SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Dell Inc.

PowerEdge M520 (Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2,
2.50 GHz)

CPU2006 license: 55 Test date: Nov-2013
Test sponsor: Dell Inc. Hardware Availability: Jan-2014
Tested by: Dell Inc. Software Availability: Sep-2013
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.30 GHz
CPU MHz: 2500
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 16 cores, 2 chips, 8 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 2 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: 20 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 192 GB (12 x 16 GB 2Rx4 PC3L-12800R-11, ECC)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 1 TB 7200 RPM SATA
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)
3.0.76-0.11-default
Compiler: C/C++: Version 14.0.0.080 of Intel C++ Studio XE
for Linux;
Fortran: Version 14.0.0.080 of Intel Fortran
Studio XE for Linux
Auto Parallel: No
File System: ext2
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 1256 346 1254 347 1255 346 32 1256 346 1254 347 1255 346
416.gamess 32 1201 522 1210 518 1210 518 32 1189 527 1193 525 1190 527
433.milc 32 893 329 894 328 894 329 32 893 329 894 329 894 329
434.zeusmp 32 580 502 586 497 586 497 32 580 502 586 497 586 497
435.gromacs 32 360 635 360 635 356 642 32 352 649 357 640 357 641
436.cactusADM 32 691 553 692 553 695 550 32 691 553 692 553 695 550
437.leslie3d 32 1275 236 1274 236 1277 236 16 593 254 594 253 595 253
444.namd 32 628 409 635 404 651 394 32 625 410 624 411 624 411
447.dealII 32 404 906 408 898 406 901 32 404 906 408 898 406 901
450.soplex 32 1100 243 1100 243 1099 243 16 471 283 470 284 470 284
453.povray 32 236 721 236 722 236 723 32 205 830 203 837 205 830
454.calculix 32 337 783 340 777 340 778 32 337 783 340 777 340 778
459.GemsFDTD 32 1536 221 1534 221 1534 221 32 1536 221 1534 221 1534 221
465.tonto 32 607 518 604 521 605 520 32 585 539 588 536 585 538
470.lbm 32 990 444 992 443 991 444 32 990 444 992 443 991 444
481.wrf 32 872 410 871 410 872 410 32 872 410 871 410 872 410
482.sphinx3 32 1460 427 1465 426 1459 428 32 1460 427 1465 426 1459 428

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 settings:
 Virtualization Technology disabled
 Execute Disable disabled
 Logical Processor enabled
 System Profile set to Performance
 Sysinfo program /root/cpu2006-1.2/config/sysinfo.rev6818
 $Rev: 6818 $ $Date:: 2012-07-17 #$ e86d102572650a6e4d596a3cee98f191
 running on linux Sat Nov 16 07:37:37 2013

 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 E5-2450 v2 @ 2.50GHz
       2 "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 : 8
       siblings  : 16
       physical 0: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
       physical 1: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    cache size : 20480 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       198443260 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 /usr/bin/lsb_release -d
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    SuSE-release:
       SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)
       VERSION = 11
       PATCHLEVEL = 3

 uname -a:
    Linux linux 3.0.76-0.11-default #1 SMP Fri Jun 14 08:21:43 UTC 2013 (ccab990)
    x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 run-level 3 Nov 15 19:33 last=S

 SPEC is set to: /root/cpu2006-1.2
    Filesystem     Type  Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sda2      ext2  910G   36G  873G   4% /

 Additional information from dmidecode:
   BIOS Dell Inc. 2.0.22 09/23/2013
   Memory:
    12x 00AD04B300AD HMT42GR7AFR4A-PB 16 GB 1600 MHz

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

General Notes

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

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Core i7-860 CPU + 8GB
 memory using RedHat EL 6.4
 Transparent Huge Pages enabled with:
 echo always > /sys/kernel/mm/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   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

C++ benchmarks:

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

Fortran benchmarks:

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

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

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

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc -m64 

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 
482.sphinx3:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 

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)   -auto-ilp32 
470.lbm:  basepeak = yes 
482.sphinx3:  basepeak = yes 

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:  basepeak = yes 
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- 
434.zeusmp:  basepeak = yes 
437.leslie3d:  -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch 
459.GemsFDTD:  basepeak = yes 
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   -auto-ilp32 
436.cactusADM:  basepeak = yes 
454.calculix:  basepeak = yes 
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-ic14.0-official-linux64.20140128.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Dell-Platform-Settings-V1.2-revB.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic14.0-official-linux64.20140128.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Dell-Platform-Settings-V1.2-revB.xml.