| CPU2006 license: | 11 | Test date: | Mar-2010 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | IBM Corporation | Hardware Availability: | Mar-2010 |
| Tested by: | IBM Corporation | Software Availability: | Dec-2009 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | POWER7 |
| CPU Characteristics: | TurboCore mode |
| CPU MHz: | 4140 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 32 cores, 8 chips, 4 cores/chip, 4 threads/core |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 8,16,24,32,48,64 cores |
| Primary Cache: | 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core |
| Secondary Cache: | 256 KB I+D on chip per core |
| L3 Cache: | 4 MB I+D on chip per core |
| Other Cache: | 16 MB I+D on chip per chip |
| Memory: | 512 GB (64x8 GB) DDR3 1066 MHz |
| Disk Subsystem: | 6x146.8 GB SAS SFF 15K RPM |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (ppc64), Kernel 2.6.27.19-5-ppc64 |
| Compiler: | IBM XL C/C++ for Linux, V10.1 Updated with the Oct2009 PTF |
| Auto Parallel: | No |
| File System: | ext3 |
| System State: | Run level 3 (multi-user) |
| Base Pointers: | 32-bit |
| Peak Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Other Software: | -Post-Link Optimization for Linux on POWER, Version 5.5.0-1 -MicroQuill SmartHeap 9 |
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 | 128 | 1317 | 949 | 1321 | 947 | 1341 | 933 | 128 | 1124 | 1110 | 1065 | 1170 | 1095 | 1140 |
| 401.bzip2 | 128 | 1191 | 1040 | 1178 | 1050 | 1188 | 1040 | 128 | 1101 | 1120 | 1106 | 1120 | 1099 | 1120 |
| 403.gcc | 128 | 832 | 1240 | 833 | 1240 | 829 | 1240 | 128 | 753 | 1370 | 750 | 1370 | 743 | 1390 |
| 429.mcf | 128 | 642 | 1820 | 642 | 1820 | 650 | 1800 | 64 | 305 | 1920 | 310 | 1880 | 305 | 1920 |
| 445.gobmk | 128 | 1118 | 1200 | 1114 | 1210 | 1115 | 1200 | 128 | 878 | 1530 | 880 | 1530 | 883 | 1520 |
| 456.hmmer | 128 | 1112 | 1070 | 1113 | 1070 | 1111 | 1080 | 128 | 854 | 1400 | 852 | 1400 | 850 | 1400 |
| 458.sjeng | 128 | 1241 | 1250 | 1237 | 1250 | 1239 | 1250 | 128 | 1140 | 1360 | 1140 | 1360 | 1136 | 1360 |
| 462.libquantum | 128 | 613 | 4330 | 612 | 4330 | 612 | 4340 | 128 | 563 | 4710 | 562 | 4720 | 562 | 4720 |
| 464.h264ref | 128 | 1827 | 1550 | 1822 | 1560 | 1820 | 1560 | 128 | 1695 | 1670 | 1710 | 1660 | 1680 | 1690 |
| 471.omnetpp | 128 | 1043 | 767 | 1044 | 766 | 1043 | 767 | 128 | 1036 | 772 | 1040 | 769 | 1036 | 772 |
| 473.astar | 128 | 920 | 976 | 920 | 976 | 921 | 976 | 128 | 796 | 1130 | 799 | 1120 | 795 | 1130 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 128 | 634 | 1390 | 625 | 1410 | 623 | 1420 | 128 | 586 | 1510 | 588 | 1500 | 581 | 1520 |
Submit Notes
The config file option 'submit' was used. Benchmarks bound to a processor using numactl on the submit command.
Operating System Notes
ulimit -s (stack) set to 1048576.
Large pages reserved as follows by root user:
echo 7040 > /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
General Notes
IBM Post-Link Optimization tool with
options "-O4 -omullX -see 0 -m power6" used for
400.perlbench 401.bzip2 403.gcc 456.hmmer 458.sjeng
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 -omullX" used for
429.mcf
options "-q -O3 -A 32 -omullX" 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 -omullX" used for
462.libquantum
options "-O4 -omullX -see 1" used for
473.astar
options "-O4" used for
464.h264ref
Whenever option "-omullX" was used during the optimization phase,
option "-imullX" was also used during the instrumentation phase.
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 -qalias=noansi -qalloca -lhugetlbfs |
C++ benchmarks:
| -O5 -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 |
| 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 -qalias=noansi -lsmartheap |
| 401.bzip2: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O3 -qarch=auto -qtune=auto -lhugetlbfs |
| 403.gcc: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qalloca -lhugetlbfs |
| 429.mcf: | -Wl,-q -O5 -qnoenablevmx -lhugetlbfs |
| 445.gobmk: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qnoenablevmx -lhugetlbfs |
| 456.hmmer: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -lhugetlbfs |
| 458.sjeng: | -Wl,-q -O5 -lhugetlbfs |
| 462.libquantum: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qnoenablevmx -q64 -lhugetlbfs |
| 464.h264ref: | Same as 456.hmmer |
C++ benchmarks:
| 471.omnetpp: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qrtti -lsmartheap |
| 473.astar: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qnoenablevmx -lsmartheap |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -Wl,-q -O5 -lsmartheap |