| CPU2006 license: | 11 | Test date: | Jan-2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | IBM Corporation | Hardware Availability: | Feb-2008 |
| Tested by: | IBM Corporation | Software Availability: | Feb-2008 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | POWER6 |
| CPU Characteristics: | |
| CPU MHz: | 4200 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 8 cores, 4 chips, 2 cores/chip, 2 threads/core |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 2,4,6,8 cores |
| Primary Cache: | 64 KB I + 64 KB D on chip per core |
| Secondary Cache: | 4 MB I+D on chip per core |
| L3 Cache: | 32 MB I+D off chip per chip |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 64 GB (32x2 GB) DDR2 667 MHz |
| Disk Subsystem: | 1x73 GB 1x146 GB SAS 15K RPM |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | IBM AIX V6.1 Updated to SP3 |
| Compiler: | XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition V9 for AIX Updated with the Oct2007 PTF. |
| Auto Parallel: | No |
| File System: | AIX/JFS2 |
| System State: | Multi-user |
| Base Pointers: | 32-bit |
| Peak Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Other Software: | -- |
Results Table
| Benchmark | Base | Peak | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copies | Seconds | Ratio | Seconds | Ratio | Seconds | Ratio | Copies | 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 | 16 | 1241 | 126 | 1233 | 127 | 1233 | 127 | 16 | 1129 | 138 | 1128 | 139 | 1127 | 139 |
| 401.bzip2 | 16 | 1082 | 143 | 1067 | 145 | 1070 | 144 | 16 | 871 | 177 | 856 | 180 | 861 | 179 |
| 403.gcc | 16 | 752 | 171 | 751 | 171 | 746 | 173 | 16 | 688 | 187 | 689 | 187 | 689 | 187 |
| 429.mcf | 16 | 470 | 310 | 470 | 311 | 470 | 311 | 16 | 470 | 310 | 470 | 311 | 470 | 311 |
| 445.gobmk | 16 | 972 | 173 | 972 | 173 | 972 | 173 | 16 | 830 | 202 | 830 | 202 | 829 | 202 |
| 456.hmmer | 16 | 1005 | 149 | 1002 | 149 | 1003 | 149 | 16 | 823 | 181 | 823 | 181 | 823 | 181 |
| 458.sjeng | 16 | 1209 | 160 | 1208 | 160 | 1207 | 160 | 16 | 1042 | 186 | 1040 | 186 | 1046 | 185 |
| 462.libquantum | 16 | 1170 | 283 | 1172 | 283 | 1172 | 283 | 8 | 302 | 550 | 301 | 550 | 301 | 550 |
| 464.h264ref | 16 | 1144 | 310 | 1146 | 309 | 1146 | 309 | 16 | 1135 | 312 | 1135 | 312 | 1141 | 310 |
| 471.omnetpp | 16 | 737 | 136 | 735 | 136 | 735 | 136 | 16 | 644 | 155 | 644 | 155 | 646 | 155 |
| 473.astar | 16 | 811 | 139 | 811 | 139 | 813 | 138 | 16 | 700 | 160 | 699 | 161 | 703 | 160 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 16 | 657 | 168 | 657 | 168 | 657 | 168 | 16 | 564 | 196 | 564 | 196 | 564 | 196 |
General Notes
See flags file of details on following settings. all ulimits set to unlimited. Envionment variables set before executing benchmarks: MALLOCOPTIONS=pool MEMORY_AFFINITY=MCM XLFRTEOPTS=intrinthds=1 System set to "Enhanced" mode when defining partition on HMC. bindprocessor command used on submit to bind each copy to a unique processor. 2000 16M large pages defined with vmo command Remote console disabled in /etc/inittab. fdpr binary optimization tool used for: 400.perlbench 401.bzip2 403.gcc 429.mcf 456.hmmer 458.sjent 462.libquantum 464.h264ref 473.astar
Base Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks:
| /usr/vac/bin/xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 |
C++ benchmarks:
| /usr/vacpp/bin/xlC |
Base Portability Flags
| 400.perlbench: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX |
| 462.libquantum: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX |
| 464.h264ref: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX -qchars=signed |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX |
Base Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| -bmaxdata:0x50000000 -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qalias=noansi -qalloca -blpdata |
C++ benchmarks:
| -bmaxdata:0x20000000 -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qrtti=all -blpdata |
Base Other Flags
C benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |
C++ benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |
Peak Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks:
| /usr/vac/bin/xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 |
C++ benchmarks:
| /usr/vacpp/bin/xlC |
Peak Portability Flags
| 400.perlbench: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX |
| 403.gcc: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 462.libquantum: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX |
| 464.h264ref: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX -qchars=signed |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX |
Peak Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| 400.perlbench: | -bmaxdata:0x50000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -D_ILS_MACROS -qalias=noansi -qfdpr -blpdata |
| 401.bzip2: | -bmaxdata:0x4ffffffc -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -D_ILS_MACROS -qfdpr -blpdata |
| 403.gcc: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qalloca -qfdpr -q64 -blpdata |
| 429.mcf: | basepeak = yes |
| 445.gobmk: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -D_ILS_MACROS -blpdata |
| 456.hmmer: | -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qfdpr -blpdata |
| 458.sjeng: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -D_ILS_MACROS -qfdpr -blpdata |
| 462.libquantum: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -D_ILS_MACROS -q64 -qfdpr -blpdata |
| 464.h264ref: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -q64 -D_ILS_MACROS -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -qfdpr -bdatapsize:64K -bstackpsize:64K -btextpsize:64K |
C++ benchmarks:
| 471.omnetpp: | -bmaxdata:0x20000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -D_ILS_MACROS -qalign=natural -qrtti=all -qinlglue -blpdata |
| 473.astar: | -bmaxdata:0x20000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qfdpr -qinlglue -qalign=natural -blpdata |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -bmaxdata:0x20000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qinlglue -D__IBM_FAST_VECTOR -blpdata |