SPEC® CINT2006 Result

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IBM Corporation

IBM System x3550 M2 (Intel Xeon E5520)

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Dec-2009
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: Apr-2009
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: Feb-2009
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5520
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.53 GHz
CPU MHz: 2267
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 8 cores, 2 chips, 4 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2 chips
Primary Cache: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 256 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache: 8 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 24 GB (6 x 4 GB PC3-10600R-ECC)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 73 GB SAS, 15000RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64)
SP2 with patch kernel 20090119,
Kernel 2.6.16.60-0.34-smp
Compiler: Intel C++ Compiler Perfessional 11.0 for Linux
Build 20090131 Package ID: l_cproc_p_11.0.080
Auto Parallel: No
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 16 927 169 920 170 912 171 16 801 195 795 197 795 197
401.bzip2 16 1285 120 1287 120 1278 121 16 1217 127 1197 129 1197 129
403.gcc 16 803 160 816 158 811 159 16 804 160 819 157 818 157
429.mcf 16 651 224 649 225 652 224 8 332 220 332 220 332 220
445.gobmk 16 907 185 914 184 913 184 16 822 204 832 202 832 202
456.hmmer 16 1084 138 1074 139 1074 139 8 409 182 409 183 409 183
458.sjeng 16 1118 173 1117 173 1120 173 16 1012 191 1013 191 1014 191
462.libquantum 16 535 620 534 620 534 620 16 535 620 534 621 534 620
464.h264ref 16 1456 243 1458 243 1556 227 16 1392 254 1407 252 1482 239
471.omnetpp 16 696 144 696 144 696 144 16 696 144 696 144 696 144
473.astar 16 921 122 923 122 924 122 16 829 136 829 135 829 135
483.xalancbmk 16 521 212 521 212 524 211 16 521 212 521 212 524 211

Submit Notes

The config file option 'submit' was used.
 numactl was used to bind copies to the cores

Platform Notes

 Turbo Mode Enable
 CPU C State Enable

General Notes

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

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -inline-calloc   -opt-malloc-options=3   -opt-prefetch 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.2   -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/11.0/080/bin/intel64/icc 
456.hmmer:  /opt/intel/Compiler/11.0/080/bin/intel64/icc 
458.sjeng:  /opt/intel/Compiler/11.0/080/bin/intel64/icc 

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icpc 
473.astar:  /opt/intel/Compiler/11.0/080/bin/intel64/icpc 

Peak Portability Flags

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

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

400.perlbench:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -static(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -ansi-alias   -opt-prefetch 
401.bzip2:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -static(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias   -auto-ilp32 
403.gcc:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -inline-calloc   -opt-malloc-options=3 
429.mcf:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -static(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-prefetch 
445.gobmk:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -O2   -ipo   -no-prec-div   -ansi-alias 
456.hmmer:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -unroll2   -ansi-alias   -auto-ilp32 
458.sjeng:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -static(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4   -auto-ilp32 
462.libquantum:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-malloc-options=3   -opt-prefetch 
464.h264ref:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -static(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll2   -ansi-alias 

C++ benchmarks:

471.omnetpp:  basepeak = yes 
473.astar:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -ansi-alias   -opt-ra-region-strategy=routine   -auto-ilp32   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/spec/cpu2006.1.1/lib -lsmartheap64 
483.xalancbmk:  basepeak = yes 

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks:

403.gcc:  -Dalloca=_alloca 

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic11.0-int-linux64-revA.20091028.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic11.0-int-linux64-revA.20091028.xml.