| CPU2006 license: | 11 | Test date: | May-2010 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | IBM Corporation | Hardware Availability: | Jun-2010 |
| Tested by: | IBM Corporation | Software Availability: | Aug-2010 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | POWER7 |
| CPU Characteristics: | Intelligent Energy Optimization enabled, up to 3.30 GHz |
| CPU MHz: | 3000 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 16 cores, 2 chips, 8 cores/chip, 4 threads/core |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 16 cores |
| 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 core |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 128 GB (32x4 GB) DDR3 1066 MHz |
| Disk Subsystem: | 1x300 GB SAS SFF 10K RPM |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ppc64), Kernel 2.6.32.12-0.3-ppc64 |
| Compiler: | IBM XL C/C++ for Linux, V10.1 Updated with the Aug2010 PTF |
| Auto Parallel: | No |
| File System: | ext3 |
| System State: | Run level 3 (multi-user) |
| Base Pointers: | 32-bit |
| Peak Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Other Software: | -Post-Link Optimization for Linux on POWER, Version 5.5.0-2 -MicroQuill SmartHeap 9 |
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 | 64 | 1590 | 393 | 1594 | 392 | 1591 | 393 | 64 | 1340 | 467 | 1381 | 453 | 1317 | 475 |
| 401.bzip2 | 64 | 1528 | 404 | 1528 | 404 | 1547 | 399 | 64 | 1448 | 427 | 1442 | 428 | 1448 | 426 |
| 403.gcc | 64 | 1176 | 438 | 1173 | 439 | 1180 | 437 | 64 | 1054 | 489 | 1069 | 482 | 1062 | 485 |
| 429.mcf | 64 | 927 | 630 | 928 | 629 | 928 | 629 | 32 | 415 | 704 | 414 | 705 | 420 | 695 |
| 445.gobmk | 64 | 1366 | 491 | 1367 | 491 | 1370 | 490 | 64 | 1085 | 619 | 1089 | 616 | 1091 | 615 |
| 456.hmmer | 64 | 1412 | 423 | 1407 | 424 | 1406 | 425 | 64 | 1048 | 570 | 1072 | 557 | 1070 | 558 |
| 458.sjeng | 64 | 1526 | 508 | 1533 | 505 | 1530 | 506 | 64 | 1408 | 550 | 1402 | 552 | 1405 | 551 |
| 462.libquantum | 64 | 2160 | 614 | 2147 | 618 | 2158 | 614 | 16 | 510 | 650 | 508 | 653 | 509 | 651 |
| 464.h264ref | 64 | 2241 | 632 | 2277 | 622 | 2250 | 629 | 64 | 2095 | 676 | 2116 | 669 | 2101 | 674 |
| 471.omnetpp | 64 | 1713 | 234 | 1717 | 233 | 1711 | 234 | 64 | 1690 | 237 | 1705 | 235 | 1703 | 235 |
| 473.astar | 64 | 1347 | 334 | 1348 | 333 | 1348 | 333 | 64 | 1197 | 375 | 1205 | 373 | 1207 | 372 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 64 | 841 | 525 | 836 | 528 | 838 | 527 | 64 | 796 | 554 | 792 | 558 | 791 | 558 |
Submit Notes
The config file option 'submit' was used. Benchmarks bound to a processor using numactl on the submit command.
Operating System Notes
ulimit -s (stack) set to 1048576.
Large pages reserved as follows by root user:
echo 3520 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
Environment variables set before executing benchmarks.
export HUGETLB_VERBOSE=0
export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes
export XLFRTEOPTS=intrinthds=1
General Notes
IBM Post-Link Optimization tool with
options "-O4 -omullX -see 0 -m power6" used for
400.perlbench 401.bzip2 403.gcc 456.hmmer 458.sjeng
483.xalancbmk
options "-bf -dp -hr -las -pca -RC -RD -rmte -si -tlo -A 64 -isf 104 -lu 8 -rt 0.16
-hrf 0.18 -ihf 40 -sdp 6 -sdpms 128 -shci 65 -si -sidf 45 -omullX" used for
429.mcf
options "-q -O3 -A 32 -omullX" used for
445.gobmk
options "-bf -dp -lro -nop -RC -RD -tb -tlo -vro -A 4
-isf 88 -lu 8 -hrf 0.10 -sdp 4 -lun 27 -omullX" used for
462.libquantum
options "-O4 -omullX -see 1" used for
473.astar
options "-O4" used for
464.h264ref
Whenever option "-omullX" was used during the optimization phase,
option "-imullX" was also used during the instrumentation phase.
Base Portability Flags
| 400.perlbench: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_PPC |
| 462.libquantum: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
| 464.h264ref: | -qchars=signed |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
Base Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| -O5 -qalias=noansi -qalloca -lhugetlbfs |
C++ benchmarks:
| -O5 -qrtti -lsmartheap |
Base Other Flags
C benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads |
C++ benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads |
Peak Portability Flags
| 400.perlbench: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_PPC |
| 462.libquantum: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
| 464.h264ref: | -qchars=signed |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
Peak Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| 400.perlbench: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qalias=noansi -lsmartheap |
| 401.bzip2: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O3 -qarch=auto -qtune=auto -lhugetlbfs |
| 403.gcc: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qalloca -lhugetlbfs |
| 429.mcf: | -Wl,-q -O5 -qnoenablevmx -lhugetlbfs |
| 445.gobmk: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qnoenablevmx -lhugetlbfs |
| 456.hmmer: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -lhugetlbfs |
| 458.sjeng: | -Wl,-q -O5 -lhugetlbfs |
| 462.libquantum: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qnoenablevmx -q64 -lhugetlbfs |
| 464.h264ref: | Same as 456.hmmer |
C++ benchmarks:
| 471.omnetpp: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qrtti -lsmartheap |
| 473.astar: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qnoenablevmx -lsmartheap |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -Wl,-q -O5 -lsmartheap |