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Intel® Xeon® processor 5000 sequence
The breakthrough performance, energy efficiency and reliability of the new Intel® Xeon® processor-based systems make them the best choice for virtualization and business critical applications, enabling IT to become more efficient and responsive.
SPEC CPU2006* Benchmark Suite
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Integer Throughput Performance on SPECint*_rate_base2006 benchmark
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Benchmark description
SPEC CPU2006* is a benchmark to measure system efficiency during integer and floating point operations. It consists of an integer test suite containing 12 applications and a floating point test suite containing 17 applications which are extremely computing-intensive and concentrate on the CPU and memory. Other components, such as disk I/O and network, are not measured by this benchmark. SPEC CPU2006 contains two different methods of performance measurement: The first method "SPEED" determines the time required to complete a single task. The second method "rate" determines the throughput, i.e. how many tasks can be completed in parallel. Both methods are additionally subdivided into two measuring runs, "base" and "peak", which differ in the way the compiler optimization is used. The "base" values are always used when results are published the "peak" values are optional. The chart above shows "Base" Integer Throughput performance as measured by SPECint*_rate_base2006.
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Floating Point Throughput Performance on SPECfp*_rate_base2006 benchmark
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Benchmark description
SPEC CPU2006* is a benchmark to measure system efficiency during integer and floating point operations. It consists of an integer test suite containing 12 applications and a floating point test suite containing 17 applications which are extremely computing-intensive and concentrate on the CPU and memory. Other components, such as disk I/O and network, are not measured by this benchmark. SPEC CPU2006 contains two different methods of performance measurement: The first method "SPEED" determines the time required to complete a single task. The second method "rate" determines the throughput, i.e. how many tasks can be completed in parallel. Both methods are additionally subdivided into two measuring runs, "base" and "peak", which differ in the way the compiler optimization is used. The "base" values are always used when results are published, the "peak" values are optional. The chart above shows "Base" Floating Point Throughput performance as measured by SPECfp_rate_base2006.
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Integer SPEED Performance on SPECint*_base2006 benchmark
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Benchmark description
SPEC CPU2006* is a benchmark to measure system efficiency during integer and floating point operations. It consists of an integer test suite containing 12 applications and a floating point test suite containing 17 applications which are extremely computing-intensive and concentrate on the CPU and memory. Other components, such as disk I/O and network, are not measured by this benchmark. SPEC CPU2006 contains two different methods of performance measurement: The first method "SPEED" determines the time required to complete a single task. The second method "rate" determines the throughput, i.e. how many tasks can be completed in parallel. Both methods are additionally subdivided into two measuring runs, "base" and "peak", which differ in the way the compiler optimization is used. The "base" values are always used when results are published the "peak" values are optional. The chart above shows "Base" Integer SPEED performance as measured by SPECint_base2006.
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Floating Point SPEED Performance on SPECfp*_base2006 benchmark
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Benchmark description
SPEC CPU2006* is a benchmark to measure system efficiency during integer and floating point operations. It consists of an integer test suite containing 12 applications and a floating point test suite containing 17 applications which are extremely computing-intensive and concentrate on the CPU and memory. Other components, such as disk I/O and network, are not measured by this benchmark. SPEC CPU2006 contains two different methods of performance measurement: The first method "SPEED" determines the time required to complete a single task. The second method "rate" determines the throughput, i.e. how many tasks can be completed in parallel. Both methods are additionally subdivided into two measuring runs, "base" and "peak", which differ in the way the compiler optimization is used. The "base" values are always used when results are published the "peak" values are optional. The chart above shows "Base" Floating Point SPEED performance as measured by SPECfp_base2006.
Database Server
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Database performance on TPC-E* benchmark
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Benchmark description for TPC-E*
The TPC-E benchmark measures the performance of online transaction processing systems or OLTP and is based on a complex database and a number of different transaction types that are executed on it. TPC-E models the activity of a brokerage firm that must manage customer accounts, execute customer trade orders and be responsible for the interactions of customers with financial markets. The customers generate transactions related to trades, account inquiries, and market research. The brokerage firm in turns interacts with financial markets to execute orders on behalf of the customers and updates relevant account information. The number of customers defined for the brokerage firm can be varied to represent the workloads of different size businesses. The performance metric is tpsE. tps means transactions per second. tpsE is the average number of Trade Result trans-actions executed within one second. To be compliant with the TPC-E standard, all references to tpsE results must in-clude the tpsE rate, the associated price-per-tpsE, and the availability date of the priced configuration.
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Database performance on TPC-C* benchmark
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Benchmark description for TPC-C*
The TPC-C benchmark measures the performance of online transaction processing systems or OLTP and is based on a complex database and a number of different transaction types that are executed on it. TPC-C simulates an environment in which the operator performs various transactions against a database. The central elements of the benchmark are the typical transactions of a wholesale company concerning order entries (order accep-tance, delivery, recording payments, checking the status of orders and monitoring stock levels). The simulated company operates out of a number of warehouses and their allocated districts. TPC-C is designed in such a way that the size of the company (i.e. the number of its warehouses) may vary. The unit used in TPC-C to measure performance specifies the number of processed new-order transactions per minute and is expressed in tpmC. The measured performance must always be reported together with the cost of ownership ($/tpmC) and the system availability date.
