SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

IBM Corporation

IBM System p 570 (4.7 GHz, 4 core, RHEL)

SPECfp®_rate2006 = 116  

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Oct-2007
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: Jun-2007
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: Oct-2007
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: POWER6
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz: 4700
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 4 cores, 2 chips, 2 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
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: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform 5.1
for IBM POWER
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: ext3
System State: Multi-User
Base Pointers: 32-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: -IBM Post-Link Optimization for Linux on
POWER, Version 5.4.0-10
-MicroQuill SmartHeap 8.1
-IBM Engineering and Scientific Subroutine
Library for Linux on POWER, Version 4.3

Results Table

Benchmark Base Peak
Copies Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Copies 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 8 604 180   616 176   611 178   8 579 188   579 188   581 187  
416.gamess 8 1789 87.6 1792 87.4 1788 87.6 8 1687 92.8 1687 92.8 1688 92.8
433.milc 8 853 86.1 853 86.1 852 86.2 8 853 86.1 853 86.1 852 86.2
434.zeusmp 8 901 80.8 902 80.7 900 80.9 8 540 135   544 134   541 135  
435.gromacs 8 797 71.7 797 71.7 797 71.7 8 727 78.6 726 78.6 726 78.6
436.cactusADM 8 1143 83.6 1143 83.6 1140 83.8 8 792 121   797 120   791 121  
437.leslie3d 8 732 103   739 102   736 102   4 351 107   331 114   332 113  
444.namd 8 665 96.4 665 96.4 665 96.4 8 645 99.5 645 99.5 645 99.5
447.dealII 8 596 154   596 154   596 153   8 577 159   577 159   577 159  
450.soplex 8 592 113   565 118   566 118   8 571 117   562 119   562 119  
453.povray 8 541 78.7 541 78.7 540 78.8 8 427 99.7 426 99.9 426 99.9
454.calculix 8 691 95.5 691 95.6 690 95.6 8 591 112   593 111   592 112  
459.GemsFDTD 8 1037 81.8 999 85.0 1039 81.7 8 956 88.8 957 88.7 956 88.8
465.tonto 8 1573 50.0 1556 50.6 1572 50.1 8 700 112   700 112   700 112  
470.lbm 8 582 189   582 189   582 189   8 583 189   583 189   583 189  
481.wrf 8 1216 73.5 1217 73.5 1217 73.4 8 1087 82.2 1086 82.3 1086 82.3
482.sphinx3 8 946 165   942 165   947 165   8 894 174   894 174   894 174  

General Notes

 kernel release 2.6.18-52.el5.

 See flags file for details on following settings.

 ulimit -s (stack) set to 262144.


 System set to Enhanced mode when defining partition on HMC

 Large pages reserved as follows by root user:
     echo 800 > /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 XLFRTEOPTS=intrinthds=1

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

 Benchmarks bound to a processor using numactl 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   -lhugetlbfs 

C++ benchmarks:

 -O5   -qrtti   -qnoenablevmx   -qstaticlink 

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

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:  basepeak = yes 
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/libsmartheap.a   -Wl,--no-whole-archive 
450.soplex:  -qpdf1(pass 1)   -qpdf2(pass 2)   -O4   -qstrict   -lhugetlbfs 
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   -lsmartheap   -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.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/lop-xl-flags.20090714.xml.