| CPU2006 license: | 55 | Test date: | Oct-2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | Dell Inc. | Hardware Availability: | Sep-2008 |
| Tested by: | Dell Inc. | Software Availability: | Nov-2008 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | Intel Xeon E7420 |
| CPU Characteristics: | |
| CPU MHz: | 2133 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 16 cores, 4 chips, 4 cores/chip |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 2,4 chips |
| Primary Cache: | 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core |
| Secondary Cache: | 6 MB I+D on chip per chip, 3 MB shared / 2 cores |
| L3 Cache: | 8 MB I+D on chip per chip |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 64 GB (16 x 4 GB 667 MHz ECC CL5 FB-DIMM) |
| Disk Subsystem: | 146 GB 10000 SAS |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64) SP2, Kernel 2.6.16-60.0.21-smp |
| Compiler: | Intel C++ Compiler 11.0 for Linux Build 20080730 Package ID: l_cproc_b_11.0.042 |
| Auto Parallel: | Yes |
| File System: | ReiserFS |
| System State: | Run level 3 (multi-user) |
| Base Pointers: | 32-bit |
| Peak Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Other Software: | Microquill SmartHeap V8.1 Binutils 2.18.50.0.7.20080502 |
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 | 686 | 14.2 | 687 | 14.2 | 689 | 14.2 | 550 | 17.8 | 550 | 17.8 | 553 | 17.7 |
| 401.bzip2 | 862 | 11.2 | 839 | 11.5 | 843 | 11.5 | 790 | 12.2 | 787 | 12.3 | 788 | 12.2 |
| 403.gcc | 740 | 10.9 | 738 | 10.9 | 736 | 10.9 | 615 | 13.1 | 616 | 13.1 | 617 | 13.1 |
| 429.mcf | 500 | 18.2 | 498 | 18.3 | 497 | 18.3 | 498 | 18.3 | 498 | 18.3 | 498 | 18.3 |
| 445.gobmk | 732 | 14.3 | 732 | 14.3 | 732 | 14.3 | 678 | 15.5 | 679 | 15.5 | 679 | 15.5 |
| 456.hmmer | 786 | 11.9 | 785 | 11.9 | 786 | 11.9 | 505 | 18.5 | 505 | 18.5 | 506 | 18.4 |
| 458.sjeng | 874 | 13.8 | 878 | 13.8 | 871 | 13.9 | 835 | 14.5 | 833 | 14.5 | 835 | 14.5 |
| 462.libquantum | 90.6 | 229 | 87.4 | 237 | 87.8 | 236 | 90.6 | 229 | 87.4 | 237 | 87.8 | 236 |
| 464.h264ref | 1162 | 19.0 | 1162 | 19.0 | 1180 | 18.8 | 890 | 24.9 | 891 | 24.8 | 892 | 24.8 |
| 471.omnetpp | 661 | 9.45 | 660 | 9.47 | 662 | 9.44 | 603 | 10.4 | 604 | 10.3 | 605 | 10.3 |
| 473.astar | 684 | 10.3 | 684 | 10.3 | 685 | 10.3 | 595 | 11.8 | 587 | 12.0 | 586 | 12.0 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 404 | 17.1 | 404 | 17.1 | 404 | 17.1 | 404 | 17.1 | 404 | 17.1 | 404 | 17.1 |
Operating System Notes
'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stack size to unlimited prior to run
General Notes
OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of processors KMP_AFFINITY set to "physical,0"
Base Portability Flags
| 400.perlbench: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_IA32 |
| 462.libquantum: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
Base Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -parallel -par-runtime-control -opt-prefetch |
C++ benchmarks:
| -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -opt-prefetch -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/spec/cpu2006.1.1/lib -lsmartheap |
Peak Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks (except as noted below):
C++ benchmarks:
| icpc |
Peak Portability Flags
| 400.perlbench: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_IA32 |
| 401.bzip2: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 456.hmmer: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 462.libquantum: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
Peak Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| 400.perlbench: | -prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -ansi-alias -opt-prefetch |
| 401.bzip2: | -prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -auto-ilp32 -opt-prefetch -ansi-alias |
| 403.gcc: | -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -inline-calloc -opt-malloc-options=3 |
| 429.mcf: | -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -opt-prefetch |
| 445.gobmk: | -prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -xSSE4.1 -O2 -ipo -no-prec-div -ansi-alias |
| 456.hmmer: | -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -unroll2 -ansi-alias -auto-ilp32 |
| 458.sjeng: | -prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -unroll4 |
| 462.libquantum: | basepeak = yes |
| 464.h264ref: | -prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -unroll2 -ansi-alias |
C++ benchmarks:
| 471.omnetpp: | -prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -ansi-alias -opt-ra-region-strategy=block -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/spec/cpu2006.1.1/lib -lsmartheap |
| 473.astar: | -prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -ansi-alias -opt-ra-region-strategy=routine -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/spec/cpu2006.1.1/lib -lsmartheap |
| 483.xalancbmk: | basepeak = yes |