| 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: | 6 cores, 1 chip, 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: | 48 GB (6 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 | 12 | 913 | 128 | 911 | 129 | 915 | 128 | 12 | 768 | 153 | 769 | 152 | 770 | 152 |
| 401.bzip2 | 12 | 1139 | 102 | 1132 | 102 | 1141 | 101 | 12 | 1090 | 106 | 1096 | 106 | 1095 | 106 |
| 403.gcc | 12 | 645 | 150 | 644 | 150 | 645 | 150 | 12 | 645 | 150 | 644 | 150 | 645 | 150 |
| 429.mcf | 12 | 377 | 290 | 377 | 290 | 376 | 291 | 12 | 377 | 290 | 377 | 290 | 376 | 291 |
| 445.gobmk | 12 | 942 | 134 | 967 | 130 | 965 | 130 | 12 | 919 | 137 | 919 | 137 | 919 | 137 |
| 456.hmmer | 12 | 508 | 221 | 509 | 220 | 506 | 221 | 12 | 423 | 265 | 424 | 264 | 423 | 264 |
| 458.sjeng | 12 | 1103 | 132 | 1088 | 134 | 1086 | 134 | 12 | 1044 | 139 | 1053 | 138 | 1044 | 139 |
| 462.libquantum | 12 | 237 | 1050 | 236 | 1050 | 237 | 1050 | 12 | 237 | 1050 | 236 | 1050 | 237 | 1050 |
| 464.h264ref | 12 | 1180 | 225 | 1191 | 223 | 1191 | 223 | 12 | 1156 | 230 | 1164 | 228 | 1157 | 229 |
| 471.omnetpp | 12 | 620 | 121 | 621 | 121 | 618 | 121 | 12 | 583 | 129 | 583 | 129 | 586 | 128 |
| 473.astar | 12 | 783 | 108 | 783 | 108 | 783 | 108 | 12 | 783 | 108 | 783 | 108 | 783 | 108 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 12 | 412 | 201 | 416 | 199 | 413 | 200 | 12 | 412 | 201 | 416 | 199 | 413 | 200 |
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 |