Enterprise Resource Planning Server
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Enterprise Resource Planning Performance on SAP-SD* 2-Tier benchmark
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Benchmark description for SAP-SD* two-tier
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) integrates several data sources and processes of an organization into a unified system. SAP*- Sales and Distribution (SD) is a product by SAP* that helps to optimize all the tasks and activities carried out in sales, delivery and billing. Key elements are: presales support, inquiry processing, quotation processing, sales order processing, delivery processing, billing and sales information system. The SAP-SD benchmark has a defined set of business transactions that one or more users repeat. Each transaction is full business workflow of an order line item - creating the order, creating a delivery note for this order, displaying the order, changing the delivery, posting a goods issue, listing orders and creating an invoice. The reported metric is the number of SD users that is supported by the Server.
E-Commerce / Java / Application Server
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Java Performance on SPECjbb*2005 benchmark
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Benchmark description for SPEC Java Business Benchmark 2005* (jbb2005)
SPEC Java Business Benchmark 2005* (jbb*2005). Written in Java, this multi-threaded benchmark emulates an order processing environment in a company with multiple warehouses serving multiple customers. Measures average transaction throughput of a heavily loaded server. Performance reported in Business Operations per Second (BOPS).
Web Server
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Web Server Performance on SPECweb*2005 benchmark
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Benchmark description for SPECweb*2005
SPECweb*2005 evaluates the performance of World Wide Web Servers. This benchmark gives Web users an objective and representative way for measuring a system's ability to act as a web server. SPECweb*2005 consists of three separate, distinct workloads, each with its own submetric: SPECweb*2005_Banking, SPECweb*2005_Ecommerce, and SPECweb*2005_Support. While the individual submetric scores do indicate the total number of simultaneous user sessions the server can support, the overall SPECweb*2005 metric for a compliant result is the geometric mean of the three submetrics, normalized to a reference platform score.
New Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series based servers
The Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series can dramatically advance the efficiency of IT infrastructure and provide unmatched business capabilities. This groundbreaking intelligent server technology features:
- Intelligent Performance that automatically optimizes performance to fit business and application requirements.
- Automated Energy Efficiency that scales energy usage to the workload to achieve optimal performance/watt.
- Flexible virtualization that offers best-in-class performance and manageability in virtualized environments to strengthen IT infrastructure and reduce costs.
New standard high-volume business servers, high-performance computing (HPC) systems, and workstations built with this new generation of Intel® microarchitecture, codenamed Nehalem offer an unprecedented opportunity to dramatically advance the efficiency of IT infrastructure and provide unmatched business capabilities.
Performance tests and ratings are measured using specific computer systems and/or components and reflect the approximate performance of Intel® products as measured by those tests. Any difference in system hardware or software design or configuration may affect actual performance. Buyers should consult other sources of information to evaluate the performance of systems or components they are considering purchasing. For more information on performance tests and on the performance of Intel products, visit www.intel.com/performance/index.htm or call (U.S.) 1-800-628-8686 or 1-916-356-3104. Relative performance is calculated by assigning a baseline value of 1.0 to one benchmark result, and then dividing the actual benchmark result for the baseline platform into each of the specific benchmark results of each of the other platforms, and assigning them a relative performance number that correlates with the performance improvements reported. Intel Performance Benchmark Limitations.
SPEC, SPECint2006, SPECfp2006, SPECjbb, SPECWeb are trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. See www.spec.org for more information. TPC-C, TPC-H, TPC-E are trademarks of the Transaction Processing Council. See http://www.tpc.org for more information.
Intel® Virtualization Technology requires a computer system with an enabled Intel® processor, BIOS, virtual machine monitor (VMM) and, for some uses, certain platform software enabled for it. Functionality, performance or other benefits will vary depending on hardware and software configurations and may require a BIOS update. Software applications may not be compatible with all operating systems. Please check with your application vendor.
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology) requires a computer system with a processor supporting Intel® HT Technology and an Intel® HT Technology-enabled chipset, BIOS, and operating system. Performance will vary depending on the specific hardware and software you use. For more information including details on which processors support Intel® HT Technology, see www.intel.com/products/ht/hyperthreading_more.htm.
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology requires a Platform with a processor with Intel Turbo Boost Technology capability. Intel Turbo Boost Technology performance varies depending on hardware, software and overall system configuration. Check with your platform manufacturer on whether your system delivers Intel Turbo Boost Technology. For more information, see www.intel.com/technology/turboboost/.
Intel® processor numbers are not a measure of performance. Processor numbers differentiate features within each processor family, not across different processor families. See www.intel.com/products/processor_number/ for details.
Intel® products are not intended for use in medical, life saving, life sustaining, critical control or safety systems, or in nuclear facility applications. All dates and products specified are for planning purposes only and are subject to change without notice.
Intel does not control or audit the design or implementation of third party benchmarks or Web sites referenced in this document. Intel encourages all of its customers to visit the referenced Web sites or others where similar performance benchmarks are reported and confirm whether the referenced benchmarks are accurate and reflect performance of systems available for purchase.