| CPU2006 license: | 11 | Test date: | Jan-2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | IBM Corporation | Hardware Availability: | Feb-2008 |
| Tested by: | IBM Corporation | Software Availability: | Feb-2008 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | POWER6 |
| CPU Characteristics: | |
| CPU MHz: | 4200 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 4 cores, 2 chips, 2 cores/chip, 2 threads/core |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 1,2,4 cores |
| Primary Cache: | 64 KB I + 64 KB D on chip per core |
| Secondary Cache: | 4 MB I+D on chip per core |
| L3 Cache: | None |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 32 GB (8x4 GB) DDR2 667 MHz |
| Disk Subsystem: | 1x73 GB 1x146 GB SAS 15K RPM |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | IBM AIX V6.1 Updated to SP3 |
| Compiler: | XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition V9 for AIX Updated with the Oct2007 PTF. |
| Auto Parallel: | No |
| File System: | AIX/JFS2 |
| System State: | Multi-user |
| Base Pointers: | 32-bit |
| Peak Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Other Software: | -- |
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 | 8 | 1257 | 62.2 | 1249 | 62.6 | 1249 | 62.6 | 8 | 1145 | 68.2 | 1142 | 68.5 | 1141 | 68.5 |
| 401.bzip2 | 8 | 1142 | 67.6 | 1127 | 68.5 | 1136 | 67.9 | 8 | 916 | 84.2 | 922 | 83.7 | 918 | 84.1 |
| 403.gcc | 8 | 849 | 75.8 | 846 | 76.1 | 847 | 76.0 | 8 | 849 | 75.8 | 846 | 76.1 | 847 | 76.0 |
| 429.mcf | 8 | 549 | 133 | 549 | 133 | 549 | 133 | 8 | 549 | 133 | 549 | 133 | 549 | 133 |
| 445.gobmk | 8 | 990 | 84.8 | 990 | 84.7 | 990 | 84.7 | 8 | 847 | 99.1 | 847 | 99.1 | 846 | 99.2 |
| 456.hmmer | 8 | 998 | 74.8 | 998 | 74.8 | 998 | 74.8 | 8 | 821 | 90.9 | 819 | 91.1 | 818 | 91.2 |
| 458.sjeng | 8 | 1211 | 80.0 | 1211 | 79.9 | 1212 | 79.8 | 8 | 1051 | 92.1 | 1043 | 92.8 | 1043 | 92.8 |
| 462.libquantum | 8 | 1238 | 134 | 1241 | 134 | 1229 | 135 | 4 | 631 | 131 | 631 | 131 | 631 | 131 |
| 464.h264ref | 8 | 1156 | 153 | 1154 | 153 | 1156 | 153 | 8 | 1148 | 154 | 1146 | 155 | 1144 | 155 |
| 471.omnetpp | 8 | 1019 | 49.1 | 1019 | 49.1 | 1017 | 49.2 | 8 | 938 | 53.3 | 937 | 53.4 | 937 | 53.3 |
| 473.astar | 8 | 969 | 57.9 | 969 | 57.9 | 969 | 58.0 | 8 | 856 | 65.6 | 852 | 65.9 | 849 | 66.1 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 8 | 727 | 75.9 | 725 | 76.1 | 726 | 76.1 | 8 | 632 | 87.3 | 631 | 87.5 | 631 | 87.5 |
General Notes
See flags file of details on following settings. all ulimits set to unlimited. Envionment variables set before executing benchmarks: MALLOCOPTIONS=pool MEMORY_AFFINITY=MCM XLFRTEOPTS=intrinthds=1 System set to "Enhanced" mode when defining partition on HMC. bindprocessor command used on submit to bind each copy to a unique processor. 1000 16M large pages defined with vmo command Remote console disabled in /etc/inittab. fdpr binary optimization tool used for: 400.perlbench 401.bzip2 403.gcc 429.mcf 456.hmmer 458.sjent 462.libquantum 464.h264ref 473.astar
Base Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks:
| /usr/vac/bin/xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 |
C++ benchmarks:
| /usr/vacpp/bin/xlC |
Base Portability Flags
| 400.perlbench: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX |
| 462.libquantum: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX |
| 464.h264ref: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX -qchars=signed |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX |
Base Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| -bmaxdata:0x50000000 -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qalias=noansi -qalloca -blpdata |
C++ benchmarks:
| -bmaxdata:0x20000000 -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qrtti=all -blpdata |
Base Other Flags
C benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |
C++ benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |
Peak Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks:
| /usr/vac/bin/xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 |
C++ benchmarks:
| /usr/vacpp/bin/xlC |
Peak Portability Flags
| 400.perlbench: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX |
| 462.libquantum: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX |
| 464.h264ref: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX -qchars=signed |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX |
Peak Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| 400.perlbench: | -bmaxdata:0x50000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -D_ILS_MACROS -qalias=noansi -qfdpr -blpdata |
| 401.bzip2: | -bmaxdata:0x4ffffffc -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -D_ILS_MACROS -qfdpr -blpdata |
| 403.gcc: | basepeak = yes |
| 429.mcf: | basepeak = yes |
| 445.gobmk: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -D_ILS_MACROS -blpdata |
| 456.hmmer: | -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qfdpr -blpdata |
| 458.sjeng: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -D_ILS_MACROS -qfdpr -blpdata |
| 462.libquantum: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -D_ILS_MACROS -q64 -qfdpr -blpdata |
| 464.h264ref: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -q64 -D_ILS_MACROS -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -qfdpr -bdatapsize:64K -bstackpsize:64K -btextpsize:64K |
C++ benchmarks:
| 471.omnetpp: | -bmaxdata:0x20000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -D_ILS_MACROS -qalign=natural -qrtti=all -qinlglue -blpdata |
| 473.astar: | -bmaxdata:0x20000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qfdpr -qinlglue -qalign=natural -blpdata |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -bmaxdata:0x20000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qinlglue -D__IBM_FAST_VECTOR -blpdata |