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Application Note: Performance Benchmarks & Power Consumption Comparisons For Trenton BXT7059 System Host Board Using the Intel Xeon E5-2400 v2 Processor Family (Ivy Bridge-EN)

Date: December 12, 2013

After January 9, 2014 the Trenton BXT7059 will officially support either two Intel Xeon E5-2400 (Sandy Bridge-EN) or two Intel Xeon E5-2400 v2 (Ivy Bridge-EN) series processors. The 22nm Intel Micro-Architecture; utilized on the Ivy Bridge-EN processors, feature integrated memory controllers and PCI Express 3.0 links. The BXT7059 board design uses the Intel C604 Platform Controller Hub (PCH) formally known as Patsburg-B. While the Intel Xeon E5-2400 v2 (Ivy Bridge-EN) series processors are drop-in replacements for the previous generation CPUs, if an upgrade is desired for an existing BXT7059, then that board must be returned to our factory using the established RMA process. There are several component changes required for the upgrade and a new Ivy Bridge-EN BIOS will also be installed. Any new (Rev F or later) or upgraded BXT7059 is enabled to support either Sandy Bridge-EN or Ivy Bridge-EN processors.

The following benchmark comparison charts illustrate the significant performance advantages that are possible by utilizing the Ivy Bridge- EN processors on the Trenton BXT7059 dual-processor system host board integrated into a rackmount computer system. A table is included that compares CPU power utilization comparisons for both processor architectures. This table points out the power savings per processor execution core offered by the 22nm Intel Micro-Architecture used in the Intel Xeon E5-2400 v2 (Ivy Bridge-EN) series processors.*

Dual-Processor Multimedia Benchmarks

SiSoft 2010c - Processor Multimedia Benchmarks for Trenton JXT6966, BXT7059_Sandy Bridge-EN and BXT7059_Ivy Bridge-EN System Host Boards

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900.00 Aggregate MultiMedia 800.00 Performance 700.00 (Mpixel/s) 600.00 MultiMedia 500.00 Integer x16 400.00 iSSE4.1 (Mpixel/s) 300.00 200.00 MultiMedia 100.00 Float x8 iSSE2 0.00 (Mpixel/s) JXT6966, Jasper Forest BXT7059, Sandy Bridge-EN BXT7059, Sandy Bridge-EN BXT7059, Ivy Bridge-EN BXT7059, Ivy Bridge-EN BIOS: 0ABTP012 BIOS: 0ABYW018 BIOS: 0ABYW018 BIOS: TTIDN003 BIOS: TTIDN003 (2) Quad Core EC5549 @ (2) Six Core E5-2430 @ (2) Eight Core E5-2448L @ (2) Ten Core E5-2448L v2 @ (2) Eight Core E5-2428L v2 2.53GHz 2.2GHz 1.8GHz 1.8GHz @ 1.8GHz MultiMedia 4x2GB DDR3-10600 4x4GB DDR3-1600 4x4GB DDR3-1600 3x4GB DDR3-1600 per CPU 3x4GB DDR3-1600 per CPU Double x4 Mini-RDIMMs Mini-RDIMMs Mini-RDIMMs 24GB total of Mini-RDIMMs 24GB total of Mini-RDIMMs iSSE2 80GB SATA HDD 750GB SATA 7200HDD 750GB SATA 7200HDD 2TB SATA 2TB SATA Windows XP64, SP2 Windows 7, SP1 Windows 7, SP1 Windows 7.1, x64 Windows 7.1, x64 (Mpixel/s)

When comparing processor performance, the v2 designation in the Ivy Bridge-EN processor name becomes critically important. For example, an Intel Xeon E5-2448L (Sandy Bridge-EN) has eight cores on the processor die while an Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2 (Ivy Bridge-EN) has ten cores.

The processor multimedia benchmark test focuses on the board’s ability to process video information. These benchmark test results illustrate how the 22nm micro-architecture improvements on the Ivy Bridge-EN processors, when coupled with additional processor cores, enables more efficient processing of information between processors and over the DMI2 CPU-to-PCH data path.

These test results illustrate an aggregate multi-media performance increase of approximately 10% with the Intel Xeon E5-2428L v2   (Ivy Bridge-EN) architecture compared to the equivalent Intel Xeon E5-2448L (Sandy Bridge-EN) architecture and an increase of 1 131% compared to the Intel Xeon EC5549 (Jasper Forest) quad-core processor micro-architecture.

