| CPU2006 license: | 11 | Test date: | Apr-2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | IBM Corporation | Hardware Availability: | Feb-2011 |
| Tested by: | IBM Corporation | Software Availability: | Jan-2011 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | Intel Xeon E5649 |
| CPU Characteristics: | Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.93 GHz |
| CPU MHz: | 2533 |
| 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 | 94.9 | 143 | 86.7 | 157 | 110 | 123 | 83.5 | 163 | 83.3 | 163 | 84.9 | 160 |
| 416.gamess | 995 | 19.7 | 971 | 20.2 | 978 | 20.0 | 806 | 24.3 | 803 | 24.4 | 803 | 24.4 |
| 433.milc | 201 | 45.8 | 200 | 45.8 | 201 | 45.8 | 196 | 46.8 | 196 | 46.8 | 196 | 46.8 |
| 434.zeusmp | 92.7 | 98.2 | 119 | 76.4 | 92.7 | 98.2 | 92.7 | 98.2 | 119 | 76.4 | 92.7 | 98.2 |
| 435.gromacs | 371 | 19.3 | 372 | 19.2 | 371 | 19.3 | 349 | 20.4 | 350 | 20.4 | 347 | 20.5 |
| 436.cactusADM | 54.2 | 221 | 54.4 | 220 | 86.0 | 139 | 54.2 | 221 | 54.4 | 220 | 86.0 | 139 |
| 437.leslie3d | 95.4 | 98.5 | 108 | 86.8 | 94.6 | 99.3 | 95.4 | 98.5 | 108 | 86.8 | 94.6 | 99.3 |
| 444.namd | 468 | 17.1 | 468 | 17.1 | 468 | 17.1 | 460 | 17.4 | 459 | 17.5 | 460 | 17.4 |
| 447.dealII | 323 | 35.5 | 323 | 35.4 | 323 | 35.5 | 323 | 35.5 | 323 | 35.4 | 323 | 35.5 |
| 450.soplex | 288 | 28.9 | 288 | 29.0 | 288 | 28.9 | 288 | 28.9 | 288 | 29.0 | 288 | 28.9 |
| 453.povray | 195 | 27.3 | 195 | 27.3 | 195 | 27.3 | 154 | 34.5 | 154 | 34.4 | 155 | 34.2 |
| 454.calculix | 317 | 26.1 | 317 | 26.0 | 318 | 25.9 | 282 | 29.3 | 282 | 29.3 | 282 | 29.3 |
| 459.GemsFDTD | 148 | 71.9 | 160 | 66.2 | 161 | 66.1 | 122 | 87.0 | 139 | 76.2 | 135 | 78.8 |
| 465.tonto | 413 | 23.8 | 467 | 21.1 | 471 | 20.9 | 337 | 29.2 | 338 | 29.1 | 337 | 29.2 |
| 470.lbm | 63.6 | 216 | 55.2 | 249 | 55.0 | 250 | 63.6 | 216 | 55.2 | 249 | 55.0 | 250 |
| 481.wrf | 256 | 43.6 | 266 | 42.0 | 258 | 43.3 | 256 | 43.6 | 266 | 42.0 | 258 | 43.3 |
| 482.sphinx3 | 439 | 44.4 | 440 | 44.3 | 479 | 40.7 | 379 | 51.4 | 396 | 49.2 | 398 | 49.0 |
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
Binaries compiled on RHEL5.5 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
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 |