SPEC® CFP2006 Result

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IBM Corporation

IBM System x3550 (Intel Xeon X5460)

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Nov-2007
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: Jan-2008
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: Nov-2007
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon X5460
CPU Characteristics: 1333MHz system bus
CPU MHz: 3158
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: 12 MB I+D on chip per chip, 6 MB shared / 2 cores
L3 Cache: None
Other Cache: None
Memory: 16 GB (8 x 2 GB DDR2-5300F ECC)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 36 GB SAS, 15000 RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SLES10 (x86_64), 2.6.16.21-0.8-smp
Compiler: Intel C++ and Fortran Compiler 10.1 for Linux
Build 20070913 Package ID: l_cc_p_10.1.008,
l_fc_p_10.1.008
Auto Parallel: Yes
File System: ReiserFS
System State: Multi-user, run level 3
Base Pointers: 64-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: Binutils 2.17.50.0.15

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 8 3218 33.8 3216 33.8 3217 33.8 4 1579 34.4 1578 34.5 1578 34.5
416.gamess 8 841 186   843 186   843 186   8 831 189   831 189   830 189  
433.milc 8 3149 23.3 3147 23.3 3153 23.3 8 3022 24.3 3027 24.3 3026 24.3
434.zeusmp 8 997 73.1 1003 72.6 1011 72.0 8 993 73.3 992 73.4 995 73.2
435.gromacs 8 359 159   359 159   358 159   8 354 161   361 158   356 161  
436.cactusADM 8 1283 74.5 1282 74.6 1285 74.4 1 117 102   117 102   116 103  
437.leslie3d 8 2861 26.3 2867 26.2 2865 26.2 4 1300 28.9 1299 29.0 1298 29.0
444.namd 8 483 133   482 133   481 133   8 479 134   478 134   478 134  
447.dealII 8 691 132   644 142   656 140   8 630 145   626 146   644 142  
450.soplex 8 1957 34.1 1956 34.1 1956 34.1 8 1765 37.8 1768 37.7 1771 37.7
453.povray 8 200 213   200 213   200 213   8 170 250   170 250   171 248  
454.calculix 8 521 127   519 127   522 126   8 383 172   379 174   385 171  
459.GemsFDTD 8 3458 24.5 3445 24.6 3468 24.5 8 3346 25.4 3345 25.4 3345 25.4
465.tonto 8 622 127   625 126   623 126   8 611 129   611 129   612 129  
470.lbm 8 4123 26.7 4123 26.7 4126 26.6 4 1421 38.7 1422 38.6 1422 38.6
481.wrf 8 1718 52.0 1719 52.0 1720 52.0 8 1718 52.0 1720 52.0 1717 52.1
482.sphinx3 8 2751 56.7 2737 57.0 2776 56.2 4 763 102   765 102   762 102  

General Notes

 All benchmarks compiled in 64-bit mode except 437.leslie3d, 450.soplex
 470.lbm and 482.sphinx3, at peak, are compiled in 32-bit mode
 Hardware Sector Prefetch Enabled and Adjacent Sector Prefetch Disabled
 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
 KMP_AFFINITY set to physical,0
 KMP_STACKSIZE set to 64M
 Powersaved dameon was disabled in OS
 taskset utility used to bind CPU(s) to processes

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc 

Fortran benchmarks:

 ifort 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 icc   ifort 

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:

 -fast 

C++ benchmarks:

 -fast 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -fast 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -fast 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

 /opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/bin/icc   -L/opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/lib   -I/opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/include 
433.milc:  icc 

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icpc 
450.soplex:  /opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/bin/icpc   -L/opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/lib   -I/opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/include 

Fortran benchmarks (except as noted below):

 ifort 
437.leslie3d:  /opt/intel/fc/10.1.008/bin/ifort   -L/opt/intel/fc/10.1.008/lib   -I/opt/intel/fc/10.1.008/include 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 icc   ifort 

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 
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 
481.wrf:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_CASE_FLAG   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -fno-alias   -auto-ilp32 
470.lbm:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll2   -scalar-rep-   -prefetch   -opt-malloc-options=3 
482.sphinx3:  -fast   -unroll2 

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -fno-alias   -auto-ilp32 
447.dealII:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll2   -ansi-alias   -scalar-rep- 
450.soplex:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -opt-malloc-options=3 
453.povray:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll4   -ansi-alias 

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:  -fast   -prefetch 
416.gamess:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll2   -Ob0   -ansi-alias   -scalar-rep- 
434.zeusmp:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast 
437.leslie3d:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -prefetch   -opt-malloc-options=3 
459.GemsFDTD:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll2   -Ob0   -prefetch 
465.tonto:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll4   -auto 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -prefetch   -auto-ilp32 
436.cactusADM:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll2   -prefetch   -parallel   -auto-ilp32 
454.calculix:  -fast   -unroll-aggressive   -auto-ilp32 
481.wrf:  -fast   -auto-ilp32 

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic10.1-FP-intel64-linux-flags.20090714.11.html.

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http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic10.1-FP-intel64-linux-flags.20090714.11.xml.

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Originally published on 11 December 2007.