| CPU2006 license: | 11 | Test date: | Mar-2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | IBM Corporation | Hardware Availability: | Jun-2008 |
| Tested by: | IBM Corporation | Software Availability: | May-2008 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | POWER6 |
| CPU Characteristics: | |
| CPU MHz: | 4200 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 64 cores, 32 chips, 2 cores/chip, 2 threads/core |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 8,16,24,32,40,48,56,64 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: | 32 MB I+D off chip per chip |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 512 GB (256x2 GB - 256 GB) DDR2 667 MHz |
| Disk Subsystem: | 4x146 GB SCSI 15K RPM |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | IBM AIX V6.1 with the 6100-01 Technology Level |
| 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 | 128 | 1487 | 841 | 1304 | 959 | 1465 | 854 | 128 | 1236 | 1010 | 1406 | 889 | 1452 | 861 |
| 401.bzip2 | 128 | 1354 | 912 | 1786 | 692 | 1423 | 868 | 128 | 1048 | 1180 | 1246 | 991 | 1189 | 1040 |
| 403.gcc | 128 | 721 | 1430 | 750 | 1370 | 729 | 1410 | 128 | 652 | 1580 | 653 | 1580 | 652 | 1580 |
| 429.mcf | 128 | 464 | 2520 | 530 | 2200 | 479 | 2440 | 128 | 459 | 2540 | 465 | 2510 | 460 | 2540 |
| 445.gobmk | 128 | 968 | 1390 | 968 | 1390 | 967 | 1390 | 128 | 824 | 1630 | 824 | 1630 | 826 | 1630 |
| 456.hmmer | 128 | 1013 | 1180 | 1140 | 1050 | 1038 | 1150 | 128 | 847 | 1410 | 851 | 1400 | 844 | 1410 |
| 458.sjeng | 128 | 1183 | 1310 | 1185 | 1310 | 1201 | 1290 | 128 | 1034 | 1500 | 1035 | 1500 | 1043 | 1480 |
| 462.libquantum | 128 | 757 | 3500 | 758 | 3500 | 754 | 3520 | 64 | 248 | 5350 | 248 | 5350 | 248 | 5350 |
| 464.h264ref | 128 | 1144 | 2480 | 1139 | 2490 | 1139 | 2490 | 128 | 1144 | 2480 | 1139 | 2490 | 1139 | 2490 |
| 471.omnetpp | 128 | 706 | 1130 | 702 | 1140 | 702 | 1140 | 128 | 605 | 1320 | 604 | 1320 | 603 | 1330 |
| 473.astar | 128 | 799 | 1120 | 807 | 1110 | 807 | 1110 | 128 | 696 | 1290 | 698 | 1290 | 701 | 1280 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 128 | 712 | 1240 | 801 | 1100 | 1138 | 776 | 128 | 620 | 1420 | 631 | 1400 | 635 | 1390 |
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. 12000 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 |
| 403.gcc: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 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: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qalloca -qfdpr -q64 -blpdata |
| 429.mcf: | -bmaxdata:0x50000000 -O5 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -D_ILS_MACROS -qfdpr -blpdata |
| 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: | basepeak = yes |
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 |