| CPU2006 license: | 11 | Test date: | May-2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | IBM Corporation | Hardware Availability: | Feb-2011 |
| Tested by: | IBM Corporation | Software Availability: | Jan-2011 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | Intel Xeon E5649 |
| CPU Characteristics: | Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.93 GHz |
| CPU MHz: | 2533 |
| 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: | 48 GB (12 x 4 GB 2Rx8 PC3-10600R-9, ECC) |
| Disk Subsystem: | 2 x 50 GB SATA, SSD, RAID 0 |
| 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 | 421 | 23.2 | 429 | 22.8 | 441 | 22.2 | 403 | 24.3 | 377 | 25.9 | 398 | 24.6 |
| 401.bzip2 | 567 | 17.0 | 568 | 17.0 | 567 | 17.0 | 541 | 17.8 | 545 | 17.7 | 541 | 17.8 |
| 403.gcc | 347 | 23.2 | 349 | 23.1 | 349 | 23.1 | 330 | 24.4 | 331 | 24.3 | 330 | 24.4 |
| 429.mcf | 218 | 41.8 | 217 | 42.0 | 217 | 42.0 | 205 | 44.5 | 204 | 44.6 | 204 | 44.8 |
| 445.gobmk | 515 | 20.4 | 517 | 20.3 | 507 | 20.7 | 472 | 22.2 | 472 | 22.2 | 472 | 22.2 |
| 456.hmmer | 223 | 41.9 | 223 | 41.9 | 223 | 41.9 | 220 | 42.5 | 219 | 42.6 | 219 | 42.6 |
| 458.sjeng | 519 | 23.3 | 520 | 23.3 | 521 | 23.2 | 505 | 24.0 | 506 | 23.9 | 505 | 24.0 |
| 462.libquantum | 23.7 | 875 | 25.3 | 820 | 32.7 | 634 | 23.7 | 875 | 25.3 | 820 | 32.7 | 634 |
| 464.h264ref | 693 | 31.9 | 695 | 31.8 | 702 | 31.5 | 595 | 37.2 | 595 | 37.2 | 595 | 37.2 |
| 471.omnetpp | 307 | 20.3 | 309 | 20.2 | 307 | 20.4 | 269 | 23.2 | 270 | 23.2 | 269 | 23.2 |
| 473.astar | 332 | 21.1 | 330 | 21.2 | 332 | 21.1 | 332 | 21.1 | 330 | 21.2 | 332 | 21.1 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 201 | 34.4 | 204 | 33.9 | 204 | 33.8 | 201 | 34.4 | 204 | 33.9 | 204 | 33.8 |
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 Mode enabled Turbo Boost set to Traditional Power C-states enabled Demand Scrub disabled
General Notes
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 |