| 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 E3-1230 |
| CPU Characteristics: | Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.60 GHz |
| CPU MHz: | 3200 |
| 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 | 338 | 28.9 | 339 | 28.8 | 338 | 28.9 | 291 | 33.6 | 291 | 33.6 | 291 | 33.6 |
| 401.bzip2 | 441 | 21.9 | 441 | 21.9 | 441 | 21.9 | 422 | 22.9 | 422 | 22.9 | 421 | 22.9 |
| 403.gcc | 266 | 30.3 | 265 | 30.4 | 264 | 30.5 | 253 | 31.8 | 254 | 31.7 | 253 | 31.9 |
| 429.mcf | 188 | 48.6 | 187 | 48.7 | 188 | 48.6 | 159 | 57.5 | 159 | 57.5 | 158 | 57.8 |
| 445.gobmk | 414 | 25.4 | 413 | 25.4 | 413 | 25.4 | 421 | 24.9 | 421 | 24.9 | 421 | 24.9 |
| 456.hmmer | 186 | 50.0 | 186 | 50.1 | 186 | 50.1 | 188 | 49.7 | 189 | 49.4 | 187 | 49.8 |
| 458.sjeng | 451 | 26.9 | 451 | 26.8 | 450 | 26.9 | 455 | 26.6 | 456 | 26.5 | 456 | 26.5 |
| 462.libquantum | 36.6 | 565 | 36.6 | 565 | 36.6 | 565 | 36.6 | 565 | 36.6 | 565 | 36.6 | 565 |
| 464.h264ref | 473 | 46.8 | 475 | 46.6 | 482 | 45.9 | 427 | 51.8 | 422 | 52.5 | 421 | 52.5 |
| 471.omnetpp | 257 | 24.3 | 256 | 24.4 | 257 | 24.3 | 210 | 29.8 | 211 | 29.7 | 210 | 29.8 |
| 473.astar | 278 | 25.2 | 279 | 25.2 | 279 | 25.2 | 339 | 20.7 | 338 | 20.8 | 338 | 20.7 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 180 | 38.4 | 177 | 38.9 | 176 | 39.1 | 179 | 38.5 | 179 | 38.6 | 179 | 38.6 |
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 |