| CPU2006 license: | 20 | Test date: | Feb-2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | Bull SAS | Hardware Availability: | Mar-2008 |
| Tested by: | Bull SAS | Software Availability: | Feb-2008 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | POWER6 |
| CPU Characteristics: | |
| CPU MHz: | 4200 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 2 cores, 1 chip, 2 cores/chip, 2 threads/core |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 2 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 (8x2 GB) DDR2 667 MHz |
| Disk Subsystem: | 2x73 GB SAS 15K RPM |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | IBM AIX V6.1 Updated to SP3 |
| Compiler: | XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition V9 for AIX Updated with the Oct2007 PTF. |
| Auto Parallel: | No |
| File System: | AIX/JFS2 |
| System State: | Multi-user |
| Base Pointers: | 32-bit |
| Peak Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Other Software: | -- |
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 | 4 | 1245 | 31.4 | 1244 | 31.4 | 1245 | 31.4 | 4 | 1112 | 35.1 | 1112 | 35.1 | 1112 | 35.2 |
| 401.bzip2 | 4 | 1125 | 34.3 | 1132 | 34.1 | 1123 | 34.4 | 4 | 918 | 42.0 | 915 | 42.2 | 916 | 42.1 |
| 403.gcc | 4 | 846 | 38.1 | 854 | 37.7 | 849 | 37.9 | 4 | 856 | 37.6 | 856 | 37.6 | 857 | 37.6 |
| 429.mcf | 4 | 548 | 66.5 | 548 | 66.6 | 548 | 66.6 | 4 | 553 | 66.0 | 553 | 66.0 | 552 | 66.1 |
| 445.gobmk | 4 | 992 | 42.3 | 989 | 42.4 | 992 | 42.3 | 4 | 846 | 49.6 | 846 | 49.6 | 846 | 49.6 |
| 456.hmmer | 4 | 1001 | 37.3 | 1000 | 37.3 | 1001 | 37.3 | 4 | 822 | 45.4 | 818 | 45.6 | 825 | 45.2 |
| 458.sjeng | 4 | 1213 | 39.9 | 1215 | 39.8 | 1218 | 39.7 | 4 | 1043 | 46.4 | 1044 | 46.4 | 1043 | 46.4 |
| 462.libquantum | 4 | 1241 | 66.8 | 1238 | 66.9 | 1241 | 66.8 | 2 | 630 | 65.7 | 630 | 65.8 | 630 | 65.8 |
| 464.h264ref | 4 | 1155 | 76.7 | 1164 | 76.0 | 1162 | 76.2 | 4 | 1146 | 77.2 | 1145 | 77.3 | 1146 | 77.3 |
| 471.omnetpp | 4 | 1017 | 24.6 | 1017 | 24.6 | 1017 | 24.6 | 4 | 931 | 26.8 | 932 | 26.8 | 932 | 26.8 |
| 473.astar | 4 | 970 | 28.9 | 969 | 29.0 | 968 | 29.0 | 4 | 850 | 33.1 | 849 | 33.1 | 850 | 33.0 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 4 | 725 | 38.1 | 725 | 38.1 | 725 | 38.0 | 4 | 631 | 43.8 | 631 | 43.8 | 631 | 43.7 |
General Notes
See flags file of details on following settings. all ulimits set to unlimited. Envionment variables set before executing benchmarks: MALLOCOPTIONS=pool MEMORY_AFFINITY=MCM XLFRTEOPTS=intrinthds=1 System set to "Enhanced" mode when defining partition on HMC. bindprocessor command used on submit to bind each copy to a unique processor. 500 16M large pages defined with vmo command Remote console disabled in /etc/inittab. fdpr binary optimization tool used for: 400.perlbench 401.bzip2 403.gcc 429.mcf 456.hmmer 458.sjent 462.libquantum 464.h264ref 473.astar
Base Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks:
| /usr/vac/bin/xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 |
C++ benchmarks:
| /usr/vacpp/bin/xlC |
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:
| -bmaxdata:0x50000000 -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qalias=noansi -qalloca -blpdata |
C++ benchmarks:
| -bmaxdata:0x20000000 -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qrtti=all -blpdata |
Base Other Flags
C benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |
C++ benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |
Peak Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks:
| /usr/vac/bin/xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 |
C++ benchmarks:
| /usr/vacpp/bin/xlC |
Peak Portability Flags
| 400.perlbench: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX |
| 403.gcc: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 462.libquantum: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX |
| 464.h264ref: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX -qchars=signed |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX |
Peak Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
C++ benchmarks:
| 471.omnetpp: | -bmaxdata:0x20000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -D_ILS_MACROS -qalign=natural -qrtti=all -qinlglue -blpdata |
| 473.astar: | -bmaxdata:0x20000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qfdpr -qinlglue -qalign=natural -blpdata |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -bmaxdata:0x20000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qinlglue -D__IBM_FAST_VECTOR -blpdata |