The spec cpu 2006 benchmark is spec s industrystandardized, cpuintensive benchmark suite, stressing a systems processor, memory subsystem and compiler benchmark retirement. Cpu2006 is spec s currentgeneration processor benchmark suite that stresses a systems processor, memory subsystem and compiler. The benchmarks that make up the spec cpu2006 benchmark suite are setup, run, timed, and scored by the cpu tools harness. Specs cpu2006 benchmarks on azure azure government. Ibm today announces spec cpu2006 benchmark scores for the ibm system x3650 m5 server using the 18core intel xeon processor e52699 v3. Installing spec cpu2006 under unix, linux, and mac. To run tc078 in your local sut, there are two parameters you need to modify depend on your sut. At least 8gb of free disk space are available on the system. Spec cpu2006 memory footprint acm sigarch computer. World record spec cpu2006 benchmark result for thinksystem. Download table list of spec cpu benchmarks from publication. Spec cpu2017 companion of the 2018 acmspec international.
The spec cpu2006 benchmarks come nicely wrapped out of. Memory hierarchy characterization of spec cpu2006 and spec. Cpu2006 is a set of benchmarks designed to test the cpu performance of a modern server computer system. They are intended to be used as input to pintools written with. The scores in the following tables are the first spec cpu2006 results published spec cpu, specint, specfp for the system x3650 m5 with the e52699 v4 and e52697 v4 processors respectively. Specint is the integer performance testing component of the spec test suite. Six years have elapsed since the release of that suite, and in that time memory sizes have increased significantly, so the memory requirements for the recently released cpu2006 reflect this. As far as i know, the suite isnt free to license or download you need to get the benchmarks directly from spec. The biggest difference between time and space is that you cant reuse time. Everyone should feel free to extend this page with their experiences to help. To construct this suite, spec has selected benchmarks that are. The workload includes spamassassin, mhonarc an email indexer, and specdiff spec s tool that checks benchmark outputs. Download citation cpu2006 working set size spec cpu2000 had a target memory footprint of 200 mb for the benchmarks 1, to enable the suite to run on machines with 256 mb of memory. The timing results are from the simple cpu model and spec cpu2006 testing data set.
Their tutorial is a good place to start to learn about how to create your own pinballs and pinpoints for use with sniper. It has made to measure performance of computation intensive workload and widely being used now. It is split into two components, the first being cint2006, the other being cfp2006, for floating point testing. Download citation spec cpu2006 benchmark descriptions on august 24, 2006, the standard performance evaluation corporation spec announced cpu2006 2, which replaces cpu2000. Benchmark language application area brief description. How to compile spec cpu2006 benchmarks to get binaries. Specint is a computer benchmark specification for cpu integer processing power.
However, all users can run spec utilities, namely runspec. Pdf characterization of file io activity for spec cpu2006. Cpu2006 is specs currentgeneration processor benchmark suite that stresses a systems processor, memory subsystem and compiler. The x3650 m5 delivered competitive scores using two intel xeon e52699 v3 processors 2. Spec 2006 analysis of redundancy and application balance in the spec cpu2006 benchmark suite. The spec cpu2017 benchmark suite replaces spec cpu2006, launched in 2006.
In this paper we present a detailed evaluation of the memory hierarchy performance for both the cpu2006 and singlethreaded cpu2017 benchmarks. The experiments were executed on an intel xeon skylakesp, which is the first intel processor to. This benchmark can be run crossplatform, so it is possible to compare systems with different architectures running the same workload. Spec designed cpu2006 to provide a comparative measure of computeintensive performance across the widest practical range of hardware using workloads developed from real user applications.
The following macros will be automatically set via the define argument capability of runspec optional parameters will only be present if specified by the user. Prior to the first production use of cpu2006, spec. Option gnu long option meaning h help show this message r rebuild force spec cpu2006 rebuild and installation o onecopy do a single copy run i int run integer f fp run floatingpoint c complete do a complete run int and fp with defaults p prereq install prerequisites q quiet show less detailed information. I want to compile the benchmarks to get the binaries. Even though spec cpu2006 is more hpc and workstation oriented, it contains a. Please note that only superusers can modify this directory. Depending on your installation type, you may be prompted for a destination directory. Using spec cpu2006 benchmark results to compare the compute. By restricting source code changes, spec separates the activity of porting benchmarks, which has a goal of being performance neutral, from the activity of using the benchmarks, where the goal is getting the best score possible. See below for details on the retirement schedule and result submission requirements. The document lists the result, summarizes the major components of the configuration under test, and provides the link to the relevant.
How to run hepspec06 benchmark hepix working groups. This document summarizes the the spec cpu2006 benchmark result for the thinksystem sr950 that was published on 11 july, 2017. Download citation spec cpu2006 benchmark descriptions on august 24, 2006, the standard performance evaluation corporation spec announced cpu2006 2. Building spec cpu2006 cpu2006 is spec s currentgeneration processor benchmark suite that stresses a systems processor, memory subsystem and compiler. It is maintained by the standard performance evaluation corporation spec. To verify the integrity of your downloaded file, you can compare the checksum of your downloaded file to the one in the table below, or download. Below is an example of the pod information config file. I dont have spec cpu2006 suite and i dont think its free. There may be many hiccups while installing the spec2006 benchmark suite. This document covers the installation procedure for spec cpu2006 under microsoft windows.
