SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Bull SAS

NovaScale T860 E1
(Intel Xeon X5460,3.16GHz)

SPECfp®2006 = 23.3

CPU2006 license: 20 Test date: Mar-2008
Test sponsor: Bull SAS Hardware Availability: Feb-2008
Tested by: NEC Corporation Software Availability: Nov-2007
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon X5460
CPU Characteristics: 3.16 GHz, 2x6 MB L2 shared, 1333 MHz bus
CPU MHz: 3167
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: 12 GB (12x1 GB PC2-5300F, 2 rank, CL5-5-5, ECC)
Disk Subsystem: 1x73.2 GB SAS, 15000RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64) SP1,
Kernel 2.6.16.46-0.12-smp
Compiler: Intel C++ and Fortran Compiler for Linux32 and
Linux64
version 10.1 Build 20070913 Package ID:
l_cc_p_10.1.008,
l_fc_p_10.1.008
Auto Parallel: Yes
File System: ext2
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 64-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: binutils-2.17.tar.gz, Version 2.17

Results Table

Benchmark Base Peak
Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio 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 432 31.5  429 31.6  429 31.7  426 31.9 424 32.1 425 32.0
416.gamess 874 22.4  878 22.3  876 22.3  829 23.6 829 23.6 829 23.6
433.milc 863 10.6  862 10.6  864 10.6  862 10.6 861 10.7 859 10.7
434.zeusmp 557 16.3  557 16.3  556 16.4  577 15.8 577 15.8 577 15.8
435.gromacs 350 20.4  350 20.4  350 20.4  348 20.5 350 20.4 350 20.4
436.cactusADM 298 40.1  298 40.0  299 40.0  120 99.8 120 99.6 121 99.0
437.leslie3d 487 19.3  484 19.4  492 19.1  487 19.3 484 19.4 492 19.1
444.namd 480 16.7  479 16.8  478 16.8  475 16.9 475 16.9 476 16.8
447.dealII 405 28.2  405 28.2  405 28.2  381 30.0 381 30.1 381 30.0
450.soplex 671 12.4  671 12.4  670 12.4  597 14.0 596 14.0 596 14.0
453.povray 203 26.2  201 26.5  202 26.4  171 31.2 169 31.5 169 31.5
454.calculix 493 16.7  494 16.7  494 16.7  335 24.7 335 24.7 340 24.2
459.GemsFDTD 585 18.1  586 18.1  585 18.1  578 18.3 577 18.4 577 18.4
465.tonto 441 22.3  438 22.5  438 22.5  418 23.6 418 23.5 419 23.5
470.lbm 1882 7.30 1873 7.34 1882 7.30 590 23.3 592 23.2 592 23.2
481.wrf 501 22.3  500 22.3  501 22.3  508 22.0 508 22.0 509 22.0
482.sphinx3 726 26.9  704 27.7  713 27.3  684 28.5 672 29.0 679 28.7

Operating System Notes

 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited prior to run
  OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores

Platform Notes

Bios settings:
Intel SpeedStep Technology: Disabled

General Notes

All benchmarks compiled in 64-bit mode except 450.soplex,
470.lbm and 482.sphinx3, for peak, are compiled in 32-bit mode

 The NEC Express5800/120Lj(Intel Xeon X5460) and
 the Bull NovaScale T860 E1(Intel Xeon X5460,3.16GHz) models are electronically equivalent.
 The results have been measured on a NEC Express5800/120Lj(Intel Xeon X5460) model.

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   -parallel 

C++ benchmarks:

 -fast   -parallel 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -fast   -parallel 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -fast   -parallel 

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:

 ifort 

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 
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 
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   -parallel 
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:  basepeak = yes 
459.GemsFDTD:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll2   -Ob0   -prefetch   -parallel 
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   -parallel   -prefetch   -auto-ilp32 

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/NEC-Intel-ic10.1-FP-intel64-linux-flags.20090713.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/NEC-Intel-ic10.1-FP-intel64-linux-flags.20090713.xml.