SPEC® CINT2006 Result

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IBM Corporation

IBM BladeCenter LS42 (AMD Opteron 8356)

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Jun-2008
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: Sep-2008
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: May-2008
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: AMD Opteron 8356
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz: 2300
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 16 cores, 4 chips, 4 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2,3,4 chips
Primary Cache: 64 KB I + 64 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 512 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache: 2 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 64 GB (16 x 4 GB DDR2-6400 ECC)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 73 GB SAS, 10000 RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64) SP1,
Kernel 2.6.16.46-0.12-smp
Compiler: PGI Server Complete Version 7.2
PathScale Compiler Suite Version 3.1
Auto Parallel: No
File System: ext2
System State: Runlevel 3 (Full multiuser with network)
Base Pointers: 32/64-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: SmartHeap 8.0 32-bit Library for Linux

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 16 847 185   857 182   847 185 16 648 241 658 238 646 242
401.bzip2 16 1209 128   1205 128   1207 128 16 1167 132 1171 132 1168 132
403.gcc 16 1293 99.6 1307 98.6 1281 101 16 987 130 993 130 988 130
429.mcf 16 1364 107   1369 107   1365 107 16 1008 145 1008 145 1008 145
445.gobmk 16 913 184   914 184   915 183 16 739 227 739 227 739 227
456.hmmer 16 634 235   635 235   638 234 16 423 353 422 354 422 354
458.sjeng 16 1011 192   1012 191   1011 192 16 917 211 918 211 917 211
462.libquantum 16 1442 230   1430 232   1437 231 16 1450 229 1450 229 1445 229
464.h264ref 16 1207 293   1203 294   1203 294 16 1171 302 1168 303 1166 304
471.omnetpp 16 916 109   916 109   916 109 16 916 109 916 109 916 109
473.astar 16 887 127   886 127   886 127 16 867 130 865 130 865 130
483.xalancbmk 16 729 151   729 151   730 151 16 631 175 631 175 631 175

Operating System Notes

 'numactl' was used to bind copies to the cores
 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set environment stack size
 'ulimit -l 4915200'  was used to set environment locked pages in memory limit
 Environment variable PGI_HUGE_PAGES set to 896
 Set vm/nr_hugepages=14336 in /etc/sysctl.conf
 mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/hugepages
 Processor Performance States Disabled in BIOS
 Memory ChipKill Disabled in BIOS

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 pgcc 

C++ benchmarks:

 pgcpp 

Base Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_X64 
401.bzip2:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
403.gcc:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
429.mcf:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
445.gobmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
456.hmmer:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
458.sjeng:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
462.libquantum:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
464.h264ref:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -fast   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -Mfprelaxed   -Msmartalloc=huge:150   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 

C++ benchmarks:

 -fastsse   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -Mfprelaxed   -Msmartalloc=huge:150   --zc_eh   -tp barcelona   -Bstatic_pgi 

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

 -w   -Mipa=jobs:4 

C++ benchmarks:

 -w   -Mipa=jobs:4 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

 pgcc 
400.perlbench:  pathcc 
403.gcc:  pathcc 
445.gobmk:  pathcc 

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

 pathCC 
471.omnetpp:  pgcpp 

Peak Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_X64 
401.bzip2:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
445.gobmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
456.hmmer:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
458.sjeng:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
462.libquantum:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
464.h264ref:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

400.perlbench:  -march=barcelona   -fb_create fbdata(pass 1)   -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2)   -Ofast   -IPA:plimit=20000   -LNO:opt=0   -WOPT:if_conv=0   -CG:local_sched_alg=1 
401.bzip2:  -Mpfi(pass 1)   -Mpfo(pass 2)   -fast   -O4   -Msmartalloc=huge:150   -Mnounroll   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 
403.gcc:  -march=barcelona   -fb_create fbdata(pass 1)   -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2)   -m32   -O3   -OPT:Ofast 
429.mcf:  -fastsse   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline:1   -Msmartalloc=huge:150   -tp barcelona   -Bstatic_pgi 
445.gobmk:  -march=barcelona   -fb_create fbdata(pass 1)   -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2)   -O3   -OPT:alias=restrict   -LNO:opt=0   -CG:p2align=on 
456.hmmer:  -fastsse   -Munroll=n:8   -Msmartalloc=huge:150   -Mfprelaxed   -Mvect=partial   -Msafeptr   -Mipa=const   -Mipa=ptr   -Mipa=arg   -Mipa=inline   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 
458.sjeng:  -Mpfi(pass 1)   -Mipa=fast(pass 2)   -Mipa=inline:1(pass 2)   -Mipa=noarg(pass 2)   -Mpfo(pass 2)   -fastsse   -Msmartalloc=huge:150   -Mfprelaxed   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 
462.libquantum:  -fastsse   -Mfprelaxed   -Msmartalloc=huge:150   -Munroll=m:8   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -Mipa=noarg   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 
464.h264ref:  -Mpfi=indirect(pass 1)   -Mipa=fast(pass 2)   -Mipa=inline(pass 2)   -Mpfo=indirect(pass 2)   -fastsse   -Msmartalloc=huge:150   -Mfprelaxed   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 

C++ benchmarks:

471.omnetpp:  basepeak = yes 
473.astar:  -march=barcelona   -Ofast   -TENV:frame_pointer=off   -WOPT:if_conv=0   -GRA:optimize_boundary=on   -IPA:plimit=525   -m32   -lsmartheap 
483.xalancbmk:  -march=barcelona   -Ofast   -m32   -OPT:unroll_times_max=8   -CG:push_pop_int_saved_regs=off   -CG:ptr_load_use=0   -lsmartheap 

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

 -w   -Mipa=jobs:4(pass 2) 
400.perlbench:  No flags used 
401.bzip2:  -w 
403.gcc:  No flags used 
445.gobmk:  No flags used 

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

 -L/root/work/cpu2006/amd123GH.libs/32 
471.omnetpp:  -w   -Mipa=jobs:4 

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/amd123GH-flags.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/amd123GH-flags.xml.