SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Bull SAS

NovaScale B260+
(Intel Xeon E5440, 2.83 GHz)

SPECfp®2006 = 22.5

CPU2006 license: 20 Test date: Jul-2008
Test sponsor: Bull SAS Hardware Availability: Jan-2008
Tested by: Bull SAS Software Availability: Nov-2007
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5440
CPU Characteristics: 1333 MHz system bus
CPU MHz: 2833
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) FB-DIMM PC2-5300F ECC CL5
Disk Subsystem: 1x73 GB SAS, 10000 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: ext2
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
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 428 31.8  428 31.7  426 31.9  424 32.0 425 32.0 424 32.1
416.gamess 969 20.2  970 20.2  969 20.2  924 21.2 924 21.2 923 21.2
433.milc 841 10.9  840 10.9  840 10.9  843 10.9 843 10.9 842 10.9
434.zeusmp 542 16.8  543 16.8  542 16.8  559 16.3 559 16.3 559 16.3
435.gromacs 390 18.3  390 18.3  390 18.3  388 18.4 391 18.3 387 18.4
436.cactusADM 295 40.4  298 40.1  295 40.4  120 99.6 119 100   119 101  
437.leslie3d 498 18.9  499 18.8  500 18.8  498 18.9 499 18.8 500 18.8
444.namd 534 15.0  534 15.0  535 15.0  531 15.1 532 15.1 531 15.1
447.dealII 426 26.9  426 26.9  426 26.9  400 28.6 400 28.6 401 28.6
450.soplex 599 13.9  599 13.9  600 13.9  540 15.5 539 15.5 539 15.5
453.povray 226 23.5  225 23.6  226 23.5  189 28.1 190 28.1 189 28.1
454.calculix 539 15.3  539 15.3  538 15.3  362 22.8 364 22.7 363 22.7
459.GemsFDTD 585 18.1  585 18.1  585 18.1  579 18.3 579 18.3 579 18.3
465.tonto 477 20.6  477 20.6  479 20.5  454 21.7 455 21.6 455 21.6
470.lbm 1797 7.65 1796 7.65 1799 7.64 561 24.5 562 24.4 562 24.5
481.wrf 511 21.8  510 21.9  512 21.8  532 21.0 531 21.0 532 21.0
482.sphinx3 748 26.0  742 26.3  741 26.3  722 27.0 729 26.7 726 26.9

Operating System Notes

 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited prior to run
 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
 KMP_AFFINITY set to physical,0
 KMP_STACKSIZE set to 200M

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
 BIOS settings :
 Hardware Prefetcher :                Enabled
 Adjacent Cache-Line Prefetch :       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   -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/EM64T_Intel101_fp_flags.20090713.00.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/EM64T_Intel101_fp_flags.20090713.00.xml.