| CPU2006 license: | 20 | Test date: | Feb-2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | Bull SAS | Hardware Availability: | Mar-2008 |
| Tested by: | Bull SAS | Software Availability: | Feb-2008 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | POWER6 |
| CPU Characteristics: | |
| CPU MHz: | 4200 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 2 cores, 1 chip, 2 cores/chip, 2 threads/core |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 2 cores |
| Primary Cache: | 64 KB I + 64 KB D on chip per core |
| Secondary Cache: | 4 MB I+D on chip per core |
| L3 Cache: | None |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 16 GB (8x2 GB) DDR2 667 MHz |
| Disk Subsystem: | 2x73 GB SAS 15K RPM |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | IBM AIX V6.1 Updated to SP3 |
| Compiler: | XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition V9 for AIX Updated with the Oct2007 PTF. XL Fortran Enterprise Edition V11.1 for AIX Updated with the Oct2007 PTF. |
| Auto Parallel: | No |
| File System: | AIX/JFS2 |
| System State: | Multi-user |
| Base Pointers: | 32-bit |
| Peak Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Other Software: | -- |
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 | 4 | 1130 | 48.1 | 1130 | 48.1 | 1130 | 48.1 | 4 | 1128 | 48.2 | 1128 | 48.2 | 1128 | 48.2 |
| 416.gamess | 4 | 1988 | 39.4 | 1989 | 39.4 | 1989 | 39.4 | 4 | 1883 | 41.6 | 1882 | 41.6 | 1883 | 41.6 |
| 433.milc | 4 | 1513 | 24.3 | 1513 | 24.3 | 1512 | 24.3 | 4 | 1426 | 25.7 | 1425 | 25.8 | 1426 | 25.7 |
| 434.zeusmp | 4 | 1001 | 36.4 | 995 | 36.6 | 993 | 36.7 | 4 | 657 | 55.4 | 629 | 57.9 | 629 | 57.9 |
| 435.gromacs | 4 | 885 | 32.3 | 884 | 32.3 | 884 | 32.3 | 4 | 822 | 34.8 | 821 | 34.8 | 822 | 34.7 |
| 436.cactusADM | 4 | 1273 | 37.5 | 1275 | 37.5 | 1273 | 37.5 | 4 | 883 | 54.1 | 882 | 54.2 | 884 | 54.1 |
| 437.leslie3d | 4 | 1250 | 30.1 | 1263 | 29.8 | 1259 | 29.9 | 2 | 590 | 31.9 | 593 | 31.7 | 591 | 31.8 |
| 444.namd | 4 | 621 | 51.6 | 622 | 51.6 | 622 | 51.6 | 4 | 595 | 54.0 | 595 | 53.9 | 595 | 53.9 |
| 447.dealII | 4 | 685 | 66.8 | 687 | 66.6 | 689 | 66.5 | 4 | 685 | 66.8 | 691 | 66.2 | 685 | 66.8 |
| 450.soplex | 4 | 1080 | 30.9 | 1079 | 30.9 | 1080 | 30.9 | 4 | 1086 | 30.7 | 1086 | 30.7 | 1086 | 30.7 |
| 453.povray | 4 | 623 | 34.1 | 624 | 34.1 | 623 | 34.1 | 4 | 464 | 45.9 | 464 | 45.9 | 464 | 45.9 |
| 454.calculix | 4 | 783 | 42.1 | 780 | 42.3 | 784 | 42.1 | 4 | 685 | 48.2 | 683 | 48.3 | 680 | 48.5 |
| 459.GemsFDTD | 4 | 1732 | 24.5 | 1734 | 24.5 | 1743 | 24.4 | 4 | 1810 | 23.5 | 1810 | 23.5 | 1810 | 23.5 |
| 465.tonto | 4 | 1338 | 29.4 | 1339 | 29.4 | 1339 | 29.4 | 4 | 768 | 51.2 | 768 | 51.2 | 768 | 51.2 |
| 470.lbm | 4 | 2117 | 26.0 | 2117 | 26.0 | 2117 | 26.0 | 4 | 2116 | 26.0 | 2116 | 26.0 | 2116 | 26.0 |
| 481.wrf | 4 | 1419 | 31.5 | 1418 | 31.5 | 1417 | 31.5 | 4 | 1360 | 32.8 | 1363 | 32.8 | 1362 | 32.8 |
| 482.sphinx3 | 4 | 1681 | 46.4 | 1678 | 46.5 | 1679 | 46.4 | 4 | 1657 | 47.0 | 1656 | 47.1 | 1656 | 47.1 |
General Notes
See flags file of details on following settings. all ulimits set to unlimited. Envionment variables set before executing benchmarks: MALLOCOPTIONS=pool MEMORY_AFFINITY=MCM XLFRTEOPTS=intrinthds=1 System set to "Enhanced" mode when defining partition on HMC. bindprocessor command used on submit to bind each copy to a unique processor. 500 16M large pages defined with vmo command Remote console disabled in /etc/inittab. fdpr binary optimization tool used for: 410.bwaves 433.milc 435.gromacs 436.cactusADM 453.povray 470.lbm 482.sphinx3
Base Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks:
| /usr/vac/bin/xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 |
C++ benchmarks:
| /usr/vacpp/bin/xlC |
Fortran benchmarks:
| /usr/bin/xlf95 |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| /usr/vac/bin/xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 /usr/bin/xlf95 |
Base Portability Flags
| 410.bwaves: | -qfixed |
| 416.gamess: | -qfixed |
| 434.zeusmp: | -qfixed |
| 435.gromacs: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 436.cactusADM: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 437.leslie3d: | -qfixed |
| 454.calculix: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 481.wrf: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX -DNOUNDERSCORE |
