| CPU2006 license: | 11 | Test date: | May-2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | IBM Corporation | Hardware Availability: | May-2011 |
| Tested by: | IBM Corporation | Software Availability: | Jan-2011 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | Intel Xeon E7-2860 |
| CPU Characteristics: | Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.67 GHz |
| CPU MHz: | 2267 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 20 cores, 2 chips, 10 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: | 24 MB I+D on chip per chip |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 256 GB (32 x 8 GB 4Rx8 PC3-8500R-7, ECC) |
| Disk Subsystem: | 1 x 300 GB SAS, 10000 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 | 466 | 20.9 | 474 | 20.6 | 473 | 20.7 | 435 | 22.5 | 410 | 23.8 | 412 | 23.7 |
| 401.bzip2 | 626 | 15.4 | 626 | 15.4 | 626 | 15.4 | 760 | 12.7 | 597 | 16.2 | 597 | 16.2 |
| 403.gcc | 391 | 20.6 | 389 | 20.7 | 391 | 20.6 | 372 | 21.6 | 371 | 21.7 | 372 | 21.6 |
| 429.mcf | 270 | 33.7 | 270 | 33.8 | 268 | 34.0 | 240 | 38.1 | 242 | 37.7 | 240 | 38.0 |
| 445.gobmk | 581 | 18.0 | 572 | 18.3 | 570 | 18.4 | 561 | 18.7 | 586 | 17.9 | 515 | 20.4 |
| 456.hmmer | 245 | 38.0 | 245 | 38.0 | 245 | 38.0 | 242 | 38.6 | 495 | 18.9 | 242 | 38.6 |
| 458.sjeng | 585 | 20.7 | 585 | 20.7 | 585 | 20.7 | 569 | 21.3 | 568 | 21.3 | 568 | 21.3 |
| 462.libquantum | 25.5 | 811 | 25.5 | 811 | 26.7 | 775 | 25.5 | 811 | 25.5 | 811 | 26.7 | 775 |
| 464.h264ref | 801 | 27.6 | 787 | 28.1 | 781 | 28.3 | 692 | 32.0 | 675 | 32.8 | 678 | 32.6 |
| 471.omnetpp | 295 | 21.2 | 297 | 21.0 | 295 | 21.2 | 225 | 27.8 | 221 | 28.2 | 221 | 28.2 |
| 473.astar | 355 | 19.8 | 357 | 19.7 | 355 | 19.8 | 355 | 19.8 | 357 | 19.7 | 355 | 19.8 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 223 | 31.0 | 227 | 30.4 | 223 | 31.0 | 223 | 31.0 | 227 | 30.4 | 223 | 31.0 |
Operating System Notes
'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited '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
Load Default BIOS Settings and then change the following Turbo Boost Power Optimization set to Traditional
General Notes
OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores Binaries compiled on RHEL 5.5
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 |