SPEC® CINT2006 Result

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IBM Corporation

IBM System p 520 (4.2 GHz, 4 core)

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Jan-2008
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: Feb-2008
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: Feb-2008
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: POWER6
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz: 4200
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 4 cores, 2 chips, 2 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2,4 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: None
Other Cache: None
Memory: 32 GB (8x4 GB) DDR2 667 MHz
Disk Subsystem: 1x73 GB 1x146 GB SAS 15K RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: IBM AIX V6.1 Updated to SP3
Compiler: XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition V9 for AIX
Updated with the Oct2007 PTF.
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 8 1257 62.2 1249 62.6 1249 62.6 8 1145 68.2 1142 68.5 1141 68.5
401.bzip2 8 1142 67.6 1127 68.5 1136 67.9 8 916 84.2 922 83.7 918 84.1
403.gcc 8 849 75.8 846 76.1 847 76.0 8 849 75.8 846 76.1 847 76.0
429.mcf 8 549 133   549 133   549 133   8 549 133   549 133   549 133  
445.gobmk 8 990 84.8 990 84.7 990 84.7 8 847 99.1 847 99.1 846 99.2
456.hmmer 8 998 74.8 998 74.8 998 74.8 8 821 90.9 819 91.1 818 91.2
458.sjeng 8 1211 80.0 1211 79.9 1212 79.8 8 1051 92.1 1043 92.8 1043 92.8
462.libquantum 8 1238 134   1241 134   1229 135   4 631 131   631 131   631 131  
464.h264ref 8 1156 153   1154 153   1156 153   8 1148 154   1146 155   1144 155  
471.omnetpp 8 1019 49.1 1019 49.1 1017 49.2 8 938 53.3 937 53.4 937 53.3
473.astar 8 969 57.9 969 57.9 969 58.0 8 856 65.6 852 65.9 849 66.1
483.xalancbmk 8 727 75.9 725 76.1 726 76.1 8 632 87.3 631 87.5 631 87.5

General Notes

 See flags file of 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.
 bindprocessor command used on submit to bind each copy to a
   unique processor.
 1000 16M large pages defined with vmo command
 Remote console disabled in /etc/inittab.
 fdpr binary optimization tool used for:
   400.perlbench 401.bzip2 403.gcc 429.mcf 456.hmmer
   458.sjent 462.libquantum 464.h264ref 473.astar

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 
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)   -O4   -qlargepage   -qenablevmx   -qvecnvol   -D_ILS_MACROS   -qalias=noansi   -qfdpr   -blpdata 
401.bzip2:  -bmaxdata:0x4ffffffc   -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -qlargepage   -qenablevmx   -qvecnvol   -D_ILS_MACROS   -qfdpr   -blpdata 
403.gcc:  basepeak = yes 
429.mcf:  basepeak = yes 
445.gobmk:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O4   -qlargepage   -qenablevmx   -qvecnvol   -D_ILS_MACROS   -blpdata 
456.hmmer:  -O5   -qlargepage   -D_ILS_MACROS   -qfdpr   -blpdata 
458.sjeng:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -qlargepage   -qenablevmx   -qvecnvol   -D_ILS_MACROS   -qfdpr   -blpdata 
462.libquantum:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -qlargepage   -qenablevmx   -qvecnvol   -D_ILS_MACROS   -q64   -qfdpr   -blpdata 
464.h264ref:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -q64   -D_ILS_MACROS   -qenablevmx   -qvecnvol   -qfdpr   -bdatapsize:64K   -bstackpsize:64K   -btextpsize:64K 

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   -D_ILS_MACROS   -qfdpr   -qinlglue   -qalign=natural   -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.20090714.05.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/CPU2006_flags.20090714.05.xml.