SPEC® CINT2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

IBM Corporation

IBM BladeCenter JS43 Express (4.2 GHz, 8 core,
SLES)

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Mar-2009
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: May-2009
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: Mar-2009
Benchmark results graph
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: 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 (16x4 GB) DDR2 667 MHz
Disk Subsystem: 1x146 GB SAS 15K RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
Compiler: IBM XL C/C++ for Linux, V10.1
Updated with the Mar2009 PTF.
Auto Parallel: No
File System: ext3
System State: Run Level 3 (Multi-User)
Base Pointers: 32-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: -Post-Link Optimization for Linux on
POWER, Version 5.4.0-21
-MicroQuill SmartHeap 8.1

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 16 1179 133 1177 133 1177 133 16 975 160 976 160 978 160
401.bzip2 16 969 159 969 159 968 159 16 864 179 864 179 864 179
403.gcc 16 711 181 711 181 709 182 16 649 198 648 199 651 198
429.mcf 16 488 299 487 300 490 298 16 485 301 483 302 484 301
445.gobmk 16 966 174 967 174 967 174 16 769 218 768 219 768 218
456.hmmer 16 981 152 980 152 980 152 16 679 220 680 220 679 220
458.sjeng 16 1164 166 1165 166 1160 167 16 1049 185 1048 185 1050 184
462.libquantum 16 1255 264 1256 264 1254 264 8 296 560 296 560 296 560
464.h264ref 16 1162 305 1162 305 1162 305 16 1101 322 1101 322 1101 322
471.omnetpp 16 775 129 776 129 775 129 16 753 133 752 133 753 133
473.astar 16 847 133 846 133 847 133 16 741 152 743 151 742 151
483.xalancbmk 16 510 216 510 216 510 216 16 486 227 486 227 485 227

Submit Notes

The config file option 'submit' was used.
Benchmarks bound to a processor using numactl on the submit command.

General Notes

 kernel release 2.6.27.19-5-ppc64.
 See flags file for details on following settings.
 ulimit -s (stack) set to 1048576.
 System configured with libhugetlbfs library for application access to large pages
 Large pages reserved as follows by root user:
     echo 1600 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
 Environment variables set before executing benchmarks.
     export HUGETLB_VERBOSE=0
     export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes
     export XLFRTEOPTS=intrinthds=1
 IBM Post-Link Optimization tool was used for these benchmarks, with options:
   400.perlbench : "-imullX" (instrumentation phase), "-O4 -omullX" (optimization phase)
   401.bzip2 : same as 400.perlbench
   403.gcc : same as 400.perlbench
   456.hmmer : same as 400.perlbench
   458.sjeng : same as 400.perlbench
   483.xalancbmk : same as 400.perlbench
   429.mcf : "-imullX" (instrumentation phase), "-bf -dp -hr -las -pca -RC -RD
            -rmte -si -tlo -A 64 -isf 104 -lu 8 -rt 0.16
            -hrf 0.18 -ihf 40 -sdp 6 -sdpms 128 -shci 65 -si -sidf 45 -omullX" (optimization phase)
   445.gobmk : "-imullX" (instrumentation phase), "-q -O3 -A 32 -omullX" (optimization phase)
   462.libquantum : "-imullX" (instrumentation phase), "-bf -dp -lro -nop -RC -RD -tb -tlo -vro -A 4
            -isf 88 -lu 8 -hrf 0.10 -sdp 4 -lun 27 -omullX" (optimization phase)
   473.astar : "-imullX" (instrumentation phase), "-O4 -omullX -see 1" (optimization phase)
   464.h264ref : "-O4" (optimization phase)

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 xlc   -qlanglvl=extc99 

C++ benchmarks:

 xlC 

Base Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_PPC 
462.libquantum:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
464.h264ref:  -qchars=signed 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -O5   -qarch=pwr6   -qtune=pwr6   -qalias=noansi   -qalloca   -lhugetlbfs 

C++ benchmarks:

 -O5   -qarch=pwr6   -qtune=pwr6   -qrtti   -lsmartheap 

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

 -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads 

C++ benchmarks:

 -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 xlc   -qlanglvl=extc99 

C++ benchmarks:

 xlC 

Peak Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_PPC 
403.gcc:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
462.libquantum:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
464.h264ref:  -qchars=signed 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

400.perlbench:  -Wl,-q   -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O4   -qarch=pwr6   -qtune=pwr6   -qalias=noansi   -lsmartheap 
401.bzip2:  -Wl,-q   -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O3   -qarch=pwr6   -qtune=pwr6   -lhugetlbfs 
403.gcc:  -Wl,-q   -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O4   -qarch=pwr6   -qtune=pwr6   -qalloca   -q64   -lhugetlbfs 
429.mcf:  -Wl,-q   -O5   -qarch=pwr6   -qtune=pwr6   -qnoenablevmx   -lhugetlbfs 
445.gobmk:  -Wl,-q   -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O4   -qarch=pwr6   -qtune=pwr6   -qnoenablevmx   -lhugetlbfs 
456.hmmer:  -Wl,-q   -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -qarch=pwr6   -qtune=pwr6   -lhugetlbfs 
458.sjeng:  -Wl,-q   -O5   -qarch=pwr6   -qtune=pwr6   -lhugetlbfs 
462.libquantum:  -Wl,-q   -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -qarch=pwr6   -qtune=pwr6   -qnoenablevmx   -q64   -lhugetlbfs 
464.h264ref:  -Wl,-q   -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -qarch=pwr6   -qtune=pwr6   -q64   -lhugetlbfs 

C++ benchmarks:

471.omnetpp:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O4   -qarch=pwr6   -qtune=pwr6   -qrtti   -lsmartheap 
473.astar:  -Wl,-q   -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O4   -qarch=pwr6   -qtune=pwr6   -qnoenablevmx   -lsmartheap 
483.xalancbmk:  -Wl,-q   -O5   -qarch=pwr6   -qtune=pwr6   -lsmartheap 

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks:

 -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads 

C++ benchmarks:

 -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads 

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

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