SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Hewlett-Packard Company

ProLiant BL685c G6
(2.9 GHz AMD Opteron 8389)

CPU2006 license: 3 Test date: Mar-2009
Test sponsor: Hewlett-Packard Company Hardware Availability: Apr-2009
Tested by: Hewlett-Packard Company Software Availability: Mar-2009
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: AMD Opteron 8389
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz: 2900
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 16 cores, 4 chips, 4 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable: 2,4 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: 6 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 64 GB (16x4 GB, PC2-6400P CL5)
Disk Subsystem: 1x72 GB 15 K SAS
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.3,
Kernel 2.6.18-128.el5
Compiler: PGI Server Complete Version 8.0
PathScale Compiler Suite Version 3.2
Auto Parallel: Yes
File System: ext3
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 64-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: binutils 2.18
32-bit and 64-bit libhugetlbfs libraries

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 16 1461 149 1477 147 1467 148 16 1461 149 1477 147 1467 148
416.gamess 16 1087 288 1091 287 1088 288 16 991 316 993 315 997 314
433.milc 16 1177 125 1173 125 1178 125 16 1177 125 1173 125 1178 125
434.zeusmp 16 708 206 707 206 699 208 16 650 224 651 224 652 223
435.gromacs 16 455 251 455 251 455 251 16 368 310 369 310 369 310
436.cactusADM 16 881 217 881 217 881 217 4 166 288 167 286 167 286
437.leslie3d 16 1388 108 1367 110 1365 110 16 1240 121 1238 122 1241 121
444.namd 16 564 228 563 228 564 228 16 514 250 511 251 511 251
447.dealII 16 640 286 635 288 638 287 16 529 346 534 343 531 345
450.soplex 16 1062 126 1061 126 1060 126 16 975 137 971 137 971 137
453.povray 16 295 289 294 289 293 291 16 251 340 252 338 251 340
454.calculix 16 447 295 447 296 445 297 16 395 335 396 333 395 334
459.GemsFDTD 16 1437 118 1428 119 1442 118 16 1364 124 1362 125 1357 125
465.tonto 16 615 256 614 256 615 256 16 508 310 508 310 509 309
470.lbm 16 1800 122 1800 122 1801 122 16 1800 122 1799 122 1800 122
481.wrf 16 907 197 913 196 904 198 16 868 206 870 205 869 206
482.sphinx3 16 1380 226 1384 225 1377 226 16 1283 243 1283 243 1285 243

Submit Notes

The config file option 'submit' was used.
 numactl was used to bind copies to the cores

Operating System Notes

 Environment stack size set to 'unlimited'
 Max locked memory set to 2097152
 The libhugetlbfs libraries were installed using the
 installation rpms that came with the distribution.
 PGI_HUGE_PAGES set to 896.
 Total number of huge pages available is 14336.
 NCPUS set to number of cores

Platform Notes

BIOS configuration:
  Power Regulator set to Static High Performance Mode

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
HUGETLB_MORECORE = "yes"
NCPUS = "4"

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

C benchmarks:

 -Mvect=cachesize:6291456   -fastsse   -Msmartalloc=huge   -Mfprelaxed   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 

C++ benchmarks:

 -Mvect=cachesize:6291456   -fastsse   -Msmartalloc=huge   -Mfprelaxed   --zc_eh   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -Mvect=cachesize:6291456   -fastsse   -Mfprelaxed   -Msmartalloc=huge   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -Mvect=cachesize:6291456   -fastsse   -Msmartalloc=huge   -Mfprelaxed   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 

