SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2016 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Cisco Systems

Cisco UCS B200 M4 (Intel Xeon E5-2637 v4, 3.50
GHz)

CPU2006 license: 9019 Test date: Jun-2016
Test sponsor: Cisco Systems Hardware Availability: Apr-2016
Tested by: Cisco Systems Software Availability: Dec-2015
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5-2637 v4
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.70 GHz
CPU MHz: 3500
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 8 cores, 2 chips, 4 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: 256 GB (16 x 16 GB 2Rx4 PC4-2400T-R)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 400 GB SSD SAS
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (x86_64)
3.12.49-11-default
Compiler: C/C++: Version 16.0.0.101 of Intel C++ Studio XE
for Linux;
Fortran: Version 16.0.0.101 of Intel Fortran
Studio XE for Linux
Auto Parallel: No
File System: xfs
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 16 469 464 468 464 470 462 16 469 464 468 464 470 462
416.gamess 16 772 406 771 406 770 407 16 749 418 746 420 747 419
433.milc 16 286 513 286 513 287 513 16 286 513 286 513 287 513
434.zeusmp 16 285 510 286 510 286 509 16 285 510 286 510 286 509
435.gromacs 16 238 481 240 475 238 480 16 226 506 226 506 225 507
436.cactusADM 16 377 508 376 509 372 515 16 377 508 376 509 372 515
437.leslie3d 16 537 280 539 279 539 279 16 537 280 539 279 539 279
444.namd 16 395 325 396 324 395 325 16 393 327 391 328 393 327
447.dealII 16 276 664 277 661 276 662 16 276 664 277 661 276 662
450.soplex 16 445 300 442 302 445 300 8 237 281 238 281 237 281
453.povray 16 162 526 163 522 162 526 16 143 595 139 610 139 613
454.calculix 16 213 618 216 611 216 610 16 213 618 216 611 216 610
459.GemsFDTD 16 638 266 638 266 639 266 16 638 266 638 266 639 266
465.tonto 16 344 458 343 459 344 458 16 319 493 318 495 319 493
470.lbm 16 433 508 433 508 433 508 16 433 508 433 508 433 508
481.wrf 16 334 535 332 539 339 527 16 334 535 332 539 339 527
482.sphinx3 16 787 396 790 395 796 392 16 787 396 790 395 796 392

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:
CPU performance set to Enterprise
Power Technology set to Energy Efficient
Energy Performance BIAS setting set to Balanced Performance
Memory RAS configuration set to Maximum Performance
Memory Power Saving Mode set to Disabled
QPI Snoop Mode set to Home Directory Snoop with OSB
 Sysinfo program /opt/CISCO_Benchmarks/cpu2006/config/sysinfo.rev6914
 $Rev: 6914 $ $Date:: 2014-06-25 #$ e3fbb8667b5a285932ceab81e28219e1
 running on linux-nsg9 Tue Jun 21 09:00:29 2016

 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 E5-2637 v4 @ 3.50GHz
       2 "physical id"s (chips)
       16 "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
    cache size : 15360 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       264369660 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 /usr/bin/lsb_release -d
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    SuSE-release:
       SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x86_64)
       VERSION = 12
       PATCHLEVEL = 1
       # This file is deprecated and will be removed in a future service pack or
       release.
       # Please check /etc/os-release for details about this release.
    os-release:
       NAME="SLES"
       VERSION="12-SP1"
       VERSION_ID="12.1"
       PRETTY_NAME="SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1"
       ID="sles"
       ANSI_COLOR="0;32"
       CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:suse:sles:12:sp1"

 uname -a:
    Linux linux-nsg9 3.12.49-11-default #1 SMP Wed Nov 11 20:52:43 UTC 2015
    (8d714a0) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 run-level 3 Jun 21 00:52

 SPEC is set to: /opt/CISCO_Benchmarks/cpu2006
    Filesystem     Type  Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sda1      xfs   325G   14G  312G   5% /
 Additional information from dmidecode:

    Warning: Use caution when you interpret this section. The 'dmidecode' program
    reads system data which is "intended to allow hardware to be accurately
    determined", but the intent may not be met, as there are frequent changes to
    hardware, firmware, and the "DMTF SMBIOS" standard.

   BIOS Cisco Systems, Inc. B200M4.3.1.2.4.041120161047 04/11/2016
   Memory:
    16x 0xCE00 M393A2G40EB1-CRC 16 GB 2 rank 2400 MHz
    8x NO DIMM NO DIMM

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

General Notes

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

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Intel Core i5-4670K CPU + 32GB
 memory using RedHat EL 7.1
 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:

 -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -xCORE-AVX2   -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 -L/opt/intel/compilers_and_libraries_2016/linux/compiler/lib/ia32_lin 

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 
450.soplex:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
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:  basepeak = yes 
470.lbm:  basepeak = yes 
482.sphinx3:  basepeak = yes 

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen:threadsafe(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fno-alias   -auto-ilp32 
447.dealII:  basepeak = yes 
450.soplex:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen:threadsafe(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-malloc-options=3 
453.povray:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen:threadsafe(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4   -ansi-alias 

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:  basepeak = yes 
416.gamess:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen:threadsafe(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll2   -inline-level=0   -scalar-rep- 
434.zeusmp:  basepeak = yes 
437.leslie3d:  basepeak = yes 
459.GemsFDTD:  basepeak = yes 
465.tonto:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen:threadsafe(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4   -auto   -inline-calloc   -opt-malloc-options=3 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen:threadsafe(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -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-ic16.0-official-linux64.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Cisco-Platform-Settings-V1.2-revE.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic16.0-official-linux64.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Cisco-Platform-Settings-V1.2-revE.xml.