SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

IBM Corporation

IBM System x3550 M3 (Intel Xeon X5690)

SPECfp®2006 = 63.1

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Feb-2011
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: Feb-2011
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: Apr-2011
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon X5690
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.73 GHz
CPU MHz: 3467
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 12 cores, 2 chips, 6 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2 chips
Primary Cache: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 256 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache: 12 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 96 GB (12 x 8 GB 2Rx4 PC3-10600R-9, ECC)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 146 GB SAS, 15000 RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (x86_64),
Kernel 2.6.32.12-0.7-default
Compiler: Intel C++ and Fortran Intel 64 Compiler XE for
applications running on Intel 64 Version 12.0
Update 3
Auto Parallel: Yes
File System: ext3
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 64-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: None

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 81.5 167   75.9 179   99.3 137   77.5 175   77.5 175   82.1 166  
416.gamess 750   26.1 743   26.4 748   26.2 632   31.0 631   31.0 631   31.0
433.milc 165   55.5 165   55.5 165   55.6 162   56.7 162   56.7 162   56.7
434.zeusmp 87.9 104   78.1 117   75.9 120   87.9 104   78.1 117   75.9 120  
435.gromacs 290   24.6 292   24.5 291   24.5 274   26.1 275   26.0 274   26.1
436.cactusADM 58.9 203   47.7 250   70.7 169   58.9 203   47.7 250   70.7 169  
437.leslie3d 84.4 111   87.4 107   91.4 103   84.4 111   87.4 107   91.4 103  
444.namd 368   21.8 368   21.8 368   21.8 361   22.2 361   22.2 362   22.2
447.dealII 256   44.7 256   44.7 256   44.7 256   44.7 256   44.7 256   44.7
450.soplex 236   35.3 236   35.3 236   35.3 236   35.3 236   35.3 236   35.3
453.povray 153   34.7 153   34.7 153   34.7 121   43.9 121   44.0 121   43.8
454.calculix 249   33.1 249   33.1 250   33.0 222   37.1 222   37.1 222   37.1
459.GemsFDTD 137   77.2 131   80.7 131   80.7 115   92.0 113   94.1 107   99.2
465.tonto 354   27.8 354   27.8 356   27.7 265   37.1 264   37.2 265   37.2
470.lbm 52.2 263   47.2 291   47.4 290   52.2 263   47.2 291   47.4 290  
481.wrf 217   51.6 227   49.3 217   51.5 217   51.6 227   49.3 217   51.5
482.sphinx3 336   58.0 331   58.8 334   58.4 302   64.6 301   64.8 302   64.6

Operating System Notes

 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited prior to run
 'mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/hugepages' was used to enable large pages
 echo 900 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
 export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes
 export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libhugetlbfs.so

Platform Notes

 Turbo Mode enabled in BIOS
 Turbo Boost set to Traditional in BIOS
 Power C-State enabled in BIOS
 Data Reuse disabled in BIOS
 Demand Scrub disabled in BIOS

General Notes

 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
 Binaries compiled on RHEL5.5

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc -m64 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc -m64 

Fortran benchmarks:

 ifort -m64 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 icc -m64   ifort -m64 

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:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -parallel   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -parallel   -opt-prefetch 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -parallel   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc -m64 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc -m64 

Fortran benchmarks:

 ifort -m64 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 icc -m64   ifort -m64 

Peak Portability Flags

Same as Base Portability Flags

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -static   -auto-ilp32   -ansi-alias 
470.lbm:  basepeak = yes 
482.sphinx3:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -unroll2   -ansi-alias   -parallel 

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fno-alias   -auto-ilp32 
447.dealII:  basepeak = yes 
450.soplex:  basepeak = yes 
453.povray:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4   -ansi-alias   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -parallel   -static 
416.gamess:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll2   -inline-level=0   -scalar-rep-   -static 
434.zeusmp:  basepeak = yes 
437.leslie3d:  basepeak = yes 
459.GemsFDTD:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll2   -inline-level=0   -opt-prefetch   -parallel   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 
465.tonto:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -inline-calloc   -opt-malloc-options=3   -auto   -unroll4   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -static   -auto-ilp32   -ansi-alias 
436.cactusADM:  basepeak = yes 
454.calculix:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -auto-ilp32   -ansi-alias 
481.wrf:  basepeak = yes 

The flags files that were used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.0-linux64-revB.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-platform-linux64-revA.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.0-linux64-revB.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-platform-linux64-revA.xml.