Pdf memory performance characterization of spec cpu2006. Subsetting the spec cpu2006 benchmark suite acm sigarch. The benchmarks that make up the spec cpu2006 benchmark suite are setup, run, timed, and. Run spec cpu2006 on linux with either an intel, arm, or powerpc processors. It includes subdirectories with documentation doc, spec utilities bin, and benchmarks benchspec. This post briefly describes the way to install and execute the spec cpu 2006 v1. Download pinballs for full runs and pinpoints terms and conditions for use. The spec cpu benchmark suite has become the most frequently used suite for simulationbased computer architecture research. Spec cpu2006 is a computeintensive benchmark suite designed to stress a computer systems processor, memory subsystem, and compiler. The spec cpu 2006 benchmark is specs industrystandardized. To verify the integrity of your downloaded file, you can compare the checksum of your downloaded file to the one in the table below, or download the. See below for details on the retirement schedule and result submission. Nov 14, 2019 the following macros will be automatically set via the define argument capability of runspec optional parameters will only be present if specified by the user. The 900 mb maxium was chosen so that a system with 1gb will have about 100mb available for the operating system and overhead processes.
The spec cpu 2006 benchmark is spec s industrystandardized, cpuintensive benchmark suite, stressing a systems processor, memory subsystem and compiler. Spec cpu is one of the most common benchmark suites used in computer architecture research. Spec cpu2006 benchmark tools, acm sigarch computer. Request a noncommercial download of hpg benchmarks. On august 24, 2006, the standard performance evaluation corporation spec announced cpu2006 the next generation of industrystandardized cpuintensive benchmark suite.
We will compile the binaries in vivo, calling into the actual spec cpu2006 directory. The goal of this repository is to help you compile and run spec. The spec cpu 2006 benchmark is specs industrystandardized, cpuintensive benchmark suite, stressing a systems processor, memory subsystem and compiler. Cpu2006 is a set of benchmarks designed to test the cpu and memory performance of a modern server computer system. Spec will contact existing licensees and send the new version upon verifying a shipping address. List of spec cpu benchmarks download table researchgate. Mar 01, 2007 the benchmarks that make up the spec cpu2006 benchmark suite are setup, run, timed, and scored by the cpu tools harness. Spec cpu2006 command lines the following command lines for each of the spec cpu2006 benchmarks were obtained using specinvoke n in the needed run directories.
Unless otherwise specified, refererences to windows in this document apply to windows xp, windows vista and windows server. The lenovo thinksystem sr950 server delivers worldrecord eightprocessor rack server performance for computeintensive applications. The complete license agreement form is coming with the benchmark media package. A noncommercial license is available free of charge for use by organizations that are not required to have a. Analysis of memory sensitive spec cpu2006 integer benchmarks. With the release of the spec cpu 2017 benchmark suite, the cpu 2006 suite will be retired. Using spec cpu2006 benchmark results to compare the. These are checkpoints pinballs for entire runs and representative regions pinpoints of spec cpu2006 reference runs. Lastly, section vi gives a brief conclusion obtained from our analysis. Later andor earlier versions of windowsntbased systems such as windows 2000 might also work, but have not been tested. The first spec test suite, cpu92, was announced in 1992.
Install the spec cpu2006 from dvd and modify the cc, cxx, and fc in. Spec cpu2006 benchmark descriptions acm sigarch computer. Performance characterization of spec cpu2006 benchmarks. The nominal goal for memory consumption by spec cpu2006 benchmarks is up to about 900 mb when compiled with 32bit pointers. The tools have evolved over time from a collection of editityourself. Spec, which is a standard corporation for the benchmark1, makes and shares various benchmark suites. The workload includes spamassassin, mhonarc an email indexer, and specdiff specs tool that checks benchmark outputs. Spec cpu2000 had a target memory footprint of 200 mb for the benchmarks 1, to enable the suite to run on machines with 256 mb of memory. The basic purpose of the tools is to make life easier for the benchmarker. Copyright 20062016 standard performance evaluation. Cpu2017 has recently been released to replace cpu2006.
The standard performance evaluation corporation spec cpu2006 benchmark is an industrystandard benchmark that is designed to compare the performance of servers. Once your eligibility has been verified, a download link will be emailed to the address you provide below. The spec cpu benchmarks are widely used in both industry and academia 3. The tools have evolved over time from a collection of editityourself makefiles, scripts, and an excel spreadsheet to the current perlbased suite. On august 24, 2006, the standard performance evaluation corporation spec announced cpu2006 2, which replaces cpu2000. Mar 29, 2012 the biggest difference between time and space is that you cant reuse time. The spec benchmarks are available from the license is a site license, i. The tools have evolved over time from a collection of editityourself make. Specs cpu2006 benchmarks on azure january 7th, 2016 the cpu2006 suite by spec is a complex set of tools and tests that allow the user to measure the performance and throughput of a machines cpu.
Spec has chosen not to allow source code changes for the cpu2006 suite, except under very limited circumstances. Performance characterization of spec cpu2006 benchmarks on. Since that time, more than 43,000 spec cpu2006 performance results have been published on specs website. So spec cpu2006 was still our best option to evaluate single threaded performance. Ibm posts spec cpu2006 scores for ibm system x3650 m5. Hi, i am trying to analyze the performance of the processor using spec cpu2006 benchmarks on intel vtune performance analyzer. Analysis of memory sensitive spec cpu2006 integer benchmarks for big data benchmarking kathlene hurt and eugene john department of electrical and computer engineering university of texas at san antonio san antonio, united states kathlene.
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