SPEC® CINT2006 Result

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IBM Corporation

IBM System x3550 (Intel Xeon X5460)

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Nov-2007
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: Jan-2008
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: Nov-2007
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon X5460
CPU Characteristics: 1333MHz system bus
CPU MHz: 3158
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 8 cores, 2 chips, 4 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2 chips
Primary Cache: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 12 MB I+D on chip per chip, 6 MB shared / 2 cores
L3 Cache: None
Other Cache: None
Memory: 16 GB (8 x 2 GB DDR2-5300F ECC)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 146 GB SAS, 15000 RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SLES10 (x86_64), 2.6.16.21-0.8-smp
Compiler: Intel C++ Compiler 10.1 for Linux
Build 20070913 Package ID: l_cc_p_10.1.008
Auto Parallel: Yes
File System: ReiserFS
System State: Multi-user, run level 3
Base Pointers: 32-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: MicroQuill SmartHeap 8.1
Binutils 2.17.50.0.15

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 8 507 154   500 156   502 156   8 422   185   424   184   419   186  
401.bzip2 8 689 112   692 112   701 110   8 660   117   656   118   661   117  
403.gcc 8 680 94.7 677 95.1 684 94.2 8 673   95.6 673   95.7 687   93.7
429.mcf 8 914 79.8 917 79.6 913 79.9 8 921   79.2 923   79.0 924   79.0
445.gobmk 8 537 156   534 157   533 157   8 499   168   497   169   496   169  
456.hmmer 8 562 133   563 133   562 133   8 332   225   332   225   331   225  
458.sjeng 8 652 149   654 148   651 149   8 597   162   596   163   598   162  
462.libquantum 8 3060 54.2 3061 54.1 3059 54.2 1 91.7 226   91.7 226   91.5 226  
464.h264ref 8 668 265   669 265   669 265   8 638   277   637   278   638   278  
471.omnetpp 8 823 60.8 823 60.7 823 60.8 8 811   61.6 813   61.5 812   61.6
473.astar 8 704 79.8 703 79.9 703 79.8 8 659   85.2 659   85.2 659   85.2
483.xalancbmk 8 430 128   428 129   429 129   8 430   128   428   129   429   129  

General Notes

 All benchmarks compiled in 32-bit mode except 401.bzip2 and 456.hmmer,
 for peak, are compiled in 64-bit mode
 Hardware Sector Prefetch Enabled and Adjacent Sector Prefetch Disabled
 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
 KMP_AFFINITY set to physical,0
 KMP_STACKSIZE set to 64M
 Powersaved dameon was disabled in OS
 taskset utility used to bind CPU(s) to processes

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc 

Base Portability Flags

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

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -fast   -inline-calloc   -opt-malloc-options=3 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xT   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/spec/users/rahul/cpu2006.1.0/lib -lsmartheap 

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

403.gcc:  -Dalloca=_alloca 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icc 
401.bzip2:  /opt/intel/cce/10.1.008/bin/icc   -L/opt/intel/cce/10.1.008/lib   -I/opt/intel/cce/10.1.008/include 
456.hmmer:  /opt/intel/cce/10.1.008/bin/icc   -L/opt/intel/cce/10.1.008/lib   -I/opt/intel/cce/10.1.008/include 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc 

Peak Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_IA32 
401.bzip2:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
456.hmmer:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
462.libquantum:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

400.perlbench:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -ansi-alias   -prefetch 
401.bzip2:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -prefetch 
403.gcc:  -fast   -inline-calloc   -opt-malloc-options=3 
429.mcf:  -fast   -prefetch 
445.gobmk:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xT   -O2   -ipo   -no-prec-div   -ansi-alias 
456.hmmer:  -fast   -unroll2   -ansi-alias   -opt-multi-version-aggressive 
458.sjeng:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll4 
462.libquantum:  -fast   -unroll4   -Ob0   -prefetch   -opt-streaming-stores always   -vec-guard-write   -opt-malloc-options=3   -parallel   -par-runtime-control 
464.h264ref:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll2   -ansi-alias 

C++ benchmarks:

471.omnetpp:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xT   -O3   -ipo   -no-prec-div   -ansi-alias   -opt-ra-region-strategy=block   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/spec/users/rahul/cpu2006.1.0/lib -lsmartheap 
473.astar:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xT   -O3   -ipo   -no-prec-div   -ansi-alias   -opt-ra-region-strategy=routine   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/spec/users/rahul/cpu2006.1.0/lib -lsmartheap 
483.xalancbmk:  basepeak = yes 

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks:

403.gcc:  -Dalloca=_alloca 

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic10-ia32-intel64-linux-flags.20090714.32.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic10-ia32-intel64-linux-flags.20090714.32.xml.