| CPU2006 license: | 11 | Test date: | Mar-2009 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | IBM Corporation | Hardware Availability: | May-2009 |
| Tested by: | IBM Corporation | Software Availability: | Mar-2009 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | POWER6+ |
| CPU Characteristics: | |
| CPU MHz: | 4200 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 8 cores, 4 chips, 2 cores/chip, 2 threads/core |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 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: | 64 GB (16x4 GB) DDR2 667 MHz |
| Disk Subsystem: | 1x146 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 | 1179 | 133 | 1177 | 133 | 1177 | 133 | 16 | 975 | 160 | 976 | 160 | 978 | 160 |
| 401.bzip2 | 16 | 969 | 159 | 969 | 159 | 968 | 159 | 16 | 864 | 179 | 864 | 179 | 864 | 179 |
| 403.gcc | 16 | 711 | 181 | 711 | 181 | 709 | 182 | 16 | 649 | 198 | 648 | 199 | 651 | 198 |
| 429.mcf | 16 | 488 | 299 | 487 | 300 | 490 | 298 | 16 | 485 | 301 | 483 | 302 | 484 | 301 |
| 445.gobmk | 16 | 966 | 174 | 967 | 174 | 967 | 174 | 16 | 769 | 218 | 768 | 219 | 768 | 218 |
| 456.hmmer | 16 | 981 | 152 | 980 | 152 | 980 | 152 | 16 | 679 | 220 | 680 | 220 | 679 | 220 |
| 458.sjeng | 16 | 1164 | 166 | 1165 | 166 | 1160 | 167 | 16 | 1049 | 185 | 1048 | 185 | 1050 | 184 |
| 462.libquantum | 16 | 1255 | 264 | 1256 | 264 | 1254 | 264 | 8 | 296 | 560 | 296 | 560 | 296 | 560 |
| 464.h264ref | 16 | 1162 | 305 | 1162 | 305 | 1162 | 305 | 16 | 1101 | 322 | 1101 | 322 | 1101 | 322 |
| 471.omnetpp | 16 | 775 | 129 | 776 | 129 | 775 | 129 | 16 | 753 | 133 | 752 | 133 | 753 | 133 |
| 473.astar | 16 | 847 | 133 | 846 | 133 | 847 | 133 | 16 | 741 | 152 | 743 | 151 | 742 | 151 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 16 | 510 | 216 | 510 | 216 | 510 | 216 | 16 | 486 | 227 | 486 | 227 | 485 | 227 |
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 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 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 |