SPEC® CINT2006 Result

IBM Corporation

IBM System x3550 M3 (Intel Xeon X5677)

SPECint®2006 = 43.3

SPECint_base2006 = 40.0

CPU2006 license:	11	Test date:	Feb-2010
Test sponsor:	IBM Corporation	Hardware Availability:	Apr-2010
Tested by:	IBM Corporation	Software Availability:	Jan-2010

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon X5677
CPU Characteristics:	Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.73 GHz
CPU MHz:	3467
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	8 cores, 2 chips, 4 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:	24 GB (6 x 4 GB PC3-10600R-ECC)
Disk Subsystem:	1 x 73 GB SAS, 15000RPM
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 Binutils 2.18.50.0.7.20080502

Results Table

Benchmark	Base						Peak
Benchmark	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	339	28.8	339	28.8	340	28.8	292	33.5	292	33.5	293	33.4
401.bzip2	442	21.8	442	21.8	442	21.8	442	21.9	442	21.9	442	21.8
403.gcc	304	26.4	305	26.4	305	26.4	270	29.8	270	29.8	270	29.8
429.mcf	199	45.9	199	45.9	212	43.0	170	53.6	170	53.7	175	52.1
445.gobmk	390	26.9	390	26.9	391	26.8	356	29.5	356	29.5	356	29.4
456.hmmer	178	52.3	178	52.5	180	51.9	172	54.2	172	54.3	172	54.3
458.sjeng	423	28.6	426	28.4	424	28.6	407	29.8	407	29.7	407	29.7
462.libquantum	33.4	620	33.2	623	33.2	623	33.4	620	33.2	623	33.2	623
464.h264ref	534	41.5	533	41.5	535	41.4	487	45.5	487	45.5	486	45.5
471.omnetpp	273	22.9	273	22.9	273	22.9	215	29.1	215	29.1	215	29.1
473.astar	309	22.7	310	22.6	309	22.7	299	23.5	299	23.5	298	23.6
483.xalancbmk	169	40.9	169	40.9	167	41.4	169	40.9	169	40.9	167	41.4

Platform Notes

 Turbo Mode Enable

General Notes

 '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 -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:

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:	basepeak = yes
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:	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-ic11.1-linux64-revE.20100330.00.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.20100330.00.xml.