| CPU2006 license: | 20 | Test date: | Dec-2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | Bull SAS | Hardware Availability: | Nov-2008 |
| Tested by: | Bull SAS | Software Availability: | Nov-2008 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | Intel Xeon E7450 |
| CPU Characteristics: | 1066 MHz system bus |
| CPU MHz: | 2400 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 24 cores, 4 chips, 6 cores/chip |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 1,2,3,4 chips |
| Primary Cache: | 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core |
| Secondary Cache: | 9 MB I+D on chip per chip, 3 MB shared / 2 cores |
| L3 Cache: | 12 MB I+D on chip per chip |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 64 GB (16 x 4GB DDR2-667 FBDIMM) |
| Disk Subsystem: | 1x146 GB SAS, 10000 RPM |
| 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: | Microquill SmartHeap V8.1 Binutils 2.18.50.0.7.20080502 |
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 | 607 | 16.1 | 608 | 16.1 | 607 | 16.1 | 479 | 20.4 | 479 | 20.4 | 480 | 20.3 |
| 401.bzip2 | 758 | 12.7 | 752 | 12.8 | 751 | 12.8 | 695 | 13.9 | 696 | 13.9 | 696 | 13.9 |
| 403.gcc | 662 | 12.2 | 661 | 12.2 | 659 | 12.2 | 537 | 15.0 | 537 | 15.0 | 536 | 15.0 |
| 429.mcf | 415 | 22.0 | 412 | 22.1 | 413 | 22.1 | 413 | 22.1 | 414 | 22.0 | 412 | 22.1 |
| 445.gobmk | 648 | 16.2 | 648 | 16.2 | 648 | 16.2 | 598 | 17.5 | 597 | 17.6 | 597 | 17.6 |
| 456.hmmer | 705 | 13.2 | 704 | 13.2 | 705 | 13.2 | 447 | 20.9 | 448 | 20.8 | 447 | 20.9 |
| 458.sjeng | 788 | 15.4 | 786 | 15.4 | 790 | 15.3 | 747 | 16.2 | 748 | 16.2 | 747 | 16.2 |
| 462.libquantum | 73.3 | 283 | 72.8 | 285 | 72.7 | 285 | 73.3 | 283 | 72.8 | 285 | 72.7 | 285 |
| 464.h264ref | 1111 | 19.9 | 1100 | 20.1 | 1102 | 20.1 | 789 | 28.0 | 786 | 28.1 | 787 | 28.1 |
| 471.omnetpp | 582 | 10.7 | 582 | 10.7 | 579 | 10.8 | 529 | 11.8 | 528 | 11.8 | 529 | 11.8 |
| 473.astar | 589 | 11.9 | 590 | 11.9 | 589 | 11.9 | 510 | 13.8 | 510 | 13.8 | 503 | 14.0 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 350 | 19.7 | 350 | 19.7 | 350 | 19.7 | 350 | 19.7 | 350 | 19.7 | 350 | 19.7 |
Operating System Notes
'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited prior to run OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores KMP_AFFINITY set to physical,0
Platform Notes
BIOS Settings: Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch = Enabled Hardware Prefetcher = Enabled
General Notes
The NEC Express5800/R140a-4(Intel Xeon E7450) and the Bull NovaScale R480 E1(Intel Xeon E7450, 2.40 GHz) models are electronically equivalent. The results have been measured on a Bull NovaScale R480 E1(Intel Xeon E7450, 2.40 GHz) model.
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 -parallel -par-runtime-control -opt-prefetch |
C++ benchmarks:
| -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -opt-prefetch -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/spec/cpu2006.1.1/lib -lsmartheap |
Peak Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks (except as noted below):
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 -auto-ilp32 -opt-prefetch -ansi-alias |
| 403.gcc: | -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -inline-calloc -opt-malloc-options=3 |
| 429.mcf: | -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 -auto-ilp32 |
| 458.sjeng: | -prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -unroll4 |
| 462.libquantum: | basepeak = yes |
| 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 |