SPEC® CINT2006 Result

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IBM Corporation

IBM System p 570 (4.7 GHz, 16 core)

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: May-2007
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: Jun-2007
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: Jun-2007
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: POWER6
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz: 4700
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 16 cores, 8 chips, 2 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 2,4,8,12,16 cores
Primary Cache: 64 KB I + 64 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 4 MB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache: 32 MB I+D off chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 128 GB (64x2 GB) DDR2 667 MHz
Disk Subsystem: 2x73 GB 2x146 GB SAS 15K RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: IBM AIX 5L V5.3
Compiler: XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition Version 9.0 for AIX
Auto Parallel: No
File System: AIX/JFS2
System State: Multi-user
Base Pointers: 32-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: --

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 32 1146 273 1132 276 1132 276 32 954 328 954 328 928 337
401.bzip2 32 1003 308 1000 309 962 321 32 801 386 802 385 761 406
403.gcc 32 659 391 662 389 662 389 32 603 427 600 430 594 434
429.mcf 32 410 712 409 713 409 714 32 410 712 409 713 409 714
445.gobmk 32 862 389 862 389 863 389 32 756 444 755 444 756 444
456.hmmer 32 896 333 895 334 892 335 32 731 408 732 408 730 409
458.sjeng 32 1126 344 1127 343 1127 344 32 1018 380 1019 380 1019 380
462.libquantum 32 781 849 782 848 783 847 16 255 1300 255 1300 256 1300
464.h264ref 32 1033 686 1034 685 1034 685 32 968 731 967 732 967 732
471.omnetpp 32 640 312 639 313 639 313 32 549 365 548 365 548 365
473.astar 32 719 312 717 313 718 313 32 639 351 637 353 636 353
483.xalancbmk 32 595 371 591 374 584 378 32 505 438 504 438 504 438

General Notes

 AIX 5L V5.3 updated with the 5300-06 Technology Level.
 See flags file for details on following settings.
 all ulimits set to unlimited
 Envionment variables set before executing benchmarks:
   MALLOCOPTIONS=pool
   MEMORY_AFFINITY=MCM
   XLFRTEOPTS=intrinthds=1
 System set to "Enhanced" mode when defining partition on HMC
 6144 pages of size 16M defined on systems with vmo command
 fdpr binary optimization tool used for peak versions of
   401.bzip2 403.gcc 429.mcf 456.hmmer 462.libquantum 473.astar
 submit used to bind benchmark to a processor using "bindprocessor"
 The "IBM System p 570" and "IBM System i 570" are electronically equivalent.
 The results have been measured on the "IBM System p 570" model.

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 /usr/vac/bin/xlc   -qlanglvl=extc99 

C++ benchmarks:

 /usr/vacpp/bin/xlC 

Base Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_AIX 
462.libquantum:  -DSPEC_CPU_AIX 
464.h264ref:  -DSPEC_CPU_AIX   -qchars=signed 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_AIX 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -bmaxdata:0x50000000   -O5   -qlargepage   -D_ILS_MACROS   -qalias=noansi   -qalloca   -blpdata 

C++ benchmarks:

 -bmaxdata:0x20000000   -O5   -qlargepage   -D_ILS_MACROS   -qrtti=all   -blpdata 

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

 -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads   -qsuppress=1500-036 

C++ benchmarks:

 -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads   -qsuppress=1500-036 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 /usr/vac/bin/xlc   -qlanglvl=extc99 

C++ benchmarks:

 /usr/vacpp/bin/xlC 

Peak Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_AIX 
403.gcc:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
462.libquantum:  -DSPEC_CPU_AIX 
464.h264ref:  -DSPEC_CPU_AIX   -qchars=signed 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_AIX 

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

400.perlbench:  -bmaxdata:0x50000000   -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -qlargepage   -qenablevmx   -qvecnvol   -D_ILS_MACROS   -qalias=noansi   -blpdata 
401.bzip2:  -bmaxdata:0x4ffffffc   -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -qlargepage   -qenablevmx   -qvecnvol   -D_ILS_MACROS   -blpdata 
403.gcc:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -qlargepage   -D_ILS_MACROS   -qalloca   -q64   -blpdata 
429.mcf:  basepeak = yes 
445.gobmk:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -qlargepage   -qenablevmx   -qvecnvol   -D_ILS_MACROS   -blpdata 
456.hmmer:  -O5   -qlargepage   -D_ILS_MACROS   -blpdata 
458.sjeng:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O4   -qlargepage   -qenablevmx   -qvecnvol   -D_ILS_MACROS   -blpdata 
462.libquantum:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -qlargepage   -qenablevmx   -qvecnvol   -D_ILS_MACROS   -q64   -blpdata 
464.h264ref:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -qlargepage   -D_ILS_MACROS   -blpdata 

C++ benchmarks:

471.omnetpp:  -bmaxdata:0x20000000   -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -qlargepage   -qenablevmx   -qvecnvol   -D_ILS_MACROS   -qalign=natural   -qrtti=all   -qinlglue   -blpdata 
473.astar:  -bmaxdata:0x20000000   -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -qlargepage   -qenablevmx   -qvecnvol   -D_ILS_MACROS   -blpdata 
483.xalancbmk:  -bmaxdata:0x20000000   -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -qlargepage   -D_ILS_MACROS   -qinlglue   -D__IBM_FAST_VECTOR   -blpdata 

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks:

 -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads   -qsuppress=1500-036 

C++ benchmarks:

 -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads   -qsuppress=1500-036 

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/CPU2006_flags.20090715.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/CPU2006_flags.20090715.xml.