SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Cisco Systems

Cisco UCS B420 M3 (Intel Xeon E5-4603, 2.00 GHz)

CPU2006 license: 9019 Test date: Dec-2012
Test sponsor: Cisco Systems Hardware Availability: Sep-2012
Tested by: Cisco Systems Software Availability: Feb-2012
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5-4603
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz: 2000
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 16 cores, 4 chips, 4 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2,3,4 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: 10 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 256 GB (32 x 8 GB 2Rx4 PC3-12800R-11, ECC,
running at 1333 MHz and CL7)
Disk Subsystem: 1 X 300 GB 15000 RPM SAS
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 12.1.3.293 of Intel C++ Studio XE
for Linux;
Fortran: Version 12.1.3.293 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
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 32 1095 397 1096 397 1097 397 16 537 405 537 405 539 404
416.gamess 32 1810 346 1800 348 1799 348 32 1787 351 1779 352 1777 353
433.milc 32 711 413 713 412 713 412 32 712 413 711 413 710 414
434.zeusmp 32 679 429 682 427 679 429 32 679 429 682 427 679 429
435.gromacs 32 812 281 816 280 814 281 32 799 286 800 286 799 286
436.cactusADM 32 781 489 780 490 786 486 32 781 489 780 490 786 486
437.leslie3d 32 1011 298 1010 298 1011 298 16 477 315 475 317 476 316
444.namd 32 935 275 928 277 937 274 32 920 279 922 278 919 279
447.dealII 32 566 647 569 644 577 635 32 566 647 569 644 577 635
450.soplex 32 851 314 852 313 851 314 16 452 295 453 295 453 295
453.povray 32 364 467 365 467 363 469 32 313 544 315 541 317 537
454.calculix 32 603 438 599 441 594 444 32 604 437 594 445 600 440
459.GemsFDTD 32 1232 276 1217 279 1235 275 16 599 284 599 283 599 283
465.tonto 32 755 417 756 416 752 419 32 731 431 733 430 730 431
470.lbm 32 892 493 889 494 889 495 32 892 493 889 494 889 495
481.wrf 32 715 500 709 504 705 507 32 702 509 698 512 699 511
482.sphinx3 32 1594 391 1595 391 1592 392 32 1664 375 1663 375 1667 374

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"

Platform Notes

BIOS Configuration:
Hyper-Threading set to Enabled
Processor C6 Report set to Disabled
Processor C1E set to Disabled
CPU Performance set to HPC
LV DDR Mode set to Performance-mode
 Sysinfo program /opt/cpu2006-1.2/config/sysinfo.rev6800
 $Rev: 6800 $ $Date:: 2011-10-11 #$ 6f2ebdff5032aaa42e583f96b07f99d3
 running on SPECCPU-M3 Sun Dec  2 16:13:42 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 E5-4603 0 @ 2.00GHz
       4 "physical id"s (chips)
       32 "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 : 4
       siblings  : 8
       physical 0: cores 0 1 2 3
       physical 1: cores 0 1 2 3
       physical 2: cores 0 1 2 3
       physical 3: cores 0 1 2 3
    cache size : 10240 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       264505740 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 SPECCPU-M3 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 Nov 29 14:27

 SPEC is set to: /opt/cpu2006-1.2
    Filesystem    Type    Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sda2     ext4    1.1T   36G 1007G   4% /

 Additional information from dmidecode:
   Memory:
    32x 0xCE00 M393B1K70DH0-YK0 8 GB 1600 MHz 2 rank

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/opt/cpu2006-1.2/libs/32:/opt/cpu2006-1.2/libs/64"

 Binaries compiled on a system with 2 X Intel Xeon E5-2690 CPU + 128 GB memory using RHEL6.2
 Transparent Huge Pages enabled with:
 echo always > /sys/kernel/mm/redhat_transparent_hugepage/enabled
 Filesystem page cache cleared with:
 echo 1>       /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

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)   -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-prefetch   -static   -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:  basepeak = yes 
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)   -auto-ilp32   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

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   -O3   -no-prec-div   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xSSE4.2   -opt-prefetch   -static   -auto-ilp32   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 
436.cactusADM:  basepeak = yes 
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/Cisco-Platform-Settings-V1.2.20130607.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/Cisco-Platform-Settings-V1.2.20130607.xml.