| 482.sphinx3: | -qchars=signed |
Base Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| -bmaxdata:0x40000000 -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -blpdata |
C++ benchmarks:
| -bmaxdata:0x50000000 -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qrtti=all -D__IBM_FAST_VECTOR -blpdata |
Fortran benchmarks:
| -bmaxdata:0x60000000 -O5 -qlargepage -qsmallstack=dynlenonheap -qalias=nostd -blpdata |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| -bmaxdata:0x60000000 -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qsmallstack=dynlenonheap -qalias=nostd -blpdata |
Base Other Flags
C benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |
C++ benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |
Fortran benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qsuppress=1500-010 -qsuppress=cmpmsg -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| -qipa=noobject -qsuppress=1500-010 -qsuppress=cmpmsg -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |
Peak Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks:
| /usr/vac/bin/xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 |
C++ benchmarks:
| /usr/vacpp/bin/xlC |
Fortran benchmarks:
| /usr/bin/xlf95 |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| /usr/vac/bin/xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 /usr/bin/xlf95 |
Peak Portability Flags
| 410.bwaves: | -qfixed |
| 416.gamess: | -qfixed |
| 434.zeusmp: | -qfixed |
| 435.gromacs: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 436.cactusADM: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 437.leslie3d: | -qfixed |
| 454.calculix: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 481.wrf: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX -DNOUNDERSCORE |
| 482.sphinx3: | -qchars=signed |
Peak Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| 433.milc: | -bmaxdata:0x40000000 -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qalign=natural -qfdpr -blpdata |
| 470.lbm: | -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qfdpr -q64 -blpdata |
| 482.sphinx3: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -D_ILS_MACROS -qfdpr -blpdata |
C++ benchmarks:
| 444.namd: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -D_ILS_MACROS |
| 447.dealII: | -bmaxdata:0x50000000 -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qrtti=all -D__IBM_FAST_VECTOR -blpdata |
| 450.soplex: | -bmaxdata:0x40000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -qstrict -D_ILS_MACROS -blpdata |
| 453.povray: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -D_ILS_MACROS -qalign=natural -qfdpr -blpdata |
Fortran benchmarks:
| 410.bwaves: | -bmaxdata:0x50000000 -O5 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -qfdpr -qsmallstack=dynlenonheap -blpdata |
| 416.gamess: | -bmaxdata:0x40000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qalias=nostd |
| 434.zeusmp: | -bmaxdata:0x40000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O3 -qarch=auto -qtune=auto -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -qxlf90=nosignedzero -blpdata |
| 437.leslie3d: | -O4 -qlargepage -q64 -blpdata |
| 459.GemsFDTD: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -q64 -blpdata |
| 465.tonto: | -bmaxdata:0x20000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -blpdata |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| 435.gromacs: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -qfdpr -D_ILS_MACROS -blpdata |
| 436.cactusADM: | -bmaxdata:0x60000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O2 -qarch=auto -qtune=auto -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -qfdpr -qnostrict -D_ILS_MACROS -blpdata |
| 454.calculix: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -blpdata |
| 481.wrf: | -bmaxdata:0x30000000 -O5 -qlargepage -qalias=nostd -D_ILS_MACROS -blpdata |
Peak Other Flags
C benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |
C++ benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |
Fortran benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qsuppress=1500-010 -qsuppress=cmpmsg -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| -qipa=noobject -qsuppress=1500-010 -qsuppress=cmpmsg -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |