SPEC® CFP2006 Result

NEC Corporation

Express5800/R120b-2 (Intel Xeon X5687)

SPECfp®2006 = 66.1

SPECfp_base2006 = 61.8

CPU2006 license:	9006	Test date:	Jun-2011
Test sponsor:	NEC Corporation	Hardware Availability:	Feb-2011
Tested by:	NEC Corporation	Software Availability:	Mar-2011

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon X5687
CPU Characteristics:	Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.87 GHz
CPU MHz:	3600
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:	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 500 GB SATA, 7200 RPM
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (x86_64), Kernel 2.6.32.12-0.7-default
Compiler:	C/C++/Fortran: Version 12.0.3.174 of Intel Compiler XE Build 20110309
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
Benchmark	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	71.3	191	70.7	192	71.5	190	71.1	191	70.9	192	71.1	191
416.gamess	706	27.7	709	27.6	707	27.7	609	32.1	610	32.1	610	32.1
433.milc	156	58.9	156	58.8	156	58.8	153	59.9	154	59.8	153	59.8
434.zeusmp	83.5	109	83.7	109	83.7	109	83.5	109	83.7	109	83.7	109
435.gromacs	282	25.3	282	25.3	282	25.4	263	27.1	263	27.1	263	27.1
436.cactusADM	50.1	239	49.5	241	50.3	238	50.1	239	49.5	241	50.3	238
437.leslie3d	76.8	122	74.4	126	86.2	109	76.8	122	74.4	126	86.2	109
444.namd	355	22.6	355	22.6	355	22.6	348	23.0	349	23.0	349	23.0
447.dealII	236	48.4	236	48.4	237	48.4	236	48.4	236	48.4	237	48.4
450.soplex	226	36.8	227	36.7	227	36.8	226	36.8	227	36.7	227	36.8
453.povray	151	35.2	150	35.4	149	35.7	119	44.9	117	45.4	117	45.4
454.calculix	240	34.4	239	34.5	240	34.4	214	38.6	214	38.6	214	38.6
459.GemsFDTD	136	77.9	134	79.0	135	78.5	103	103	112	94.8	138	77.1
465.tonto	339	29.0	339	29.0	339	29.1	255	38.6	255	38.6	255	38.6
470.lbm	47.8	287	47.8	287	48.6	283	47.8	287	47.8	287	48.6	283
481.wrf	203	54.9	201	55.5	201	55.6	203	54.9	201	55.5	201	55.6
482.sphinx3	306	63.7	308	63.2	308	63.3	294	66.2	295	66.1	295	66.0

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 1800 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
 export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes
 export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libhugetlbfs.so

Platform Notes

 BIOS Settings:
 Hyper-Threading Technology: Disabled
 Performance/Watt: Traditional
 Server Class: Custom
 Data Reuse Optimization: Disabled
 Memory Voltage: Normal

General Notes

 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

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/NEC-Intel-Linux-Settings-flags-revF.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/NEC-Intel-Linux-Settings-flags-revF.xml.