SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Bull SAS

NovaScale B260
(Intel Xeon E5450, 3.00 GHz)

CPU2006 license: 20 Test date: Aug-2008
Test sponsor: Bull SAS Hardware Availability: Jan-2008
Tested by: Bull SAS Software Availability: Nov-2007
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5450
CPU Characteristics: 1333 MHz system bus
CPU MHz: 3000
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 (4x4 GB) FB-DIMM PC2-5300F ECC CL5
Disk Subsystem: 1x73 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: 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: ext2
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
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 3258 33.4 3297 33.0 3290 33.0 4 1627 33.4 1623 33.5 1632 33.3
416.gamess 8 888 176   888 176   887 177   8 882 178   875 179   876 179  
433.milc 8 3518 20.9 3514 20.9 3513 20.9 8 3480 21.1 3481 21.1 3488 21.1
434.zeusmp 8 1137 64.0 1129 64.5 1151 63.3 8 1129 64.5 1131 64.4 1142 63.7
435.gromacs 8 378 151   381 150   386 148   8 373 153   373 153   373 153  
436.cactusADM 8 1434 66.7 1429 66.9 1424 67.2 1 129 93.0 128 93.4 126 94.6
437.leslie3d 8 3239 23.2 3258 23.1 3251 23.1 4 1522 24.7 1522 24.7 1523 24.7
444.namd 8 513 125   506 127   506 127   8 503 128   504 127   503 127  
447.dealII 8 659 139   659 139   659 139   8 654 140   645 142   656 139  
450.soplex 8 2120 31.5 2121 31.5 2125 31.4 8 1955 34.1 1951 34.2 1951 34.2
453.povray 8 211 201   211 202   212 201   8 180 237   180 236   183 233  
454.calculix 8 551 120   555 119   553 119   8 414 160   406 163   411 160  
459.GemsFDTD 8 4267 19.9 4268 19.9 4269 19.9 8 4230 20.1 4222 20.1 4232 20.1
465.tonto 8 802 98.1 822 95.8 795 99.0 8 798 98.7 784 100   789 99.7
470.lbm 8 7358 14.9 7356 14.9 7355 14.9 4 2414 22.8 2415 22.8 2420 22.7
481.wrf 8 2116 42.2 2104 42.5 2108 42.4 8 2113 42.3 2108 42.4 2109 42.4
482.sphinx3 8 2881 54.1 2872 54.3 2883 54.1 4 805 96.9 802 97.2 807 96.6

Operating System Notes

 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited prior to run
 '/usr/bin/taskset' used to bind processes to CPUs
 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
 KMP_AFFINITY set to physical,0
 KMP_STACKSIZE set to 64M

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
 BIOS settings :
 Hardware Prefetcher :                Enabled
 Adjacent Cache-Line Prefetch :       Disabled

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/EM64T_Intel101_fp_flags.20090714.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/EM64T_Intel101_fp_flags.20090714.xml.