SPEC® CINT2006 Result

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IBM Corporation

IBM System x3500 (Intel Xeon X5460)

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Sep-2008
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: Nov-2008
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: Nov-2008
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon X5460
CPU Characteristics: 1333MHz system bus
CPU MHz: 3167
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 8 cores, 2 chips, 4 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2 chips
Primary Cache: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 12 MB I+D on chip per chip, 6 MB shared / 2 cores
L3 Cache: None
Other Cache: None
Memory: 16 GB (8 x 2 GB DDR2-5300F ECC)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 80 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: Intel C++ Compiler 11.0 for Linux
Build 20080730 Package ID: l_cproc_b_11.0.042
Auto Parallel: Yes
File System: ReiserFS
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 32-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: Microquill SmartHeap V8.1
Binutils 2.18.50.0.7.20080502

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 8 467 167   465 168   463 169   8 409   191   409   191   407   192  
401.bzip2 8 675 114   674 115   674 114   8 644   120   647   119   646   120  
403.gcc 8 653 98.6 650 99.1 651 98.9 8 655   98.3 656   98.1 649   99.2
429.mcf 8 722 101   722 101   721 101   8 740   98.6 740   98.6 740   98.6
445.gobmk 8 521 161   521 161   522 161   8 495   170   492   171   490   171  
456.hmmer 8 445 168   445 168   445 168   8 350   213   349   214   350   213  
458.sjeng 8 588 165   590 164   589 164   8 566   171   565   171   565   171  
462.libquantum 8 969 171   971 171   969 171   1 74.9 277   75.2 276   75.0 276  
464.h264ref 8 634 279   634 279   634 279   8 604   293   604   293   604   293  
471.omnetpp 8 846 59.1 846 59.1 847 59.0 8 839   59.6 839   59.6 838   59.7
473.astar 8 713 78.7 711 79.0 712 78.9 8 643   87.4 644   87.2 643   87.4
483.xalancbmk 8 437 126   437 126   436 127   8 437   126   437   126   436   127  

Submit Notes

The config file option 'submit' was used.
 taskset was used to bind processes to cores except for 462.libquantum peak

General Notes

 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of processors
 KMP_AFFINITY set to "physical,0"
 KMP_STACKSIZE set to 64M
 Hardware Prefetch Enabled, Adjacent Sector Prefetch Disabled
 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stack size to unlimited prior to the run

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc 

Base Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_IA32 
462.libquantum:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -inline-calloc   -opt-malloc-options=3   -opt-prefetch 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/spec/cpu2006.1.1/lib -lsmartheap 

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

403.gcc:  -Dalloca=_alloca 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icc 
401.bzip2:  /opt/intel/Compiler/11.0/042/bin/intel64/icc   -L/opt/intel/Compiler/11.0/042/ipp/em64t/lib   -I/opt/intel/Compiler/11.0/042/ipp/em64t/include 
456.hmmer:  /opt/intel/Compiler/11.0/042/bin/intel64/icc   -L/opt/intel/Compiler/11.0/042/ipp/em64t/lib   -I/opt/intel/Compiler/11.0/042/ipp/em64t/include 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc 

Peak Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_IA32 
401.bzip2:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
456.hmmer:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
462.libquantum:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

400.perlbench:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -ansi-alias   -opt-prefetch 
401.bzip2:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 
403.gcc:  -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -inline-calloc   -opt-malloc-options=3 
429.mcf:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch 
445.gobmk:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xSSE4.1   -O2   -ipo   -no-prec-div   -ansi-alias 
456.hmmer:  -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -unroll2   -ansi-alias 
458.sjeng:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -unroll4 
462.libquantum:  -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-malloc-options=3   -parallel   -par-runtime-control   -opt-prefetch 
464.h264ref:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -unroll2   -ansi-alias 

C++ benchmarks:

471.omnetpp:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -ansi-alias   -opt-ra-region-strategy=block   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/spec/cpu2006.1.1/lib -lsmartheap 
473.astar:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -ansi-alias   -opt-ra-region-strategy=routine   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/spec/cpu2006.1.1/lib -lsmartheap 
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-Linux64-Platform.20090713.03.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic11.0-int-linux64-revA.20090713.11.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-Linux64-Platform.20090713.03.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic11.0-int-linux64-revA.20090713.11.xml.