EDIT: This post has been updated on 5/24/2013 for the new version of calculator. For the list of latest major changes, please see THIS.
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For any processor other than the baseline X5470 we recommend that you do a megacycle adjustment and enter that adjusted value into the calculator. To do this, goto www.spec.org and search for your processor. You want to go to the Result value under SPECint_rate2006 for the processor and server model you are using. The value for the baseline proc (x5470 3.33GHz) on an 8 core system is 150 (divide by 8 to get 18.75 per core). If your proc was a X5550 2.67 GHz the value is 240 (divide by 8 to get 30). Now we need to solve for x in the following 2670/18.75=x/30 to get the adjusted mcycles per core. This comes to 4272. Enter this value into the megacycles per core field in step 5 of the input page.
Rob
For any processor other than the baseline X5470 we recommend that you do a megacycle adjustment and enter that adjusted value into the calculator. To do this, goto www.spec.org and search for your processor. You want to go to the Result value under SPECint_rate2006 for the processor and server model you are using. The value for the baseline proc (x5470 3.33GHz) on an 8 core system is 150 (divide by 8 to get 18.75 per core). If your proc was a X5550 2.67 GHz the value is 240 (divide by 8 to get 30). Now we need to solve for x in the following 2670/18.75=x/30 to get the adjusted mcycles per core. This comes to 4272. Enter this value into the megacycles per core field in step 5 of the input page.
Rob