| CPU2006 license: | 55 | Test date: | Mar-2010 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | Dell Inc. | Hardware Availability: | Mar-2010 |
| Tested by: | Dell Inc. | Software Availability: | Dec-2009 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | Intel Xeon X6550 |
| CPU Characteristics: | Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.40 GHz |
| CPU MHz: | 2000 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 16 cores, 2 chips, 8 cores/chip, 2 threads/core |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 2 chips |
| Primary Cache: | 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core |
| Secondary Cache: | 256 KB I+D on chip per core |
| L3 Cache: | 18 MB I+D on chip per chip |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 128 GB (32 x 4 GB DDR3-1066 QR RDIMM) |
| Disk Subsystem: | 6 x 73 GB 15000 RPM SAS |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (x86_64) Update 4 errata kernel (RHEL 5.4.z) kernel-2.6.18-164.9.1.el5.x86_64 |
| Compiler: | Intel C++ Professional Compiler for IA32 and Intel 64, Version 11.1 Build 20091130 Package ID: l_cproc_p_11.1.064 |
| Auto Parallel: | Yes |
| File System: | ext3 |
| System State: | Run level 3 (multi-user) |
| Base Pointers: | 64-bit |
| Peak Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Other Software: | Microquill SmartHeap V8.1 Binutils 2.18.50.0.7.20080502 |
Results Table
| Benchmark | Base | Peak | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seconds | Ratio | Seconds | Ratio | Seconds | Ratio | 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 | 539 | 18.1 | 539 | 18.1 | 544 | 18.0 | 465 | 21.0 | 465 | 21.0 | 469 | 20.8 |
| 401.bzip2 | 701 | 13.8 | 704 | 13.7 | 700 | 13.8 | 703 | 13.7 | 702 | 13.8 | 698 | 13.8 |
| 403.gcc | 618 | 13.0 | 616 | 13.1 | 605 | 13.3 | 457 | 17.6 | 456 | 17.6 | 457 | 17.6 |
| 429.mcf | 337 | 27.1 | 336 | 27.1 | 337 | 27.1 | 289 | 31.6 | 293 | 31.1 | 291 | 31.4 |
| 445.gobmk | 669 | 15.7 | 668 | 15.7 | 668 | 15.7 | 571 | 18.4 | 566 | 18.5 | 569 | 18.4 |
| 456.hmmer | 291 | 32.1 | 294 | 31.7 | 291 | 32.1 | 274 | 34.1 | 274 | 34.1 | 274 | 34.1 |
| 458.sjeng | 759 | 15.9 | 768 | 15.7 | 763 | 15.9 | 667 | 18.1 | 674 | 18.0 | 667 | 18.2 |
| 462.libquantum | 41.8 | 495 | 41.8 | 495 | 43.1 | 481 | 41.4 | 500 | 41.4 | 500 | 42.7 | 486 |
| 464.h264ref | 912 | 24.3 | 912 | 24.3 | 914 | 24.2 | 782 | 28.3 | 777 | 28.5 | 783 | 28.3 |
| 471.omnetpp | 468 | 13.4 | 469 | 13.3 | 469 | 13.3 | 319 | 19.6 | 319 | 19.6 | 322 | 19.4 |
| 473.astar | 492 | 14.3 | 489 | 14.4 | 485 | 14.5 | 465 | 15.1 | 465 | 15.1 | 465 | 15.1 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 270 | 25.6 | 268 | 25.7 | 269 | 25.6 | 286 | 24.1 | 286 | 24.1 | 288 | 23.9 |
Operating System Notes
'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited prior to run
Platform Notes
vm.zone_reclaim_mode = 1 in /etc/sysctl.conf file BIOS Settings: Power Management = Maximum Performance (Default = Active Power Controller)
General Notes
OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores KMP_AFFINITY set to granularity=fine,scatter
Base Portability Flags
| 400.perlbench: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_X64 |
| 401.bzip2: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 403.gcc: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 429.mcf: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 445.gobmk: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 456.hmmer: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 458.sjeng: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 462.libquantum: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
| 464.h264ref: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 471.omnetpp: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 473.astar: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
Base Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| -xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -parallel -opt-prefetch |
C++ benchmarks:
| -xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -opt-prefetch -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/home/cmplr/usr3/alrahate/cpu2006.1.1.ic11.1/libic11.1-64bit -lsmartheap64 |
Peak Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks (except as noted below):
| icc -m64 | |
| 400.perlbench: | icc -m32 |
| 429.mcf: | icc -m32 |
| 445.gobmk: | icc -m32 |
| 464.h264ref: | icc -m32 |
C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):
| icpc -m32 | |
| 473.astar: | icpc -m64 |
Peak Portability Flags
| 400.perlbench: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_IA32 |
| 401.bzip2: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 403.gcc: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 456.hmmer: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 458.sjeng: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 462.libquantum: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
| 473.astar: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
Peak Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
C++ benchmarks:
| 471.omnetpp: | -xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -ansi-alias -opt-ra-region-strategy=block -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/home/cmplr/usr3/alrahate/cpu2006.1.1.ic11.1/libic11.1-32bit -lsmartheap |
| 473.astar: | -xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -ansi-alias -opt-ra-region-strategy=routine -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/home/cmplr/usr3/alrahate/cpu2006.1.1.ic11.1/libic11.1-64bit -lsmartheap64 |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -opt-prefetch -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/home/cmplr/usr3/alrahate/cpu2006.1.1.ic11.1/libic11.1-32bit -lsmartheap |