SPEC® CINT2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

IBM Corporation

IBM BladeCenter HX5 (Intel Xeon E7520)

SPECint®2006 = 22.9

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: May-2010
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: Jun-2010
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: Jan-2010
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E7520
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz: 1867
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 16 cores, 4 chips, 4 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2,3,4 chips
Primary Cache: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 256 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache: 18 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 256 GB (32 x 8 GB PC3-8500R, Quad Rank, running
at 800 MHz)
Disk Subsystem: 2 x 50 GB SATA, SSD, RAID 0
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64), Kernel
2.6.27.19-5-default
Compiler: Intel C++ Professional Compiler for IA32 and
Intel 64, Version 11.1
Build 20091130 Package ID: l_cproc_p_11.1.064
Auto Parallel: Yes
File System: ext3
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 64-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: Microquill SmartHeap V8.1

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 667   14.6 667   14.6 668   14.6 578   16.9 578   16.9 579   16.9
401.bzip2 873   11.1 872   11.1 872   11.1 870   11.1 870   11.1 870   11.1
403.gcc 632   12.7 634   12.7 633   12.7 535   15.1 535   15.0 535   15.1
429.mcf 382   23.9 429   21.2 382   23.9 331   27.5 332   27.5 332   27.4
445.gobmk 759   13.8 756   13.9 758   13.8 705   14.9 705   14.9 706   14.9
456.hmmer 356   26.2 353   26.4 357   26.1 343   27.2 343   27.2 344   27.1
458.sjeng 854   14.2 854   14.2 852   14.2 814   14.9 815   14.8 814   14.9
462.libquantum 48.9 424   48.7 426   49.3 421   48.9 424   47.7 435   47.9 433  
464.h264ref 1044   21.2 1030   21.5 1033   21.4 973   22.8 971   22.8 971   22.8
471.omnetpp 497   12.6 518   12.1 496   12.6 349   17.9 349   17.9 348   17.9
473.astar 603   11.6 605   11.6 603   11.6 581   12.1 578   12.2 580   12.1
483.xalancbmk 330   20.9 329   21.0 330   20.9 330   20.9 329   21.0 330   20.9

General Notes

 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stack size to unlimited prior to run
 Binaries were compiled on SLES 10 with Binutils 2.18.50.0.7.20080502
 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
 KMP_AFFINITY set to granularity=fine,scatter

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc -m64 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc -m64 

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 
471.omnetpp:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
473.astar:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -parallel   -opt-prefetch 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/home/cmplr/usr3/alrahate/cpu2006.1.1.ic11.1/libic11.1-64bit -lsmartheap64 

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

403.gcc:  -Dalloca=_alloca 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icc -m64 
400.perlbench:  icc -m32 
429.mcf:  icc -m32 
445.gobmk:  icc -m32 
464.h264ref:  icc -m32 

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icpc -m64 
471.omnetpp:  icpc -m32 

Peak Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_IA32 
401.bzip2:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
403.gcc:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
456.hmmer:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
458.sjeng:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
462.libquantum:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
473.astar:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

400.perlbench:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -static(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -ansi-alias   -opt-prefetch 
401.bzip2:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div   -static(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -auto-ilp32   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 
403.gcc:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -inline-calloc   -opt-malloc-options=3   -auto-ilp32 
429.mcf:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch 
445.gobmk:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -O2   -ipo   -no-prec-div   -ansi-alias 
456.hmmer:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -unroll2   -ansi-alias   -auto-ilp32 
458.sjeng:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -static(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4 
462.libquantum:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -parallel   -opt-prefetch   -par-schedule-static=32768   -ansi-alias 
464.h264ref:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -static(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll2   -ansi-alias 

C++ benchmarks:

471.omnetpp:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -ansi-alias   -opt-ra-region-strategy=block   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/home/cmplr/usr3/alrahate/cpu2006.1.1.ic11.1/libic11.1-32bit -lsmartheap 
473.astar:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -ansi-alias   -opt-ra-region-strategy=routine   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/home/cmplr/usr3/alrahate/cpu2006.1.1.ic11.1/libic11.1-64bit -lsmartheap64 
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-ic11.1-linux64-revE.20100929.00.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic11.1-linux64-revE.20100929.00.xml.