| CPU2006 license: | 11 | Test date: | Oct-2007 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | IBM Corporation | Hardware Availability: | Nov-2007 |
| Tested by: | IBM Corporation | Software Availability: | Nov-2007 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | POWER6 |
| CPU Characteristics: | |
| CPU MHz: | 4000 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 4 cores, 2 chips, 2 cores/chip, 2 threads/core |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 4 cores |
| Primary Cache: | 64 KB I + 64 KB D on chip per core |
| Secondary Cache: | 4 MB I+D on chip per core |
| L3 Cache: | None |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 16 GB (4x4 GB) DDR2 667 MHz |
| Disk Subsystem: | 1x146 GB SAS 15K RPM |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | IBM AIX 5L V5.3 |
| Compiler: | XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition Version 9.0 for AIX |
| Auto Parallel: | No |
| File System: | AIX/JFS2 |
| System State: | Multi-user |
| Base Pointers: | 32-bit |
| Peak Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Other Software: | None |
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 | 1281 | 61.0 | 1278 | 61.1 | 1278 | 61.2 | 8 | 1077 | 72.6 | 1074 | 72.8 | 1073 | 72.8 |
| 401.bzip2 | 8 | 1211 | 63.7 | 1188 | 65.0 | 1224 | 63.1 | 8 | 999 | 77.3 | 1001 | 77.1 | 999 | 77.3 |
| 403.gcc | 8 | 898 | 71.7 | 897 | 71.8 | 897 | 71.8 | 8 | 898 | 71.7 | 897 | 71.8 | 897 | 71.8 |
| 429.mcf | 8 | 588 | 124 | 588 | 124 | 589 | 124 | 8 | 587 | 124 | 588 | 124 | 588 | 124 |
| 445.gobmk | 8 | 1029 | 81.5 | 1030 | 81.5 | 1031 | 81.4 | 8 | 899 | 93.3 | 897 | 93.6 | 895 | 93.8 |
| 456.hmmer | 8 | 1048 | 71.2 | 1047 | 71.3 | 1047 | 71.3 | 8 | 930 | 80.2 | 931 | 80.2 | 930 | 80.2 |
| 458.sjeng | 8 | 1331 | 72.7 | 1331 | 72.7 | 1331 | 72.7 | 8 | 1165 | 83.1 | 1164 | 83.1 | 1164 | 83.1 |
| 462.libquantum | 8 | 1339 | 124 | 1332 | 124 | 1332 | 124 | 8 | 1319 | 126 | 1322 | 125 | 1319 | 126 |
| 464.h264ref | 8 | 1218 | 145 | 1218 | 145 | 1219 | 145 | 8 | 1161 | 153 | 1162 | 152 | 1161 | 152 |
| 471.omnetpp | 8 | 1076 | 46.5 | 1075 | 46.5 | 1075 | 46.5 | 8 | 999 | 50.0 | 1001 | 50.0 | 1000 | 50.0 |
| 473.astar | 8 | 1023 | 54.9 | 1023 | 54.9 | 1023 | 54.9 | 8 | 903 | 62.2 | 903 | 62.2 | 903 | 62.2 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 8 | 756 | 73.0 | 756 | 73.1 | 756 | 73.0 | 8 | 756 | 73.0 | 756 | 73.1 | 756 | 73.0 |
General Notes
AIX 5L V5.3 updated with the 5300-07 Technology Level.
IBM XL Compilers updated to October 2007 PTF Level.
See flags file for details on following settings:
all ulimits set to unlimited
Envionment variables set before executing benchmarks:
MALLOCOPTIONS=pool
MEMORY_AFFINITY=MCM
768 pages of size 16M defined on systems with vmo command
fdpr binary optimization tool used for peak versions of:
429.mcf, 456.hmmer, 458.sjeng, 462.libquantum, 473.astar
submit used to bind benchmark to a processor using "bindprocessor"
The binaries were compiled on a system with 32 GB of memory.
Base Portability Flags
| 400.perlbench: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX |
| 462.libquantum: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX |
| 464.h264ref: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX -qchars=signed |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX |
Base Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| -qlanglvl=extc99 -bmaxdata:0x50000000 -O5 -qalias=noansi -qalloca -blpdata |
C++ benchmarks:
| -bmaxdata:0x20000000 -O5 -qrtti=all -blpdata |
Base Other Flags
C benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qsuppress=1506-1298 -qsuppress=1500-036 -qipa=threads |
C++ benchmarks:
Peak Portability Flags
| 400.perlbench: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX |
| 462.libquantum: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX |
| 464.h264ref: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX -qchars=signed |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX |
Peak Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| 400.perlbench: | -qlanglvl=extc99 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qalias=noansi -bmaxdata:0x50000000 -blpdata |
| 401.bzip2: | -qlanglvl=extc99 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -bmaxdata:0x4ffffffc -blpdata |
| 403.gcc: | basepeak = yes |
| 429.mcf: | -qlanglvl=extc99 -O5 -qfdpr -qlargepage -bmaxdata:0x50000000 -blpdata |
| 445.gobmk: | -qlanglvl=extc99 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -qstrict -blpdata |
| 456.hmmer: | -qlanglvl=extc99 -O5 -qfdpr -q64 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -blpdata |
| 458.sjeng: | -qlanglvl=extc99 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qfdpr -qlargepage -blpdata |
| 462.libquantum: | -qlanglvl=extc99 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qfdpr -q64 -qlargepage -blpdata |
| 464.h264ref: | -qlanglvl=extc99 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -blpdata |
C++ benchmarks:
| 471.omnetpp: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qinlglue -qalign=natural -qlargepage -qrtti=all -bmaxdata:0x20000000 -blpdata |
| 473.astar: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qfdpr -qinlglue -qalign=natural -qlargepage -bmaxdata:0x20000000 -blpdata |
| 483.xalancbmk: | basepeak = yes |
Peak Other Flags
C benchmarks (except as noted below):
| -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 | |
| 403.gcc: | -qipa=noobject -qsuppress=1506-1298 -qsuppress=1500-036 -qipa=threads |