SPEC® CFP2006 Result

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IBM Corporation

IBM System x3550 (Intel Xeon E5420)

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 E5420
CPU Characteristics: 1333MHz system bus
CPU MHz: 2493
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: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64), kernel
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 3226 33.7 3226 33.7 3227 33.7 4 1584 34.3 1583 34.3 1583 34.3
416.gamess 8 1067 147   1065 147   1066 147   8 1052 149   1055 149   1051 149  
433.milc 8 3162 23.2 3168 23.2 3187 23.0 8 3051 24.1 3051 24.1 3044 24.1
434.zeusmp 8 1053 69.2 1062 68.5 1054 69.1 8 1037 70.2 1039 70.1 1038 70.1
435.gromacs 8 449 127   452 126   450 127   8 445 128   445 128   445 128  
436.cactusADM 8 1336 71.5 1328 72.0 1332 71.7 1 127 93.8 127 93.8 128 93.7
437.leslie3d 8 2881 26.1 2882 26.1 2881 26.1 4 1307 28.8 1310 28.7 1307 28.8
444.namd 8 616 104   608 106   608 106   8 604 106   606 106   604 106  
447.dealII 8 715 128   706 130   706 130   8 737 124   684 134   685 134  
450.soplex 8 1968 33.9 1969 33.9 1978 33.7 8 1782 37.4 1779 37.5 1778 37.5
453.povray 8 252 169   252 169   256 167   8 219 194   218 195   217 196  
454.calculix 8 638 103   639 103   635 104   8 449 147   456 145   454 145  
459.GemsFDTD 8 3499 24.3 3488 24.3 3505 24.2 8 3369 25.2 3367 25.2 3368 25.2
465.tonto 8 710 111   714 110   716 110   8 696 113   699 113   699 113  
470.lbm 8 4170 26.4 4158 26.4 4158 26.4 4 1436 38.3 1433 38.3 1435 38.3
481.wrf 8 1735 51.5 1736 51.5 1738 51.4 8 1739 51.4 1731 51.6 1734 51.5
482.sphinx3 8 2800 55.7 2814 55.4 2814 55.4 4 886 88.0 886 88.0 888 87.8

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.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic10.1-FP-intel64-linux-flags.20090714.11.xml.