| CPU2006 license: | 11 | Test date: | Sep-2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | IBM Corporation | Hardware Availability: | Nov-2008 |
| Tested by: | IBM Corporation | Software Availability: | Sep-2008 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | POWER6+ |
| CPU Characteristics: | |
| CPU MHz: | 4200 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 32 cores, 16 chips, 2 cores/chip, 2 threads/core |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 4,8,16,24,32 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 SAS 15K RPM |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.2, Kernel 2.6.18-92.el5 |
| Compiler: | IBM XL C/C++ for Linux, V10.1 |
| Auto Parallel: | No |
| File System: | ext3 |
| System State: | Run Level 3 (Multi-User) |
| Base Pointers: | 32-bit |
| Peak Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Other Software: | -IBM Post-Link Optimization for Linux on POWER, Version 5.4.0-18 -MicroQuill SmartHeap 8.1 |
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 | 64 | 1258 | 497 | 1240 | 504 | 1209 | 517 | 64 | 1086 | 576 | 1093 | 572 | 998 | 626 |
| 401.bzip2 | 64 | 1015 | 608 | 988 | 625 | 986 | 626 | 64 | 936 | 660 | 883 | 699 | 924 | 669 |
| 403.gcc | 64 | 802 | 642 | 802 | 642 | 808 | 638 | 64 | 758 | 679 | 747 | 690 | 750 | 687 |
| 429.mcf | 64 | 627 | 932 | 628 | 929 | 629 | 928 | 64 | 617 | 946 | 619 | 943 | 620 | 942 |
| 445.gobmk | 64 | 934 | 718 | 935 | 718 | 936 | 718 | 64 | 762 | 881 | 764 | 879 | 774 | 867 |
| 456.hmmer | 64 | 981 | 609 | 990 | 603 | 983 | 607 | 64 | 678 | 881 | 676 | 883 | 676 | 883 |
| 458.sjeng | 64 | 1192 | 650 | 1184 | 654 | 1193 | 649 | 64 | 1099 | 705 | 1090 | 710 | 1092 | 709 |
| 462.libquantum | 64 | 1929 | 687 | 1927 | 688 | 1924 | 689 | 32 | 298 | 2230 | 298 | 2220 | 298 | 2230 |
| 464.h264ref | 64 | 1196 | 1180 | 1190 | 1190 | 1189 | 1190 | 64 | 1086 | 1300 | 1088 | 1300 | 1083 | 1310 |
| 471.omnetpp | 64 | 923 | 434 | 922 | 434 | 922 | 434 | 64 | 896 | 446 | 896 | 446 | 895 | 447 |
| 473.astar | 64 | 804 | 559 | 800 | 562 | 799 | 562 | 64 | 695 | 646 | 692 | 649 | 691 | 650 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 64 | 564 | 782 | 544 | 812 | 546 | 809 | 64 | 527 | 839 | 505 | 875 | 505 | 874 |
Submit Notes
The config file option 'submit' was used. Benchmarks bound to a processor using numactl on the submit command.
General Notes
See flags file for details on following settings.
ulimit -s (stack) set to 1048576.
Large pages reserved as follows by root user:
echo 3840 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
System configured with libhugetlbfs library for application access to large pages
Environment variables set before executing benchmarks.
export HUGETLB_VERBOSE=0
export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes
export XLFRTEOPTS=intrinthds=1
IBM Post-Link Optimization tool with
options "-q -O4 -A 32 -shci 90 -sdp 9" used for
400.perlbench 401.bzip2 403.gcc 429.mcf 456.hmmer 458.sjeng
464.h264ref 473.astar 483.xalancbmk
options "-bf -dp -hr -las -pca -RC -RD -rmte -si -tlo -A 64 -isf 104 -lu 8 -rt 0.16
-hrf 0.18 -ihf 40 -sdp 6 -sdpms 128 -shci 65 -si -sidf 45" used for
429.mcf
options "-q -O3 -A 32" used for
445.gobmk
options "-bf -dp -lro -nop -RC -RD -tb -tlo -vro -A 4
-isf 88 -lu 8 -hrf 0.10 -sdp 4 -lun 27" used for
462.libquantum
Base Portability Flags
| 400.perlbench: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_PPC |
| 462.libquantum: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
| 464.h264ref: | -qchars=signed |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
Base Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qalias=noansi -qalloca -lhugetlbfs |
C++ benchmarks:
| -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qrtti -lsmartheap |
Base Other Flags
C benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads |
C++ benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads |
Peak Portability Flags
| 400.perlbench: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_PPC |
| 403.gcc: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 462.libquantum: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
| 464.h264ref: | -qchars=signed |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
Peak Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| 400.perlbench: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qalias=noansi -lsmartheap |
| 401.bzip2: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O3 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -lhugetlbfs |
| 403.gcc: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qalloca -q64 -lhugetlbfs |
| 429.mcf: | -Wl,-q -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qnoenablevmx -lhugetlbfs |
| 445.gobmk: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qnoenablevmx -lhugetlbfs |
| 456.hmmer: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -lhugetlbfs |
| 458.sjeng: | -Wl,-q -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -lhugetlbfs |
| 462.libquantum: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qnoenablevmx -q64 -lhugetlbfs |
| 464.h264ref: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -q64 -lhugetlbfs |
C++ benchmarks:
| 471.omnetpp: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qrtti -lsmartheap |
| 473.astar: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qnoenablevmx -lsmartheap |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -Wl,-q -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -lsmartheap |