SPEC® CFP2006 Result

IBM Corporation

IBM System x3455 (AMD Opteron 2356)

SPECfp®_rate2006 = 88.9

SPECfp_rate_base2006 = 80.2

CPU2006 license:	11	Test date:	Jun-2008
Test sponsor:	IBM Corporation	Hardware Availability:	Jul-2008
Tested by:	Advanced Micro Devices	Software Availability:	Jun-2008

Hardware
CPU Name:	AMD Opteron 2356
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz:	2300
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	8 cores, 2 chips, 4 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable:	1,2 chips
Primary Cache:	64 KB I + 64 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache:	512 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache:	2 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	16 GB (8 x 2 GB, DDR2-667 CL5 Reg Dual Rank)
Disk Subsystem:	1 x 160 GB SATA, 7200 RPM
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64) SP1, Kernel 2.6.16.46-0.12-smp
Compiler:	PGI Server Complete Version 7.2 PathScale Compiler Suite Version 3.2
Auto Parallel:	No
File System:	ReiserFS
System State:	Run level 3 (Full multiuser with network)
Base Pointers:	64-bit
Peak Pointers:	32/64-bit
Other Software:	None

Results Table

Benchmark	Base							Peak
Benchmark	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	1459	74.5	1440	75.5	1442	75.4	8	1342	81.0	1342	81.0	1346	80.8
416.gamess	8	1389	113	1392	113	1389	113	8	1287	122	1281	122	1287	122
433.milc	8	1210	60.7	1209	60.7	1211	60.7	8	1190	61.7	1190	61.7	1191	61.7
434.zeusmp	8	823	88.5	821	88.7	828	87.9	8	823	88.5	821	88.7	828	87.9
435.gromacs	8	630	90.7	630	90.7	630	90.7	8	517	110	518	110	520	110
436.cactusADM	8	1016	94.1	1021	93.7	1021	93.7	8	910	105	913	105	916	104
437.leslie3d	8	1476	50.9	1477	50.9	1477	50.9	8	1369	54.9	1369	54.9	1367	55.0
444.namd	8	758	84.7	756	84.9	755	84.9	8	664	96.7	663	96.8	663	96.8
447.dealII	8	817	112	793	115	793	115	8	575	159	570	161	566	162
450.soplex	8	1211	55.1	1206	55.3	1204	55.4	8	1187	56.2	1182	56.5	1183	56.4
453.povray	8	366	116	367	116	366	116	8	316	135	317	134	316	135
454.calculix	8	567	116	569	116	565	117	8	482	137	483	137	482	137
459.GemsFDTD	8	1834	46.3	1833	46.3	1836	46.2	8	1643	51.7	1644	51.6	1644	51.6
465.tonto	8	834	94.3	837	94.1	832	94.6	8	715	110	712	111	714	110
470.lbm	8	2284	48.1	2281	48.2	2225	49.4	8	2215	49.6	2217	49.6	2218	49.6
481.wrf	8	1041	85.8	1041	85.9	1040	86.0	8	978	91.4	976	91.6	977	91.5
482.sphinx3	8	1739	89.6	1730	90.1	1730	90.1	8	1641	95.0	1640	95.1	1631	95.6

Operating System Notes

 'numactl' was used to bind copies to the cores
 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set environment stack size
 'ulimit -l 2097152'  was used to set environment locked pages in memory limit
 Environment variable PGI_HUGE_PAGES set to 150
 Set vm/nr_hugepages=1200 in /etc/sysctl.conf
 mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/hugepages

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

pgcc

C++ benchmarks:

pgcpp

Fortran benchmarks:

pgf95

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

pgcc pgf95

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 -Mnomain
436.cactusADM:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -Mnomain
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 -Mnomain
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

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

-Mipa=jobs:4

C++ benchmarks:

-Mipa=jobs:4

Fortran benchmarks:

