CPU 2017 is an industry benchmark used to evaluate compute-intensive workloads and in particular a focus on the processor, memory subsystem and compiler. Somewhat expensive ($1000) but otherwise interesting in evaluation/comparison as workloads.

There is a more formal set of rules that govern running of the tests and disclosure of the results. My focus is more on understanding the workloads than creating formal submittals, so anything here should be considered a “estimate” that doesn’t follow strict reporting, isn’t trying to maximize absolute results and is not a disclosure. At the same time, characterizing unoptimized code is also not interesting, so I did use a config file with the AMD AOCC compiler and many common “base” options and run on 7840 processor. For example, performance measurements include elapsed time running the test harness and not just the benchmark executables.

More detailed descriptions of the benchmarks can be found here. Most of my interest is on the rate benchmarks, e.g. intrate and fprate.

benchmark	status	elapsed	on_cpu	inblock	onblock	page-fault	context-switch	IPC	GHz	retire-rate	frontend-stall	backend-stall	spec-stall	retire-ucode	retire-fastpath	float-density	frontend-latency	frontend-bandwidth	opcache-miss	icache-miss	backend-cpu	backend-memory	amd-l2-miss	amd-l2-density	spec-branch	spec-pipeline	branch-miss	branch-density	branch-cond	branch-ind	smt-contention
500.perlbench_r	CPU	1272.531	15.75	0.02	542.18	389.437	10.721	1.58	4.10	33.3	19.7	44.7	2.3	0.1	25.2	16.803	8.8	6.2	5.6	42.5	3.1	30.8	11.62	15.736	1.7	0.1	0.63	184.569	132.594	12.996	23.9
502.gcc_r	CPU	1280.597	15.70	0.00	4845.61	26600.971	10.948	0.60	4.39	12.7	25.6	59.8	1.9	0.0	9.6	7.943	12.6	6.9	15.2	29.7	3.1	42.5	29.37	60.271	1.4	0.0	1.99	222.751	170.047	5.594	23.8
503.bwaves_r	CPU	4632.332	15.85	0.00	4.72	565.445	11.053	0.13	4.47	2.3	1.4	96.3	0.1	0.0	2.2	260.237	1.2	0.2	9.7	6.5	6.8	86.5	49.20	132.988	0.0	0.0	1.38	19.172	14.975	1.398	3.0
505.mcf_r	CPU	706.488	15.73	0.00	15.39	1495.202	10.497	0.98	4.06	19.9	26.9	43.9	9.3	0.0	16.3	0.687	13.1	8.9	0.4	16.7	4.3	31.6	16.33	53.401	7.6	0.0	4.98	169.000	147.312	0.017	18.2
507.cactuBSSN_r	CPU	609.922	15.69	0.00	495.30	1135.260	13.491	0.23	4.21	4.3	4.8	90.9	0.1	0.0	4.1	55.472	3.6	1.1	47.7	41.8	9.1	78.5	10.76	476.467	0.0	0.0	0.64	48.787	33.403	3.734	3.6
508.namd_r	CPU	705.983	15.81	0.00	45.01	239.918	11.385	1.83	3.74	51.3	4.8	40.9	3.0	0.0	31.3	395.622	2.2	0.8	0.2	18.8	17.2	7.7	1.35	63.010	1.8	0.0	4.40	26.587	24.258	0.021	39.1
510.parest_r	CPU	4550.517	15.80	0.00	16.88	213.125	10.974	0.29	4.41	5.8	4.2	89.7	0.3	0.0	4.8	338.504	1.9	1.6	1.4	23.3	6.8	67.4	34.77	93.116	0.2	0.0	1.59	106.362	90.964	3.249	17.3
511.povray_r	CPU	1207.797	15.60	0.00	1449.68	63.683	10.402	1.81	3.78	52.4	6.6	38.9	2.1	0.3	31.4	244.832	2.5	1.5	3.7	20.9	11.2	12.4	0.06	63.187	1.1	0.2	0.25	157.689	109.665	10.900	39.5
