| CPU2006 license: | 20 | Test date: | Jun-2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | Bull SAS | Hardware Availability: | Mar-2008 |
| Tested by: | Bull SAS | Software Availability: | Oct-2007 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | POWER6 |
| CPU Characteristics: | |
| CPU MHz: | 4200 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 1 core, 1 chip, 2 cores/chip |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 4,8,12,16 cores (1 to 4 drawers with 2 chips) |
| 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 SAS 15K RPM |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | IBM AIX 5L V5.3 updated with the 5300-07 Technology Level |
| 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: | None |
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 | 961 | 10.2 | 960 | 10.2 | 961 | 10.2 | 881 | 11.1 | 881 | 11.1 | 881 | 11.1 |
| 401.bzip2 | 877 | 11.0 | 876 | 11.0 | 877 | 11.0 | 671 | 14.4 | 671 | 14.4 | 671 | 14.4 |
| 403.gcc | 551 | 14.6 | 551 | 14.6 | 551 | 14.6 | 460 | 17.5 | 459 | 17.5 | 459 | 17.5 |
| 429.mcf | 292 | 31.3 | 292 | 31.3 | 292 | 31.3 | 285 | 32.0 | 285 | 32.0 | 285 | 32.0 |
| 445.gobmk | 741 | 14.2 | 741 | 14.2 | 741 | 14.2 | 640 | 16.4 | 640 | 16.4 | 640 | 16.4 |
| 456.hmmer | 861 | 10.8 | 861 | 10.8 | 861 | 10.8 | 610 | 15.3 | 610 | 15.3 | 610 | 15.3 |
| 458.sjeng | 1000 | 12.1 | 1000 | 12.1 | 1000 | 12.1 | 894 | 13.5 | 893 | 13.5 | 893 | 13.5 |
| 462.libquantum | 444 | 46.7 | 444 | 46.6 | 444 | 46.7 | 243 | 85.4 | 243 | 85.4 | 243 | 85.4 |
| 464.h264ref | 879 | 25.2 | 879 | 25.2 | 879 | 25.2 | 794 | 27.9 | 794 | 27.9 | 794 | 27.9 |
| 471.omnetpp | 447 | 14.0 | 447 | 14.0 | 447 | 14.0 | 383 | 16.3 | 383 | 16.3 | 383 | 16.3 |
| 473.astar | 634 | 11.1 | 634 | 11.1 | 634 | 11.1 | 546 | 12.8 | 546 | 12.9 | 546 | 12.9 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 483 | 14.3 | 483 | 14.3 | 483 | 14.3 | 417 | 16.6 | 417 | 16.6 | 417 | 16.6 |
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. Remote console disabled in /etc/inittab. fdpr binary optimization tool used for: 400.perlbench 401.bzip2 403.gcc 429.mcf 456.hmmer 458.sjeng 462.libquantum 464.h264ref 473.astar Speed run on 1 core partition defined on HMC; (unused cores are powered on, but their clock is halted; Full L3 cache of the chip is used by the remaining core) 4000 16M large pages defined with vmo command
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:
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 |