SPEC® CINT2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

IBM Corporation

IBM System x3530 M4
(Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2, 2.20 GHz)

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Jun-2014
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: Mar-2014
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: Nov-2013
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.70 GHz
CPU MHz: 2200
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 12 cores, 2 chips, 6 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: 15 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 192 GB (12 x 16 GB 2Rx4 PC3-12800R-11, ECC)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 500 GB SATA, 7200 RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5
(Santiago)
2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64
Compiler: C/C++: Version 14.0.0.080 of Intel C++ Studio XE
for Linux
Auto Parallel: No
File System: ext4
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 32-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: Microquill SmartHeap V10.0

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 24 765 307 764 307 763 307 24 632 371 630 372 628 373
401.bzip2 24 1032 224 1033 224 1031 225 24 1011 229 1011 229 1009 230
403.gcc 24 571 338 572 338 570 339 24 571 338 572 338 570 339
429.mcf 24 330 663 330 663 329 664 24 330 663 330 663 329 664
445.gobmk 24 824 306 839 300 837 301 24 819 308 811 310 817 308
456.hmmer 24 398 563 398 562 399 561 24 360 622 359 623 360 623
458.sjeng 24 967 300 942 308 953 305 24 937 310 936 310 924 314
462.libquantum 24 182 2740 182 2740 182 2740 24 182 2740 182 2740 182 2740
464.h264ref 24 1037 512 1041 510 1039 511 24 1026 518 1026 518 1030 516
471.omnetpp 24 625 240 624 241 624 240 24 586 256 588 255 586 256
473.astar 24 693 243 691 244 693 243 24 693 243 691 244 693 243
483.xalancbmk 24 360 461 358 462 360 461 24 360 461 358 462 360 461

Submit Notes

 The numactl mechanism was used to bind copies to processors. The config file option 'submit'
 was used to generate numactl commands to bind each copy to a specific processor.
 For details, please see the config file.

Operating System Notes

 Stack size set to unlimited using "ulimit -s unlimited"
 Zone reclaim mode enabled with:
 echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/zone_reclaim_mode
 Intel Idle Driver disabled with the following Linux kernel parameter in /etc/grub.conf:
 intel_idle.max_cstate=0

Platform Notes

 BIOS setting:
 Operating Mode set to Maximum Performance
 Sysinfo program /home/SPECcpu-20140116-ic14.0/config/sysinfo.rev6818
 $Rev: 6818 $ $Date:: 2012-07-17 #$ e86d102572650a6e4d596a3cee98f191
 running on x3530M4 Sun Jun  8 00:16:17 2014

 This section contains SUT (System Under Test) info as seen by
 some common utilities.  To remove or add to this section, see:
   http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/Docs/config.html#sysinfo

 From /proc/cpuinfo
    model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2420 v2 @ 2.20GHz
       2 "physical id"s (chips)
       24 "processors"
    cores, siblings (Caution: counting these is hw and system dependent.  The
    following excerpts from /proc/cpuinfo might not be reliable.  Use with
    caution.)
       cpu cores : 6
       siblings  : 12
       physical 0: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5
       physical 1: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5
    cache size : 15360 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       198317832 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 /usr/bin/lsb_release -d
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5 (Santiago)

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    redhat-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5 (Santiago)
    system-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5 (Santiago)
    system-release-cpe: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6server:ga:server

 uname -a:
    Linux x3530M4 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Nov 10 22:19:54 EST 2013
    x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 run-level 3 Jun 3 17:42

 SPEC is set to: /home/SPECcpu-20140116-ic14.0
    Filesystem                     Type  Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/mapper/vg_x3530m4-lv_home ext4  404G   16G  368G   4% /home

 Additional information from dmidecode:
   BIOS IBM -[BEE136CUS-1.60]- 01/23/2014
   Memory:
    12x Samsung M393B2G70QH0-YK0 16 GB 1600 MHz 2 rank

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/home/SPECcpu-20140116-ic14.0/libs/32:/home/SPECcpu-20140116-ic14.0/libs/64:/home/SPECcpu-20140116-ic14.0/sh"

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Core i7-860 CPU + 8GB
 memory using RedHat EL 6.4
 Transparent Huge Pages enabled with:
 echo always > /sys/kernel/mm/redhat_transparent_hugepage/enabled
 Filesystem page cache cleared with:
 echo 1>       /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
 runspec command invoked through numactl i.e.:
 numactl --interleave=all runspec <etc>

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   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/sh -lsmartheap 

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)   -auto-ilp32 
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 
403.gcc:  basepeak = yes 
429.mcf:  basepeak = yes 
445.gobmk:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 
456.hmmer:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -unroll2   -auto-ilp32 
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 
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/sh -lsmartheap 
473.astar:  basepeak = yes 
483.xalancbmk:  basepeak = yes 

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks:

403.gcc:  -Dalloca=_alloca 

The flags files that were used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic14.0-official-linux64.20140128.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-Platform-Flags-V1.2-IVB-B.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic14.0-official-linux64.20140128.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-Platform-Flags-V1.2-IVB-B.xml.