SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Dell Inc.

PowerEdge R905 (AMD Opteron 8356, 2.30 GHz)

SPECfp®_rate2006 = 158

SPECfp_rate_base2006 = 144

CPU2006 license:	55	Test date:	Mar-2008
Test sponsor:	Dell Inc.	Hardware Availability:	Apr-2008
Tested by:	Dell Inc.	Software Availability:	May-2008

Hardware
CPU Name:	AMD Opteron 8356
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz:	2300
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	16 cores, 4 chips, 4 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable:	2,4 chips
Primary Cache:	64 KB I + 64 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache:	512 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache:	2 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	32 GB (16x2GB, DDR2-667, CL5, Reg, Dual Rank)
Disk Subsystem:	2x73 SAS, 10000 RPM
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64) SP1, Kernel 2.6.16.46-0.12-smp
Compiler:	PGI Server Complete Version 7.2 PathScale Compiler Suite Version 3.1
Auto Parallel:	No
File System:	ReiserFS
System State:	Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers:	64-bit
Peak Pointers:	32/64-bit
Other Software:	--

Results Table

Benchmark	Base							Peak
Benchmark	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	1946	112	1931	113	1943	112	16	1846	118	1851	117	1835	118
416.gamess	16	1386	226	1386	226	1386	226	16	1283	244	1299	241	1284	244
433.milc	16	1446	102	1450	101	1447	101	16	1413	104	1412	104	1414	104
434.zeusmp	16	903	161	903	161	900	162	16	903	161	893	163	898	162
435.gromacs	16	669	171	669	171	669	171	16	544	210	543	210	543	210
436.cactusADM	16	1175	163	1171	163	1193	160	16	1112	172	1109	172	1104	173
437.leslie3d	16	1783	84.3	1783	84.4	1782	84.4	16	1628	92.4	1630	92.3	1636	91.9
444.namd	16	757	170	757	170	757	169	16	667	192	668	192	667	192
447.dealII	16	914	200	891	205	913	201	16	602	304	604	303	604	303
450.soplex	16	1389	96.1	1386	96.3	1386	96.3	16	1375	97.0	1375	97.1	1373	97.2
453.povray	16	373	228	373	228	374	228	16	311	274	311	274	312	273
454.calculix	16	595	222	596	222	596	222	16	596	222	597	221	594	222
459.GemsFDTD	16	1973	86.0	1970	86.2	1968	86.2	16	1833	92.6	1834	92.6	1837	92.4
465.tonto	16	851	185	857	184	853	184	16	744	212	749	210	751	210
470.lbm	16	2386	92.1	2389	92.0	2391	91.9	16	2294	95.8	2292	95.9	2294	95.9
481.wrf	16	1119	160	1116	160	1119	160	16	1133	158	1127	159	1130	158
482.sphinx3	16	2459	127	2449	127	2447	127	16	2235	140	2233	140	2234	140

Operating System Notes

'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set environment stack size
'ulimit -l 4915200' was used to set environment locked pages in memory quantity
Environment variable PGI_HUGE_PAGES set to 150
Set vm/nr_hugepages=2400 in /etc/sysctl.conf
mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/hugepages
numactl used to bind copies to the cores

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

pgcc

C++ benchmarks:

pgcpp

Fortran benchmarks:

pgf95

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

pgcc pgf95

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 -Mnomain
436.cactusADM:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -Mnomain
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 -Mnomain
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

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

-w

C++ benchmarks:

-w

Fortran benchmarks:

-w

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

-w

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

	pathcc
433.milc:	pgcc

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

	pathCC
444.namd:	pgcpp

Fortran benchmarks (except as noted below):

	pathf95
410.bwaves:	pgf95
434.zeusmp:	pgf95

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C (except as noted below):

	pgcc pgf95
436.cactusADM:	pathcc pathf95
481.wrf:	pathcc pathf95

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 -Mnomain
436.cactusADM:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -fno-second-underscore
437.leslie3d:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
444.namd:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
453.povray:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
454.calculix:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -Mnomain
459.GemsFDTD:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
465.tonto:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
470.lbm:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
481.wrf:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX -fno-second-underscore
482.sphinx3:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:	-fastsse -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Msafeptr -Mfprelaxed -Mipa=jobs:4 -Mipa=inline -Mipa=arg -Mipa=const -Mipa=ptr -Mipa=shape -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
470.lbm:	-march=barcelona -Ofast -m3dnow
482.sphinx3:	-march=barcelona -Ofast

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:	-Mpfi(pass 1) -Mipa=jobs:4(pass 2) -Mipa=fast(pass 2) -Mipa=inline(pass 2) -Mpfo(pass 2) -fast -Mfprelaxed -Msmartalloc=huge:150 --zc_eh -Mnodepchk -Munroll=n:4 -Munroll=m:8 -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
447.dealII:	-march=barcelona -Ofast -static -INLINE:aggressive=on -OPT:malloc_alg=1 -m32 -fno-exceptions
450.soplex:	-march=barcelona -fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -m32 -O3 -TENV:frame_pointer=off -LNO:prefetch=1
453.povray:	-march=barcelona -fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -Ofast -CG:load_exe=0

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:	-Mpfi(pass 1) -Mipa=jobs:4(pass 2) -Mipa=fast(pass 2) -Mipa=inline(pass 2) -Mpfo(pass 2) -fastsse -Mfprelaxed -Msmartalloc -Mprefetch=distance:12 -Mprefetch=nta -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
416.gamess:	-march=barcelona -fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -O2 -OPT:Ofast -OPT:ro=3 -OPT:unroll_size=256
434.zeusmp:	-fastsse -Mfprelaxed -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Mipa=jobs:4 -Mipa=fast -Mipa=inline -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
437.leslie3d:	-march=barcelona -Ofast -m3dnow -OPT:unroll_size=256 -CG:load_exe=0 -OPT:malloc_alg=1
459.GemsFDTD:	-march=barcelona -Ofast -LNO:fission=2 -LNO:simd=2 -OPT:malloc_alg=1
465.tonto:	-march=barcelona -Ofast -OPT:malloc_alg=1 -OPT:alias=no_f90_pointer_alias -LNO:blocking=off -CG:load_exe=1 -IPA:plimit=525

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:

-w

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:

-w

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:	-w
434.zeusmp:	-w

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:	-w
454.calculix:	-w

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/amd123GH-flags.20090714.00.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/amd123GH-flags.20090714.00.xml.

435.gromacs:	-fast -Mfpapprox=rsqrt -Mipa=jobs:4 -Mipa=fast -Mipa=inline -Mfprelaxed -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
436.cactusADM:	-march=barcelona -fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -Ofast -WOPT:aggstr=0
454.calculix:	-fastsse -Mfprelaxed -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Mipa=jobs:4 -Mipa=fast -Mipa=inline -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
481.wrf:	-march=barcelona -Ofast -LNO:blocking=off -LNO:prefetch_ahead=10 -OPT:malloc_alg=1 -m3dnow -LANG:copyinout=off -IPA:callee_limit=5000