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Dual-Processor Arithmetic Benchmarks

SiSoft 2010c - Processor Arithmetic Benchmarks for Trenton JXT6966, BXT7059_Sandy Bridge- EN and BXT7059_Ivy Bridge-EN System Host Boards 350.00

300.00

250.00 Aggregate Arithmetic Performance 200.00 (GOPs)

Dhrystone ALU 150.00 (GIPs)

100.00 Whetstone 50.00 iSSE3 (GFLOPs) 0.00 JXT6966, Jasper Forest BXT7059, Sandy Bridge-EN BXT7059, Sandy Bridge-EN BXT7059, Ivy Bridge-EN BXT7059, Ivy Bridge-EN BIOS: 0ABTP012 BIOS: 0ABYW018 BIOS: 0ABYW018 BIOS: TTIDN003 BIOS: TTIDN003 (2) Quad Core EC5549 @ (2) Six Core E5-2430 @ (2) Eight Core E5-2448L @ (2) Ten Core E5-2448L v2 (2) Eight Core E5-2428L v2 2.53GHz 2.2GHz 1.8GHz @ 1.8GHz @ 1.8GHz 4x2GB DDR3-10600 4x4GB DDR3-1600 4x4GB DDR3-1600 3x4GB DDR3-1600 per 3x4GB DDR3-1600 per Mini-RDIMMs Mini-RDIMMs Mini-RDIMMs CPU CPU 80GB SATA HDD 750GB SATA 7200HDD 750GB SATA 7200HDD 24GB total of Mini-RDIMMs 24GB total of Mini-RDIMMs Windows XP64, SP2 Windows 7, SP1 Windows 7, SP1 2TB SATA 2TB SATA Windows 7.1, x64 Windows 7.1, x64

On a strict apples-to-apples comparison of equivalent Ivy Bridge-EN and Sandy Bridge-EN processors, our arithmetic benchmarking tests did not yield compelling performance improvements. However, your actual system-wide performance for specific application software may show more dramatic results. For example, the arithmetic benchmark results clearly illustrates how taking advantage of the additional processor cores made available in the Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2 processors; by virtue of the 22nm Intel Micro-Architecture, enables system host boards like the BXT7059 to process more instructions as compared to previous Intel Xeon processor technologies.

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Dual-Processor Multicore Efficiency Benchmarks

SiSoft 2010c - Multicore Efficiency Benchmarks for Trenton JXT6966, BXT7059_Sandy Bridge-EN and BXT7059_Ivy Bridge-EN System Host Boards(*** Lower value indicates a better score for latency test)

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180.00

160.00

140.00

120.00 InterCore Bandwidth 100.00 (GB/s)

80.00

60.00 InterCore 40.00 Latency*** (ns) 20.00

0.00 JXT6966, Jasper Forest BXT7059, Sandy Bridge-EN BXT7059, Sandy Bridge-EN BXT7059, Ivy Bridge-EN BXT7059, Ivy Bridge-EN BIOS: 0ABTP012 BIOS: 0ABYW018 BIOS: 0ABYW018 BIOS: TTIDN003 BIOS: TTIDN003 (2) Quad Core EC5549 @ (2) Six Core E5-2430 @ (2) Eight Core E5-2448L @ (2) Ten Core E5-2448L v2 @ (2) Eight Core E5-2428L v2 2.53GHz 2.2GHz 1.8GHz 1.8GHz @ 1.8GHz 4x2GB DDR3-10600 4x4GB DDR3-1600 4x4GB DDR3-1600 3x4GB DDR3-1600 per CPU 3x4GB DDR3-1600 per CPU Mini-RDIMMs Mini-RDIMMs Mini-RDIMMs 24GB total of Mini-RDIMMs 24GB total of Mini-RDIMMs 80GB SATA HDD 750GB SATA 7200HDD 750GB SATA 7200HDD 2TB SATA 2TB SATA Windows XP64, SP2 Windows 7, SP1 Windows 7, SP1 Windows 7.1, x64 Windows 7.1, x64

With the InterCore Latency performance measure, a smaller number indicates a better performance score, i.e. a reduction in inter-core latency delays. These test results show an overall improvement in reduced inter-core latency times of approximately 8% with the Intel Xeon E5-2428L v2 (Ivy Bridge-EN) compared to the equivalent Intel Xeon E5-2448L (Sandy Bridge-EN) processor. It is interesting to note that even with an additional two processing cores, the 10-core Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2 has a slightly lower inter-core latency than the eight-core Intel Xeon E5-2448L. With only four processing cores, it makes sense that the quad-core Intel Xeon EC5549 (Jasper Forest) processors would have the lowest inter-core latency of all the processors compared.

