| CPU2006 license: | 11 | Test date: | Mar-2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | IBM Corporation | Hardware Availability: | Feb-2011 |
| Tested by: | IBM Corporation | Software Availability: | Jan-2011 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | Intel Xeon E5603 |
| CPU Characteristics: | |
| CPU MHz: | 1600 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 8 cores, 2 chips, 4 cores/chip |
| 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: | 4 MB I+D on chip per chip |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 96 GB (12 x 8 GB 2Rx4 PC3-10600R-9, ECC, running at 1067 MHz) |
| Disk Subsystem: | 1 x 146 GB SAS, 15000 RPM |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (x86_64), 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 | 786 | 12.4 | 806 | 12.1 | 786 | 12.4 | 691 | 14.1 | 692 | 14.1 | 691 | 14.1 |
| 401.bzip2 | 1028 | 9.39 | 1027 | 9.39 | 1028 | 9.39 | 981 | 9.83 | 975 | 9.90 | 981 | 9.84 |
| 403.gcc | 634 | 12.7 | 632 | 12.7 | 628 | 12.8 | 556 | 14.5 | 556 | 14.5 | 556 | 14.5 |
| 429.mcf | 367 | 24.8 | 368 | 24.8 | 367 | 24.8 | 358 | 25.5 | 358 | 25.4 | 361 | 25.3 |
| 445.gobmk | 887 | 11.8 | 887 | 11.8 | 886 | 11.8 | 863 | 12.1 | 863 | 12.2 | 863 | 12.2 |
| 456.hmmer | 408 | 22.9 | 409 | 22.8 | 408 | 22.9 | 402 | 23.2 | 401 | 23.2 | 402 | 23.2 |
| 458.sjeng | 935 | 12.9 | 934 | 13.0 | 934 | 13.0 | 908 | 13.3 | 909 | 13.3 | 908 | 13.3 |
| 462.libquantum | 53.7 | 386 | 54.1 | 383 | 53.7 | 386 | 53.7 | 386 | 54.1 | 383 | 53.7 | 386 |
| 464.h264ref | 1165 | 19.0 | 1165 | 19.0 | 1167 | 19.0 | 1087 | 20.4 | 1090 | 20.3 | 1085 | 20.4 |
| 471.omnetpp | 484 | 12.9 | 483 | 12.9 | 485 | 12.9 | 447 | 14.0 | 447 | 14.0 | 448 | 14.0 |
| 473.astar | 621 | 11.3 | 621 | 11.3 | 621 | 11.3 | 621 | 11.3 | 621 | 11.3 | 621 | 11.3 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 396 | 17.4 | 394 | 17.5 | 394 | 17.5 | 396 | 17.4 | 394 | 17.5 | 394 | 17.5 |
Operating System Notes
'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited prior to run 'mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/hugepages' was used to enable large pages echo 900 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libhugetlbfs.so
Platform Notes
Power C-State enabled in BIOS Data Reuse disabled in BIOS Demand Scrub disabled in BIOS
General Notes
OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores Binaries compiled on RHEL5.5
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 -m64 | |
| 471.omnetpp: | icpc -m32 |
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_LP64 -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: | basepeak = yes |
| 483.xalancbmk: | basepeak = yes |