SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

IBM Corporation

IBM BladeCenter HS22V (Intel Xeon E5603)

SPECfp®2006 = 31.2

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Jun-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 E5603
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz: 1600
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: 256 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache: 4 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 48 GB (12 x 4 GB 2Rx8 PC3-10600R-9, ECC, running
at 1066 MHz)
Disk Subsystem: 2 x 50 GB SATA, SSD, RAID 0
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 108   125    107   127    107   127    108   126    107   127    107   127   
416.gamess 1646   11.9  1650   11.9  1646   11.9  1466   13.4  1471   13.3  1473   13.3 
433.milc 323   28.5  322   28.5  323   28.5  316   29.0  316   29.1  316   29.0 
434.zeusmp 163   55.8  164   55.7  163   55.9  163   55.8  164   55.7  163   55.9 
435.gromacs 677   10.6  676   10.6  676   10.6  630   11.3  629   11.3  630   11.3 
436.cactusADM 110   109    109   110    110   109    110   109    109   110    110   109   
437.leslie3d 135   69.8  135   69.7  135   69.6  135   69.8  135   69.7  135   69.6 
444.namd 858   9.35 858   9.34 858   9.35 843   9.52 842   9.52 843   9.52
447.dealII 573   20.0  573   20.0  573   20.0  573   20.0  573   20.0  573   20.0 
450.soplex 510   16.3  512   16.3  510   16.3  510   16.3  512   16.3  510   16.3 
453.povray 359   14.8  361   14.7  362   14.7  286   18.6  285   18.6  284   18.7 
454.calculix 560   14.7  560   14.7  563   14.6  506   16.3  505   16.3  505   16.3 
459.GemsFDTD 203   52.4  202   52.5  235   45.2  174   61.1  178   59.6  212   50.1 
465.tonto 766   12.8  670   14.7  765   12.9  615   16.0  616   16.0  616   16.0 
470.lbm 80.8 170    81.2 169    81.0 170    80.8 170    81.2 169    81.0 170   
481.wrf 391   28.6  395   28.2  390   28.6  391   28.6  395   28.2  390   28.6 
482.sphinx3 853   22.8  863   22.6  869   22.4  806   24.2  803   24.3  798   24.4 

Operating System Notes

 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited prior to run
 'nodev    /mnt/hugepages   hugetlbfs   nodev   0 0' added to /etc/fstab
 echo 900 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
 export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes
 export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libhugetlbfs.so

Platform Notes

 Load Default BIOS Settings and then change the following
   Power C-states enabled
   Demand Scrub disabled

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 

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.