SPEC® CINT2006 Result

IBM Corporation

IBM BladeCenter HX5 (Intel Xeon X7542)

SPECint®2006 = 32.5

SPECint_base2006 = 29.4

CPU2006 license:	11	Test date:	Aug-2010
Test sponsor:	IBM Corporation	Hardware Availability:	Oct-2010
Tested by:	IBM Corporation	Software Availability:	Jan-2010

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon X7542
CPU Characteristics:	Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.80 GHz
CPU MHz:	2667
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	24 cores, 4 chips, 6 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable:	1,2,3,4 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:	256 GB (32 x 8 GB PC3-8500R CL7, Quad Rank, running at 978 MHz)
Disk Subsystem:	2 x 50 GB SATA, SSD, RAID 0
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64), Kernel 2.6.27.19-5-default
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:	32-bit
Peak Pointers:	32/64-bit
Other Software:	Microquill SmartHeap V8.1

Results Table

Benchmark	Base						Peak
Benchmark	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	465	21.0	458	21.3	458	21.3	393	24.8	394	24.8	394	24.8
401.bzip2	602	16.0	602	16.0	613	15.8	601	16.1	627	15.4	601	16.1
403.gcc	490	16.4	493	16.3	489	16.5	403	20.0	400	20.1	410	19.6
429.mcf	314	29.0	314	29.0	314	29.0	264	34.6	255	35.8	255	35.8
445.gobmk	517	20.3	517	20.3	517	20.3	482	21.8	479	21.9	484	21.7
456.hmmer	239	39.1	237	39.4	239	39.0	229	40.7	229	40.7	229	40.7
458.sjeng	590	20.5	591	20.5	594	20.4	565	21.4	564	21.4	565	21.4
462.libquantum	31.6	657	31.5	657	31.4	661	31.6	657	31.5	657	31.4	661
464.h264ref	689	32.1	692	32.0	691	32.0	651	34.0	656	33.7	653	33.9
471.omnetpp	417	15.0	417	15.0	416	15.0	283	22.1	281	22.2	283	22.1
473.astar	452	15.5	414	17.0	413	17.0	399	17.6	400	17.6	397	17.7
483.xalancbmk	234	29.5	232	29.8	247	28.0	234	29.5	232	29.8	247	28.0

Operating System Notes

 echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/zone_reclaim_mode

Platform Notes

 Turbo Boost set to Traditional

General Notes

 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stack size to unlimited prior to run
 Binaries were compiled on SLES 10 with Binutils 2.18.50.0.7.20080502
 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
 KMP_AFFINITY set to granularity=fine,scatter

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

icc -m64

C++ benchmarks:

icpc -m64

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

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

403.gcc:

-Dalloca=_alloca

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 -m64
471.omnetpp:	icpc -m32

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_LP64 -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

400.perlbench:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -ansi-alias -opt-prefetch
401.bzip2:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -auto-ilp32 -opt-prefetch -ansi-alias
403.gcc:	-xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -inline-calloc -opt-malloc-options=3 -auto-ilp32
429.mcf:	-xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -opt-prefetch
445.gobmk:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -O2 -ipo -no-prec-div -ansi-alias
456.hmmer:	-xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -unroll2 -ansi-alias -auto-ilp32
458.sjeng:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -unroll4
462.libquantum:	basepeak = yes
464.h264ref:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -unroll2 -ansi-alias

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:	basepeak = yes

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks:

403.gcc:

-Dalloca=_alloca

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic11.1-linux64-revE.20100603.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic11.1-linux64-revE.20100603.xml.