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:

 pgcc 

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 
435.gromacs:  pathcc   pathf95 
481.wrf:  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 
436.cactusADM:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -Mnomain 
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_LINUX   -fno-second-underscore 
482.sphinx3:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:  basepeak = yes 
470.lbm:  -Mvect=cachesize:6291456   -fastsse   -Msmartalloc=huge   -Mprefetch=t0   -Mloop32   -Mfprelaxed   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 
482.sphinx3:  -Mpfi=indirect(pass 1)   -Mpfo=indirect(pass 2)   -Mipa=fast(pass 2)   -Mipa=inline(pass 2)   -Mvect=cachesize:6291456   -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)   -Mvect=cachesize:6291456   -fastsse   -Munroll=n:4   -Munroll=m:8   -Msmartalloc=huge   -Mnodepchk   -Mfprelaxed   --zc_eh   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 
447.dealII:  -march=barcelona   -Ofast   -INLINE:aggressive=on   -LNO:opt=0   -OPT:alias=disjoint   -fno-exceptions   -m32 
450.soplex:  -march=barcelona   -fb_create fbdata(pass 1)   -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2)   -L/usr/lib -lhugetlbfs(pass 2)   -O3   -INLINE:aggressive=on   -OPT:IEEE_arith=3   -OPT:IEEE_NaN_Inf=off   -OPT:fold_unsigned_relops=on   -OPT:malloc_alg=1   -CG:load_exe=0   -fno-exceptions   -m32 
453.povray:  -march=barcelona   -fb_create fbdata(pass 1)   -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2)   -Ofast   -INLINE:aggressive=on 

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:  basepeak = yes 
416.gamess:  -march=barcelona   -fb_create fbdata(pass 1)   -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2)   -Wl,-T/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ldscripts/elf_x86_64.xBDT(pass 2)   -L/usr/lib64 -lhugetlbfs(pass 2)   -O2   -OPT:Ofast   -OPT:ro=3   -OPT:unroll_size=256 
434.zeusmp:  -Mvect=cachesize:6291456   -fastsse   -Mfprelaxed   -Mprefetch=distance:8   -Mprefetch=t0   -Msmartalloc=huge   -Msmartalloc=hugebss   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 
437.leslie3d:  -Mpfi=indirect(pass 1)   -Mpfo=indirect(pass 2)   -Mipa=fast(pass 2)   -Mipa=inline(pass 2)   -Mvect=cachesize:6291456   -fastsse   -Mvect=fuse   -Msmartalloc=huge   -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   -CG:prefer_lru_reg=off   -OPT:malloc_alg=1   -Wl,-T/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ldscripts/elf_x86_64.xBDT   -L/usr/lib64 -lhugetlbfs 
465.tonto:  -march=barcelona   -Ofast   -OPT:alias=no_f90_pointer_alias   -LNO:blocking=off   -CG:load_exe=1   -IPA:plimit=525   -OPT:malloc_alg=1   -Wl,-T/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ldscripts/elf_x86_64.xBDT   -L/usr/lib64 -lhugetlbfs 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:  -march=barcelona   -Ofast   -OPT:rsqrt=2   -OPT:malloc_alg=1   -Wl,-T/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ldscripts/elf_x86_64.xBDT   -L/usr/lib64 -lhugetlbfs 
436.cactusADM:  -Mvect=cachesize:6291456   -fastsse   -Mconcur   -Msmartalloc=huge   -Mfprelaxed   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 
454.calculix:  -Mpfi=indirect(pass 1)   -Mpfo=indirect(pass 2)   -Mipa=fast(pass 2)   -Mipa=inline(pass 2)   -Mvect=cachesize:6291456   -fastsse   -Msmartalloc=huge   -Mprefetch=t0   -Mpre   -Mfprelaxed   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 
481.wrf:  -march=barcelona   -Ofast   -LNO:blocking=off   -LNO:prefetch_ahead=10   -LANG:copyinout=off   -IPA:callee_limit=5000   -GRA:prioritize_by_density=on   -OPT:malloc_alg=1   -m3dnow   -Wl,-T/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ldscripts/elf_x86_64.xBDT   -L/usr/lib64 -lhugetlbfs 

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks:

 -Mipa=jobs:4(pass 2) 

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) 
435.gromacs:  No flags used 
481.wrf:  No flags used 

The flags files that were used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/pgi80_linux_flags.20090710.00.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/CPU2006_flags.20090710.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/amd-platform-amd909gh.20090710.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/pgi80_linux_flags.20090710.00.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/CPU2006_flags.20090710.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/amd-platform-amd909gh.20090710.xml.