SPEC® CFP2006 Result

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IBM Corporation

IBM System x3250 M4 (Intel Xeon E3-1220L)

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Sep-2011
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: Oct-2011
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: Aug-2011
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E3-1220L
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.40 GHz
CPU MHz: 2200
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 2 cores, 1 chip, 2 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 1 chip
Primary Cache: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 256 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache: 3 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 16 GB (2 x 8 GB 2Rx8 PC3-10600E-9, ECC)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 146 GB SAS, 15000 RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Release 6.1,
Kernel 2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64
Compiler: C/C++/Fortran: Version 12.1.0.225 of
Intel Compiler XE
Build 20110803
Auto Parallel: No
File System: ext4
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 32/64-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: None

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 4 617 88.2 616 88.3 617 88.1 2 308 88.3 308 88.3 308 88.4
416.gamess 4 1576 49.7 1581 49.5 1578 49.6 4 1519 51.6 1526 51.3 1521 51.5
433.milc 4 447 82.1 447 82.1 448 82.0 4 441 83.2 441 83.2 442 83.1
434.zeusmp 4 555 65.5 555 65.5 555 65.5 4 555 65.5 555 65.5 555 65.5
435.gromacs 4 670 42.6 669 42.7 671 42.5 4 671 42.5 671 42.6 670 42.6
436.cactusADM 4 857 55.8 859 55.6 857 55.8 4 857 55.8 859 55.6 857 55.8
437.leslie3d 4 818 45.9 813 46.3 816 46.1 2 351 53.5 354 53.2 356 52.8
444.namd 4 756 42.4 758 42.3 751 42.7 4 742 43.2 741 43.3 757 42.4
447.dealII 4 506 90.4 506 90.4 508 90.0 4 506 90.4 506 90.4 508 90.0
450.soplex 4 614 54.3 613 54.4 613 54.4 2 349 47.7 349 47.8 349 47.8
453.povray 4 313 68.0 311 68.3 312 68.1 4 268 79.5 266 80.0 268 79.4
454.calculix 4 520 63.4 523 63.1 518 63.7 4 520 63.4 519 63.6 518 63.7
459.GemsFDTD 4 976 43.5 980 43.3 979 43.4 2 428 49.5 429 49.5 427 49.6
465.tonto 4 660 59.6 671 58.6 664 59.3 4 639 61.5 640 61.5 640 61.5
470.lbm 4 609 90.2 608 90.4 609 90.3 4 609 90.2 608 90.4 609 90.3
481.wrf 4 541 82.5 539 82.8 540 82.7 4 534 83.6 534 83.7 527 84.7
482.sphinx3 4 1224 63.7 1221 63.8 1221 63.9 4 1435 54.3 1433 54.4 1432 54.4

Submit Notes

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

Platform Notes

BIOS Settings:
Turbo Mode enabled in BIOS
C-State enabled in BIOS

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/root/SPECcpu12.1/smartheap:/root/SPECcpu12.1/ic12.1-libs/ia32/:/root/SPECcpu12.1/ic12.1-libs/intel64"

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Core i7-860 CPU + 8GB
 memory using RHEL5.5 with binutils-2.17.50.0.6-14.el5
 Stack size set to unlimited using "ulimit -s unlimited"
 Transparent Huge Pages disabled with:
 echo never  > /sys/kernel/mm/redhat_transparent_hugepage/enabled
 Filesystem page cache cleared with:
 echo 1>       /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
 runspec command invoked through numactl i.e.:
 numactl --interleave=all runspec <etc>

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:

 -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icc -m64 
482.sphinx3:  icc -m32 

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icpc -m64 
450.soplex:  icpc -m32 

Fortran benchmarks:

 ifort -m64 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 icc -m64   ifort -m64 

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 
465.tonto:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
470.lbm:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
481.wrf:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_CASE_FLAG   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -static   -auto-ilp32 
470.lbm:  basepeak = yes 
482.sphinx3:  -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3   -unroll2 

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fno-alias   -auto-ilp32 
447.dealII:  basepeak = yes 
450.soplex:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-malloc-options=3 
453.povray:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4   -ansi-alias 

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -static 
416.gamess:  -xAVX(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:  -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch 
459.GemsFDTD:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-malloc-options=3 
465.tonto:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4   -auto   -inline-calloc   -opt-malloc-options=3 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-prefetch   -static   -auto-ilp32 
436.cactusADM:  basepeak = yes 
454.calculix:  -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -auto-ilp32 
481.wrf:  Same as 454.calculix 

The flags files that were used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.1-linux64.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-platform-linux64-revB.20111206.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.1-linux64.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-platform-linux64-revB.20111206.xml.