 2 cores/chip, 2 threads/core |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 32 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 533 MHz |
| Disk Subsystem: | 2x146 GB SFF SAS 10K RPM |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | IBM AIX V5.3 with the 5300-08 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 | 64 | 1074 | 582 | 1114 | 561 | 1118 | 559 | 64 | 1046 | 598 | 1051 | 595 | 1046 | 598 |
| 401.bzip2 | 64 | 1038 | 595 | 1042 | 593 | 1037 | 595 | 64 | 857 | 720 | 858 | 719 | 858 | 720 |
| 403.gcc | 64 | 663 | 777 | 665 | 775 | 661 | 780 | 64 | 619 | 833 | 618 | 834 | 607 | 849 |
| 429.mcf | 64 | 436 | 1340 | 436 | 1340 | 436 | 1340 | 64 | 434 | 1340 | 435 | 1340 | 435 | 1340 |
| 445.gobmk | 64 | 867 | 774 | 869 | 773 | 867 | 774 | 64 | 741 | 906 | 742 | 905 | 740 | 907 |
| 456.hmmer | 64 | 885 | 675 | 881 | 678 | 881 | 677 | 64 | 721 | 828 | 722 | 827 | 721 | 829 |
| 458.sjeng | 64 | 1061 | 730 | 1061 | 730 | 1061 | 730 | 64 | 927 | 835 | 921 | 841 | 925 | 838 |
| 462.libquantum | 64 | 823 | 1610 | 820 | 1620 | 822 | 1610 | 32 | 259 | 2560 | 260 | 2550 | 259 | 2560 |
| 464.h264ref | 64 | 1018 | 1390 | 1016 | 1390 | 1018 | 1390 | 64 | 1015 | 1400 | 1014 | 1400 | 1018 | 1390 |
| 471.omnetpp | 64 | 661 | 605 | 661 | 605 | 661 | 605 | 64 | 582 | 687 | 582 | 688 | 582 | 687 |
| 473.astar | 64 | 730 | 615 | 730 | 615 | 730 | 615 | 64 | 631 | 712 | 630 | 713 | 632 | 711 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 64 | 597 | 740 | 601 | 735 | 598 | 738 | 64 | 511 | 865 | 533 | 829 | 528 | 837 |
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. System set to "Chip affinity" mode using the HMC command chsyscfg ... -i "addr_broadcast_perf_policy=chip_affinity" bindprocessor command used on submit to bind each copy to a unique processor. 6400 16M large pages defined with vmo command 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
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 |