SPEC® CINT2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

IBM Corporation

IBM System x3950 X6
(Intel Xeon E7-8880L v2, 2.20 GHz)

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: May-2014
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: Jun-2014
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: Nov-2013
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E7-8880L v2
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.80 GHz
CPU MHz: 2200
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 120 cores, 8 chips, 15 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 4,6,8 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: 37.5 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 2 TB (128 x 16 GB 2Rx4 PC3L-12800R-11, ECC,
running at 1333 MHz)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 400 GB SATA, SSD
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5
(Santiago)
2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64
Compiler: C/C++: Version 14.0.0.080 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 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 240 785 2990 792 2960 790 2970 240 665 3530 659 3560 657 3570
401.bzip2 240 1118 2070 1115 2080 1118 2070 240 1099 2110 1100 2110 1100 2110
403.gcc 240 663 2910 661 2920 667 2900 240 663 2910 661 2920 667 2900
429.mcf 240 396 5520 396 5530 395 5540 240 396 5520 396 5530 395 5540
445.gobmk 240 876 2870 873 2880 878 2870 240 844 2980 846 2970 839 3000
456.hmmer 240 426 5250 426 5250 426 5250 240 407 5500 406 5510 406 5510
458.sjeng 240 999 2910 999 2910 999 2910 240 959 3030 964 3010 958 3030
462.libquantum 240 192 25900 192 25900 192 25900 240 192 25900 192 25900 192 25900
464.h264ref 240 1059 5020 1057 5020 1050 5060 240 1059 5020 1057 5020 1050 5060
471.omnetpp 240 771 1950 770 1950 770 1950 240 736 2040 737 2040 736 2040
473.astar 240 756 2230 758 2220 758 2220 240 756 2230 758 2220 758 2220
483.xalancbmk 240 418 3960 412 4020 407 4070 240 418 3960 412 4020 407 4070

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

 Operating Mode set to Maximum Perfomance in BIOS
 Memory Data Scrambling Disabled
 Patrol Scrub Disabled
 Sysinfo program /cpu2006.1.2_14_aug2013/config/sysinfo.rev6818
 $Rev: 6818 $ $Date:: 2012-07-17 #$ e86d102572650a6e4d596a3cee98f191
 running on x3950x6 Thu May 29 22:22:33 2014

 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 E7-8880L v2 @ 2.20GHz
       8 "physical id"s (chips)
       240 "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 : 15
       siblings  : 30
       physical 0: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 1: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 2: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 3: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 4: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 5: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 6: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 7: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
    cache size : 38400 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       2117446648 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 /usr/bin/lsb_release -d
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5 (Santiago)

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    redhat-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5 (Santiago)
    system-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5 (Santiago)
    system-release-cpe: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6server:ga:server

 uname -a:
    Linux x3950x6 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Nov 10 22:19:54 EST 2013
    x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 run-level 3 May 29 22:18

 SPEC is set to: /cpu2006.1.2_14_aug2013
    Filesystem                     Type  Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/mapper/vg_x3950x6-lv_root ext4  357G  8.5G  330G   3% /

 Additional information from dmidecode:
   BIOS IBM -[A8E107JUS-1.00]- 05/02/2014
   Memory:
    64x Hynix HMT42GR7AFR4A-PB 16 GB 1333 MHz 2 rank
    64x NO DIMM Unknown
    64x Samsung M393B2G70QH0-YK0 16 GB 1333 MHz 2 rank

 (End of data from sysinfo program)
Memory speed from dmidecode lists the downclocked speed of the run.

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/cpu2006.1.2_14_aug2013/libs/32:/cpu2006.1.2_14_aug2013/libs/64:/cpu2006.1.2_14_aug2013/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/redhat_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:  basepeak = yes 

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/IBM-Platform-Flags-V1.2-IVB-A.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/IBM-Platform-Flags-V1.2-IVB-A.xml.