SPEC® CINT2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Dell Inc.

PowerEdge M520 (Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2,
2.50 GHz)

CPU2006 license: 55 Test date: Nov-2013
Test sponsor: Dell Inc. Hardware Availability: Jan-2014
Tested by: Dell Inc. Software Availability: Sep-2013
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.30 GHz
CPU MHz: 2500
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 16 cores, 2 chips, 8 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 2 chip
Primary Cache: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 256 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache: 20 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 192 GB (12 x 16 GB 2Rx4 PC3L-12800R-11, ECC)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 1 TB 7200 RPM SATA
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)
3.0.76-0.11-default
Compiler: C/C++: Version 14.0.0.080 of Intel C++ Studio XE
for Linux
Auto Parallel: No
File System: ext2
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 32-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: Microquill SmartHeap V10.0

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 32 659 474 658 475 660 474 32 550 568 554 565 549 569
401.bzip2 32 928 333 936 330 930 332 32 908 340 911 339 912 339
403.gcc 32 539 478 540 477 539 478 32 539 478 540 477 539 478
429.mcf 32 329 887 328 889 329 887 32 329 887 328 889 329 887
445.gobmk 32 721 466 719 467 720 466 32 711 472 692 485 693 485
456.hmmer 32 363 823 361 826 363 824 32 335 891 335 891 334 893
458.sjeng 32 838 462 835 464 837 463 32 807 480 807 480 805 481
462.libquantum 32 162 4090 162 4100 162 4090 32 162 4090 162 4100 162 4090
464.h264ref 32 901 786 899 788 901 786 32 897 790 891 794 890 795
471.omnetpp 32 627 319 627 319 626 319 32 601 333 602 332 601 333
473.astar 32 669 336 667 337 669 336 32 669 336 667 337 669 336
483.xalancbmk 32 353 626 353 625 353 626 32 353 626 353 625 353 626

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"

Platform Notes

 BIOS settings:
 Virtualization Technology disabled
 Execute Disable disabled
 Logical Processor enabled
 System Profile set to Performance
 Sysinfo program /root/cpu2006-1.2/config/sysinfo.rev6818
 $Rev: 6818 $ $Date:: 2012-07-17 #$ e86d102572650a6e4d596a3cee98f191
 running on linux Fri Nov 15 19:33:57 2013

 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 E5-2450 v2 @ 2.50GHz
       2 "physical id"s (chips)
       32 "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
    cache size : 20480 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       198443260 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 /usr/bin/lsb_release -d
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    SuSE-release:
       SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)
       VERSION = 11
       PATCHLEVEL = 3

 uname -a:
    Linux linux 3.0.76-0.11-default #1 SMP Fri Jun 14 08:21:43 UTC 2013 (ccab990)
    x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 run-level 3 Nov 15 19:33 last=S

 SPEC is set to: /root/cpu2006-1.2
    Filesystem     Type  Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sda2      ext2  910G  7.8G  901G   1% /

 Additional information from dmidecode:
   BIOS Dell Inc. 2.0.22 09/23/2013
   Memory:
    12x 00AD04B300AD HMT42GR7AFR4A-PB 16 GB 1600 MHz

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/root/cpu2006-1.2/libs/32:/root/cpu2006-1.2/libs/64:/root/cpu2006-1.2/sh"

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Core i7-860 CPU + 8GB
 memory using RedHat EL 6.4
 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>

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/sh -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/sh -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-ic14.0-official-linux64.20140128.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Dell-Platform-Settings-V1.2-revB.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic14.0-official-linux64.20140128.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Dell-Platform-Settings-V1.2-revB.xml.