SPEC® CINT2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2017 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Cisco Systems

Cisco UCS C240 M4 (Intel Xeon E5-2699A v4 2.40
GHz)

CPU2006 license: 9019 Test date: Jan-2017
Test sponsor: Cisco Systems Hardware Availability: Apr-2016
Tested by: Cisco Systems Software Availability: Dec-2015
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5-2699A v4
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.60 GHz
CPU MHz: 2400
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 44 cores, 2 chips, 22 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2 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: 55 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 256 GB (16 x 16 GB 2Rx4 PC4-2400T-R)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 1.2 TB SAS HDD 10K RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (x86_64)
3.12.49-11-default
Compiler: C/C++: Version 17.0.0.098 of Intel C/C++
Compiler for Linux
Auto Parallel: No
File System: xfs
System State: Run level 5 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 32/64-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: Microquill SmartHeap V10.2

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 88 553   1550 554   1550 554   1550 88 476   1810 475   1810 475   1810
401.bzip2 88 899   945 900   944 898   945 88 868   978 866   981 864   982
403.gcc 88 548   1290 549   1290 549   1290 88 545   1300 546   1300 546   1300
429.mcf 88 382   2100 379   2110 382   2100 88 382   2100 379   2110 382   2100
445.gobmk 88 694   1330 693   1330 693   1330 88 665   1390 666   1390 665   1390
456.hmmer 88 332   2470 331   2480 332   2470 88 310   2650 311   2640 311   2640
458.sjeng 88 730   1460 730   1460 730   1460 88 689   1550 689   1550 689   1540
462.libquantum 88 90.5 20200 90.4 20200 90.3 20200 88 90.5 20200 90.4 20200 90.3 20200
464.h264ref 88 818   2380 829   2350 824   2360 88 808   2410 806   2420 796   2450
471.omnetpp 88 683   805 683   805 683   805 88 666   825 666   826 666   826
473.astar 88 633   976 634   974 634   975 88 633   976 634   974 634   975
483.xalancbmk 88 358   1690 359   1690 357   1700 88 358   1690 359   1690 357   1700

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:
CPU performance set to Enterprise
Power Technology set to Performance
Energy Performance BIAS setting set to Balanced Performance
Memory RAS configuration set to Maximum Performance
Memory Power Saving Mode set to Disabled
QPI Snoop Mode set to Cluster-on-Die
 Sysinfo program /opt/cpu2006-1.2/config/sysinfo.rev6993
 Revision 6993 of 2015-11-06 (b5e8d4b4eb51ed28d7f98696cbe290c1)
 running on linux-cd5x Tue Jan 31 09:03:59 2017

 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 E5-2699A v4 @ 2.40GHz
       2 "physical id"s (chips)
       88 "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 : 22
       siblings  : 44
       physical 0: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 10 11 12 16 17 18 19 20 21 24 25 26 27
       28
       physical 1: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 10 11 12 16 17 18 19 20 21 24 25 26 27
       28
    cache size : 28160 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       264560428 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 /usr/bin/lsb_release -d
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    SuSE-release:
       SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x86_64)
       VERSION = 12
       PATCHLEVEL = 1
       # This file is deprecated and will be removed in a future service pack or
       release.
       # Please check /etc/os-release for details about this release.
    os-release:
       NAME="SLES"
       VERSION="12-SP1"
       VERSION_ID="12.1"
       PRETTY_NAME="SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1"
       ID="sles"
       ANSI_COLOR="0;32"
       CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:suse:sles:12:sp1"

 uname -a:
    Linux linux-cd5x 3.12.49-11-default #1 SMP Wed Nov 11 20:52:43 UTC 2015
    (8d714a0) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 run-level 5 Jan 31 09:00

 SPEC is set to: /opt/cpu2006-1.2
    Filesystem     Type  Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sda1      xfs   1.1T   21G  1.1T   2% /
 Additional information from dmidecode:

    Warning: Use caution when you interpret this section. The 'dmidecode' program
    reads system data which is "intended to allow hardware to be accurately
    determined", but the intent may not be met, as there are frequent changes to
    hardware, firmware, and the "DMTF SMBIOS" standard.

   BIOS Cisco Systems, Inc. C240M4.2.0.13d.0.0812161132 08/12/2016
   Memory:
    16x 0xCE00 M393A2G40EB1-CRC 16 GB 2 rank 2400 MHz
    8x NO DIMM NO DIMM

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/opt/cpu2006-1.2/libs/32:/opt/cpu2006-1.2/libs/64:/opt/cpu2006-1.2/sh10.2"

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Intel Core i7-4790 CPU + 32GB RAM
 memory using Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.2
 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 -L/opt/intel/compilers_and_libraries_2017/linux/lib/ia32 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc -m32 -L/opt/intel/compilers_and_libraries_2017/linux/lib/ia32 

Base Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_IA32 
401.bzip2:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
403.gcc:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
429.mcf:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
445.gobmk:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
456.hmmer:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
458.sjeng:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
462.libquantum:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
464.h264ref:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
471.omnetpp:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
473.astar:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
483.xalancbmk:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=3 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=3   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/sh10.2 -lsmartheap 

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

403.gcc:  -Dalloca=_alloca 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icc -m32 -L/opt/intel/compilers_and_libraries_2017/linux/lib/ia32 
400.perlbench:  icc -m64 
401.bzip2:  icc -m64 
456.hmmer:  icc -m64 
458.sjeng:  icc -m64 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc -m32 -L/opt/intel/compilers_and_libraries_2017/linux/lib/ia32 

Peak Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_X64 
401.bzip2:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
403.gcc:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
429.mcf:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
445.gobmk:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
456.hmmer:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
458.sjeng:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
462.libquantum:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
464.h264ref:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
471.omnetpp:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
473.astar:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
483.xalancbmk:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

400.perlbench:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -auto-ilp32   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=3 
401.bzip2:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -qopt-prefetch   -auto-ilp32   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=3 
403.gcc:  -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=3 
429.mcf:  basepeak = yes 
445.gobmk:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=3 
456.hmmer:  -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -unroll2   -auto-ilp32   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=3 
458.sjeng:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -unroll4   -auto-ilp32   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=3 
462.libquantum:  basepeak = yes 
464.h264ref:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -unroll2   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=3 

C++ benchmarks:

471.omnetpp:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -qopt-ra-region-strategy=block    -qopt-mem-layout-trans=3   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/sh10.2 -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-ic17.0-official-linux64.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Cisco-Platform-Settings-V1.2-revE.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic17.0-official-linux64.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Cisco-Platform-Settings-V1.2-revE.xml.