SPEC® CINT2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

SGI

SGI Altix ICE 8400EX (Intel Xeon X5690, 3.46 GHz)

CPU2006 license: 4 Test date: Mar-2011
Test sponsor: SGI Hardware Availability: Feb-2011
Tested by: SGI Software Availability: Dec-2010
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon X5690
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.73 GHz
CPU MHz: 3467
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 12 cores, 2 chips, 6 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2 chip
Primary Cache: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 256 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache: 12 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 48 GB (12 x 4 GB 2Rx4 PC3-10600R-9, ECC)
Disk Subsystem: 8.8 TB RAID 5
60 x 146 GB SAS (Seagate Cheetah 15k.5)
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64) SP1,
Kernel 2.6.32.13-0.4-default
Compiler: Intel C++ Compiler XE for applications running
on IA-32
Version 12.0.1.116 Build 20101116
Auto Parallel: No
File System: NFSv3 IPoIB
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 32-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: Microquill SmartHeap V9.01

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 24 665 353 661 355 668 351 24 539 435 537 437 539 435
401.bzip2 24 1009 230 1009 230 1007 230 24 931 249 932 249 933 248
403.gcc 24 774 249 774 250 763 253 24 776 249 766 252 768 251
429.mcf 24 735 298 739 296 737 297 12 269 407 270 405 274 400
445.gobmk 24 616 408 617 408 627 402 24 588 428 587 429 593 425
456.hmmer 24 448 499 452 495 449 499 12 191 587 192 583 191 587
458.sjeng 24 741 392 739 393 745 390 24 680 427 680 427 680 427
462.libquantum 24 258 1930 260 1910 262 1900 24 258 1930 260 1910 262 1900
464.h264ref 24 967 549 4003 133 943 563 24 945 562 951 558 957 555
471.omnetpp 24 644 233 644 233 644 233 24 628 239 628 239 628 239
473.astar 24 711 237 711 237 712 237 24 711 237 711 237 712 237
483.xalancbmk 24 443 374 444 373 443 374 24 443 374 444 373 443 374

Submit Notes

The config file option 'submit' was used.
 numactl was used to bind copies to the cores

Operating System Notes

'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set environment stack size
Set 10800 in /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /tmp/hugepages

General Notes

Binaries compiled on RHEL5.5 with binutils-2.17.50.0.6-14.el5

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc -m32 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc -m32 

Base Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_IA32 
462.libquantum:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/smartheap -lsmartheap   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

403.gcc:  -Dalloca=_alloca 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icc -m32 
400.perlbench:  icc -m64 
401.bzip2:  icc -m64 
456.hmmer:  icc -m64 
458.sjeng:  icc -m64 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc -m32 

Peak Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_X64 
401.bzip2:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
456.hmmer:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
458.sjeng:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
462.libquantum:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
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)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 
401.bzip2:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-prefetch   -auto-ilp32   -ansi-alias   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 
403.gcc:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 
429.mcf:  -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   -auto-ilp32 
445.gobmk:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -ansi-alias   -auto-ilp32 
456.hmmer:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -unroll2   -auto-ilp32   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 
458.sjeng:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4   -auto-ilp32   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 
462.libquantum:  basepeak = yes 
464.h264ref:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(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/smartheap -lsmartheap 
473.astar:  basepeak = yes 
483.xalancbmk:  basepeak = yes 

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-ic12.0-linux64-revB.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.0-linux64-revB.xml.