| CPU2006 license: | 55 | Test date: | Oct-2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | Dell Inc. | Hardware Availability: | Sep-2008 |
| Tested by: | Dell Inc. | Software Availability: | Nov-2008 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | Intel Xeon X5460 |
| CPU Characteristics: | |
| CPU MHz: | 3166 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 8 cores, 2 chips, 4 cores/chip |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 1,2 chips |
| Primary Cache: | 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core |
| Secondary Cache: | 12 MB I+D on chip per chip, 6 MB shared / 2 cores |
| L3 Cache: | None |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 16 GB (8 x 2 GB DDR2-667) |
| Disk Subsystem: | 2 x 73 GB 15000 RPM SAS |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64) SP2, Kernel 2.6.16-60.0.21-smp |
| Compiler: | Intel C++ Compiler 11.0 for Linux Build 20080730 Package ID: l_cproc_b_11.0.042 |
| Auto Parallel: | Yes |
| File System: | ReiserFS |
| 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 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 467 | 168 | 466 | 168 | 462 | 169 | 8 | 404 | 194 | 403 | 194 | 404 | 193 |
| 401.bzip2 | 8 | 678 | 114 | 678 | 114 | 668 | 116 | 8 | 651 | 119 | 648 | 119 | 640 | 121 |
| 403.gcc | 8 | 647 | 99.6 | 643 | 100 | 652 | 98.7 | 8 | 654 | 98.5 | 646 | 99.7 | 650 | 99.1 |
| 429.mcf | 8 | 714 | 102 | 714 | 102 | 714 | 102 | 8 | 735 | 99.3 | 734 | 99.4 | 735 | 99.3 |
| 445.gobmk | 8 | 520 | 161 | 519 | 162 | 520 | 161 | 8 | 491 | 171 | 488 | 172 | 491 | 171 |
| 456.hmmer | 8 | 445 | 168 | 444 | 168 | 444 | 168 | 8 | 349 | 214 | 349 | 214 | 349 | 214 |
| 458.sjeng | 8 | 579 | 167 | 578 | 167 | 578 | 167 | 8 | 562 | 172 | 563 | 172 | 563 | 172 |
| 462.libquantum | 8 | 937 | 177 | 935 | 177 | 935 | 177 | 1 | 74.5 | 278 | 74.5 | 278 | 74.5 | 278 |
| 464.h264ref | 8 | 636 | 278 | 637 | 278 | 636 | 278 | 8 | 604 | 293 | 605 | 293 | 605 | 293 |
| 471.omnetpp | 8 | 842 | 59.3 | 843 | 59.3 | 843 | 59.3 | 8 | 836 | 59.8 | 836 | 59.8 | 838 | 59.6 |
| 473.astar | 8 | 712 | 78.8 | 711 | 79.0 | 711 | 78.9 | 8 | 638 | 88.1 | 642 | 87.5 | 641 | 87.6 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 8 | 438 | 126 | 436 | 127 | 436 | 127 | 8 | 438 | 126 | 436 | 127 | 436 | 127 |
Submit Notes
The config file option 'submit' was used.
Operating System Notes
'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stack size to unlimited prior to run
Platform Notes
BIOS Settings: Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch = Disabled (Default = Enabled)
General Notes
taskset was used to bind processes to cores except for 462.libquantum peak OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of processors KMP_AFFINITY set to "physical,0" KMP_STACKSIZE set to 64M
Base Portability Flags
| 400.perlbench: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_IA32 |
| 462.libquantum: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
Base Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -inline-calloc -opt-malloc-options=3 -opt-prefetch |
C++ benchmarks:
| -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -opt-prefetch -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/spec/cpu2006.1.1/lib -lsmartheap |
Peak Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks (except as noted below):
C++ benchmarks:
| icpc |
Peak Portability Flags
| 400.perlbench: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_IA32 |
| 401.bzip2: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 456.hmmer: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 462.libquantum: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
Peak Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| 400.perlbench: | -prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -ansi-alias -opt-prefetch |
| 401.bzip2: | -prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -opt-prefetch -ansi-alias |
| 403.gcc: | -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -inline-calloc -opt-malloc-options=3 |
| 429.mcf: | -prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -opt-prefetch |
| 445.gobmk: | -prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -xSSE4.1 -O2 -ipo -no-prec-div -ansi-alias |
| 456.hmmer: | -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -unroll2 -ansi-alias |
| 458.sjeng: | -prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -unroll4 |
| 462.libquantum: | -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -opt-malloc-options=3 -parallel -par-runtime-control -opt-prefetch |
| 464.h264ref: | -prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -unroll2 -ansi-alias |
C++ benchmarks:
| 471.omnetpp: | -prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -ansi-alias -opt-ra-region-strategy=block -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/spec/cpu2006.1.1/lib -lsmartheap |
| 473.astar: | -prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -ansi-alias -opt-ra-region-strategy=routine -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/spec/cpu2006.1.1/lib -lsmartheap |
| 483.xalancbmk: | basepeak = yes |