SPEC® CINT2006 Result

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IBM Corporation

IBM System p 570 (4.7 GHz, 16 core, SLES)

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Jul-2007
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: Jun-2007
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: Sep-2007
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: POWER6
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz: 4700
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 16 cores, 8 chips, 2 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 2,4,8,12,16 cores
Primary Cache: 64 KB I + 64 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 4 MB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache: 32 MB I+D off chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 128 GB (64x2 GB) DDR2 667 MHz
Disk Subsystem: 2x73 GB SAS 15K RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP1
Compiler: IBM XL C/C++ Advanced Edition for Linux, V9.0
Auto Parallel: No
File System: ReiserFS
System State: Multi-User
Base Pointers: 32-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: -Post-Link Optimization for Linux on
POWER, Version 5.4.0
-MicroQuill SmartHeap 7.3

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 1142 274 1112 281 1111 281 32 906 345 908 344 907 345
401.bzip2 32 861 359 861 358 861 359 32 766 403 767 403 767 403
403.gcc 32 651 395 652 395 654 394 32 568 454 570 452 572 450
429.mcf 32 404 722 404 722 405 721 32 403 724 403 725 403 724
445.gobmk 32 845 397 845 397 845 397 32 737 455 737 455 737 455
456.hmmer 32 836 357 836 357 837 357 32 772 387 771 387 771 387
458.sjeng 32 1094 354 1088 356 1087 356 32 983 394 983 394 984 393
462.libquantum 32 782 848 781 849 782 848 16 261 1270 260 1270 260 1270
464.h264ref 32 1209 586 1213 584 1210 585 32 1003 706 1005 704 1003 706
471.omnetpp 32 800 250 800 250 798 251 32 752 266 753 266 754 265
473.astar 32 783 287 784 286 783 287 32 681 330 682 329 680 330
483.xalancbmk 32 557 396 558 396 558 396 32 519 425 519 425 520 425

General Notes

 kernel release 2.6.16.46-0.12-ppc64.

 See flags file for details on following settings.

 ulimit -s (stack) set to unlimited.


 System set to Enhanced mode when defining partition on HMC

 Large pages reserved as follows by root user:
     echo 3200 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
 System configured with libhugetlbfs library for application access to large pages
 Environment variables set before executing benchmarks.
     export HUGETLB_VERBOSE=0
     export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes
     export HUGETLB_MORECORE_HEAPBASE=0x50000000
     export XLFRTEOPTS=intrinthds=1

 fdpr binary optimization tool used for
     400.perlbench 401.bzip2 403.gcc 429.mcf 456.hmmer 458.sjeng
     462.libquantum 464.h264ref 473.astar 483.xalancbmk

 Benchmarks bound to a processor using taskset on the submit command.

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 xlc   -qlanglvl=extc99 

C++ benchmarks:

 xlC 

Base Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_PPC 
462.libquantum:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
464.h264ref:  -qchars=signed 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -O5   -qalias=noansi   -qalloca   -lhugetlbfs 

C++ benchmarks:

 -O5   -qrtti   -lsmartheap 

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

 -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads 

C++ benchmarks:

 -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 xlc   -qlanglvl=extc99 

C++ benchmarks:

 xlC 

Peak Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_PPC 
403.gcc:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
462.libquantum:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
464.h264ref:  -qchars=signed 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

400.perlbench:  -Wl,-q   -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O4   -qalias=noansi   -lsmartheap 
401.bzip2:  -Wl,-q   -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O4   -lhugetlbfs 
403.gcc:  -Wl,-q   -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O4   -qalloca   -q64   -lhugetlbfs 
429.mcf:  -Wl,-q   -O5   -qnoenablevmx   -lhugetlbfs 
445.gobmk:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O4   -qnoenablevmx   -lhugetlbfs 
456.hmmer:  Same as 401.bzip2 
458.sjeng:  Same as 401.bzip2 
462.libquantum:  -Wl,-q   -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -qnoenablevmx   -q64   -lhugetlbfs 
464.h264ref:  -Wl,-q   -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -q64   -lhugetlbfs 

C++ benchmarks:

471.omnetpp:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -qrtti   -lsmartheap 
473.astar:  -Wl,-q   -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -qnoenablevmx   -lhugetlbfs 
483.xalancbmk:  -Wl,-q   -O4   -lsmartheap 

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks:

 -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads 

C++ benchmarks:

 -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads 

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/lop-xl-flags.20090714.01.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/lop-xl-flags.20090714.01.xml.