SPEC® CINT2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Hewlett-Packard Company

ProLiant BL660c Gen8
(2.20 GHz, Intel Xeon E5-4620)

CPU2006 license: 3 Test date: Oct-2012
Test sponsor: Hewlett-Packard Company Hardware Availability: Oct-2012
Tested by: Hewlett-Packard Company Software Availability: Jun-2012
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5-4620
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.60 GHz
CPU MHz: 2200
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 32 cores, 4 chips, 8 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 2,4 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: 16 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 256 GB (32 x 8 GB 2Rx4 PC3-12800R-11, ECC,
running at 1333 MHz and CL9)
Disk Subsystem: 2 x 300 GB 10 K SAS, RAID 1
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.3,
(Santiago)
2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64
Compiler: C/C++: Version 12.1.0.225 of Intel C++
Studio XE for Linux
Auto Parallel: No
File System: ext4
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 32-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: Microquill SmartHeap V9.01
HP Array Configuration Utility CLI 9.0-16.0

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 64 874 716 872 717 872 717 64 738 848 735 850 736 850
401.bzip2 64 1204 513 1201 514 1203 513 64 1178 524 1168 529 1168 529
403.gcc 64 693 743 688 748 691 745 64 693 743 688 748 691 745
429.mcf 64 414 1410 411 1420 412 1420 64 414 1410 411 1420 412 1420
445.gobmk 64 939 715 940 714 938 716 64 917 732 920 729 916 733
456.hmmer 64 503 1190 500 1190 500 1190 64 428 1390 427 1400 430 1390
458.sjeng 64 1088 712 1087 712 1087 713 64 1049 738 1047 740 1048 739
462.libquantum 64 230 5770 230 5760 230 5760 64 230 5770 230 5760 230 5760
464.h264ref 64 1142 1240 1139 1240 1150 1230 64 1156 1230 1124 1260 1122 1260
471.omnetpp 64 721 554 723 553 723 553 64 687 582 686 583 684 584
473.astar 64 814 552 815 551 815 551 64 814 552 815 551 815 551
483.xalancbmk 64 469 941 469 941 469 941 64 469 941 469 941 469 941

Submit Notes

 The numactl mechanism was used to bind copies to processors. The config file option 'submit'
 was used to generate numactl commands to bind each copy to a specific processor.
 For details, please see the config file.

Operating System Notes

 Stack size set to unlimited using "ulimit -s unlimited"
 Transparent Huge Pages enabled with:
 echo always > /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled
 Filesystem page cache cleared with:
 echo 1 >       /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
 runspec command invoked through numactl i.e.:
 numactl --interleave=all runspec <etc>
 Drive Write Cache set to Enabled in HP Array Configuration Utility,
  CLI version 9.0-16.0
 Accelerator Ratio for Reads/Writes set to = 100% Read / 0% Write
  in HP Array Configuration Utility, CLI version 9.0-16.0

Platform Notes

 BIOS Configuration:
  HP Power Profile set to Custom
  Thermal Configuration set to Maximum Cooling
  Memory Power Savings Mode set to Maximum Performance

 Sysinfo program /cpu2006/config/sysinfo.rev6800
 $Rev: 6800 $ $Date:: 2011-10-11 #$ 6f2ebdff5032aaa42e583f96b07f99d3
 running on BL660c-GHR Tue Oct 23 15:00:04 2012

 This section contains SUT (System Under Test) info as seen by
 some common utilities.  To remove or add to this section, see:
   http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/Docs/config.html#sysinfo

 From /proc/cpuinfo
    model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-4620 0 @ 2.20GHz
       4 "physical id"s (chips)
       64 "processors"
    cores, siblings (Caution: counting these is hw and system dependent.  The
    following excerpts from /proc/cpuinfo might not be reliable.  Use with
    caution.)
       cpu cores : 8
       siblings  : 16
       physical 0: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
       physical 1: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
       physical 2: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
       physical 3: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    cache size : 16384 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       264485280 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 /usr/bin/lsb_release -d
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.3 (Santiago)

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    redhat-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.3 (Santiago)
    system-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.3 (Santiago)
    system-release-cpe: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6server:ga:server

 uname -a:
    Linux BL660c-GHR 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Jun 13 18:24:36 EDT 2012
    x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 run-level 3 Oct 23 14:45

 SPEC is set to: /cpu2006
    Filesystem    Type    Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sda3     ext4    273G   14G  246G   6% /

 Additional information from dmidecode:
   BIOS HP I32 08/20/2012
   Memory:
    32x HP Not Specified 8 GB 1600 MHz 2 rank

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
KMP_AFFINITY = "granularity=fine,compact,1,0"
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/cpu2006/libs2/32:/cpu2006/libs2/64"

 Binaries compiled on a system with 2x Xeon E5-2667 CPU + 256GB
 memory using SLES11 SP2, RC3

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc -m32 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc -m32 

Base Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_IA32 
462.libquantum:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/spec/libs2/32 -lsmartheap 

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

403.gcc:  -Dalloca=_alloca 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icc -m32 
400.perlbench:  icc -m64 
401.bzip2:  icc -m64 
456.hmmer:  icc -m64 
458.sjeng:  icc -m64 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc -m32 

Peak Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_X64 
401.bzip2:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
456.hmmer:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
458.sjeng:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
462.libquantum:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
483.xalancbmk:  -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)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -auto-ilp32 
401.bzip2:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-prefetch   -auto-ilp32   -ansi-alias 
403.gcc:  basepeak = yes 
429.mcf:  basepeak = yes 
445.gobmk:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 
456.hmmer:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -unroll2   -auto-ilp32 
458.sjeng:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4   -auto-ilp32 
462.libquantum:  basepeak = yes 
464.h264ref:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(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/spec/libs2/32 -lsmartheap 
473.astar:  basepeak = yes 
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-ic12.1-official-linux64.20111122.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/HP-Platform-Flags-Intel-V1.2-A.20120829.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.1-official-linux64.20111122.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/HP-Platform-Flags-Intel-V1.2-A.20120829.xml.