| CPU2006 license: | 9006 | Test date: | Jun-2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | NEC Corporation | Hardware Availability: | May-2012 |
| Tested by: | NEC Corporation | Software Availability: | Dec-2011 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | Intel Xeon E5-2609 |
| CPU Characteristics: | |
| CPU MHz: | 2400 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 8 cores, 2 chips, 4 cores/chip |
| 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: | 10 MB I+D on chip per chip |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 128 GB (16 x 8 GB 2Rx4 PC3L-12800R-11, ECC, running at 1066 MHz and CL7) |
| Disk Subsystem: | 1 x 300 GB SAS, 15000 RPM |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.7 (Tikanga) Kernel 2.6.18-274.el5 on an x86_64 |
| Compiler: | C/C++: Version 12.1.2.273 of Intel C++ Studio XE for Linux; |
| Auto Parallel: | No |
| File System: | ext3 |
| 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 | 8 | 502 | 156 | 502 | 156 | 503 | 155 | 8 | 399 | 196 | 399 | 196 | 400 | 195 |
| 401.bzip2 | 8 | 702 | 110 | 703 | 110 | 702 | 110 | 8 | 648 | 119 | 649 | 119 | 648 | 119 |
| 403.gcc | 8 | 361 | 178 | 361 | 178 | 369 | 175 | 8 | 361 | 178 | 361 | 178 | 369 | 175 |
| 429.mcf | 8 | 235 | 311 | 236 | 309 | 236 | 310 | 8 | 235 | 311 | 236 | 309 | 236 | 310 |
| 445.gobmk | 8 | 600 | 140 | 600 | 140 | 601 | 140 | 8 | 585 | 143 | 585 | 143 | 585 | 143 |
| 456.hmmer | 8 | 270 | 277 | 272 | 274 | 276 | 271 | 8 | 249 | 300 | 249 | 300 | 249 | 300 |
| 458.sjeng | 8 | 654 | 148 | 654 | 148 | 654 | 148 | 8 | 611 | 158 | 611 | 159 | 611 | 158 |
| 462.libquantum | 8 | 121 | 1370 | 121 | 1370 | 121 | 1370 | 8 | 121 | 1370 | 121 | 1370 | 121 | 1370 |
| 464.h264ref | 8 | 615 | 288 | 618 | 287 | 617 | 287 | 8 | 598 | 296 | 597 | 297 | 596 | 297 |
| 471.omnetpp | 8 | 397 | 126 | 396 | 126 | 396 | 126 | 8 | 371 | 135 | 371 | 135 | 372 | 134 |
| 473.astar | 8 | 460 | 122 | 462 | 122 | 459 | 122 | 8 | 460 | 122 | 462 | 122 | 459 | 122 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 8 | 239 | 231 | 239 | 231 | 239 | 231 | 8 | 239 | 231 | 239 | 231 | 239 | 231 |
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" 'mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/hugepages' was used to enable large pages echo 39600 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libhugetlbfs.so 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 -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT |
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 -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT |
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:
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 |