| CPU2006 license: | 20 | Test date: | Dec-2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | Bull SAS | Hardware Availability: | Nov-2008 |
| Tested by: | Bull SAS | Software Availability: | Nov-2008 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | Intel Xeon E7450 |
| CPU Characteristics: | 1066 MHz system bus |
| CPU MHz: | 2400 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 24 cores, 4 chips, 6 cores/chip |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 1,2,3,4 chips |
| Primary Cache: | 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core |
| Secondary Cache: | 9 MB I+D on chip per chip, 3 MB shared / 2 cores |
| L3 Cache: | 12 MB I+D on chip per chip |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 64 GB (16 x 4GB DDR2-667 FBDIMM) |
| Disk Subsystem: | 1x146 GB SAS, 10000 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 | 24 | 681 | 344 | 683 | 344 | 677 | 347 | 24 | 599 | 392 | 591 | 397 | 596 | 393 |
| 401.bzip2 | 24 | 1304 | 178 | 1298 | 178 | 1296 | 179 | 24 | 1272 | 182 | 1269 | 182 | 1270 | 182 |
| 403.gcc | 24 | 1093 | 177 | 1086 | 178 | 1084 | 178 | 24 | 1087 | 178 | 1088 | 178 | 1092 | 177 |
| 429.mcf | 24 | 1484 | 147 | 1481 | 148 | 1481 | 148 | 24 | 1481 | 148 | 1479 | 148 | 1479 | 148 |
| 445.gobmk | 24 | 765 | 329 | 774 | 325 | 759 | 332 | 24 | 720 | 349 | 726 | 347 | 732 | 344 |
| 456.hmmer | 24 | 695 | 322 | 692 | 324 | 691 | 324 | 24 | 598 | 375 | 597 | 375 | 598 | 374 |
| 458.sjeng | 24 | 822 | 353 | 821 | 354 | 820 | 354 | 24 | 794 | 366 | 794 | 366 | 794 | 366 |
| 462.libquantum | 24 | 2457 | 202 | 2434 | 204 | 2426 | 205 | 1 | 75.1 | 276 | 75.2 | 276 | 75.1 | 276 |
| 464.h264ref | 24 | 888 | 598 | 888 | 598 | 887 | 599 | 24 | 846 | 628 | 845 | 628 | 844 | 629 |
| 471.omnetpp | 24 | 1304 | 115 | 1289 | 116 | 1285 | 117 | 24 | 1271 | 118 | 1271 | 118 | 1269 | 118 |
| 473.astar | 24 | 1218 | 138 | 1211 | 139 | 1208 | 139 | 24 | 1108 | 152 | 1110 | 152 | 1111 | 152 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 24 | 759 | 218 | 758 | 219 | 758 | 218 | 24 | 759 | 218 | 758 | 219 | 758 | 218 |
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 stacksize to unlimited prior to run OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores KMP_AFFINITY set to physical,0 KMP_STACKSIZE set to 64M
Platform Notes
BIOS Settings: Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch = Disabled Hardware Prefetcher = Disabled
General Notes
The NEC Express5800/R140a-4(Intel Xeon E7450) and the Bull NovaScale R480 E1(Intel Xeon E7450, 2.40 GHz) models are electronically equivalent. The results have been measured on a Bull NovaScale R480 E1(Intel Xeon E7450, 2.40 GHz) 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 -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 |
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 -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 |