| 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 E5645 |
| CPU Characteristics: | Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.80 GHz |
| CPU MHz: | 2400 |
| 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: | 96 GB (12 x 8 GB 2Rx4 PC3-10600R-9, ECC) |
| 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 | 440 | 22.2 | 439 | 22.2 | 439 | 22.3 | 390 | 25.0 | 390 | 25.1 | 389 | 25.1 |
| 401.bzip2 | 591 | 16.3 | 591 | 16.3 | 591 | 16.3 | 564 | 17.1 | 564 | 17.1 | 564 | 17.1 |
| 403.gcc | 354 | 22.7 | 352 | 22.8 | 355 | 22.7 | 336 | 23.9 | 336 | 23.9 | 336 | 23.9 |
| 429.mcf | 221 | 41.3 | 221 | 41.3 | 221 | 41.3 | 208 | 43.9 | 207 | 44.0 | 207 | 44.0 |
| 445.gobmk | 550 | 19.1 | 528 | 19.9 | 529 | 19.8 | 493 | 21.3 | 493 | 21.3 | 493 | 21.3 |
| 456.hmmer | 233 | 40.0 | 233 | 40.0 | 233 | 40.0 | 230 | 40.7 | 229 | 40.7 | 229 | 40.7 |
| 458.sjeng | 541 | 22.4 | 541 | 22.4 | 540 | 22.4 | 526 | 23.0 | 526 | 23.0 | 526 | 23.0 |
| 462.libquantum | 29.3 | 708 | 27.1 | 765 | 28.1 | 738 | 29.3 | 708 | 27.1 | 765 | 28.1 | 738 |
| 464.h264ref | 733 | 30.2 | 737 | 30.0 | 735 | 30.1 | 623 | 35.5 | 622 | 35.6 | 623 | 35.5 |
| 471.omnetpp | 304 | 20.6 | 303 | 20.6 | 304 | 20.6 | 268 | 23.3 | 268 | 23.4 | 267 | 23.4 |
| 473.astar | 343 | 20.4 | 343 | 20.5 | 343 | 20.5 | 343 | 20.4 | 343 | 20.5 | 343 | 20.5 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 208 | 33.2 | 210 | 32.9 | 215 | 32.1 | 208 | 33.2 | 210 | 32.9 | 215 | 32.1 |
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
Turbo Mode enabled in BIOS Turbo Boost set to Traditional in BIOS CPU 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 |