| CPU2006 license: | 20 | Test date: | Nov-2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | Bull SAS | Hardware Availability: | Nov-2008 |
| Tested by: | NEC Corporation | Software Availability: | Nov-2008 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | Intel Xeon E7420 |
| CPU Characteristics: | 1066 MHz system bus |
| CPU MHz: | 2133 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 16 cores, 4 chips, 4 cores/chip |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 1,2,3,4 chips |
| Primary Cache: | 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core |
| Secondary Cache: | 6 MB I+D on chip per chip, 3 MB shared / 2 cores |
| L3 Cache: | 8 MB I+D on chip per chip |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 32 GB (16x2 GB PC2-5300F, 2 rank, CL5-5-5, ECC) |
| Disk Subsystem: | 1x73.2 GB SAS, 15000RPM |
| 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_11.0.044 |
| Auto Parallel: | Yes |
| File System: | ext2 |
| System State: | Run level 3 (multi-user) |
| Base Pointers: | 32-bit |
| Peak Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Other Software: | MicroQuill SmartHeap Library 8.1 Binutils 2.18.50.0.7.20080502 |
Results Table
| Benchmark | Base | Peak | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 685 | 14.3 | 685 | 14.3 | 691 | 14.1 | 549 | 17.8 | 550 | 17.8 | 553 | 17.7 |
| 401.bzip2 | 862 | 11.2 | 842 | 11.5 | 841 | 11.5 | 789 | 12.2 | 787 | 12.3 | 787 | 12.3 |
| 403.gcc | 743 | 10.8 | 736 | 10.9 | 741 | 10.9 | 620 | 13.0 | 621 | 13.0 | 620 | 13.0 |
| 429.mcf | 508 | 18.0 | 505 | 18.0 | 505 | 18.1 | 505 | 18.1 | 508 | 18.0 | 505 | 18.0 |
| 445.gobmk | 731 | 14.3 | 731 | 14.3 | 731 | 14.3 | 677 | 15.5 | 677 | 15.5 | 676 | 15.5 |
| 456.hmmer | 785 | 11.9 | 784 | 11.9 | 785 | 11.9 | 503 | 18.5 | 504 | 18.5 | 504 | 18.5 |
| 458.sjeng | 878 | 13.8 | 876 | 13.8 | 883 | 13.7 | 834 | 14.5 | 832 | 14.6 | 834 | 14.5 |
| 462.libquantum | 89.2 | 232 | 89.4 | 232 | 88.6 | 234 | 89.2 | 232 | 89.4 | 232 | 88.6 | 234 |
| 464.h264ref | 1161 | 19.1 | 1180 | 18.8 | 1181 | 18.7 | 882 | 25.1 | 885 | 25.0 | 883 | 25.1 |
| 471.omnetpp | 669 | 9.34 | 670 | 9.33 | 670 | 9.33 | 614 | 10.2 | 614 | 10.2 | 614 | 10.2 |
| 473.astar | 682 | 10.3 | 690 | 10.2 | 683 | 10.3 | 585 | 12.0 | 586 | 12.0 | 585 | 12.0 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 404 | 17.1 | 406 | 17.0 | 406 | 17.0 | 404 | 17.1 | 406 | 17.0 | 406 | 17.0 |
Operating System Notes
'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited prior to run OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores KMP_AFFINITY set to "physical,0"
Platform Notes
Bios settings: Hardware Prefetcher: Enabled Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch: Enabled
General Notes
The NEC Express5800/R140a-4(Intel Xeon E7420) and the Bull NovaScale R480 E1(Intel Xeon E7420, 2.13 GHz) models are electronically equivalent. The results have been measured on a NEC Express5800/R140a-4(Intel Xeon E7420) model.
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 -parallel -par-runtime-control -opt-prefetch |
C++ benchmarks:
| -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -opt-prefetch -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/opt/SmartHeap_8.1/lib -lsmartheap |
Peak Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks (except as noted below):
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 -auto-ilp32 -opt-prefetch -ansi-alias |
| 403.gcc: | -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -inline-calloc -opt-malloc-options=3 |
| 429.mcf: | -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 -auto-ilp32 |
| 458.sjeng: | -prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -unroll4 |
| 462.libquantum: | basepeak = yes |
| 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/opt/SmartHeap_8.1/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/opt/SmartHeap_8.1/lib -lsmartheap |
| 483.xalancbmk: | basepeak = yes |