| CPU2006 license: | 11 | Test date: | Apr-2010 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | IBM Corporation | Hardware Availability: | Mar-2010 |
| Tested by: | IBM Corporation | Software Availability: | Jan-2010 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | Intel Xeon E7540 |
| CPU Characteristics: | Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.26 GHz |
| CPU MHz: | 2000 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 24 cores, 4 chips, 6 cores/chip, 2 threads/core |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 2,4 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: | 18 MB I+D on chip per chip |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 256 GB (64 x 4 GB DDR3-1066 QR RDIMM) |
| Disk Subsystem: | 3 x 50 GB SATA, SSD |
| 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: | 32-bit |
| Peak Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Other Software: | Microquill SmartHeap V8.1 Binutils 2.18.50.0.7.20080502 |
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 | 555 | 17.6 | 554 | 17.6 | 555 | 17.6 | 479 | 20.4 | 480 | 20.4 | 479 | 20.4 |
| 401.bzip2 | 725 | 13.3 | 725 | 13.3 | 725 | 13.3 | 723 | 13.4 | 723 | 13.3 | 722 | 13.4 |
| 403.gcc | 545 | 14.8 | 544 | 14.8 | 542 | 14.9 | 455 | 17.7 | 455 | 17.7 | 455 | 17.7 |
| 429.mcf | 334 | 27.3 | 336 | 27.2 | 332 | 27.4 | 284 | 32.1 | 285 | 32.0 | 284 | 32.1 |
| 445.gobmk | 651 | 16.1 | 650 | 16.1 | 652 | 16.1 | 659 | 15.9 | 586 | 17.9 | 586 | 17.9 |
| 456.hmmer | 294 | 31.8 | 293 | 31.9 | 296 | 31.6 | 284 | 32.9 | 284 | 32.9 | 284 | 32.9 |
| 458.sjeng | 709 | 17.1 | 709 | 17.1 | 710 | 17.0 | 769 | 15.7 | 677 | 17.9 | 678 | 17.9 |
| 462.libquantum | 39.5 | 525 | 38.7 | 535 | 39.5 | 525 | 39.9 | 519 | 39.7 | 522 | 38.7 | 536 |
| 464.h264ref | 907 | 24.4 | 912 | 24.3 | 908 | 24.4 | 802 | 27.6 | 804 | 27.5 | 802 | 27.6 |
| 471.omnetpp | 436 | 14.3 | 435 | 14.4 | 433 | 14.4 | 305 | 20.5 | 302 | 20.7 | 305 | 20.5 |
| 473.astar | 500 | 14.0 | 500 | 14.0 | 500 | 14.0 | 478 | 14.7 | 480 | 14.6 | 483 | 14.5 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 277 | 24.9 | 274 | 25.2 | 276 | 25.0 | 277 | 24.9 | 274 | 25.2 | 276 | 25.0 |
Platform Notes
Turbo Boost set to Traditional in BIOS Demand Scrub disabled in BIOS
General Notes
OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores KMP_AFFINITY set to granularity=fine,scatter 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stack size to unlimited prior to run
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 |
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) -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 |