SPEC® CINT2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Dell Inc.

PowerEdge 2900 III (Intel Xeon E5420, 2.50 GHz)

CPU2006 license: 55 Test date: Sep-2008
Test sponsor: Dell Inc. Hardware Availability: Nov-2007
Tested by: Dell Inc. Software Availability: Nov-2008
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5420
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz: 2500
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 667 MHz CL5 DDR2 Dual
Rank)
Disk Subsystem: 2 x 73 GB SAS, 15000 RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64) SP2,
Kernel 2.6.16-60.0.21-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 8 573 137   565 138   569 137   8 492   159   502   156   490   160  
401.bzip2 8 807 95.6 799 96.6 804 96.0 8 766   101   764   101   765   101  
403.gcc 8 699 92.1 700 92.0 706 91.3 8 710   90.7 704   91.5 704   91.4
429.mcf 8 726 101   727 100   727 100   8 750   97.3 749   97.4 750   97.2
445.gobmk 8 640 131   640 131   640 131   8 601   140   604   139   604   139  
456.hmmer 8 559 134   559 133   559 134   8 438   170   437   171   438   171  
458.sjeng 8 710 136   711 136   711 136   8 688   141   688   141   689   141  
462.libquantum 8 938 177   939 177   938 177   1 90.6 229   90.6 229   90.6 229  
464.h264ref 8 804 220   804 220   803 220   8 765   232   764   232   764   232  
471.omnetpp 8 859 58.2 857 58.3 857 58.4 8 849   58.9 846   59.1 845   59.2
473.astar 8 798 70.3 796 70.6 809 69.4 8 716   78.4 713   78.8 716   78.5
483.xalancbmk 8 482 115   482 115   482 115   8 482   115   482   115   482   115  

Submit Notes

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

Operating System Notes

 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stack size to unlimited prior to run

Platform Notes

 BIOS Settings:
 Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch = Disabled (Default = Enabled)

General Notes

 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of processors
 KMP_AFFINITY set to "physical,0"
 KMP_STACKSIZE set to 64M

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-ic11.0-int-linux64-revA.20090713.01.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-Linux64-Platform.20090713.10.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic11.0-int-linux64-revA.20090713.01.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-Linux64-Platform.20090713.10.xml.