SPEC® CINT2006 Result

IBM Corporation

IBM Flex System x220
(Intel Xeon E5-2450, 2.10 GHz)

SPECint®2006 = 46.5

SPECint_base2006 = 43.4

CPU2006 license:	11	Test date:	May-2012
Test sponsor:	IBM Corporation	Hardware Availability:	Jun-2012
Tested by:	IBM Corporation	Software Availability:	Dec-2011

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon E5-2450
CPU Characteristics:	Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.90 GHz
CPU MHz:	2100
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	16 cores, 2 chips, 8 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:	20 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	96 GB (12 x 8 GB 2Rx4 PC3-12800R-11, ECC)
Disk Subsystem:	1 x 500 GB SAS, 10000 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 12.1.0.225 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 V9.01

Results Table

Benchmark	Base						Peak
Benchmark	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	377	25.9	378	25.8	378	25.8	318	30.8	317	30.9	316	30.9
401.bzip2	501	19.3	501	19.3	502	19.2	485	19.9	485	19.9	485	19.9
403.gcc	293	27.5	293	27.5	294	27.4	288	28.0	288	28.0	288	28.0
429.mcf	162	56.2	160	57.2	160	56.9	162	56.2	160	57.2	160	56.9
445.gobmk	504	20.8	504	20.8	504	20.8	471	22.3	472	22.2	472	22.2
456.hmmer	210	44.5	209	44.6	209	44.5	205	45.5	205	45.5	205	45.5
458.sjeng	503	24.1	503	24.1	502	24.1	502	24.1	502	24.1	502	24.1
462.libquantum	7.89	2630	7.89	2630	8.09	2560	7.89	2630	7.89	2630	8.09	2560
464.h264ref	591	37.4	593	37.3	591	37.4	484	45.7	480	46.1	480	46.1
471.omnetpp	275	22.7	275	22.7	275	22.7	205	30.5	207	30.2	205	30.4
473.astar	277	25.4	274	25.6	274	25.6	277	25.4	274	25.6	274	25.6
483.xalancbmk	155	44.5	155	44.5	155	44.5	152	45.4	152	45.3	152	45.4

Operating System Notes

 Stack size set to unlimited using "ulimit -s unlimited"

Platform Notes

 Operating Mode set to Maximum Perfomance in BIOS
 Sysinfo program /cpu2006.1.2/config/sysinfo.rev6800
 $Rev: 6800 $ $Date:: 2011-10-11 #$ 6f2ebdff5032aaa42e583f96b07f99d3
 running on kestral-pete Sun May 27 04:40:48 2012

 This section contains SUT (System Under Test) info as seen by
 some common utilities.  To remove or add to this section, see:
   http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/Docs/config.html#sysinfo

 From /proc/cpuinfo
    model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2450 0 @ 2.10GHz
       2 "physical id"s (chips)
       32 "processors"
    cores, siblings (Caution: counting these is hw and system dependent.  The
    following excerpts from /proc/cpuinfo might not be reliable.  Use with
    caution.)
       cpu cores : 8
       siblings  : 16
       physical 0: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
       physical 1: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    cache size : 20480 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       99042568 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 /usr/bin/lsb_release -d
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2 (Santiago)

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    redhat-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2 (Santiago)
    system-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2 (Santiago)
    system-release-cpe: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6server:ga:server

 uname -a:
    Linux kestral-pete 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Nov 9 08:03:13 EST 2011
    x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 run-level 3 May 25 12:03

 SPEC is set to: /cpu2006.1.2
    Filesystem    Type    Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/mapper/vg_kestralpete-lv_root
                  ext4    449G  6.1G  420G   2% /

 Additional information from dmidecode:
   Memory:
    12x Micron 36JSF1G72PZ-1G6M1 8 GB 1600 MHz 2 rank

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
KMP_AFFINITY = "granularity=fine,scatter"
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/cpu2006.1.2/libs/32:/cpu2006.1.2/libs/64"
OMP_NUM_THREADS = "16"

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Core i7-860 CPU + 8GB
 memory using RHEL5.5
 Transparent Huge Pages enabled with:
 echo always > /sys/kernel/mm/redhat_transparent_hugepage/enabled

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

icc -m64

C++ benchmarks:

icpc -m64

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/smartheap -lsmartheap64

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

403.gcc:

-Dalloca=_alloca

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:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -unroll4
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/smartheap -lsmartheap
473.astar:	basepeak = yes
483.xalancbmk:	-xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -opt-prefetch -ansi-alias -Wl,-z,muldefs -L/smartheap -lsmartheap

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/Intel-ic12.1-official-linux64.20111122.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-Platform-Flags-V1.2-SNB-C.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.1-official-linux64.20111122.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-Platform-Flags-V1.2-SNB-C.xml.