SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Dell Inc.

PowerEdge 1950 III (Intel Xeon E5450, 3.00 GHz)

CPU2006 license: 55 Test date: Dec-2007
Test sponsor: Dell Inc. Hardware Availability: Dec-2007
Tested by: Dell Inc. Software Availability: Nov-2007
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5450
CPU Characteristics: 1333 MHz system bus
CPU MHz: 3000
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 (8x2 GB 667 MHz ECC CL5 FB-DIMM)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 73 GB SAS 15k RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64) SP1,
Kernel 2.6.16.46-0.12-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: None

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 3227 33.7 3227 33.7 3225 33.7 4 1586 34.3 1588 34.2 1590 34.2
416.gamess 8 890 176   890 176   891 176   8 877 179   877 179   876 179  
433.milc 8 2260 32.5 2254 32.6 2254 32.6 8 2264 32.4 2262 32.5 2268 32.4
434.zeusmp 8 1053 69.1 1051 69.3 1045 69.7 8 1052 69.2 1049 69.4 1050 69.3
435.gromacs 8 393 145   393 145   393 145   8 379 151   380 150   378 151  
436.cactusADM 8 1332 71.8 1326 72.1 1326 72.1 1 119 100   119 100   120 99.9
437.leslie3d 8 2837 26.5 2846 26.4 2842 26.5 4 1366 27.5 1369 27.5 1367 27.5
444.namd 8 510 126   510 126   510 126   8 506 127   508 126   506 127  
447.dealII 8 719 127   724 126   723 127   8 704 130   677 135   686 133  
450.soplex 8 1808 36.9 1806 36.9 1808 36.9 8 1630 40.9 1627 41.0 1630 40.9
453.povray 8 209 204   209 204   209 203   8 182 234   178 239   179 238  
454.calculix 8 571 116   561 118   564 117   8 415 159   409 161   410 161  
459.GemsFDTD 8 3066 27.7 3082 27.5 3058 27.8 8 3066 27.7 3075 27.6 3071 27.6
465.tonto 8 683 115   684 115   686 115   8 670 117   671 117   673 117  
470.lbm 8 4309 25.5 4303 25.5 4301 25.6 4 1455 37.8 1454 37.8 1456 37.7
481.wrf 8 1781 50.2 1770 50.5 1776 50.3 8 1784 50.1 1771 50.4 1778 50.2
482.sphinx3 8 2247 69.4 2268 68.8 2255 69.1 4 769 101   773 101   771 101  

Compiler Invocation Notes

OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
KMP_STACK_SIZE set to 64M
KMP_AFFINITY set to physical,0

Operating System Notes

'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited prior to run
'/usr/bin/taskset' used to bind processes to CPUs

Platform Notes

BIOS Settings:
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch = Disabled (default Enabled)
Hardware Prefetcher = Disabled (default Enabled)

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 

C++ benchmarks:

 -fast 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -fast 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -fast 

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 (except as noted below):

 ifort 
437.leslie3d:  /opt/intel/fc/10.1.008/bin/ifort   -L/opt/intel/fc/10.1.008/lib   -I/opt/intel/fc/10.1.008/include 

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 
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 
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:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -prefetch   -opt-malloc-options=3 
459.GemsFDTD:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll2   -Ob0   -prefetch 
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   -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.