SPEC® CINT2006 Result

IBM Corporation

IBM BladeCenter LS42 (AMD Opteron 8356)

SPECint®2006 = 13.6

SPECint_base2006 = 11.7

CPU2006 license:	11	Test date:	Jun-2008
Test sponsor:	IBM Corporation	Hardware Availability:	Sep-2008
Tested by:	IBM Corporation	Software Availability:	May-2008

Hardware
CPU Name:	AMD Opteron 8356
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz:	2300
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	16 cores, 4 chips, 4 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable:	1,2,3,4 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:	64 GB (16 x 4 GB DDR2-6400 ECC)
Disk Subsystem:	1 x 73 GB SAS, 10000 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 3.1
Auto Parallel:	No
File System:	ext2
System State:	Runlevel 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	Seconds	Ratio	Seconds	Ratio	Seconds	Ratio	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	906	10.8	910	10.7	912	10.7	690	14.2	690	14.2	689	14.2
401.bzip2	1058	9.12	1056	9.14	1056	9.13	992	9.73	991	9.74	989	9.76
403.gcc	964	8.35	963	8.36	964	8.35	877	9.18	879	9.16	879	9.16
429.mcf	892	10.2	890	10.2	890	10.2	605	15.1	605	15.1	606	15.1
445.gobmk	1011	10.4	1011	10.4	1011	10.4	809	13.0	809	13.0	809	13.0
456.hmmer	608	15.3	619	15.1	609	15.3	398	23.4	398	23.5	398	23.5
458.sjeng	1093	11.1	1092	11.1	1091	11.1	993	12.2	991	12.2	992	12.2
462.libquantum	673	30.8	670	30.9	671	30.9	618	33.5	618	33.5	618	33.5
464.h264ref	1307	16.9	1309	16.9	1324	16.7	1256	17.6	1270	17.4	1269	17.4
471.omnetpp	710	8.81	708	8.83	708	8.83	710	8.81	708	8.83	708	8.83
473.astar	784	8.95	783	8.97	784	8.95	807	8.70	804	8.73	803	8.74
483.xalancbmk	648	10.6	649	10.6	648	10.6	553	12.5	553	12.5	552	12.5

Operating System Notes

 'numactl' was used to bind copies to the cores
 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set environment stack size
 'ulimit -l 4915200'  was used to set environment locked pages in memory limit
 Environment variable PGI_HUGE_PAGES set to 896
 Set vm/nr_hugepages=14336 in /etc/sysctl.conf
 mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/hugepages
 Processor Performance States Disabled in BIOS
 Memory ChipKill Disabled in BIOS

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:

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

C++ benchmarks:

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

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

-w -Mipa=jobs:4

C++ benchmarks:

-w -Mipa=jobs:4

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

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

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

	pathCC
471.omnetpp:	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(pass 1) -Mpfo(pass 2) -fast -O4 -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Mnounroll -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
403.gcc:	-march=barcelona -fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -m32 -O3 -OPT:Ofast
429.mcf:	-fastsse -Mipa=fast -Mipa=inline:1 -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -tp barcelona -Bstatic_pgi
445.gobmk:	-march=barcelona -fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -O3 -OPT:alias=restrict -LNO:opt=0 -CG:p2align=on
456.hmmer:	-fastsse -Munroll=n:8 -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Mfprelaxed -Mvect=partial -Msafeptr -Mipa=const -Mipa=ptr -Mipa=arg -Mipa=inline -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
458.sjeng:	-Mpfi(pass 1) -Mipa=fast(pass 2) -Mipa=inline:1(pass 2) -Mipa=noarg(pass 2) -Mpfo(pass 2) -fastsse -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Mfprelaxed -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
462.libquantum:	-fastsse -Mfprelaxed -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Munroll=m:8 -Mipa=fast -Mipa=inline -Mipa=noarg -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
464.h264ref:	-Mpfi=indirect(pass 1) -Mipa=fast(pass 2) -Mipa=inline(pass 2) -Mpfo=indirect(pass 2) -fastsse -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Mfprelaxed -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi

C++ benchmarks:

471.omnetpp:	basepeak = yes
473.astar:	-march=barcelona -Ofast -TENV:frame_pointer=off -WOPT:if_conv=0 -GRA:optimize_boundary=on -IPA:plimit=525 -m32 -lsmartheap
483.xalancbmk:	-march=barcelona -Ofast -m32 -OPT:unroll_times_max=8 -CG:push_pop_int_saved_regs=off -CG:ptr_load_use=0 -lsmartheap

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

	-w -Mipa=jobs:4(pass 2)
400.perlbench:	No flags used
401.bzip2:	-w
403.gcc:	No flags used
445.gobmk:	No flags used

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

	-L/root/work/cpu2006/amd123GH.libs/32
471.omnetpp:	-w -Mipa=jobs:4

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/amd123GH-flags.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/amd123GH-flags.xml.