| CPU2006 license: | 11 | Test date: | Oct-2010 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | IBM Corporation | Hardware Availability: | Jun-2010 |
| Tested by: | IBM Corporation | Software Availability: | Nov-2010 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | POWER7 |
| CPU Characteristics: | Intelligent Energy Optimization enabled, up to 3.30 GHz |
| CPU MHz: | 3000 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 16 cores, 2 chips, 8 cores/chip, 4 threads/core |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 16 cores |
| Primary Cache: | 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core |
| Secondary Cache: | 256 KB I+D on chip per core |
| L3 Cache: | 4 MB I+D on chip per core |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 128 GB (32x4 GB) DDR3 1066 MHz |
| Disk Subsystem: | 1x300 GB SAS SFF 10K RPM |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.0 (ppc64), Kernel 2.6.32-71.el6.ppc64 |
| Compiler: | IBM XL C/C++ for Linux, V11.1 Updated with the Nov2010 PTF |
| Auto Parallel: | No |
| File System: | ext3 |
| System State: | Run Level 3 (multi-user) |
| Base Pointers: | 32-bit |
| Peak Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Other Software: | -Post-Link Optimization for Linux on POWER, Version 5.5.0-3 -MicroQuill SmartHeap 9 |
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 | 64 | 1654 | 378 | 1690 | 370 | 1689 | 370 | 64 | 1489 | 420 | 1473 | 424 | 1408 | 444 |
| 401.bzip2 | 64 | 1527 | 404 | 1534 | 403 | 1534 | 403 | 64 | 1472 | 420 | 1462 | 422 | 1457 | 424 |
| 403.gcc | 64 | 1150 | 448 | 1157 | 445 | 1156 | 446 | 64 | 1150 | 448 | 1157 | 445 | 1156 | 446 |
| 429.mcf | 64 | 861 | 678 | 865 | 674 | 862 | 677 | 32 | 384 | 760 | 381 | 766 | 381 | 766 |
| 445.gobmk | 64 | 1248 | 538 | 1248 | 538 | 1249 | 538 | 64 | 1033 | 650 | 1038 | 647 | 1038 | 647 |
| 456.hmmer | 64 | 1293 | 462 | 1290 | 463 | 1292 | 462 | 64 | 738 | 809 | 742 | 804 | 748 | 799 |
| 458.sjeng | 64 | 1482 | 522 | 1488 | 520 | 1482 | 522 | 64 | 1366 | 567 | 1353 | 572 | 1348 | 575 |
| 462.libquantum | 64 | 2164 | 613 | 2170 | 611 | 2163 | 613 | 32 | 1049 | 632 | 1052 | 630 | 1058 | 627 |
| 464.h264ref | 64 | 2260 | 627 | 2165 | 654 | 2214 | 640 | 64 | 2021 | 701 | 2097 | 676 | 2076 | 682 |
| 471.omnetpp | 64 | 1691 | 237 | 1692 | 236 | 1694 | 236 | 64 | 1691 | 237 | 1692 | 236 | 1694 | 236 |
| 473.astar | 64 | 1256 | 358 | 1258 | 357 | 1256 | 358 | 64 | 1181 | 380 | 1183 | 380 | 1181 | 380 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 64 | 816 | 541 | 835 | 529 | 818 | 540 | 64 | 800 | 552 | 775 | 570 | 783 | 564 |
Peak Tuning Notes
IBM Post-Link Optimization tool with options "-O4 -omullX" used for 400.perlbench options "-O4 -vrox" used for 401.bzip2 options "-O4 -nodp -rtb" 403.gcc options "-O3" used for 429.mcf 445.gobmk 458.sjeng 473.astar options "-O4 -nodp -m power7" used for 456.hmmer options "-O4 -vrox -nodp" used for 462.libquantum options "-O4 -vrox -nodp -rtb" used for 464.h264ref options "-O3 -lu -1 -nodp -sdp 9" used for 471.omnetpp options "-O3 -m power7" used for 483.xalancbmk Whenever option "-omullX" was used during the optimization phase, option "-imullX" was also used during the instrumentation phase.
Submit Notes
The config file option 'submit' was used. Benchmarks bound to a processor using numactl on the submit command.
Operating System Notes
ulimit -s (stack) set to 1048576. Large pages reserved as follows by root user: echo 4224 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages The following environment varibles were set before the runspec command: XLFRTEOPTS=intrinthds=1 HUGETLB_VERBOSE=0 HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes HUGETLB_ELFMAP=RW
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 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qalias=noansi -qalloca -lhugetlbfs |
C++ benchmarks:
| -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qrtti -lsmartheap |
Peak Portability Flags
| 400.perlbench: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_PPC |
| 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 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qalias=noansi -qipa=level=2 -lsmartheap |
| 401.bzip2: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O3 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -lhugetlbfs |
| 403.gcc: | basepeak = yes |
| 429.mcf: | -Wl,-q -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -lhugetlbfs |
| 445.gobmk: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -lhugetlbfs |
| 456.hmmer: | -Wl,-q -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qsimd -qassert=refalign -qipa=inline=threshold=2888 -qipa=inline=limit=11880 -lhugetlbfs |
| 458.sjeng: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -lhugetlbfs |
| 462.libquantum: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -q64 -lhugetlbfs |
| 464.h264ref: | Same as 458.sjeng |
C++ benchmarks:
| 471.omnetpp: | basepeak = yes |
| 473.astar: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -lhugetlbfs -lsmartheap |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -Wl,-q -O4 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qipa=partition=large -lsmartheap |