| CPU2006 license: | 20 | Test date: | Jan-2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | Bull SAS | Hardware Availability: | May-2010 |
| Tested by: | Bull SAS | Software Availability: | Nov-2010 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | Intel Xeon E5620 |
| CPU Characteristics: | Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.67 GHz |
| CPU MHz: | 2400 |
| 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: | 12 MB I+D on chip per chip |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 48 GB (12 x 4 GB 2Rx4 PC3-10600R-9, ECC, running at 1066 MHz) |
| Disk Subsystem: | 2 x 50 GB SATA, SSD |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64) SP1, Kernel 2.6.32.12-0.7-default |
| Compiler: | Intel C++ Intel 64 Compiler XE for applications running on Intel 64 Version 12.0.1.116 Build 20101116 |
| Auto Parallel: | Yes |
| File System: | ext3 |
| System State: | Run level 3 (multi-user) |
| Base Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Peak Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Other Software: | Microquill SmartHeap V9.01 |
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 | 459 | 21.3 | 459 | 21.3 | 458 | 21.3 | 406 | 24.0 | 406 | 24.1 | 406 | 24.1 |
| 401.bzip2 | 612 | 15.8 | 612 | 15.8 | 612 | 15.8 | 584 | 16.5 | 584 | 16.5 | 584 | 16.5 |
| 403.gcc | 366 | 22.0 | 367 | 22.0 | 366 | 22.0 | 342 | 23.5 | 342 | 23.5 | 342 | 23.5 |
| 429.mcf | 225 | 40.5 | 226 | 40.4 | 226 | 40.4 | 213 | 42.9 | 213 | 42.9 | 213 | 42.8 |
| 445.gobmk | 546 | 19.2 | 549 | 19.1 | 551 | 19.0 | 516 | 20.3 | 515 | 20.4 | 516 | 20.3 |
| 456.hmmer | 245 | 38.1 | 245 | 38.1 | 245 | 38.1 | 241 | 38.7 | 240 | 38.8 | 241 | 38.7 |
| 458.sjeng | 568 | 21.3 | 564 | 21.5 | 567 | 21.3 | 551 | 21.9 | 551 | 22.0 | 551 | 21.9 |
| 462.libquantum | 30.1 | 689 | 28.9 | 717 | 28.9 | 717 | 30.1 | 689 | 28.9 | 717 | 28.9 | 717 |
| 464.h264ref | 735 | 30.1 | 732 | 30.2 | 731 | 30.3 | 652 | 33.9 | 652 | 33.9 | 652 | 34.0 |
| 471.omnetpp | 312 | 20.0 | 312 | 20.0 | 312 | 20.0 | 276 | 22.7 | 277 | 22.6 | 276 | 22.7 |
| 473.astar | 356 | 19.7 | 359 | 19.6 | 356 | 19.7 | 422 | 16.6 | 420 | 16.7 | 421 | 16.7 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 223 | 31.0 | 219 | 31.5 | 218 | 31.6 | 239 | 28.9 | 240 | 28.8 | 239 | 28.9 |
Operating System Notes
Hugepages was enabled with the following:
'nodev /mnt/hugepages hugetlbfs defaults 0 0' added to /etc/fstab
echo 900 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libhugetlbfs.so
Platform Notes
Turbo Mode enabled in BIOS Turbo Boost set to Traditional in BIOS Power C-states enabled in BIOS Demand Scrub disabled in BIOS
General Notes
OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores KMP_AFFINITY set to granularity=fine,scatter 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited prior to run
Base Portability Flags
| 400.perlbench: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_X64 |
| 401.bzip2: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 403.gcc: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 429.mcf: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 445.gobmk: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 456.hmmer: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 458.sjeng: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 462.libquantum: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
| 464.h264ref: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 471.omnetpp: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 473.astar: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
Base Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| -xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -parallel -opt-prefetch -auto-p32 -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT |
C++ benchmarks:
| -xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -opt-prefetch -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/smartheap -lsmartheap64 -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT |
Peak Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks (except as noted below):
| icc -m64 | |
| 400.perlbench: | icc -m32 |
| 429.mcf: | icc -m32 |
| 445.gobmk: | icc -m32 |
| 464.h264ref: | icc -m32 |
C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):
| icpc -m32 | |
| 473.astar: | icpc -m64 |
Peak Portability Flags
| 400.perlbench: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_IA32 |
| 401.bzip2: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 403.gcc: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 456.hmmer: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 458.sjeng: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 462.libquantum: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
| 473.astar: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
Peak Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
C++ benchmarks:
| 471.omnetpp: | -xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -opt-ra-region-strategy=block -ansi-alias -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/smartheap -lsmartheap -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT |
| 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) -opt-ra-region-strategy=routine -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/smartheap -lsmartheap64 |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -opt-prefetch -ansi-alias -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/smartheap -lsmartheap -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT |