SPEC® CINT2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

IBM Corporation

IBM BladeCenter LS42 (AMD Opteron 8356)

SPECint®2006 = 14.0

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Aug-2008
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: Sep-2008
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: May-2008
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: AMD Opteron 8356
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz: 2300
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 16 cores, 4 chips, 4 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2,3,4 chips
Primary Cache: 64 KB I + 64 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 512 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache: 2 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 64 GB (16 x 4 GB DDR2-6400 ECC)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 73 GB SAS, 10000 RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64) SP1,
Kernel 2.6.16.46-0.12-smp
Compiler: PGI Server Complete Version 7.2
Auto Parallel: Yes
File System: ReiserFS
System State: Run level 3 (Full multiuser with network)
Base Pointers: 32/64-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: SmartHeap 8.1 32-bit Library for Linux
binutils 2.18.50

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 936 10.4  942 10.4  959 10.2  746 13.1  748 13.1  744 13.1 
401.bzip2 1013 9.52 995 9.70 997 9.68 999 9.65 999 9.66 1001 9.64
403.gcc 908 8.86 907 8.87 906 8.89 893 9.01 894 9.01 893 9.02
429.mcf 899 10.1  900 10.1  967 9.43 602 15.2  602 15.2  602 15.1 
445.gobmk 915 11.5  915 11.5  915 11.5  944 11.1  943 11.1  944 11.1 
456.hmmer 609 15.3  611 15.3  610 15.3  375 24.9  374 24.9  374 24.9 
458.sjeng 1003 12.1  1006 12.0  1006 12.0  1012 12.0  1010 12.0  1014 11.9 
462.libquantum 436 47.6  423 49.0  423 49.0  356 58.1  356 58.3  358 57.9 
464.h264ref 1167 19.0  1189 18.6  1172 18.9  1251 17.7  1272 17.4  1250 17.7 
471.omnetpp 717 8.71 719 8.69 719 8.69 717 8.71 719 8.69 719 8.69
473.astar 786 8.93 784 8.95 786 8.94 747 9.39 746 9.41 746 9.41
483.xalancbmk 666 10.4  674 10.2  670 10.3  581 11.9  581 11.9  581 11.9 

Submit Notes

The config file option 'submit' was used.

Operating System Notes

 'numactl' was used to bind copies to the cores.
 Environment stack size set to 'unlimited'.
 'ulimit -l 2097152' was used to set environment locked pages in memory quantity.
 NCPUS set to number of cores.
 PGI_HUGE_PAGES set to 896.
 Set vm/nr_hugepages=14336 in /etc/sysctl.conf
 mount -t hugetlbfs none /mnt/hugepages
 Processor Performance States Disabled in BIOS
 Memory ChipKill Disabled in BIOS

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 pgcc 

C++ benchmarks:

 pgcpp 

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 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -fastsse   -Msmartalloc=huge:896   -Mloop32   -Mconcur=innermost   -Mfprelaxed   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 

C++ benchmarks:

 -fastsse   -Msmartalloc=huge:896   -Mloop32   -Mfprelaxed   --zc_eh   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -tp barcelona-32   -Bstatic_pgi 

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

 -Mipa=jobs:8 

C++ benchmarks:

 -Mipa=jobs:8 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 pgcc 

C++ benchmarks:

 pgcpp 

Peak Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_X64 
401.bzip2:  -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 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

400.perlbench:  -Mpfi(pass 1)   -Mpfo(pass 2)   -Mipa=inline(pass 2)   -fastsse   -O4   -Msmartalloc=huge:896   -Mnovect   -Mnounroll   -Mfprelaxed   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 
401.bzip2:  -Mpfi=indirect(pass 1)   -Mpfo=indirect(pass 2)   -fastsse   -O4   -Msmartalloc=huge:896   -Mprefetch=t0   -Mnounroll   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 
403.gcc:  -Mpfi(pass 1)   -Mpfo(pass 2)   -Mipa=fast(pass 2)   -Mipa=inline(pass 2)   -fastsse   -Msmartalloc=huge:896   -Mprefetch=t0   -Mnodalign   -Mloop32   -Mfprelaxed   -tp barcelona-32   -Bstatic_pgi 
429.mcf:  -fastsse   -Msmartalloc=huge:896   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline:1   -tp barcelona-32   -Bstatic_pgi 
445.gobmk:  -Mpfi(pass 1)   -Mpfo(pass 2)   -Mipa=fast(pass 2)   -fastsse   -O4   -Msmartalloc=huge:896   -Mnovect   -Mfprelaxed   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 
456.hmmer:  -fastsse   -Mvect=partial   -Munroll=n:8   -Msmartalloc=huge:896   -Msafeptr   -Mprefetch=t0   -Mfprelaxed   -Mipa=const   -Mipa=ptr   -Mipa=arg   -Mipa=inline   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 
458.sjeng:  -Mpfi(pass 1)   -Mpfo(pass 2)   -Mipa=fast(pass 2)   -Mipa=inline:1(pass 2)   -Mipa=noarg(pass 2)   -fastsse   -Msmartalloc=huge:896   -Mfprelaxed   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 
462.libquantum:  -fastsse   -Munroll=m:8   -Msmartalloc=huge:896   -Mprefetch=distance:8   -Mconcur=innermost   -Mconcur=noaltcode   -Mfprelaxed   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=noarg   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 
464.h264ref:  -Mpfi=indirect(pass 1)   -Mpfo=indirect(pass 2)   -Mipa=fast(pass 2)   -Mipa=inline(pass 2)   -fastsse   -Msmartalloc=huge:896   -Mfprelaxed   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 

C++ benchmarks:

471.omnetpp:  basepeak = yes 
473.astar:  -Mpfi(pass 1)   -Mpfo(pass 2)   -Mipa=fast(pass 2)   -Mipa=inline:6(pass 2)   -fastsse   -O4   -Msmartalloc=huge:896   -Msafeptr=global   -Mloop32   -Mfprelaxed   --zc_eh   -tp barcelona-32   -Bstatic_pgi 
483.xalancbmk:  --zc_eh   -fastsse   -O4   -Mfprelaxed   -Msmartalloc   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -tp barcelona-32   -Bstatic_pgi   -lsmartheap 

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

 -Mipa=jobs:8(pass 2) 
401.bzip2:  No flags used 

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

 -Mipa=jobs:8(pass 2) 
483.xalancbmk:  -Mipa=jobs:8   -L/proj/qa/smartheap/SmartHeap_8.1/lib 

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/pgi72_flags.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/pgi72_flags.xml.