SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Hewlett-Packard Company

ProLiant BL420c Gen8
(2.40 GHz, Intel Xeon E5-2440)

SPECfp®_rate2006 = 335

SPECfp_rate_base2006 = 324

CPU2006 license:	3	Test date:	Aug-2012
Test sponsor:	Hewlett-Packard Company	Hardware Availability:	Jun-2012
Tested by:	Hewlett-Packard Company	Software Availability:	Feb-2012

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon E5-2440
CPU Characteristics:	Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.90 GHz
CPU MHz:	2400
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:	15 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	96 GB (12 x 8 GB 2Rx4 PC3-12800R-11, ECC, running at 1333 MHz and CL9)
Disk Subsystem:	2 x 146 GB SAS, RAID 0, 15000 RPM
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2 (Santiago) 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64
Compiler:	C/C++: Version 12.1.2.273 of Intel C++ Studio XE for Linux; Fortran: Version 12.1.2.273 of Intel Fortran Studio XE for Linux
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
Benchmark	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	24	1163	280	1161	281	1163	281	12	576	283	576	283	576	283
416.gamess	24	1345	349	1342	350	1345	349	24	1378	341	1323	355	1317	357
433.milc	24	811	272	811	272	811	272	12	401	274	401	275	402	274
434.zeusmp	24	603	362	592	369	592	369	24	603	362	592	369	592	369
435.gromacs	24	607	282	610	281	609	281	24	593	289	596	288	592	289
436.cactusADM	24	666	431	662	433	662	433	12	302	474	304	472	301	476
437.leslie3d	24	1160	195	1158	195	1156	195	12	540	209	540	209	541	209
444.namd	24	693	278	694	277	698	276	24	682	282	684	281	682	282
447.dealII	24	443	620	444	618	444	618	24	439	626	436	629	435	631
450.soplex	24	921	217	920	218	920	218	12	421	238	420	238	421	238
453.povray	24	271	472	270	474	269	474	24	234	546	233	548	232	549
454.calculix	24	443	447	449	441	446	444	24	443	447	446	444	439	451
459.GemsFDTD	24	1383	184	1384	184	1383	184	12	693	184	694	184	694	184
465.tonto	24	630	375	628	376	633	373	24	610	387	609	388	610	387
470.lbm	24	906	364	906	364	906	364	24	906	364	906	364	906	364
481.wrf	24	795	337	796	337	796	337	12	391	343	390	344	391	342
482.sphinx3	24	1519	308	1522	307	1523	307	24	1507	310	1508	310	1509	310

Submit Notes

 The numactl mechanism was used to bind copies to processors. The config file option 'submit'
 was used to generate numactl commands to bind each copy to a specific processor.
 For details, please see the config file.

Operating System Notes

Stack size set to unlimited using "ulimit -s unlimited"
Transparent Huge Pages enabled with:
 echo always > /sys/kernel/mm/redhat_transparent_hugepage/enabled

Platform Notes

 BIOS configuration:
  HP Power Profile set to Maximum Performance
 Sysinfo program /mnt/store/cpu2006/Docs/sysinfo
 $Rev: 6775 $ $Date:: 2011-08-16 #$ 8787f7622badcf24e01c368b1db4377c
 running on bl420c-cpu Wed Aug 15 04:57:01 2012

 This section contains SUT (System Under Test) info as seen by
 some common utilities.  To remove or add to this section, see:
   http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/Docs/config.html#sysinfo

 From /proc/cpuinfo
    model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2440 0 @ 2.40GHz
       2 "physical id"s (chips)
       24 "processors"
    cores, siblings (Caution: counting these is hw and system dependent.  The
    following excerpts from /proc/cpuinfo might not be reliable.  Use with
    caution.)
       cpu cores : 6
       siblings  : 12
       physical 0: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5
       physical 1: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5
    cache size : 15360 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       99026400 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 /usr/bin/lsb_release -d
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2 (Santiago)

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    redhat-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2 (Santiago)
    system-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2 (Santiago)
    system-release-cpe: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6server:ga:server

 uname -a:
    Linux bl420c-cpu 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Nov 9 08:03:13 EST 2011
    x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 run-level 3 Aug 15 04:41

 SPEC is set to: /mnt/store/cpu2006
    Filesystem    Type    Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sda5     ext4    191G   14G  168G   8% /mnt/store

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/opt/smartheap/"
 Binaries compiled on a system with 2x E5-2470 CPU + 192 GB
 memory using RHEL 6.2
 glibc-static-2.12-1.47.el6.x86_64.rpm and glibc-static-2.12-1.47.el6.i686.rpm
 are added to enable static linking
 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

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
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

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) -prof-use(pass 2) -static -auto-ilp32 -opt-mem-layout-trans=3
470.lbm:	basepeak = yes
482.sphinx3:	-xSSE4.2 -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) -prof-use(pass 2) -fno-alias -auto-ilp32
447.dealII:	-xAVX -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -opt-prefetch -auto-p32 -ansi-alias -opt-mem-layout-trans=3
450.soplex:	-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
453.povray:	-xAVX(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(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:	-xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -opt-prefetch -static -auto-p32 -ansi-alias -opt-mem-layout-trans=3
436.cactusADM:	-xAVX -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -opt-prefetch -auto-p32 -ansi-alias -opt-mem-layout-trans=3
454.calculix:	-xAVX -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -auto-ilp32 -opt-mem-layout-trans=3
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-official-linux64.20120425.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/HP-Platform-Flags-Intel-V1.2-A.20120829.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.1-official-linux64.20120425.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/HP-Platform-Flags-Intel-V1.2-A.20120829.xml.