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B-Box Performance Monitor Event List
This section enumerates Intel Xeon Processor 7500 Series uncore performance monitoring events for
the B-Box.
ACK_BEFORE_LAST_SNP
• Title: Ack Before Last Snoop
• Category: Snoops
• Event Code: 0x19, Max. Inc/Cyc: 1, PERF_CTL: 3,
• Definition: Number of times M-Box acknowledge arrives before the last snoop response. For
transactions issued to the memory controller (M-Box) as prefetches.
ADDR_IN_MATCH
• Title: Address In Match
• Category: Mask/Match
• Event Code: 0x04, Max. Inc/Cyc: 1, PERF_CTL: 2,
• Definition: Address Match at B-Box Input. Use B_MSR_MATCH/MASK_REG
CONFLICTS
• Title: Conflicts
• Category: Miscellaneous
• Event Code: 0x17, Max. Inc/Cyc: 1, PERF_CTL: 3,
• Definition: Number of conflicts.
COHQ_BYPASS
• Title: COHQ Bypass
• Category: ARB Queues
• Event Code: 0x0E, Max. Inc/Cyc: 1, PERF_CTL: 3,
• Definition: Coherence Queue Bypasses.
IMT_NE_CYCLES
0x07
1
IMT Non-Empty Cycles
Counter 3 Events
EARLY_ACK
0x02
1
Early ACK
IMT_PREALLOC
0x06
1
IMT Prealloc
DEMAND_FETCH
0x0F
1
Demand Fetches
IMPLICIT_WBS
0x12
1
Implicit WBs
COHQ_IMT_ALLOC_WAIT
0x13
1
COHQ IMT Allocation Wait
SBOX_VN0_UNAVAIL
0x14
1
S-Box VN0 Unavailable
RBOX_VNA_UNAVAIL
0x15
1
R-Box VNA Unavailable
IMT_FULL
0x16
1
IMT Full
CONFLICTS
0x17
1
Conflicts
ACK_BEFORE_LAST_SNP
0x19
1
Ack Before Last Snoop
Table 2-24. Performance Monitor Events for B-Box Events
Symbol Name
Event
Code
Max
Inc/Cyc
Description