-Mipa=jobs:4

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

-Mipa=jobs:4

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

	pgcc
470.lbm:	pathcc

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

	pathCC
444.namd:	pgcpp

Fortran benchmarks (except as noted below):

	pathf95
410.bwaves:	pgf95
434.zeusmp:	pgf95
437.leslie3d:	pgf95

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C (except as noted below):

	pgcc pgf95
436.cactusADM:	pathcc pathf95

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 -Mnomain
436.cactusADM:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -fno-second-underscore
437.leslie3d:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
444.namd:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
453.povray:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
454.calculix:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -Mnomain
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

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:	-fastsse -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Msafeptr -Mfprelaxed -Mipa=inline -Mipa=arg -Mipa=const -Mipa=ptr -Mipa=shape -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
470.lbm:	-march=barcelona -Ofast -CG:sse_cse_regs=0 -CG:locs_shallow_depth=1 -m3dnow
482.sphinx3:	-Mpfi=indirect(pass 1) -Mpfo=indirect(pass 2) -Mipa=fast(pass 2) -Mipa=inline(pass 2) -fastsse -Mfprelaxed -Msmartalloc -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:	-Mpfi(pass 1) -Mpfo(pass 2) -Mipa=fast(pass 2) -Mipa=inline(pass 2) -fastsse -Munroll=n:4 -Munroll=m:8 -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Mnodepchk -Mfprelaxed --zc_eh -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
447.dealII:	-march=barcelona -Ofast -static -INLINE:aggressive=on -fno-exceptions -m32
450.soplex:	-march=barcelona -fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -O3 -TENV:frame_pointer=off -LNO:prefetch=1 -OPT:malloc_alg=1 -CG:load_exe=0 -m32
453.povray:	-march=barcelona -fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -Ofast

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:	-Mpfi(pass 1) -Mpfo(pass 2) -Mipa=fast(pass 2) -Mipa=inline(pass 2) -fastsse -Msmartalloc -Mprefetch=distance:12 -Mprefetch=nta -Mpre -Mfprelaxed -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
416.gamess:	-march=barcelona -fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -O2 -OPT:Ofast -OPT:ro=3 -OPT:unroll_size=256
434.zeusmp:	basepeak = yes
437.leslie3d:	-Mpfi=indirect(pass 1) -Mpfo=indirect(pass 2) -Mipa=fast(pass 2) -Mipa=inline(pass 2) -fastsse -Mvect=fuse -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Mprefetch=distance:8 -Mprefetch=t0 -Mfprelaxed -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
459.GemsFDTD:	-march=barcelona -Ofast -LNO:fission=2 -LNO:simd=2 -LNO:prefetch_ahead=1 -CG:load_exe=0
465.tonto:	-march=barcelona -Ofast -OPT:alias=no_f90_pointer_alias -LNO:blocking=off -CG:load_exe=1 -IPA:plimit=525

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:	-fastsse -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Mfprelaxed -Mfpapprox=rsqrt -Mipa=fast -Mipa=inline -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
436.cactusADM:	-march=barcelona -fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -Ofast -LNO:blocking=off
454.calculix:	-Mpfi=indirect(pass 1) -Mpfo=indirect(pass 2) -Mipa=fast(pass 2) -Mipa=inline(pass 2) -fastsse -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Mprefetch=t0 -Mpre -Mfprelaxed -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
481.wrf:	-fastsse -Mvect=noaltcode -Msmartalloc -Mprefetch=distance:8 -Mfprelaxed -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

	-Mipa=jobs:4(pass 2)
470.lbm:	No flags used

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:

-Mipa=jobs:4(pass 2)

Fortran benchmarks (except as noted below):

	-Mipa=jobs:4(pass 2)
416.gamess:	No flags used
459.GemsFDTD:	No flags used
465.tonto:	No flags used

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C (except as noted below):

	-Mipa=jobs:4(pass 2)
436.cactusADM:	No flags used
481.wrf:	No flags used

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/amd421GH-flags.20090713.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/amd421GH-flags.20090713.xml.