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Dual-Processor Memory Bandwidth Benchmarks

SiSoft 2010c - Memory Bandwidth Benchmarks for Trenton JXT6966, BXT7059_Sandy Bridge-EN and BXT7059_Ivy Bridge-EN System Host Boards

60.00

Aggregate Memory 50.00 Performance (GB/s)

40.00 Int Buff'd iSSE2 Mem Bandwidth 30.00 (GB/s)

20.00 Float Buff'd iSSE2 Memory Bandwidth 10.00

0.00 JXT6966, Jasper Forest BXT7059, Sandy Bridge-EN BXT7059, Sandy Bridge-EN BXT7059, Ivy Bridge-EN BXT7059, Ivy Bridge-EN BIOS: 0ABTP012 BIOS: 0ABYW018 BIOS: 0ABYW018 BIOS: TTIDN003 BIOS: TTIDN003 (2) Quad Core EC5549 @ (2) Six Core E5-2430 @ (2) Eight Core E5-2448L @ (2) Ten Core E5-2448L v2 (2) Eight Core E5-2428L v2 2.53GHz 2.2GHz 1.8GHz @ 1.8GHz @ 1.8GHz 4x2GB DDR3-10600 4x4GB DDR3-1600 4x4GB DDR3-1600 3x4GB DDR3-1600 per 3x4GB DDR3-1600 per Mini-RDIMMs Mini-RDIMMs Mini-RDIMMs CPU CPU 80GB SATA HDD 750GB SATA 7200HDD 750GB SATA 7200HDD 24GB total of Mini-RDIMMs 24GB total of Mini-RDIMMs Windows XP64, SP2 Windows 7, SP1 Windows 7, SP1 2TB SATA 2TB SATA Windows 7.1, x64 Windows 7.1, x64

In this test the 22nm micro-architecture CPUs (i.e. Ivy Bridge-EN) clearly outperforms the 32nm Sandy Bridge-EN micro-architecture. The three-channel memory interface implementation per CPU is virtually identical for both processor classes on the BXT7059 board; therefore, the performance gain shown here is directly attributable to the advantages of the 22nm Intel Micro-Architecture. The memory bandwidth performance for the BXT7059’s three-channel memory interface when using the Intel Xeon E5-2400 v2 series outperforms the Intel Xeon E5-2400 series by a factor of 54%.

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Dual-Processor Memory Latency Benchmarks

SiSoft 2010c - Memory Latency Benchmarks for Trenton JXT6966, BXT7059_Sandy Bridge-EN and BXT7059_Ivy Bridge-EN System Host Boards(*** Lower value indicates a better score for latency tests)

140.00

120.00

100.00

80.00

60.00

40.00 Memory Latency* ** (ns) 20.00 Speed Factor*** - 0.00 JXT6966, Jasper Forest BXT7059, Sandy Bridge-EN BXT7059, Sandy Bridge-EN BXT7059, Ivy Bridge-EN BXT7059, Ivy Bridge-EN BIOS: 0ABTP012 BIOS: 0ABYW018 BIOS: 0ABYW018 BIOS: TTIDN003 BIOS: TTIDN003 (2) Quad Core EC5549 @ (2) Six Core E5-2430 @ (2) Eight Core E5-2448L @ (2) Ten Core E5-2448L v2 @ (2) Eight Core E5-2428L v2 2.53GHz 2.2GHz 1.8GHz 1.8GHz @ 1.8GHz 4x2GB DDR3-10600 4x4GB DDR3-1600 4x4GB DDR3-1600 3x4GB DDR3-1600 per CPU 3x4GB DDR3-1600 per CPU Mini-RDIMMs Mini-RDIMMs Mini-RDIMMs 24GB total of Mini-RDIMMs 24GB total of Mini-RDIMMs 80GB SATA HDD 750GB SATA 7200HDD 750GB SATA 7200HDD 2TB SATA 2TB SATA Windows XP64, SP2 Windows 7, SP1 Windows 7, SP1 Windows 7.1, x64 Windows 7.1, x64

Again, a smaller number indicates a better performance score (i.e. a reduction in memory interface latency delays) when running this be nchmark. This test result shows an overall improvement in reduced memory latency times of approximately 210% with the Intel Xeon E5 -2400 v2 series (Ivy Bridge-EN) architecture compared to the Intel Xeon E5-2400 series (Sandy Bridge-EN) architecture.

