| CPU2006 license: | 20 | Test date: | Nov-2007 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | Bull SAS | Hardware Availability: | Oct-2007 |
| Tested by: | Bull SAS | Software Availability: | Aug-2007 |
| 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 (16x8GB) DDR2 667 MHZ |
| Disk Subsystem: | 2x73 GB SAS, 15K RPM |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | AIX 5L V5.3 |
| Compiler: | XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition Version 9.0 for AIX + Aug07 PTF |
| Auto Parallel: | No |
| File System: | AIX/JFS2 |
| System State: | Multi-user |
| Base Pointers: | 32-bit |
| Peak Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Other Software: | None |
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 | 1099 | 284 | 1101 | 284 | 1098 | 285 | 32 | 914 | 342 | 914 | 342 | 915 | 342 |
| 401.bzip2 | 32 | 950 | 325 | 950 | 325 | 950 | 325 | 32 | 763 | 405 | 763 | 405 | 761 | 406 |
| 403.gcc | 32 | 678 | 380 | 668 | 386 | 668 | 386 | 32 | 603 | 427 | 615 | 419 | 605 | 426 |
| 429.mcf | 32 | 422 | 692 | 421 | 692 | 422 | 692 | 32 | 422 | 692 | 421 | 694 | 423 | 690 |
| 445.gobmk | 32 | 863 | 389 | 864 | 388 | 864 | 389 | 32 | 752 | 446 | 750 | 447 | 751 | 447 |
| 456.hmmer | 32 | 898 | 332 | 898 | 332 | 899 | 332 | 32 | 737 | 405 | 738 | 404 | 738 | 405 |
| 458.sjeng | 32 | 1131 | 342 | 1131 | 342 | 1132 | 342 | 32 | 1031 | 376 | 1026 | 377 | 1028 | 377 |
| 462.libquantum | 32 | 824 | 805 | 824 | 805 | 824 | 805 | 16 | 260 | 1280 | 260 | 1280 | 260 | 1280 |
| 464.h264ref | 32 | 1031 | 687 | 1030 | 688 | 1031 | 687 | 32 | 965 | 734 | 965 | 734 | 965 | 734 |
| 471.omnetpp | 32 | 655 | 305 | 655 | 305 | 655 | 305 | 32 | 561 | 357 | 560 | 357 | 560 | 357 |
| 473.astar | 32 | 710 | 316 | 713 | 315 | 711 | 316 | 32 | 640 | 351 | 637 | 352 | 642 | 350 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 32 | 593 | 373 | 593 | 373 | 594 | 372 | 32 | 501 | 441 | 500 | 441 | 501 | 441 |
Operating System Notes
AIX 5.3 Updated with the 5300-06 Technology Level 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 bindprocessor command used on submit to bind each copy to a unique processor. Large page mode was set as follows: vmo -r -o lgpg_regions=6144 -o lgpg_size=16777216
General Notes
fdpr binary optimization tool used for 401.bzip2 403.gcc 429.mcf 456.hmmer 462.libquantum 473.astar
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:
| -qlanglvl=extc99 -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 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:
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 |