| 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 X5650 |
| CPU Characteristics: | Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.06 GHz |
| CPU MHz: | 2667 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 12 cores, 2 chips, 6 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) |
| Disk Subsystem: | 1 x 73 GB SAS, 10000 RPM |
| 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 | 405 | 24.1 | 403 | 24.3 | 400 | 24.4 | 354 | 27.6 | 367 | 26.6 | 358 | 27.3 |
| 401.bzip2 | 533 | 18.1 | 533 | 18.1 | 533 | 18.1 | 508 | 19.0 | 508 | 19.0 | 509 | 19.0 |
| 403.gcc | 315 | 25.5 | 318 | 25.4 | 318 | 25.3 | 299 | 26.9 | 299 | 26.9 | 299 | 26.9 |
| 429.mcf | 198 | 45.9 | 198 | 46.0 | 198 | 46.1 | 186 | 49.1 | 185 | 49.3 | 186 | 49.1 |
| 445.gobmk | 474 | 22.1 | 474 | 22.1 | 471 | 22.3 | 448 | 23.4 | 449 | 23.4 | 456 | 23.0 |
| 456.hmmer | 213 | 43.8 | 213 | 43.8 | 213 | 43.9 | 209 | 44.6 | 210 | 44.5 | 210 | 44.5 |
| 458.sjeng | 490 | 24.7 | 493 | 24.6 | 493 | 24.5 | 480 | 25.2 | 480 | 25.2 | 479 | 25.2 |
| 462.libquantum | 25.3 | 820 | 20.5 | 1010 | 24.7 | 839 | 25.3 | 820 | 20.5 | 1010 | 24.7 | 839 |
| 464.h264ref | 637 | 34.8 | 633 | 35.0 | 634 | 34.9 | 567 | 39.0 | 568 | 39.0 | 568 | 39.0 |
| 471.omnetpp | 273 | 22.9 | 273 | 22.9 | 273 | 22.9 | 241 | 25.9 | 241 | 26.0 | 241 | 26.0 |
| 473.astar | 310 | 22.7 | 310 | 22.7 | 310 | 22.6 | 367 | 19.1 | 370 | 19.0 | 366 | 19.2 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 196 | 35.1 | 191 | 36.0 | 190 | 36.3 | 208 | 33.2 | 208 | 33.2 | 208 | 33.2 |
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 |