519.lbm_r	CPU	1416.599	15.53	0.00	7.13	256.969	10.588	0.26	4.42	4.7	2.1	93.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	51.354	1.1	1.0	15.3	6.0	2.2	88.9	24.72	172.647	0.0	0.0	0.08	138.203	137.728	0.026	2.3
520.omnetpp_r	CPU	2024.583	15.83	0.00	870.95	107.720	9.994	0.28	4.58	5.6	9.6	81.9	3.0	0.0	4.9	16.375	4.4	3.9	2.3	28.4	4.8	66.7	44.62	72.990	2.5	0.1	3.02	196.963	143.767	11.785	12.8
521.wrf_r	CPU	1953.561	15.79	0.00	1454.42	198.479	12.169	0.43	4.35	7.8	7.9	83.8	0.5	0.0	7.4	278.072	6.2	1.2	3.1	27.3	15.4	63.5	26.15	77.326	0.4	0.0	0.90	113.379	77.677	13.945	5.9
523.xalancbmk_r	CPU	716.422	15.72	0.00	8293.00	930.346	10.489	0.77	4.32	19.0	8.9	71.1	0.9	0.1	12.2	34.341	3.6	2.2	4.0	20.7	3.0	42.9	15.96	75.229	0.5	0.1	0.34	267.659	234.583	7.449	35.4
525.x264_r	CPU	427.195	15.00	0.00	16419.20	1583.996	12.872	1.59	3.69	38.0	21.0	38.6	2.5	0.1	27.2	189.560	11.2	3.9	28.6	42.4	11.4	16.3	6.16	37.180	1.8	0.0	2.76	66.296	48.490	3.845	28.0
526.blender_r	CPU	1003.543	15.62	0.00	655.15	1981.576	11.564	1.08	3.88	24.9	6.6	62.3	6.2	0.0	17.9	397.608	3.7	1.1	1.0	28.3	13.6	31.2	15.56	31.225	4.5	0.0	2.09	134.627	120.414	1.256	28.1
527.cam4_r	CPU	1312.508	15.81	7.50	935.89	3656.413	10.919	0.84	4.07	16.4	16.0	66.9	0.7	0.0	14.5	189.588	9.3	4.9	8.0	25.9	19.5	40.0	20.78	62.695	0.6	0.0	1.15	124.383	89.321	8.772	11.1
531.deepsjeng_r	CPU	811.223	15.78	0.00	37.06	718.782	10.181	1.42	4.08	30.2	29.4	34.9	5.5	0.0	23.6	21.274	15.0	7.9	17.7	16.4	3.7	23.6	4.85	23.537	4.2	0.1	3.99	123.840	97.520	0.907	21.9
538.imagick_r	CPU	371.223	14.33	0.00	1329.38	1026.201	10.757	2.19	3.63	56.0	11.1	25.2	7.7	0.0	33.8	149.855	3.8	2.9	0.1	14.4	8.3	6.9	6.13	11.978	4.6	0.0	0.89	182.276	175.161	0.187	39.6
541.leela_r	CPU	1062.974	15.76	0.00	144.03	156.446	10.467	1.05	4.07	23.6	50.0	12.7	13.7	0.0	18.2	81.302	27.5	11.2	2.6	8.3	3.0	6.8	4.14	18.021	10.5	0.1	12.17	141.333	118.833	0.187	22.7
544.nab_r	CPU	581.066	15.53	0.00	23.20	301.419	11.174	1.27	3.77	36.9	8.7	52.1	2.3	0.1	25.5	318.530	5.0	1.1	1.4	15.1	22.8	13.3	4.94	52.578	1.5	0.0	1.30	83.289	72.175	1.774	30.8
548.exchange2_r	CPU	557.819	15.77	0.00	23.76	71.047	10.670	1.89	3.99	46.4	36.9	14.2	2.6	0.0	32.3	126.182	12.0	13.6	1.6	17.7	4.6	5.3	0.76	0.827	1.8	0.0	1.30	165.361	157.689	1.022	30.3
549.fotonik3d_r	CPU	4829.371	15.91	0.00	32.94	144.718	11.510	0.11	4.54	2.0	1.9	96.1	0.1	0.0	1.9	286.386	1.3	0.5	6.8	12.8	2.7	91.8	44.60	137.645	0.0	0.0	0.45	36.518	33.907	0.471	1.7
554.roms_r	CPU	2913.604	15.82	0.00	8.12	600.297	11.852	0.16	4.45	2.8	2.3	94.9	0.1	0.0	2.8	129.670	1.8	0.4	4.4	21.7	7.4	85.6	36.36	196.455	0.0	0.0	0.43	76.566	57.327	6.664	2.0
557.xz_r	CPU	1413.262	15.76	0.00	11.48	1363.376	9.484	0.77	4.41	19.4	9.5	64.8	6.3	0.0	12.6	21.356	4.5	1.7	1.0	17.8	2.2	39.8	30.11	23.253	4.1	0.0	4.53	115.607	104.940	1.340	35.2