SPEC® CINT2006 Result

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IBM Corporation

IBM System x3250 M4 (Intel Xeon E3-1280)

SPECint®2006 = 54.3

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Aug-2011
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: Oct-2011
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: Aug-2011
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E3-1280
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.90 GHz
CPU MHz: 3500
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 4 cores, 1 chip, 4 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 1 chip
Primary Cache: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 256 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache: 8 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 8 GB (2 x 4 GB 2Rx8 PC3-10600E-9, ECC)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 146 GB SAS, 15000 RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Release 6.1,
Kernel 2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64
Compiler: Intel C++ Intel 64 Compiler XE for
applications running on IA32 and Intel 64
12.1.0.225 Build 20110803
Auto Parallel: Yes
File System: ext4
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 32/64-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: Microquill SmartHeap V9.01

Results Table

Benchmark Base Peak
Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio 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 285   34.3 285   34.3 286   34.2 236   41.4 235   41.5 236   41.4
401.bzip2 362   26.7 362   26.6 361   26.7 353   27.3 354   27.3 354   27.3
403.gcc 230   35.0 230   35.1 230   34.9 227   35.4 228   35.4 227   35.4
429.mcf 120   76.0 120   75.7 121   75.6 120   76.0 120   75.7 121   75.6
445.gobmk 373   28.1 373   28.1 373   28.1 355   29.5 355   29.5 355   29.5
456.hmmer 158   59.0 158   59.0 158   58.9 157   59.3 157   59.3 157   59.3
458.sjeng 378   32.0 378   32.0 379   31.9 376   32.2 376   32.2 376   32.1
462.libquantum 22.6 915   22.6 915   22.6 915   22.6 915   22.6 915   22.6 915  
464.h264ref 420   52.7 421   52.5 420   52.7 367   60.4 359   61.6 360   61.5
471.omnetpp 224   27.9 224   27.9 224   27.9 185   33.8 183   34.1 185   33.9
473.astar 210   33.5 209   33.5 209   33.6 210   33.5 209   33.5 209   33.6
483.xalancbmk 125   55.2 125   55.2 125   55.0 115   60.2 115   60.2 115   60.1

Platform Notes

BIOS Settings:
Turbo Mode enabled in BIOS
C-State enabled in BIOS

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
KMP_AFFINITY = "granularity=fine,scatter"
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/root/SPECcpu12.1/smartheap:/root/SPECcpu12.1/ic12.1-libs/ia32/:/root/SPECcpu12.1/ic12.1-libs/intel64"
OMP_NUM_THREADS = "4"

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Core i7-860 CPU + 8GB memory
 using RHEL5.5 with binutils-2.17.50.0.6-14.el5
 Stack size set to unlimited using "ulimit -s unlimited"
 Transparent Huge Pages enabled with:
 echo always > /sys/kernel/mm/redhat_transparent_hugepage/enabled
 Filesystem page cache cleared with:
 echo 1>       /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc -m64 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc -m64 

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 
471.omnetpp:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
473.astar:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -parallel   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/smartheap -lsmartheap64 

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

403.gcc:  -Dalloca=_alloca 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icc -m64 
400.perlbench:  icc -m32 
445.gobmk:  icc -m32 
464.h264ref:  icc -m32 

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icpc -m32 
473.astar:  icpc -m64 

Peak Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_IA32 
401.bzip2:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
403.gcc:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
429.mcf:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
456.hmmer:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
458.sjeng:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
462.libquantum:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
473.astar:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

400.perlbench:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 
401.bzip2:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div   -prof-use(pass 2)   -auto-ilp32   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 
403.gcc:  -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -inline-calloc   -opt-malloc-options=3   -auto-ilp32 
429.mcf:  basepeak = yes 
445.gobmk:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -ansi-alias 
456.hmmer:  -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -unroll2   -auto-ilp32   -ansi-alias 
458.sjeng:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4 
462.libquantum:  basepeak = yes 
464.h264ref:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll2   -ansi-alias 

C++ benchmarks:

471.omnetpp:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-ra-region-strategy=block   -ansi-alias   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/smartheap -lsmartheap 
473.astar:  basepeak = yes 
483.xalancbmk:  -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/smartheap -lsmartheap 

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks:

403.gcc:  -Dalloca=_alloca 

The flags files that were used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.1-linux64.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-platform-linux64-revB.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.1-linux64.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-platform-linux64-revB.xml.