SPEC® CINT2006 Result

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IBM Corporation

IBM Power 550 (5.0 GHz, 8 core, SLES)

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Mar-2009
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: May-2009
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: Mar-2009
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: POWER6+
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz: 5000
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 8 cores, 4 chips, 2 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 2,4,6,8 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: 128 GB (32x4 GB) DDR2 667 MHz
Disk Subsystem: 2x146 GB SAS 15K RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
Compiler: IBM XL C/C++ for Linux, V10.1
Updated with the Mar2009 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 5.4.0-21
-MicroQuill SmartHeap 8.1

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 16 991 158 991 158 990 158 16 820 191 820 191 820 191
401.bzip2 16 813 190 818 189 817 189 16 725 213 724 213 726 213
403.gcc 16 613 210 607 212 607 212 16 558 231 557 231 557 231
429.mcf 16 431 338 431 338 431 339 16 427 342 427 342 428 341
445.gobmk 16 812 207 811 207 811 207 16 645 260 646 260 647 259
456.hmmer 16 822 182 823 181 826 181 16 570 262 570 262 570 262
458.sjeng 16 982 197 983 197 987 196 16 888 218 888 218 888 218
462.libquantum 16 1080 307 1081 307 1081 307 8 249 666 249 666 249 666
464.h264ref 16 976 363 976 363 976 363 16 925 383 926 382 925 383
471.omnetpp 16 685 146 685 146 685 146 16 666 150 667 150 666 150
473.astar 16 713 158 712 158 713 158 16 625 180 625 180 624 180
483.xalancbmk 16 432 256 432 256 432 256 16 411 268 411 269 411 268

Submit Notes

The config file option 'submit' was used.
Benchmarks bound to a processor using numactl on the submit command.

General Notes

 kernel release 2.6.27.19-5-ppc64.
 See flags file for details on following settings.
 ulimit -s (stack) set to 1048576.
 System configured with libhugetlbfs library for application access to large pages
 Large pages reserved as follows by root user:
     echo 1600 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
 Environment variables set before executing benchmarks.
     export HUGETLB_VERBOSE=0
     export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes
     export XLFRTEOPTS=intrinthds=1
 IBM Post-Link Optimization tool was used for these benchmarks, with options:
   400.perlbench : "-imullX" (instrumentation phase), "-O4 -omullX" (optimization phase)
   401.bzip2 : same as 400.perlbench
   403.gcc : same as 400.perlbench
   456.hmmer : same as 400.perlbench
   458.sjeng : same as 400.perlbench
   483.xalancbmk : same as 400.perlbench
   429.mcf : "-imullX" (instrumentation phase), "-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" (optimization phase)
   445.gobmk : "-imullX" (instrumentation phase), "-q -O3 -A 32 -omullX" (optimization phase)
   462.libquantum : "-imullX" (instrumentation phase), "-bf -dp -lro -nop -RC -RD -tb -tlo -vro -A 4
            -isf 88 -lu 8 -hrf 0.10 -sdp 4 -lun 27 -omullX" (optimization phase)
   473.astar : "-imullX" (instrumentation phase), "-O4 -omullX -see 1" (optimization phase)
   464.h264ref : "-O4" (optimization phase)

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 xlc   -qlanglvl=extc99 

C++ benchmarks:

 xlC 

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   -qarch=pwr6   -qtune=pwr6   -qalias=noansi   -qalloca   -lhugetlbfs 

C++ benchmarks:

 -O5   -qarch=pwr6   -qtune=pwr6   -qrtti   -lsmartheap 

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

 -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads 

C++ benchmarks:

 -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 xlc   -qlanglvl=extc99 

C++ benchmarks:

 xlC 

Peak Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_PPC 
403.gcc:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
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   -qarch=pwr6   -qtune=pwr6   -qalias=noansi   -lsmartheap 
401.bzip2:  -Wl,-q   -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O3   -qarch=pwr6   -qtune=pwr6   -lhugetlbfs 
403.gcc:  -Wl,-q   -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O4   -qarch=pwr6   -qtune=pwr6   -qalloca   -q64   -lhugetlbfs 
429.mcf:  -Wl,-q   -O5   -qarch=pwr6   -qtune=pwr6   -qnoenablevmx   -lhugetlbfs 
445.gobmk:  -Wl,-q   -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O4   -qarch=pwr6   -qtune=pwr6   -qnoenablevmx   -lhugetlbfs 
456.hmmer:  -Wl,-q   -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -qarch=pwr6   -qtune=pwr6   -lhugetlbfs 
458.sjeng:  -Wl,-q   -O5   -qarch=pwr6   -qtune=pwr6   -lhugetlbfs 
462.libquantum:  -Wl,-q   -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -qarch=pwr6   -qtune=pwr6   -qnoenablevmx   -q64   -lhugetlbfs 
464.h264ref:  -Wl,-q   -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -qarch=pwr6   -qtune=pwr6   -q64   -lhugetlbfs 

C++ benchmarks:

471.omnetpp:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O4   -qarch=pwr6   -qtune=pwr6   -qrtti   -lsmartheap 
473.astar:  -Wl,-q   -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O4   -qarch=pwr6   -qtune=pwr6   -qnoenablevmx   -lsmartheap 
483.xalancbmk:  -Wl,-q   -O5   -qarch=pwr6   -qtune=pwr6   -lsmartheap 

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks:

 -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads 

C++ benchmarks:

 -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads 

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-Linux-XL.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-Linux-XL.xml.