| CPU2006 license: | 11 | Test date: | Apr-2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | IBM Corporation | Hardware Availability: | May-2011 |
| Tested by: | IBM Corporation | Software Availability: | Jan-2011 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | Intel Xeon E7-8837 |
| CPU Characteristics: | Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.8 GHz |
| CPU MHz: | 2667 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 32 cores, 4 chips, 8 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: | 24 MB I+D on chip per chip |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 512 GB (64 x 8 GB 4Rx8 PC3-8500R-7, ECC) |
| Disk Subsystem: | 2 x 147 GB 15k RPM SAS, RAID 0 |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (x86_64), Kernel 2.6.32.12-0.7-default |
| Compiler: | Intel C++ Intel 64 Compiler XE for applications running on Intel 64 Version 12.0.1.116 Build 20101116 |
| Auto Parallel: | Yes |
| File System: | ext3 |
| System State: | Run level 3 (multi-user) |
| Base Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Peak Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Other Software: | Microquill SmartHeap V9.01 |
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 | 451 | 21.7 | 440 | 22.2 | 446 | 21.9 | 390 | 25.0 | 395 | 24.7 | 391 | 25.0 |
| 401.bzip2 | 608 | 15.9 | 608 | 15.9 | 608 | 15.9 | 577 | 16.7 | 582 | 16.6 | 582 | 16.6 |
| 403.gcc | 374 | 21.5 | 375 | 21.5 | 374 | 21.5 | 360 | 22.4 | 370 | 21.7 | 379 | 21.2 |
| 429.mcf | 277 | 32.9 | 278 | 32.9 | 278 | 32.8 | 275 | 33.2 | 238 | 38.4 | 238 | 38.4 |
| 445.gobmk | 497 | 21.1 | 497 | 21.1 | 497 | 21.1 | 491 | 21.4 | 496 | 21.1 | 497 | 21.1 |
| 456.hmmer | 234 | 39.9 | 234 | 39.9 | 234 | 39.9 | 231 | 40.5 | 235 | 39.7 | 230 | 40.5 |
| 458.sjeng | 561 | 21.6 | 562 | 21.5 | 562 | 21.5 | 551 | 22.0 | 572 | 21.2 | 546 | 22.2 |
| 462.libquantum | 17.3 | 1200 | 17.1 | 1210 | 17.1 | 1210 | 17.3 | 1200 | 17.1 | 1210 | 17.1 | 1210 |
| 464.h264ref | 678 | 32.6 | 679 | 32.6 | 675 | 32.8 | 645 | 34.3 | 648 | 34.2 | 650 | 34.0 |
| 471.omnetpp | 296 | 21.1 | 291 | 21.4 | 292 | 21.4 | 213 | 29.4 | 213 | 29.3 | 216 | 29.0 |
| 473.astar | 338 | 20.8 | 349 | 20.1 | 338 | 20.8 | 338 | 20.8 | 349 | 20.1 | 338 | 20.8 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 215 | 32.1 | 218 | 31.7 | 224 | 30.8 | 215 | 32.1 | 218 | 31.7 | 224 | 30.8 |
Operating System Notes
'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited prior to run 'mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/hugepages' was used to enable large pages echo 900 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libhugetlbfs.so
Platform Notes
BIOS Settings: Turbo Boost Power Optimization set to Traditional
General Notes
OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores Binaries were compiled on RHEL5.5
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 -parallel -opt-prefetch -auto-p32 -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT |
C++ benchmarks:
| -xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -opt-prefetch -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/smartheap -lsmartheap64 -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT |
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:
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) -opt-ra-region-strategy=block -ansi-alias -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/smartheap -lsmartheap -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT |
| 473.astar: | basepeak = yes |
| 483.xalancbmk: | basepeak = yes |