| CPU2006 license: | 9006 | Test date: | May-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 chip |
| 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 250 GB SATA, 7200 RPM |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2 (Santiago) Kernel 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 |
| Compiler: | C/C++: Version 12.1.2.273 of Intel C++ Studio XE for Linux; |
| Auto Parallel: | Yes |
| File System: | ext4 |
| System State: | Run level 3 (multi-user) |
| Base Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Peak Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Other Software: | Microquill SmartHeap V8.1 |
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 | 453 | 21.6 | 455 | 21.5 | 455 | 21.5 | 384 | 25.5 | 383 | 25.5 | 383 | 25.5 |
| 401.bzip2 | 608 | 15.9 | 608 | 15.9 | 607 | 15.9 | 595 | 16.2 | 597 | 16.2 | 596 | 16.2 |
| 403.gcc | 339 | 23.8 | 342 | 23.6 | 340 | 23.7 | 339 | 23.8 | 339 | 23.8 | 339 | 23.8 |
| 429.mcf | 186 | 49.2 | 183 | 49.8 | 184 | 49.6 | 186 | 49.2 | 183 | 49.8 | 184 | 49.6 |
| 445.gobmk | 601 | 17.4 | 602 | 17.4 | 601 | 17.4 | 572 | 18.4 | 572 | 18.3 | 572 | 18.3 |
| 456.hmmer | 255 | 36.6 | 255 | 36.7 | 255 | 36.7 | 248 | 37.7 | 249 | 37.5 | 248 | 37.7 |
| 458.sjeng | 602 | 20.1 | 602 | 20.1 | 603 | 20.1 | 602 | 20.1 | 602 | 20.1 | 603 | 20.1 |
| 462.libquantum | 21.3 | 974 | 21.3 | 974 | 21.3 | 974 | 21.3 | 974 | 21.3 | 974 | 21.3 | 974 |
| 464.h264ref | 701 | 31.6 | 697 | 31.8 | 703 | 31.5 | 581 | 38.1 | 581 | 38.1 | 581 | 38.1 |
| 471.omnetpp | 291 | 21.5 | 291 | 21.5 | 291 | 21.4 | 226 | 27.6 | 228 | 27.4 | 226 | 27.7 |
| 473.astar | 337 | 20.8 | 338 | 20.8 | 338 | 20.8 | 337 | 20.8 | 338 | 20.8 | 338 | 20.8 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 185 | 37.4 | 182 | 38.0 | 182 | 38.0 | 177 | 39.1 | 177 | 38.9 | 177 | 39.0 |
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: KMP_AFFINITY = "granularity=fine,scatter" LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/home/cpu2006/libs/32:/home/cpu2006/libs/64" OMP_NUM_THREADS = "6" 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
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 |
C++ benchmarks:
| -xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -opt-prefetch -auto-p32 -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/opt/SmartHeap_8.1/lib64 -lsmartheap64 |
Peak Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks (except as noted below):
| icc -m64 | |
| 400.perlbench: | icc -m32 |
| 445.gobmk: | icc -m32 |
| 464.h264ref: | icc -m32 |
C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):
| icpc -m32 | |
| 473.astar: | icpc -m64 |
Peak Portability Flags
| 400.perlbench: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_IA32 |
| 401.bzip2: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 403.gcc: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 429.mcf: | -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_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) -opt-prefetch -ansi-alias |
| 401.bzip2: | -xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div -prof-use(pass 2) -auto-ilp32 -opt-prefetch -ansi-alias |
| 403.gcc: | -xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -inline-calloc -opt-malloc-options=3 -auto-ilp32 |
| 429.mcf: | basepeak = yes |
| 445.gobmk: | -xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -ansi-alias |
| 456.hmmer: | -xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -unroll2 -auto-ilp32 -ansi-alias |
| 458.sjeng: | basepeak = yes |
| 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) -opt-ra-region-strategy=block -ansi-alias -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/opt/SmartHeap_8.1/lib -lsmartheap |
| 473.astar: | basepeak = yes |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -opt-prefetch -ansi-alias -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/opt/SmartHeap_8.1/lib -lsmartheap |