| CPU2006 license: | 20 | Test date: | Mar-2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | Bull SAS | Hardware Availability: | May-2011 |
| Tested by: | Dell Inc. | Software Availability: | Apr-2011 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | Intel Xeon E3-1220 |
| CPU Characteristics: | Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.40 GHz |
| CPU MHz: | 3100 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 4 cores, 1 chip, 4 cores/chip, 2 threads/core |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 1 chip |
| Primary Cache: | 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core |
| Secondary Cache: | 256 KB I+D on chip per core |
| L3 Cache: | 8 MB I+D on chip per chip |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 8 GB (4 x 2 GB 2Rx4 PC3-10600R-9, ECC) |
| Disk Subsystem: | 1 x 146 GB 15000 RPM SAS |
| 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: | SmartHeap 8.1 32-bit Library for Linux |
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 | 358 | 27.3 | 358 | 27.3 | 360 | 27.2 | 309 | 31.7 | 310 | 31.5 | 310 | 31.6 |
| 401.bzip2 | 470 | 20.5 | 470 | 20.5 | 470 | 20.5 | 448 | 21.5 | 448 | 21.5 | 450 | 21.4 |
| 403.gcc | 278 | 28.9 | 277 | 29.0 | 278 | 29.0 | 266 | 30.2 | 266 | 30.3 | 266 | 30.2 |
| 429.mcf | 195 | 46.7 | 195 | 46.8 | 194 | 47.1 | 164 | 55.5 | 165 | 55.4 | 165 | 55.1 |
| 445.gobmk | 439 | 23.9 | 439 | 23.9 | 439 | 23.9 | 447 | 23.4 | 447 | 23.5 | 447 | 23.5 |
| 456.hmmer | 199 | 46.9 | 199 | 46.9 | 199 | 47.0 | 200 | 46.8 | 200 | 46.7 | 200 | 46.6 |
| 458.sjeng | 478 | 25.3 | 478 | 25.3 | 478 | 25.3 | 483 | 25.0 | 483 | 25.0 | 484 | 25.0 |
| 462.libquantum | 38.3 | 542 | 38.3 | 542 | 38.1 | 545 | 38.3 | 542 | 38.3 | 542 | 38.1 | 545 |
| 464.h264ref | 503 | 44.0 | 505 | 43.8 | 510 | 43.4 | 447 | 49.5 | 448 | 49.4 | 447 | 49.5 |
| 471.omnetpp | 263 | 23.7 | 264 | 23.7 | 264 | 23.7 | 217 | 28.9 | 217 | 28.8 | 217 | 28.8 |
| 473.astar | 296 | 23.7 | 295 | 23.8 | 298 | 23.6 | 358 | 19.6 | 358 | 19.6 | 358 | 19.6 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 188 | 36.7 | 188 | 36.6 | 186 | 37.1 | 187 | 36.8 | 187 | 36.9 | 188 | 36.7 |
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
BIOS Settings: Power Management = Maximum Performance (Default = Active Power Controller) Logical Processor = Disabled (Default = Enabled)
General Notes
OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores The Dell PowerEdge R210 II and the Bull NovaScale R410B F2 models are electronically equivalent. The results have been measured on a Dell PowerEdge R210 II model Binaries were 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:
| -xAVX -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -parallel -opt-prefetch -auto-p32 -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT |
C++ benchmarks:
| -xAVX -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: | -xAVX(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: | -xAVX(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: | -xAVX -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -opt-prefetch -ansi-alias -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/smartheap -lsmartheap -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT |