| CPU2006 license: | 11 | Test date: | Jun-2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | IBM Corporation | Hardware Availability: | Feb-2011 |
| Tested by: | IBM Corporation | Software Availability: | Jan-2011 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | Intel Xeon E5603 |
| CPU Characteristics: | |
| CPU MHz: | 1600 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 8 cores, 2 chips, 4 cores/chip |
| 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: | 4 MB I+D on chip per chip |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 48 GB (12 x 4 GB 2Rx8 PC3-10600R-9, ECC, running at 1066 MHz) |
| Disk Subsystem: | 2 x 50 GB SATA, SSD, RAID 0 |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (x86_64), Kernel 2.6.32.12-0.7-default |
| Compiler: | Intel C++ Intel 64 Compiler XE for applications running on Intel 64 Version 12.0.1.116 Build 20101116 |
| Auto Parallel: | Yes |
| File System: | ext3 |
| System State: | Run level 3 (multi-user) |
| Base Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Peak Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Other Software: | Microquill SmartHeap V9.01 |
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 | 791 | 12.3 | 791 | 12.4 | 790 | 12.4 | 723 | 13.5 | 694 | 14.1 | 694 | 14.1 |
| 401.bzip2 | 1025 | 9.41 | 1029 | 9.38 | 1025 | 9.42 | 982 | 9.82 | 976 | 9.89 | 982 | 9.83 |
| 403.gcc | 637 | 12.6 | 638 | 12.6 | 639 | 12.6 | 563 | 14.3 | 565 | 14.3 | 568 | 14.2 |
| 429.mcf | 370 | 24.6 | 370 | 24.6 | 370 | 24.6 | 363 | 25.1 | 360 | 25.4 | 360 | 25.3 |
| 445.gobmk | 877 | 12.0 | 889 | 11.8 | 888 | 11.8 | 867 | 12.1 | 865 | 12.1 | 865 | 12.1 |
| 456.hmmer | 408 | 22.9 | 408 | 22.9 | 408 | 22.9 | 402 | 23.2 | 402 | 23.2 | 401 | 23.2 |
| 458.sjeng | 931 | 13.0 | 935 | 12.9 | 936 | 12.9 | 909 | 13.3 | 909 | 13.3 | 908 | 13.3 |
| 462.libquantum | 54.3 | 381 | 54.1 | 383 | 54.3 | 381 | 54.3 | 381 | 54.1 | 383 | 54.3 | 381 |
| 464.h264ref | 1172 | 18.9 | 1171 | 18.9 | 1161 | 19.1 | 1087 | 20.4 | 1085 | 20.4 | 1088 | 20.3 |
| 471.omnetpp | 492 | 12.7 | 492 | 12.7 | 493 | 12.7 | 455 | 13.7 | 455 | 13.7 | 455 | 13.7 |
| 473.astar | 623 | 11.3 | 623 | 11.3 | 623 | 11.3 | 623 | 11.3 | 623 | 11.3 | 623 | 11.3 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 389 | 17.7 | 398 | 17.4 | 391 | 17.7 | 389 | 17.7 | 398 | 17.4 | 391 | 17.7 |
Operating System Notes
'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited prior to run 'nodev /mnt/hugepages hugetlbfs nodev 0 0' added to /etc/fstab echo 900 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libhugetlbfs.so
Platform Notes
Load Default BIOS Settings and then change the following Power C-states enabled Demand Scrub disabled
General Notes
Binaries compiled on RHEL5.5 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
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 -parallel -opt-prefetch -auto-p32 -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT |
C++ benchmarks:
| -xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -opt-prefetch -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/smartheap -lsmartheap64 -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT |
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 -m64 | |
| 471.omnetpp: | icpc -m32 |
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_LP64 -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
Peak Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
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) -opt-ra-region-strategy=block -ansi-alias -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/smartheap -lsmartheap -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT |
| 473.astar: | basepeak = yes |
| 483.xalancbmk: | basepeak = yes |