| CPU2006 license: | 9006 | Test date: | Apr-2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | NEC Corporation | Hardware Availability: | May-2012 |
| Tested by: | NEC Corporation | Software Availability: | Dec-2011 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | Intel Xeon E5-2420 |
| CPU Characteristics: | Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.40 GHz |
| CPU MHz: | 1900 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 12 cores, 2 chips, 6 cores/chip, 2 threads/core |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 1,2 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: | 15 MB I+D on chip per chip |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 96 GB (12 x 8 GB 2Rx4 PC3L-12800R-11, ECC, running at 1333 MHz and CL9) |
| Disk Subsystem: | 1 x 500 GB SATA, 7200 RPM |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2 (Santiago) 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 |
| Compiler: | C/C++: Version 12.1.2.273 of Intel C++ Studio XE for Linux; |
| Auto Parallel: | No |
| File System: | ext4 |
| 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 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 24 | 914 | 257 | 918 | 256 | 914 | 256 | 24 | 777 | 302 | 771 | 304 | 775 | 303 |
| 401.bzip2 | 24 | 1192 | 194 | 1191 | 194 | 1188 | 195 | 24 | 1154 | 201 | 1158 | 200 | 1156 | 200 |
| 403.gcc | 24 | 672 | 287 | 677 | 286 | 677 | 285 | 24 | 672 | 287 | 677 | 286 | 677 | 285 |
| 429.mcf | 24 | 385 | 568 | 387 | 566 | 389 | 563 | 24 | 385 | 568 | 387 | 566 | 389 | 563 |
| 445.gobmk | 24 | 945 | 266 | 946 | 266 | 944 | 267 | 24 | 922 | 273 | 923 | 273 | 922 | 273 |
| 456.hmmer | 24 | 512 | 438 | 510 | 439 | 510 | 439 | 24 | 426 | 526 | 425 | 527 | 426 | 526 |
| 458.sjeng | 24 | 1124 | 258 | 1126 | 258 | 1124 | 258 | 24 | 1072 | 271 | 1080 | 269 | 1077 | 270 |
| 462.libquantum | 24 | 238 | 2090 | 237 | 2090 | 237 | 2100 | 24 | 238 | 2090 | 237 | 2090 | 237 | 2100 |
| 464.h264ref | 24 | 1203 | 442 | 1201 | 442 | 1205 | 441 | 24 | 1192 | 445 | 1186 | 448 | 1190 | 446 |
| 471.omnetpp | 24 | 680 | 221 | 681 | 220 | 682 | 220 | 24 | 639 | 235 | 638 | 235 | 638 | 235 |
| 473.astar | 24 | 801 | 210 | 804 | 210 | 804 | 209 | 24 | 801 | 210 | 804 | 210 | 804 | 209 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 24 | 454 | 365 | 452 | 366 | 453 | 365 | 24 | 454 | 365 | 452 | 366 | 453 | 365 |
Submit Notes
The numactl mechanism was used to bind copies to processors. The config file option 'submit' was used to generate numactl commands to bind each copy to a specific processor. For details, please see the config file.
Operating System Notes
Stack size set to unlimited using "ulimit -s unlimited"
Platform Notes
BIOS Settings: Energy Performance: Performance
General Notes
Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run: LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/home/cpu2006/libs/32:/home/cpu2006/libs/64" Added glibc-static-2.12-1.47.el6.x86_64.rpm to enable static linking Transparent Huge Pages enabled with: echo always > /sys/kernel/mm/redhat_transparent_hugepage/enabled Filesystem page cache cleared with: echo 1> /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches runspec command invoked through numactl i.e.: numactl --interleave=all runspec <etc>
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 -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 |
C++ benchmarks:
| -xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -opt-prefetch -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/opt/SmartHeap_8.1/lib -lsmartheap |
Peak Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks (except as noted below):
| icc -m32 | |
| 400.perlbench: | icc -m64 |
| 401.bzip2: | 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 |
| 401.bzip2: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 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) -auto-ilp32 |
| 401.bzip2: | -xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -opt-prefetch -auto-ilp32 -ansi-alias |
| 403.gcc: | basepeak = yes |
| 429.mcf: | basepeak = yes |
| 445.gobmk: | -xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -ansi-alias -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 |
| 456.hmmer: | -xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -unroll2 -auto-ilp32 |
| 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 |
| 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/opt/SmartHeap_8.1/lib -lsmartheap |
| 473.astar: | basepeak = yes |
| 483.xalancbmk: | basepeak = yes |