SPEC® CINT2006 Result

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IBM Corporation

IBM System x3500 (Intel Xeon E5420)

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Feb-2008
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: Jan-2008
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: Nov-2007
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5420
CPU Characteristics: 1333MHz system bus
CPU MHz: 2500
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 4 cores, 1 chip, 4 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2 chips
Primary Cache: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 12 MB I+D on chip per chip, 6 MB shared / 2 cores
L3 Cache: None
Other Cache: None
Memory: 16 GB (8 x 2 GB DDR2-5300F ECC)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 80 GB SATA, 7200 RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64), Kernel
2.6.16.21-0.8-smp
Compiler: Intel C++ Compiler 10.1 for Linux
Build 20070913 Package ID: l_cc_p_10.1.008
Auto Parallel: Yes
File System: ReiserFS
System State: Multi-user, run level 3
Base Pointers: 32-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: MicroQuill SmartHeap 8.1
Binutils 2.17.50.0.15

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 4 579 67.5 579 67.5 582 67.1 4 480 81.5 485 80.5 484 80.7
401.bzip2 4 724 53.3 730 52.8 727 53.1 4 684 56.5 683 56.5 690 55.9
403.gcc 4 603 53.4 594 54.2 597 53.9 4 592 54.4 604 53.3 599 53.8
429.mcf 4 731 49.9 731 49.9 729 50.1 4 720 50.7 718 50.8 720 50.7
445.gobmk 4 623 67.4 619 67.8 622 67.4 4 563 74.5 578 72.6 563 74.5
456.hmmer 4 665 56.1 665 56.1 665 56.1 4 391 95.4 392 95.3 394 94.6
458.sjeng 4 753 64.2 755 64.1 754 64.2 4 683 70.9 680 71.2 681 71.1
462.libquantum 4 2533 32.7 2534 32.7 2537 32.7 1 251 82.6 247 83.9 253 82.0
464.h264ref 4 788 112   789 112   791 112   4 753 118   753 118   753 117  
471.omnetpp 4 676 37.0 677 36.9 676 37.0 4 647 38.6 651 38.4 647 38.7
473.astar 4 696 40.3 697 40.3 697 40.3 4 643 43.7 645 43.5 643 43.7
483.xalancbmk 4 398 69.4 398 69.3 399 69.2 4 398 69.4 398 69.3 399 69.2

General Notes

 All benchmarks compiled in 32-bit mode except 401.bzip2 and 456.hmmer,
 for peak, are compiled in 64-bit mode
 Hardware Sector Prefetch Enabled and Adjacent Sector Prefetch Disabled
 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
 KMP_AFFINITY set to physical,0
 KMP_STACKSIZE set to 64M
 taskset utility used to bind CPU(s) to processes

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc 

Base Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_IA32 
462.libquantum:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -fast   -inline-calloc   -opt-malloc-options=3 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xT   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/spec/users/rahul/cpu2006.1.0/lib -lsmartheap 

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

403.gcc:  -Dalloca=_alloca 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icc 
401.bzip2:  /opt/intel/cce/10.1.008/bin/icc   -L/opt/intel/cce/10.1.008/lib   -I/opt/intel/cce/10.1.008/include 
456.hmmer:  /opt/intel/cce/10.1.008/bin/icc   -L/opt/intel/cce/10.1.008/lib   -I/opt/intel/cce/10.1.008/include 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc 

Peak Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_IA32 
401.bzip2:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
456.hmmer:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
462.libquantum:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

400.perlbench:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -ansi-alias   -prefetch 
401.bzip2:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -prefetch 
403.gcc:  -fast   -inline-calloc   -opt-malloc-options=3 
429.mcf:  -fast   -prefetch 
445.gobmk:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xT   -O2   -ipo   -no-prec-div   -ansi-alias 
456.hmmer:  -fast   -unroll2   -ansi-alias   -opt-multi-version-aggressive 
458.sjeng:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll4 
462.libquantum:  -fast   -unroll4   -Ob0   -prefetch   -opt-streaming-stores always   -vec-guard-write   -opt-malloc-options=3   -parallel   -par-runtime-control 
464.h264ref:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll2   -ansi-alias 

C++ benchmarks:

471.omnetpp:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xT   -O3   -ipo   -no-prec-div   -ansi-alias   -opt-ra-region-strategy=block   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/spec/users/rahul/cpu2006.1.0/lib -lsmartheap 
473.astar:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xT   -O3   -ipo   -no-prec-div   -ansi-alias   -opt-ra-region-strategy=routine   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/spec/users/rahul/cpu2006.1.0/lib -lsmartheap 
483.xalancbmk:  basepeak = yes 

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks:

403.gcc:  -Dalloca=_alloca 

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic10.1-INT-ia32-linux-flags.20090714.05.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic10.1-INT-ia32-linux-flags.20090714.05.xml.