SPEC® CINT2006 Result

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IBM Corporation

IBM System x3550 (Intel Xeon X5450)

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Dec-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 X5450
CPU Characteristics: 1333MHz system bus
CPU MHz: 3000
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 36 GB SAS, 15000 RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64), Kernel
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 8 524 149   524 149   526 148   8 438   179   444   176   440   177  
401.bzip2 8 723 107   746 103   735 105   8 680   114   681   113   683   113  
403.gcc 8 685 94.0 689 93.5 687 93.8 8 687   93.8 682   94.4 686   93.9
429.mcf 8 915 79.7 917 79.6 912 80.0 8 922   79.2 924   79.0 924   79.0
445.gobmk 8 562 149   557 151   563 149   8 517   162   520   161   516   163  
456.hmmer 8 593 126   593 126   593 126   8 350   213   350   213   350   214  
458.sjeng 8 684 142   685 141   685 141   8 624   155   624   155   625   155  
462.libquantum 8 3060 54.2 3060 54.2 3060 54.2 1 94.4 219   94.6 219   94.6 219  
464.h264ref 8 704 251   706 251   704 251   8 672   263   673   263   672   263  
471.omnetpp 8 826 60.5 831 60.1 826 60.5 8 814   61.5 814   61.5 814   61.4
473.astar 8 722 77.8 723 77.6 723 77.7 8 678   82.8 679   82.8 677   83.0
483.xalancbmk 8 438 126   438 126   437 126   8 438   126   438   126   437   126  

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.20090714.13.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.20090714.13.xml.