*NOTE: This benchmark information is provided for comparison purposes only. Actual system performance is application dependent and will vary.

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Dual-Processor BXT7059 Power Usage Comparisons

Before listing the power requirements for the various processor options available on Trenton’s BXT7059 system host board, let’s take a look at the various processor specifications: Max. DDR3 Cores / Long-Life Maximum Thermal Processor Cache Operating Temperature Range* Speed Threads Availability Design Power (TDP) Intel Xeon E5-2400 v2 Series Processors (Ivy Bridge-EN) with the 22nm Intel Micro-Architecture DDR3-1600 Intel® Xeon® E5-2430 v2 6 / 12 15MB Yes 80W 0°C to 50°C DDR3-1600 Intel® Xeon® E5-2448L v2 10 / 20 25MB Yes 70W 0°C to 50°C DDR3-1600 Intel® Xeon® E5-2428L v2 8 / 16 20MB Yes 60W 0°C to 50°C DDR3-1600 Intel® Xeon® E5-2418L v2 6 / 12 15MB Yes 50W 0°C to 50°C Intel Xeon E5-2400 Series Processors (Sandy Bridge-EN) with the 32nm Intel Micro-Architecture DDR3-1600 Intel® Xeon® E5-2448L 8 / 16 20MB Yes 70W 0°C to 50°C DDR3-1333 Intel® Xeon® E5-2430 6 / 12 15MB Yes 95W 0°C to 50°C DDR3-1333 Intel® Xeon® E5-2428L 6 / 12 15MB Yes 60W 0°C to 50°C DDR3-1333 Intel® Xeon® E5-2418L 4 / 8 10MB Yes 50W 0°C to 50°C *Requires a continuous airflow across the board of 350LFM.

Required voltage rail current and thermal design power are somewhat related processor specs. Notice how the TDP ratings are less for the processors built on the 22nm micro-architecture. Now let’s take a look at the power requirements for each BXT7059 processor option.

Typical values* - 100% stress state with 24GB of DDR3 system memory installed: Processor Type – Two Installed Processor Speed +5V +12V +3.3V Intel® Xeon® E5-2430 v2 2.5GHz 1.72A 12.32A 3.21A Intel® Xeon® E5-2448L v2 1.8GHz 1.68A 12.60A 3.11A Intel® Xeon® E5-2428L v2 1.8GHz 1.72A 10.07A 3.23A Intel® Xeon® E5-2418L v2 2.0GHz 1.62A 8.31A 3.19A Intel® Xeon® E5-2430 2.2GHz 1.34A 15.11A 4.55A Intel® Xeon®E5-2407 2.2GHz 1.31A 8.86A 4.21A Intel® Xeon® E5-2448L 1.8GHz 1.37A 11.60A 4.49A Intel® Xeon® E5-2428L 1.8GHz 1.34A 10.27A 4.55A

Typical values* - Static desktop (system idle) state with 24GB of DDR3 system memory installed: Processor Type – Two Installed Processor Speed +5V +12V +3.3V Intel® Xeon® E5-2430 v2 2.5GHz 1.56A 5.22A 3.21A Intel® Xeon® E5-2448L v2 1.8GHz 1.66A 5.58A 3.03A Intel® Xeon® E5-2428L v2 1.8GHz 1.58A 4.96A 3.05A Intel® Xeon® E5-2418L v2 2.0GHz 1.48A 4.13A 2.98A Intel® Xeon® E5-2430 2.2GHz 1.30A 3.73A 4.15A Intel® Xeon®E5-2407 2.2GHz 1.22A 3.08A 3.89A Intel® Xeon® E5-2448L 1.8GHz 1.34A 4.06A 4.11A Intel® Xeon® E5-2428L 1.8GHz 1.30A 3.89A 4.18A

* Typical power numbers; actual power numbers will vary as a function of the specific BXT7059 system configuration design. Tolerance for each power supply voltage is +/- 5%.

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