SPEC® CINT2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Hewlett-Packard Company

ProLiant DL580 G7
(2.00 GHz, Intel Xeon E7540)

CPU2006 license: 3 Test date: May-2011
Test sponsor: Hewlett-Packard Company Hardware Availability: Jul-2010
Tested by: Hewlett-Packard Company Software Availability: Dec-2010
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E7540
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.27 GHz
CPU MHz: 2000
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 24 cores, 4 chips, 6 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 2,4 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: 1 TB (64 x 16 GB 4Rx4 PC3-8500R-7, ECC)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 300 GB 10 K SAS
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64),
Kernel 2.6.27.19-5-default
Compiler: C/C++: Version 12.0.1.116 of
Intel C++ Compiler XE
Build 20101116
Auto Parallel: No
File System: ext3
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 32-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: Microquill SmartHeap V9.01

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 48 1195 392 1191 394 1196 392 48 948 494 947 495 947 495
401.bzip2 48 1543 300 1546 300 1545 300 48 1543 300 1546 300 1545 300
403.gcc 48 844 458 838 461 843 458 48 844 458 838 461 843 458
429.mcf 48 725 604 726 603 741 591 48 695 629 694 631 697 628
445.gobmk 48 1098 458 1101 457 1104 456 48 1049 480 1035 486 1045 482
456.hmmer 48 704 636 706 634 703 637 48 520 861 520 862 520 860
458.sjeng 48 1327 438 1328 437 1326 438 48 1229 473 1230 472 1230 472
462.libquantum 48 401 2480 401 2480 404 2460 48 401 2480 401 2480 404 2460
464.h264ref 48 1727 615 1736 612 1738 611 48 1662 639 1709 622 1693 627
471.omnetpp 48 853 352 860 349 856 351 48 772 389 772 389 773 388
473.astar 48 1019 331 1018 331 1014 332 48 1019 331 1018 331 1014 332
483.xalancbmk 48 643 515 643 515 643 515 48 643 515 643 515 643 515

Submit Notes

 The config file option 'submit' was used.
 numactl was used to bind copies to the cores

Operating System Notes

  'nodev   /mnt/hugepages   hugetlbfs  defaults   0 0' added to /etc/fstab
  'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited prior to run
  echo 21600  > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
  export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes
  export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libhugetlbfs.so

Platform Notes

 BIOS configuration:
  HP Power Profile set to Maximum Performance
  Thermal Configuration set to Increased Cooling

General Notes

 Binaries were compiled on RHEL5.5

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc -m32 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc -m32 

Base Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_IA32 
462.libquantum:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
483.xalancbmk:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -L/smartheap -lsmartheap   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

403.gcc:  -Dalloca=_alloca 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icc -m32 
400.perlbench:  icc -m64 
456.hmmer:  icc -m64 
458.sjeng:  icc -m64 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc -m32 

Peak Portability Flags

400.perlbench:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_X64 
456.hmmer:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
458.sjeng:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
462.libquantum:  -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
483.xalancbmk:  -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)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 
401.bzip2:  basepeak = yes 
403.gcc:  basepeak = yes 
429.mcf:  -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   -auto-ilp32 
445.gobmk:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -ansi-alias   -auto-ilp32 
456.hmmer:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -unroll2   -auto-ilp32   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 
458.sjeng:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4   -auto-ilp32   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 
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)   -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/smartheap -lsmartheap 
473.astar:  basepeak = yes 
483.xalancbmk:  basepeak = yes 

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks:

403.gcc:  -Dalloca=_alloca 

The flags files that were used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/HP-Intel-Linux-Settings-flags.20110316.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.0-linux64-revB.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/HP-Intel-Linux-Settings-flags.20110316.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.0-linux64-revB.xml.