SPEC® CINT2006 Result

IBM Corporation

IBM System x3455 (AMD Opteron 2356)

SPECint®_rate2006 = 102

SPECint_rate_base2006 = 87.6

CPU2006 license:	11	Test date:	Jun-2008
Test sponsor:	IBM Corporation	Hardware Availability:	Jul-2008
Tested by:	Advanced Micro Devices	Software Availability:	Jun-2008

Hardware
CPU Name:	AMD Opteron 2356
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz:	2300
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	8 cores, 2 chips, 4 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable:	1,2 chips
Primary Cache:	64 KB I + 64 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache:	512 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache:	2 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	16 GB (8 x 2 GB, DDR2-667 CL5 Reg Dual Rank)
Disk Subsystem:	1 x 160 GB SATA, 7200 RPM
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64) SP1, Kernel 2.6.16.46-0.12-smp
Compiler:	PGI Server Complete Version 7.2 PathScale Compiler Suite Version 3.2
Auto Parallel:	No
File System:	ReiserFS
System State:	Run level 3 (Full multiuser with network)
Base Pointers:	32/64-bit
Peak Pointers:	32/64-bit
Other Software:	SmartHeap 8.0 32-bit Library for Linux

Results Table

Benchmark	Base							Peak
Benchmark	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	8	829	94.2	834	93.7	832	94.0	8	644	121	630	124	633	123
401.bzip2	8	1134	68.1	1144	67.5	1153	66.9	8	1120	68.9	1103	70.0	1103	70.0
403.gcc	8	1024	62.9	1015	63.5	1025	62.9	8	865	74.4	872	73.8	867	74.3
429.mcf	8	1170	62.4	1139	64.1	1138	64.1	8	856	85.2	855	85.3	856	85.3
445.gobmk	8	917	91.5	917	91.5	918	91.4	8	730	115	729	115	731	115
456.hmmer	8	625	119	622	120	620	120	8	427	175	426	175	427	175
458.sjeng	8	992	97.6	993	97.5	994	97.4	8	912	106	914	106	914	106
462.libquantum	8	1137	146	1136	146	1136	146	8	1132	146	1133	146	1132	146
464.h264ref	8	1177	150	1167	152	1178	150	8	1135	156	1139	155	1139	155
471.omnetpp	8	800	62.5	799	62.6	800	62.5	8	784	63.8	786	63.6	786	63.7
473.astar	8	874	64.3	873	64.3	872	64.4	8	771	72.9	770	72.9	771	72.8
483.xalancbmk	8	650	84.9	652	84.7	650	84.9	8	550	100	550	100	550	100

Operating System Notes

 'numactl' was used to bind copies to the cores
 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set environment stack size
 'ulimit -l 2097152'  was used to set environment locked pages in memory limit
 Environment variable PGI_HUGE_PAGES set to 150
 Set vm/nr_hugepages=1200 in /etc/sysctl.conf
 mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/hugepages

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

pgcc

C++ benchmarks:

pgcpp

Base Portability Flags

400.perlbench:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_X64
401.bzip2:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
403.gcc:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
429.mcf:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
445.gobmk:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
456.hmmer:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
458.sjeng:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
462.libquantum:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX
464.h264ref:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
483.xalancbmk:	-DSPEC_CPU_LINUX

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

-fastsse -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Mfprelaxed -Mipa=fast -Mipa=inline -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi

C++ benchmarks:

-fastsse -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Mfprelaxed --zc_eh -Mipa=fast -Mipa=inline -tp barcelona -Bstatic_pgi

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

-Mipa=jobs:4

C++ benchmarks:

-Mipa=jobs:4

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

	pgcc
400.perlbench:	pathcc
403.gcc:	pathcc
445.gobmk:	pathcc
464.h264ref:	pathcc

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

	pathCC
473.astar:	pgcpp

Peak Portability Flags

400.perlbench:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_X64
401.bzip2:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
445.gobmk:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
456.hmmer:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
458.sjeng:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
462.libquantum:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX
464.h264ref:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
483.xalancbmk:	-DSPEC_CPU_LINUX

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

400.perlbench:	-march=barcelona -fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -Ofast -IPA:plimit=20000 -LNO:opt=0 -WOPT:if_conv=0 -CG:local_sched_alg=1
401.bzip2:	-Mpfi=indirect(pass 1) -Mpfo=indirect(pass 2) -fastsse -O4 -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Mprefetch=t0 -Mnounroll -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
403.gcc:	-march=barcelona -fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -O3 -OPT:Ofast -m32
429.mcf:	-fastsse -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Mipa=fast -Mipa=inline:1 -tp barcelona -Bstatic_pgi
445.gobmk:	-march=barcelona -fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -O3 -OPT:alias=restrict -LNO:prefetch=1 -LNO:ignore_feedback=off -CG:p2align=on
456.hmmer:	-fastsse -Mvect=partial -Munroll=n:8 -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Msafeptr -Mprefetch=t0 -Mfprelaxed -Mipa=const -Mipa=ptr -Mipa=arg -Mipa=inline -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
458.sjeng:	-Mpfi(pass 1) -Mpfo(pass 2) -Mipa=fast(pass 2) -Mipa=inline:1(pass 2) -Mipa=noarg(pass 2) -fastsse -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Mfprelaxed -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
462.libquantum:	-fastsse -Munroll=m:8 -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Mprefetch=distance:4 -Mfprelaxed -Mipa=fast -Mipa=inline -Mipa=noarg -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
464.h264ref:	-march=barcelona -fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -O3 -IPA:plimit=20000 -OPT:alias=disjoint -LNO:prefetch=0 -CG:ptr_load_use=0 -CG:push_pop_int_saved_regs=off

C++ benchmarks:

471.omnetpp:	-march=barcelona -Ofast -CG:gcm=off -INLINE:aggressive=on -OPT:alias=disjoint -WOPT:if_conv=0 -m32 -lsmartheap
473.astar:	-Mpfi(pass 1) -Mpfo(pass 2) -Mipa=fast(pass 2) -Mipa=inline:6(pass 2) -fastsse -O4 -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Msafeptr=global -Mfprelaxed --zc_eh -tp barcelona -Bstatic_pgi
483.xalancbmk:	-march=barcelona -Ofast -OPT:unroll_times_max=8 -CG:push_pop_int_saved_regs=off -CG:ptr_load_use=0 -m32 -lsmartheap

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks:

429.mcf:	-Mipa=jobs:4
456.hmmer:	-Mipa=jobs:4
458.sjeng:	-Mipa=jobs:4(pass 2)
462.libquantum:	-Mipa=jobs:4

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

	-L/root/work/cpu2006-amd421gh/amd421gh.libs/32
473.astar:	-Mipa=jobs:4(pass 2)

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/amd421GH-flags.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/amd421GH-flags.xml.