SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

IBM Corporation

IBM System x3550 (Intel Xeon E5420)

SPECfp®2006 = 20.6

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Dec-2007
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: Jan-2008
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: Nov-2007
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5420
CPU Characteristics: 1333MHz system bus
CPU MHz: 2493
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 8 cores, 2 chips, 4 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2 chips
Primary Cache: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 12 MB I+D on chip per chip, 6 MB shared / 2 cores
L3 Cache: None
Other Cache: None
Memory: 16 GB (8 x 2 GB DDR2-5300F ECC)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 36 GB SAS, 15000 RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64), kernel
2.6.16.21-0.8-smp
Compiler: Intel C++ and Fortran Compiler 10.1 for Linux
Build 20070913 Package ID: l_cc_p_10.1.008,
l_fc_p_10.1.008
Auto Parallel: Yes
File System: ReiserFS
System State: Multi-user, run level 3
Base Pointers: 64-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: Binutils 2.17.50.0.15

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 432 31.5  433 31.4  432 31.4  427 31.8 427 31.8 426 31.9
416.gamess 1093 17.9  1092 17.9  1096 17.9  1049 18.7 1049 18.7 1050 18.6
433.milc 860 10.7  863 10.6  862 10.6  880 10.4 880 10.4 879 10.4
434.zeusmp 613 14.8  613 14.8  613 14.8  629 14.5 630 14.4 632 14.4
435.gromacs 444 16.1  444 16.1  445 16.1  441 16.2 442 16.2 441 16.2
436.cactusADM 314 38.1  313 38.2  315 37.9  124 96.1 126 94.9 126 94.6
437.leslie3d 523 18.0  522 18.0  524 18.0  523 18.0 522 18.0 524 18.0
444.namd 608 13.2  607 13.2  614 13.1  604 13.3 603 13.3 603 13.3
447.dealII 477 24.0  477 24.0  477 24.0  448 25.5 448 25.5 448 25.5
450.soplex 639 13.0  641 13.0  642 13.0  584 14.3 579 14.4 578 14.4
453.povray 255 20.8  255 20.9  255 20.9  215 24.7 215 24.8 215 24.7
454.calculix 609 13.6  610 13.5  611 13.5  410 20.1 410 20.1 415 19.9
459.GemsFDTD 597 17.8  598 17.8  597 17.8  589 18.0 589 18.0 589 18.0
465.tonto 539 18.3  540 18.2  541 18.2  513 19.2 514 19.1 515 19.1
470.lbm 1850 7.43 1851 7.42 1853 7.41 588 23.4 590 23.3 590 23.3
481.wrf 556 20.1  556 20.1  559 20.0  580 19.3 581 19.2 579 19.3
482.sphinx3 844 23.1  830 23.5  829 23.5  814 24.0 817 23.9 817 23.9

General Notes

 All benchmarks compiled in 64-bit mode except 450.soplex,
 470.lbm and 482.sphinx3, at peak, are compiled in 32-bit mode
 Hardware Sector Prefetch Enabled and Adjacent Sector Prefetch Enabled
 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
 KMP_AFFINITY set to physical,0
 KMP_STACKSIZE set to 200M
 Powersaved dameon was disabled in OS

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc 

Fortran benchmarks:

 ifort 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 icc   ifort 

Base Portability Flags

410.bwaves:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
416.gamess:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
433.milc:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
434.zeusmp:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
435.gromacs:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -nofor_main 
436.cactusADM:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -nofor_main 
437.leslie3d:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
444.namd:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
447.dealII:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
450.soplex:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
453.povray:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
454.calculix:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -nofor_main 
459.GemsFDTD:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
465.tonto:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
470.lbm:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
481.wrf:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_CASE_FLAG   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 
482.sphinx3:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -fast   -parallel 

C++ benchmarks:

 -fast   -parallel 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -fast   -parallel 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -fast   -parallel 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

 /opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/bin/icc   -L/opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/lib   -I/opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/include 
433.milc:  icc 

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icpc 
450.soplex:  /opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/bin/icpc   -L/opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/lib   -I/opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/include 

Fortran benchmarks:

 ifort 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 icc   ifort 

Peak Portability Flags

410.bwaves:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
416.gamess:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
433.milc:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
434.zeusmp:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
435.gromacs:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -nofor_main 
436.cactusADM:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -nofor_main 
437.leslie3d:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
444.namd:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
447.dealII:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
453.povray:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
454.calculix:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -nofor_main 
459.GemsFDTD:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
465.tonto:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
481.wrf:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_CASE_FLAG   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -fno-alias   -auto-ilp32 
470.lbm:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll2   -scalar-rep-   -prefetch   -opt-malloc-options=3 
482.sphinx3:  -fast   -unroll2 

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -fno-alias   -auto-ilp32 
447.dealII:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll2   -ansi-alias   -scalar-rep- 
450.soplex:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -opt-malloc-options=3 
453.povray:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll4   -ansi-alias 

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:  -fast   -prefetch   -parallel 
416.gamess:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll2   -Ob0   -ansi-alias   -scalar-rep- 
434.zeusmp:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast 
437.leslie3d:  basepeak = yes 
459.GemsFDTD:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll2   -Ob0   -prefetch   -parallel 
465.tonto:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll4   -auto 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -prefetch   -auto-ilp32 
436.cactusADM:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll2   -prefetch   -parallel   -auto-ilp32 
454.calculix:  -fast   -unroll-aggressive   -auto-ilp32 
481.wrf:  -fast   -parallel   -prefetch   -auto-ilp32 

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic10.1-FP-intel64-linux-flags.20090714.11.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic10.1-FP-intel64-linux-flags.20090714.11.xml.