SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2016 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

IBM Corporation

IBM BladeCenter LS22 (AMD Opteron 2356)

SPECfp®2006 = 15.6

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Jun-2008
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: Sep-2008
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: May-2008
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: AMD Opteron 2356
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz: 2300
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 8 cores, 2 chips, 4 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2 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 (8 x 4 GB DDR2-6400 ECC)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 73 GB 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: ext2
System State: Runlevel 3 (Full multiuser with network)
Base Pointers: 64-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: None

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 709 19.2 710 19.1 710 19.1 682 19.9 676 20.1 682 19.9
416.gamess 1386 14.1 1385 14.1 1392 14.1 1276 15.3 1273 15.4 1273 15.4
433.milc 564 16.3 564 16.3 566 16.2 547 16.8 553 16.6 548 16.8
434.zeusmp 678 13.4 678 13.4 681 13.4 678 13.4 681 13.4 678 13.4
435.gromacs 656 10.9 656 10.9 657 10.9 528 13.5 531 13.4 529 13.5
436.cactusADM 861 13.9 858 13.9 860 13.9 859 13.9 831 14.4 847 14.1
437.leslie3d 682 13.8 686 13.7 683 13.8 680 13.8 687 13.7 689 13.6
444.namd 754 10.6 756 10.6 755 10.6 663 12.1 666 12.0 665 12.1
447.dealII 684 16.7 685 16.7 683 16.8 508 22.5 507 22.6 507 22.6
450.soplex 794 10.5 801 10.4 793 10.5 822 10.1 822 10.1 823 10.1
453.povray 371 14.4 371 14.3 372 14.3 308 17.3 305 17.4 309 17.2
454.calculix 563 14.6 565 14.6 563 14.7 564 14.6 562 14.7 562 14.7
459.GemsFDTD 814 13.0 816 13.0 814 13.0 781 13.6 781 13.6 783 13.6
465.tonto 710 13.9 711 13.8 709 13.9 583 16.9 582 16.9 590 16.7
470.lbm 913 15.1 924 14.9 915 15.0 724 19.0 726 18.9 735 18.7
481.wrf 646 17.3 649 17.2 647 17.3 605 18.5 605 18.5 605 18.5
482.sphinx3 1344 14.5 1372 14.2 1345 14.5 1040 18.7 1043 18.7 1094 17.8

Operating System Notes

 'numactl' was used to bind copies to the cores
 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set environment stack size
 'ulimit -l 2457600'  was used to set environment locked pages in memory limit
 Environment variable PGI_HUGE_PAGES set to 896
 Set vm/nr_hugepages=7168 in /etc/sysctl.conf
 mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/hugepages
 Processor Performance States Disabled in BIOS
 Memory ChipKill Disabled in BIOS

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

C benchmarks:

 -fast   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -Mfprelaxed   -Msmartalloc=huge:150   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 

C++ benchmarks:

 -fast   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -Mfprelaxed   -Msmartalloc=huge:150   --zc_eh   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -fast   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -Mfprelaxed   -Msmartalloc=huge:150   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -fast   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -Mfprelaxed   -Msmartalloc=huge:150   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

 -w   -Mipa=jobs:4 

C++ benchmarks:

 -w   -Mipa=jobs:4 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -w   -Mipa=jobs:4 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -w   -Mipa=jobs:4 

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=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=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=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=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:

435.gromacs:  -fast   -Mfpapprox=rsqrt   -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=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 

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:  -w   -Mipa=jobs:4 

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:  -w   -Mipa=jobs:4(pass 2) 

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:  -w   -Mipa=jobs:4(pass 2) 
434.zeusmp:  -w   -Mipa=jobs:4 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:  -w   -Mipa=jobs:4 
454.calculix:  -w   -Mipa=jobs:4 

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

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