SPEC® CINT2006 Result

IBM Corporation

IBM System x3550 M4 (Intel Xeon E5-2637)

SPECint®2006 = 46.2

SPECint_base2006 = 43.8

CPU2006 license:	11	Test date:	Apr-2012
Test sponsor:	IBM Corporation	Hardware Availability:	Mar-2012
Tested by:	IBM Corporation	Software Availability:	Oct-2011

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon E5-2637
CPU Characteristics:	Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.50 GHz
CPU MHz:	3000
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	4 cores, 2 chips, 2 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:	5 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	128 GB (16 x 8 GB 2Rx4 PC3-12800R-11, ECC)
Disk Subsystem:	1 x 1 TB SAS, 7200 RPM
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 (Santiago) 2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64
Compiler:	C/C++: Version 12.1.0.225 of Intel C++ Studio XE for Linux
Auto Parallel:	Yes
File System:	ext4
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
Benchmark	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	339	28.8	338	28.9	338	28.9	278	35.1	276	35.4	276	35.4
401.bzip2	428	22.5	428	22.5	429	22.5	420	23.0	420	23.0	419	23.0
403.gcc	277	29.0	277	29.0	277	29.1	273	29.5	272	29.6	272	29.6
429.mcf	159	57.5	157	58.0	158	57.8	159	57.5	157	58.0	158	57.8
445.gobmk	411	25.5	410	25.6	410	25.6	401	26.2	401	26.2	401	26.2
456.hmmer	177	52.7	177	52.6	177	52.7	179	52.2	177	52.6	177	52.6
458.sjeng	426	28.4	425	28.5	425	28.4	425	28.5	424	28.5	425	28.5
462.libquantum	20.5	1010	20.5	1010	20.5	1010	20.5	1010	20.5	1010	20.5	1010
464.h264ref	438	50.5	438	50.5	438	50.5	402	55.0	402	55.0	402	55.0
471.omnetpp	312	20.0	312	20.1	313	20.0	259	24.1	258	24.2	259	24.2
473.astar	258	27.2	259	27.1	259	27.1	258	27.2	259	27.1	259	27.1
483.xalancbmk	161	42.8	161	42.8	161	42.8	143	48.1	144	47.9	144	48.0

Operating System Notes

 Stack size set to unlimited using "ulimit -s unlimited"
 Zone reclaim mode enabled with:
 echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/zone_reclaim_mode

Platform Notes

 BIOS Settings:
 Operating Mode set to Maximum Performance
 Sysinfo program /root/SPECcpu-v1.2/config/sysinfo.rev6800
 $Rev: 6800 $ $Date:: 2011-10-11 #$ 6f2ebdff5032aaa42e583f96b07f99d3
 running on x3550M4 Sun Apr 29 00:13:40 2012

 This section contains SUT (System Under Test) info as seen by
 some common utilities.  To remove or add to this section, see:
   http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/Docs/config.html#sysinfo

 From /proc/cpuinfo
    model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2637 0 @ 3.00GHz
       2 "physical id"s (chips)
       8 "processors"
    cores, siblings (Caution: counting these is hw and system dependent.  The
    following excerpts from /proc/cpuinfo might not be reliable.  Use with
    caution.)
       cpu cores : 2
       siblings  : 4
       physical 0: cores 0 1
       physical 1: cores 0 1
    cache size : 5120 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       132239004 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 /usr/bin/lsb_release -d
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 (Santiago)

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    redhat-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 (Santiago)
    system-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 (Santiago)
    system-release-cpe: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6server:ga:server

 uname -a:
    Linux x3550M4 2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue May 10 15:42:40 EDT 2011
    x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 run-level 3 Apr 27 11:59

 SPEC is set to: /root/SPECcpu-v1.2
    Filesystem    Type    Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/mapper/vg_x3550m4-lv_root
                  ext4    790G   69G  681G  10% /

 Additional information from dmidecode:
   Memory:
    16x Samsung M393B1K70DH0-CK0 8 GB 1600 MHz 2 rank

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
KMP_AFFINITY = "granularity=fine,compact,1,0"
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/root/SPECcpu-v1.2/libs/32:/root/SPECcpu-v1.2/libs/64"
OMP_NUM_THREADS = "4"

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Core i7-860 CPU + 8GB
 memory using RHEL5.5
 Transparent Huge Pages enabled with:
 echo always > /sys/kernel/mm/redhat_transparent_hugepage/enabled

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

icc -m64

C++ benchmarks:

icpc -m64

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

C++ benchmarks:

-xAVX -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -opt-prefetch -auto-p32 -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/smartheap -lsmartheap64

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

403.gcc:

-Dalloca=_alloca

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

	icc -m64
400.perlbench:	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
429.mcf:	-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:

400.perlbench:	-xAVX(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -opt-prefetch -ansi-alias
401.bzip2:	-xAVX(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div -prof-use(pass 2) -auto-ilp32 -opt-prefetch -ansi-alias
403.gcc:	-xAVX -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -inline-calloc -opt-malloc-options=3 -auto-ilp32
429.mcf:	basepeak = yes
445.gobmk:	-xAVX(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -ansi-alias
456.hmmer:	-xAVX -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -unroll2 -auto-ilp32 -ansi-alias
458.sjeng:	-xAVX(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -unroll4
462.libquantum:	basepeak = yes
464.h264ref:	-xAVX(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -unroll2 -ansi-alias

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
473.astar:	basepeak = yes
483.xalancbmk:	-xAVX -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -opt-prefetch -ansi-alias -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/smartheap -lsmartheap

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks:

403.gcc:

-Dalloca=_alloca

The flags files that were used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.1-official-linux64.20111122.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-Platform-Flags-V1.2-SNB-C.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.1-official-linux64.20111122.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-Platform-Flags-V1.2-SNB-C.xml.