SPEC® CINT2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Dell Inc.

PowerEdge 2950 III (Intel Xeon X5460, 3.16 GHz)

CPU2006 license: 55 Test date: Sep-2008
Test sponsor: Dell Inc. Hardware Availability: Nov-2007
Tested by: Dell Inc. Software Availability: Nov-2008
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon X5460
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz: 3166
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 8 cores, 2 chips, 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 667 MHz ECC CL5 FB-DIMM)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 73 GB 15000 RPM SAS
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64) SP2,
Kernel 2.6.16-60.0.21-smp
Compiler: Intel C++ Compiler 11.0 for Linux
Build 20080730 Package ID: l_cproc_b_11.0.042
Auto Parallel: Yes
File System: ReiserFS
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 32-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: Binutils 2.18.50.0.7.20080502
Microquill SmartHeap V8.1

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 8 468 167   465 168   462 169   8 400   195   402   195   404   193  
401.bzip2 8 674 115   667 116   668 116   8 639   121   638   121   639   121  
403.gcc 8 643 100   647 99.5 651 98.9 8 645   99.8 643   100   648   99.4
429.mcf 8 718 102   718 102   718 102   8 736   99.1 737   98.9 738   98.9
445.gobmk 8 521 161   521 161   522 161   8 490   171   493   170   493   170  
456.hmmer 8 445 168   446 167   446 168   8 349   214   350   213   350   214  
458.sjeng 8 575 168   572 169   574 169   8 556   174   557   174   556   174  
462.libquantum 8 1021 162   1018 163   1018 163   1 74.5 278   74.8 277   74.5 278  
464.h264ref 8 635 279   635 279   637 278   8 605   293   605   293   604   293  
471.omnetpp 8 843 59.3 843 59.3 843 59.3 8 836   59.8 836   59.8 837   59.7
473.astar 8 710 79.1 705 79.7 709 79.2 8 642   87.4 642   87.4 640   87.7
483.xalancbmk 8 437 126   435 127   436 127   8 437   126   435   127   436   127  

Submit Notes

The config file option 'submit' was used.
 taskset was used to bind processes to cores except
 for 462.libquantum peak

Operating System Notes

 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stack size to unlimited prior to run

Platform Notes

 BIOS Settings:
 Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch = Disabled (Default = Enabled)

General Notes

 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of processors
 KMP_AFFINITY set to "physical,0"
 KMP_STACKSIZE set to 64M

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:

 -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -inline-calloc   -opt-malloc-options=3   -opt-prefetch 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/spec/cpu2006.1.1/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/Compiler/11.0/042/bin/intel64/icc   -L/opt/intel/Compiler/11.0/042/ipp/em64t/lib   -I/opt/intel/Compiler/11.0/042/ipp/em64t/include 
456.hmmer:  /opt/intel/Compiler/11.0/042/bin/intel64/icc   -L/opt/intel/Compiler/11.0/042/ipp/em64t/lib   -I/opt/intel/Compiler/11.0/042/ipp/em64t/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)   -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -ansi-alias   -opt-prefetch 
401.bzip2:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 
403.gcc:  -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -inline-calloc   -opt-malloc-options=3 
429.mcf:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch 
445.gobmk:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xSSE4.1   -O2   -ipo   -no-prec-div   -ansi-alias 
456.hmmer:  -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -unroll2   -ansi-alias 
458.sjeng:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -unroll4 
462.libquantum:  -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-malloc-options=3   -parallel   -par-runtime-control   -opt-prefetch 
464.h264ref:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -unroll2   -ansi-alias 

C++ benchmarks:

471.omnetpp:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -ansi-alias   -opt-ra-region-strategy=block   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/spec/cpu2006.1.1/lib -lsmartheap 
473.astar:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xSSE4.1   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -ansi-alias   -opt-ra-region-strategy=routine   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/spec/cpu2006.1.1/lib -lsmartheap 
483.xalancbmk:  basepeak = yes 

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-ic11.0-int-linux64-revA.20090713.02.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-Linux64-Platform.20090713.02.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic11.0-int-linux64-revA.20090713.02.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-Linux64-Platform.20090713.02.xml.