SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

IBM Corporation

IBM System p 570 (4.7 GHz, 1 core, SLES)

SPECfp®2006 = 22.4

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Jun-2007
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: Jun-2007
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: Sep-2007
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: POWER6
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz: 4700
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 1 core, 1 chip, 2 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable: 2,4,8,12,16 cores
Primary Cache: 64 KB I + 64 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 4 MB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache: 32 MB I+D off chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 32 GB (16x2 GB) DDR2 667 MHz
Disk Subsystem: 2x73 GB SAS 15K RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP1
Compiler: IBM XL C/C++ Advanced Edition for Linux, V9.0
IBM XL Fortran Advanced Edition for Linux, V11.1
Auto Parallel: No
File System: ReiserFS
System State: Multi-User
Base Pointers: 32-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: -Post-Link Optimization for Linux on
POWER, Version 5.4.0
-MicroQuill SmartHeap 7.3
-Engineering and Scientific Subroutine
Library for Linux on POWER, Version 4.3

Results Table

Benchmark Base Peak
Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio
Results appear in the order in which they were run. Bold underlined text indicates a median measurement.
410.bwaves 338 40.3  337 40.3  337 40.3  201 67.5 201 67.6 201 67.6
416.gamess 1403 14.0  1402 14.0  1403 14.0  1320 14.8 1320 14.8 1321 14.8
433.milc 472 19.5  472 19.5  472 19.5  468 19.6 468 19.6 468 19.6
434.zeusmp 722 12.6  722 12.6  723 12.6  352 25.8 352 25.8 352 25.8
435.gromacs 682 10.5  682 10.5  682 10.5  564 12.7 564 12.7 564 12.7
436.cactusADM 638 18.7  638 18.7  638 18.7  484 24.7 484 24.7 484 24.7
437.leslie3d 313 30.0  313 30.1  312 30.1  300 31.4 300 31.4 300 31.4
444.namd 592 13.5  592 13.5  592 13.5  568 14.1 568 14.1 568 14.1
447.dealII 602 19.0  602 19.0  602 19.0  487 23.5 487 23.5 487 23.5
450.soplex 397 21.0  397 21.0  397 21.0  391 21.3 391 21.3 391 21.3
453.povray 422 12.6  422 12.6  422 12.6  344 15.5 344 15.5 344 15.5
454.calculix 527 15.6  527 15.6  527 15.6  441 18.7 441 18.7 441 18.7
459.GemsFDTD 629 16.9  629 16.9  629 16.9  494 21.5 494 21.5 494 21.5
465.tonto 1400 7.03 1399 7.03 1399 7.03 579 17.0 579 17.0 579 17.0
470.lbm 264 52.0  264 52.0  264 52.0  255 54.0 255 54.0 255 54.0
481.wrf 1068 10.5  1068 10.5  1068 10.5  924 12.1 924 12.1 923 12.1
482.sphinx3 616 31.7  616 31.7  616 31.7  531 36.7 531 36.7 531 36.7

General Notes

 kernel release 2.6.16.46-0.12-ppc64.

 See flags file for details on following settings.

 ulimit -s (stack) set to unlimited.


 System set to Enhanced mode when defining partition on HMC

 Large pages reserved as follows by root user:
     echo 200 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
 System configured with libhugetlbfs library for application access to large pages
 Environment variables set before executing benchmarks.
     export HUGETLB_VERBOSE=0
     export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes
     export HUGETLB_MORECORE_HEAPBASE=0x50000000
     export XLFRTEOPTS=intrinthds=1
 Linux booted with the options:
        maxcpus=1 smt-enabled=off

 fdpr binary optimization tool used for
     435.gromacs 436.cactusADM 482.sphinx3

 Benchmarks bound to a processor using taskset on the submit command.

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 xlc   -qlanglvl=extc99 

C++ benchmarks:

 xlC 

Fortran benchmarks:

 xlf95 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 xlc   -qlanglvl=extc99   xlf95 

Base Portability Flags

410.bwaves:  -qfixed 
416.gamess:  -qfixed 
434.zeusmp:  -qfixed 
435.gromacs:  -qfixed   -qextname 
436.cactusADM:  -qfixed   -qextname 
437.leslie3d:  -qfixed 
454.calculix:  -qfixed   -qextname 
481.wrf:  -DNOUNDERSCORE 
482.sphinx3:  -qchars=signed 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -O5   -qnoenablevmx   -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/   -tl   -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT 

C++ benchmarks:

 -O5   -qrtti   -qnoenablevmx   -lhugetlbfs 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -O5   -qsmallstack=dynlenonheap   -qalias=nostd   -qnoenablevmx   -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/   -tl   -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -O5   -qnoenablevmx   -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/   -tl   -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT   -qsmallstack=dynlenonheap   -qalias=nostd 

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

 -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads 

C++ benchmarks:

 -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 xlc   -qlanglvl=extc99 

C++ benchmarks:

 xlC 

Fortran benchmarks:

 xlf95 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 xlc   -qlanglvl=extc99   xlf95 

Peak Portability Flags

410.bwaves:  -qfixed 
416.gamess:  -qfixed 
434.zeusmp:  -qfixed 
435.gromacs:  -qfixed   -qextname 
436.cactusADM:  -qfixed   -qextname 
437.leslie3d:  -qfixed 
454.calculix:  -qfixed   -qextname 
481.wrf:  -DNOUNDERSCORE 
482.sphinx3:  -qchars=signed 

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -qnoenablevmx   -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/   -tl   -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT 
470.lbm:  -O3   -qarch=pwr6e   -qtune=pwr6   -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/   -tl   -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT   -q64 
482.sphinx3:  -Wl,-q   -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O4   -lhugetlbfs 

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O3   -qarch=pwr6e   -qtune=pwr6 
447.dealII:  -O5   -qrtti   -qnoenablevmx   -qstaticlink   -Wl,--whole-archive /usr/lib/libhugetlbfs.a   -Wl,--no-whole-archive 
450.soplex:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O4   -qstrict   -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/   -tl   -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT 
453.povray:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -lsmartheap 

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:  -O5   -qsmallstack=dynlenonheap   -lhugetlbfs 
416.gamess:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -qalias=nostd   -qnoenablevmx 
434.zeusmp:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O3   -qarch=pwr6e   -qtune=pwr6   -qxlf90=nosignedzero   -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/   -tl   -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT 
437.leslie3d:  -O3   -qarch=pwr6e   -qtune=pwr6   -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/   -tl   -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT   -q64 
459.GemsFDTD:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/   -tl   -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT   -q64 
465.tonto:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O5   -lessl   -lhugetlbfs   -lxlf90_r 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:  -Wl,-q   -O2   -qarch=pwr6e   -qtune=pwr6   -lhugetlbfs 
436.cactusADM:  -Wl,-q   -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O2   -qarch=pwr6e   -qtune=pwr6   -lhugetlbfs 
454.calculix:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O4   -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/   -tl   -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT 
481.wrf:  -O5   -qnoenablevmx   -qalias=nostd   -lhugetlbfs 

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks:

 -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads 

C++ benchmarks:

 -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -qipa=noobject   -qipa=threads 

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/lop-xl-flags.20090714.01.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/lop-xl-flags.20090714.01.xml.