SPEC® CINT2006 Result

IBM Corporation

IBM System x3755 (AMD Opteron 8356)

SPECint®_rate2006 = 184

SPECint_rate_base2006 = 157

CPU2006 license:	11	Test date:	Jun-2008
Test sponsor:	IBM Corporation	Hardware Availability:	Jul-2008
Tested by:	Advanced Micro Devices	Software Availability:	Jun-2008

Hardware
CPU Name:	AMD Opteron 8356
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz:	2300
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	16 cores, 4 chips, 4 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable:	1,2,3,4 chips
Primary Cache:	64 KB I + 64 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache:	512 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache:	2 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	32 GB (16 x 2 GB, DDR2-667 CL5 Reg Dual Rank)
Disk Subsystem:	1 x 73.4 GB SAS, 15000 RPM
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64) SP1, Kernel 2.6.16.46-0.12-smp
Compiler:	PGI Server Complete Version 7.2 PathScale Compiler Suite Version 3.2
Auto Parallel:	No
File System:	ReiserFS
System State:	Run level 3 (Full multiuser with network)
Base Pointers:	32/64-bit
Peak Pointers:	32/64-bit
Other Software:	SmartHeap 8.0 32-bit Library for Linux

Results Table

Benchmark	Base							Peak
Benchmark	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	16	848	184	860	182	859	182	16	679	230	658	237	658	238
401.bzip2	16	1236	125	1245	124	1247	124	16	1207	128	1194	129	1194	129
403.gcc	16	1332	96.7	1336	96.4	1343	95.9	16	1012	127	1004	128	1011	127
429.mcf	16	1409	104	1409	104	1408	104	16	1081	135	1081	135	1079	135
445.gobmk	16	931	180	929	181	931	180	16	739	227	739	227	740	227
456.hmmer	16	637	234	630	237	633	236	16	435	343	437	341	437	341
458.sjeng	16	1007	192	1006	193	1005	193	16	921	210	922	210	923	210
462.libquantum	16	1466	226	1467	226	1466	226	16	1461	227	1468	226	1467	226
464.h264ref	16	1204	294	1203	294	1204	294	16	1166	304	1163	305	1163	304
471.omnetpp	16	942	106	941	106	942	106	16	923	108	919	109	924	108
473.astar	16	926	121	927	121	926	121	16	824	136	823	137	823	136
483.xalancbmk	16	748	148	751	147	750	147	16	629	176	630	175	628	176

Operating System Notes

 'numactl' was used to bind copies to the cores
 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set environment stack size
 'ulimit -l 2097152'  was used to set environment locked pages in memory limit
 Environment variable PGI_HUGE_PAGES set to 150
 Set vm/nr_hugepages=2400 in /etc/sysctl.conf
 mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/hugepages

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

pgcc

C++ benchmarks:

pgcpp

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
483.xalancbmk:	-DSPEC_CPU_LINUX

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

-fastsse -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Mfprelaxed -Mipa=fast -Mipa=inline -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi

C++ benchmarks:

-fastsse -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Mfprelaxed --zc_eh -Mipa=fast -Mipa=inline -tp barcelona -Bstatic_pgi

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

-Mipa=jobs:4

C++ benchmarks:

-Mipa=jobs:4

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

	pgcc
400.perlbench:	pathcc
403.gcc:	pathcc
445.gobmk:	pathcc
464.h264ref:	pathcc

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

	pathCC
473.astar:	pgcpp

Peak Portability Flags

400.perlbench:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_X64
401.bzip2:	-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
483.xalancbmk:	-DSPEC_CPU_LINUX

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

400.perlbench:	-march=barcelona -fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -Ofast -IPA:plimit=20000 -LNO:opt=0 -WOPT:if_conv=0 -CG:local_sched_alg=1
401.bzip2:	-Mpfi=indirect(pass 1) -Mpfo=indirect(pass 2) -fastsse -O4 -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Mprefetch=t0 -Mnounroll -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
403.gcc:	-march=barcelona -fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -O3 -OPT:Ofast -m32
429.mcf:	-fastsse -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Mipa=fast -Mipa=inline:1 -tp barcelona -Bstatic_pgi
445.gobmk:	-march=barcelona -fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -O3 -OPT:alias=restrict -LNO:prefetch=1 -LNO:ignore_feedback=off -CG:p2align=on
456.hmmer:	-fastsse -Mvect=partial -Munroll=n:8 -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Msafeptr -Mprefetch=t0 -Mfprelaxed -Mipa=const -Mipa=ptr -Mipa=arg -Mipa=inline -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
458.sjeng:	-Mpfi(pass 1) -Mpfo(pass 2) -Mipa=fast(pass 2) -Mipa=inline:1(pass 2) -Mipa=noarg(pass 2) -fastsse -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Mfprelaxed -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
462.libquantum:	-fastsse -Munroll=m:8 -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Mprefetch=distance:4 -Mfprelaxed -Mipa=fast -Mipa=inline -Mipa=noarg -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
464.h264ref:	-march=barcelona -fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -O3 -IPA:plimit=20000 -OPT:alias=disjoint -LNO:prefetch=0 -CG:ptr_load_use=0 -CG:push_pop_int_saved_regs=off

C++ benchmarks:

471.omnetpp:	-march=barcelona -Ofast -CG:gcm=off -INLINE:aggressive=on -OPT:alias=disjoint -WOPT:if_conv=0 -m32 -lsmartheap
473.astar:	-Mpfi(pass 1) -Mpfo(pass 2) -Mipa=fast(pass 2) -Mipa=inline:6(pass 2) -fastsse -O4 -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Msafeptr=global -Mfprelaxed --zc_eh -tp barcelona -Bstatic_pgi
483.xalancbmk:	-march=barcelona -Ofast -OPT:unroll_times_max=8 -CG:push_pop_int_saved_regs=off -CG:ptr_load_use=0 -m32 -lsmartheap

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks:

429.mcf:	-Mipa=jobs:4
456.hmmer:	-Mipa=jobs:4
458.sjeng:	-Mipa=jobs:4(pass 2)
462.libquantum:	-Mipa=jobs:4

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

	-L/root/work/cpu2006-amd421gh/amd421gh.libs/32
473.astar:	-Mipa=jobs:4(pass 2)

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/amd421GH-flags.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/amd421GH-flags.xml.