| CPU2006 license: | 11 | Test date: | Mar-2010 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | IBM Corporation | Hardware Availability: | Mar-2010 |
| Tested by: | IBM Corporation | Software Availability: | Dec-2009 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | POWER7 |
| CPU Characteristics: | Intelligent Energy Optimization enabled, up to 3.94 GHz |
| CPU MHz: | 3860 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 64 cores, 8 chips, 8 cores/chip, 4 threads/core |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 8,16,24,32,48,64 cores |
| Primary Cache: | 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core |
| Secondary Cache: | 256 KB I+D on chip per core |
| L3 Cache: | 4 MB I+D on chip per core |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 512 GB (64x8 GB) DDR3 1066 MHz |
| Disk Subsystem: | 6x146.8 GB SAS SFF 15K RPM |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (ppc64), Kernel 2.6.27.19-5-ppc64 |
| Compiler: | IBM XL C/C++ for Linux, V10.1 Updated with the Oct2009 PTF |
| Auto Parallel: | No |
| File System: | ext3 |
| System State: | Run level 3 (multi-user) |
| Base Pointers: | 32-bit |
| Peak Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Other Software: | -Post-Link Optimization for Linux on POWER, Version 5.5.0-1 -MicroQuill SmartHeap 9 |
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 | 256 | 1439 | 1740 | 1416 | 1770 | 1408 | 1780 | 256 | 1193 | 2100 | 1174 | 2130 | 1159 | 2160 |
| 401.bzip2 | 256 | 1322 | 1870 | 1374 | 1800 | 1309 | 1890 | 256 | 1242 | 1990 | 1232 | 2010 | 1198 | 2060 |
| 403.gcc | 256 | 916 | 2250 | 919 | 2240 | 924 | 2230 | 256 | 839 | 2450 | 838 | 2460 | 842 | 2450 |
| 429.mcf | 256 | 699 | 3340 | 704 | 3320 | 705 | 3310 | 128 | 334 | 3500 | 335 | 3490 | 339 | 3440 |
| 445.gobmk | 256 | 1174 | 2290 | 1175 | 2290 | 1175 | 2290 | 256 | 924 | 2900 | 928 | 2890 | 928 | 2890 |
| 456.hmmer | 256 | 1182 | 2020 | 1184 | 2020 | 1182 | 2020 | 256 | 887 | 2690 | 887 | 2690 | 897 | 2660 |
| 458.sjeng | 256 | 1309 | 2370 | 1310 | 2360 | 1310 | 2370 | 256 | 1199 | 2580 | 1199 | 2580 | 1200 | 2580 |
| 462.libquantum | 256 | 1067 | 4970 | 1066 | 4970 | 1067 | 4970 | 128 | 514 | 5160 | 513 | 5170 | 513 | 5170 |
| 464.h264ref | 256 | 2005 | 2830 | 1914 | 2960 | 1906 | 2970 | 256 | 1742 | 3250 | 1765 | 3210 | 1772 | 3200 |
| 471.omnetpp | 256 | 1093 | 1460 | 1093 | 1460 | 1092 | 1460 | 256 | 1085 | 1470 | 1085 | 1470 | 1085 | 1470 |
| 473.astar | 256 | 1014 | 1770 | 1011 | 1780 | 1011 | 1780 | 256 | 874 | 2060 | 873 | 2060 | 874 | 2060 |
| 483.xalancbmk | 256 | 689 | 2560 | 674 | 2620 | 672 | 2630 | 256 | 654 | 2700 | 640 | 2760 | 637 | 2770 |
Submit Notes
The config file option 'submit' was used. Benchmarks bound to a processor using numactl on the submit command.
Operating System Notes
ulimit -s (stack) set to 1048576.
Large pages reserved as follows by root user:
echo 14080 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
System configured with libhugetlbfs library for application access to large pages
Environment variables set before executing benchmarks.
export HUGETLB_VERBOSE=0
export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes
export XLFRTEOPTS=intrinthds=1
General Notes
IBM Post-Link Optimization tool with
options "-O4 -omullX -see 0 -m power6" used for
400.perlbench 401.bzip2 403.gcc 456.hmmer 458.sjeng
483.xalancbmk
options "-bf -dp -hr -las -pca -RC -RD -rmte -si -tlo -A 64 -isf 104 -lu 8 -rt 0.16
-hrf 0.18 -ihf 40 -sdp 6 -sdpms 128 -shci 65 -si -sidf 45 -omullX" used for
429.mcf
options "-q -O3 -A 32 -omullX" used for
445.gobmk
options "-bf -dp -lro -nop -RC -RD -tb -tlo -vro -A 4
-isf 88 -lu 8 -hrf 0.10 -sdp 4 -lun 27 -omullX" used for
462.libquantum
options "-O4 -omullX -see 1" used for
473.astar
options "-O4" used for
464.h264ref
Whenever option "-omullX" was used during the optimization phase,
option "-imullX" was also used during the instrumentation phase.
Base Portability Flags
| 400.perlbench: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_PPC |
| 462.libquantum: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
| 464.h264ref: | -qchars=signed |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
Base Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| -O5 -qalias=noansi -qalloca -lhugetlbfs |
C++ benchmarks:
| -O5 -qrtti -lsmartheap |
Base Other Flags
C benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads |
C++ benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads |
Peak Portability Flags
| 400.perlbench: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX_PPC |
| 462.libquantum: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
| 464.h264ref: | -qchars=signed |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX |
Peak Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| 400.perlbench: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qalias=noansi -lsmartheap |
| 401.bzip2: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O3 -qarch=auto -qtune=auto -lhugetlbfs |
| 403.gcc: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qalloca -lhugetlbfs |
| 429.mcf: | -Wl,-q -O5 -qnoenablevmx -lhugetlbfs |
| 445.gobmk: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qnoenablevmx -lhugetlbfs |
| 456.hmmer: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -lhugetlbfs |
| 458.sjeng: | -Wl,-q -O5 -lhugetlbfs |
| 462.libquantum: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qnoenablevmx -q64 -lhugetlbfs |
| 464.h264ref: | Same as 456.hmmer |
C++ benchmarks:
| 471.omnetpp: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qrtti -lsmartheap |
| 473.astar: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qnoenablevmx -lsmartheap |
| 483.xalancbmk: | -Wl,-q -O5 -lsmartheap |