SPEC® CINT2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

IBM Corporation

IBM System x3550 M3 (Intel Xeon E5540)

SPECint®2006 = 30.1

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Dec-2010
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: Jun-2010
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: Jan-2010
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5540
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.80 GHz
CPU MHz: 2533
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 8 cores, 2 chips, 4 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2 chips
Primary Cache: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 256 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache: 8 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 8 GB (2 x 4 GB 2Rx4 PC3-10600R-9, ECC, running at
1066 MHz and CL7)
Disk Subsystem: 2 x 160 GB SATA, 7200 RPM, RAID 1
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SuSe Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)
Kernel 2.6.27.19-5-default
Compiler: Intel C++ Professional Compiler for IA32 and
Intel 64, Version 11.1
Build 20091130 Package ID: l_cproc_p_11.1.064
Auto Parallel: Yes
File System: ext3
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 64-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: Microquill SmartHeap V8.1

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 455 21.5 455 21.5 456 21.4 391 25.0 392 24.9 390 25.0
401.bzip2 585 16.5 580 16.6 581 16.6 581 16.6 580 16.6 580 16.6
403.gcc 388 20.7 389 20.7 390 20.7 354 22.7 352 22.9 351 22.9
429.mcf 257 35.5 257 35.5 266 34.2 228 39.9 230 39.7 231 39.5
445.gobmk 503 20.9 502 20.9 503 20.9 481 21.8 479 21.9 481 21.8
456.hmmer 238 39.2 238 39.1 238 39.2 232 40.3 230 40.6 231 40.5
458.sjeng 559 21.7 558 21.7 557 21.7 539 22.4 541 22.4 538 22.5
462.libquantum 124 167   125 166   125 166   124 166   125 166   125 165  
464.h264ref 682 32.5 683 32.4 682 32.5 655 33.8 655 33.8 651 34.0
471.omnetpp 317 19.7 318 19.6 317 19.7 259 24.2 260 24.0 264 23.7
473.astar 419 16.8 416 16.9 416 16.9 403 17.4 404 17.4 404 17.4
483.xalancbmk 227 30.4 226 30.6 226 30.5 222 31.1 220 31.4 219 31.5

Platform Notes

 BIOS Settings:
 Turbo Mode Enable
 Turbo Boost set to Traditional
 CPU C State Enable

General Notes

 Binaries were compiled on SLES 10 with Binutils 2.18.50.0.7.20080502
 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stack size to unlimited prior to run
 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
 KMP_AFFINITY set to granularity=fine,scatter

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc -m64 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc -m64 

Base Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_X64 
401.bzip2:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
403.gcc:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
429.mcf:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
445.gobmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
456.hmmer:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
458.sjeng:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
462.libquantum:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
464.h264ref:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
471.omnetpp:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
473.astar:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -parallel   -opt-prefetch 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/home/cmplr/usr3/alrahate/cpu2006.1.1.ic11.1/libic11.1-64bit -lsmartheap64 

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

403.gcc:  -Dalloca=_alloca 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icc -m64 
400.perlbench:  icc -m32 
429.mcf:  icc -m32 
445.gobmk:  icc -m32 
464.h264ref:  icc -m32 

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icpc -m32 
473.astar:  icpc -m64 

Peak Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_IA32 
401.bzip2:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
403.gcc:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
456.hmmer:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
458.sjeng:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
462.libquantum:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
473.astar:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

400.perlbench:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -static(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -ansi-alias   -opt-prefetch 
401.bzip2:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div   -static(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -auto-ilp32   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 
403.gcc:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -inline-calloc   -opt-malloc-options=3   -auto-ilp32 
429.mcf:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch 
445.gobmk:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -O2   -ipo   -no-prec-div   -ansi-alias 
456.hmmer:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -unroll2   -ansi-alias   -auto-ilp32 
458.sjeng:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -static(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4 
462.libquantum:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -parallel   -opt-prefetch   -par-schedule-static=32768   -ansi-alias 
464.h264ref:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -static(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll2   -ansi-alias 

C++ benchmarks:

471.omnetpp:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -ansi-alias   -opt-ra-region-strategy=block   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/home/cmplr/usr3/alrahate/cpu2006.1.1.ic11.1/libic11.1-32bit -lsmartheap 
473.astar:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -ansi-alias   -opt-ra-region-strategy=routine   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/home/cmplr/usr3/alrahate/cpu2006.1.1.ic11.1/libic11.1-64bit -lsmartheap64 
483.xalancbmk:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/home/cmplr/usr3/alrahate/cpu2006.1.1.ic11.1/libic11.1-32bit -lsmartheap 

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks:

403.gcc:  -Dalloca=_alloca 

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic11.1-linux64-revE.20100929.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic11.1-linux64-revE.20100929.xml.