SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Dell Inc.

PowerEdge R900 (Intel Xeon E7450, 2.40 GHz)

SPECfp®2006 = 21.3

SPECfp_base2006 = 20.2

CPU2006 license:	55	Test date:	Sep-2008
Test sponsor:	Dell Inc.	Hardware Availability:	Sep-2008
Tested by:	Dell Inc.	Software Availability:	Nov-2008

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon E7450
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz:	2400
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	24 cores, 4 chips, 6 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable:	2,4 chips
Primary Cache:	32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache:	9 MB I+D on chip per chip, 3 MB shared / 2 cores
L3 Cache:	12 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	64 GB (16 x 4GB DDR2-667 FBDIMM)
Disk Subsystem:	2 x 36 GB SAS 15000 RPM (RAID-0) for OS, 1 x 73 GB SAS 10000 RPM for benchmark
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64) SP2, Kernel 2.6.16-60.0.21-smp
Compiler:	Intel C++ and Fortran Compiler 11.0 for Linux Build 20080730 Package ID: l_cproc_b_11.0.042, l_fproc_b_11.0.042
Auto Parallel:	Yes
File System:	ReiserFS
System State:	Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers:	64-bit
Peak Pointers:	32/64-bit
Other Software:	Binutils 2.18.50.0.7.20080502

Results Table

Benchmark	Base						Peak
Benchmark	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	302	45.1	302	45.0	301	45.1	300	45.3	302	45.0	301	45.2
416.gamess	1236	15.8	1233	15.9	1234	15.9	1071	18.3	1073	18.2	1071	18.3
433.milc	866	10.6	867	10.6	868	10.6	875	10.5	873	10.5	873	10.5
434.zeusmp	533	17.1	532	17.1	532	17.1	533	17.1	532	17.1	532	17.1
435.gromacs	450	15.9	450	15.9	450	15.9	446	16.0	447	16.0	446	16.0
436.cactusADM	76.9	155	77.1	155	77.1	155	78.5	152	78.5	152	78.5	152
437.leslie3d	662	14.2	661	14.2	660	14.2	662	14.2	661	14.2	660	14.2
444.namd	615	13.0	616	13.0	616	13.0	619	13.0	619	13.0	619	13.0
447.dealII	529	21.6	529	21.6	528	21.6	489	23.4	489	23.4	489	23.4
450.soplex	814	10.2	817	10.2	817	10.2	736	11.3	743	11.2	741	11.3
453.povray	271	19.6	271	19.7	273	19.5	227	23.4	227	23.4	227	23.5
454.calculix	493	16.7	476	17.3	477	17.3	442	18.7	441	18.7	441	18.7
459.GemsFDTD	434	24.5	434	24.4	435	24.4	418	25.4	419	25.3	418	25.4
465.tonto	759	13.0	760	12.9	762	12.9	545	18.0	546	18.0	547	18.0
470.lbm	450	30.5	449	30.6	448	30.7	450	30.5	449	30.6	448	30.7
481.wrf	706	15.8	704	15.9	706	15.8	705	15.8	705	15.8	705	15.8
482.sphinx3	868	22.5	852	22.9	850	22.9	848	23.0	882	22.1	847	23.0

Operating System Notes

 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stack size to unlimited prior to run

General Notes

 All benchmarks compiled in 64-bit mode except 450.soplex
 and 482.sphinx3, at peak, are compiled in 32-bit mode
 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of processors
 KMP_AFFINITY set to "physical,0"
 KMP_STACKSIZE set to 200M

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

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

	icc
482.sphinx3:	/opt/intel/Compiler/11.0/042/bin/ia32/icc -L/opt/intel/Compiler/11.0/042/ipp/ia32/lib -I/opt/intel/Compiler/11.0/042/ipp/ia32/include

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

	icpc
450.soplex:	/opt/intel/Compiler/11.0/042/bin/ia32/icpc -L/opt/intel/Compiler/11.0/042/ipp/ia32/lib -I/opt/intel/Compiler/11.0/042/ipp/ia32/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
470.lbm:	-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) -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -fno-alias
470.lbm:	basepeak = yes
482.sphinx3:	-xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -unroll2

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -fno-alias -auto-ilp32
447.dealII:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -unroll2 -ansi-alias -scalar-rep- -opt-prefetch
450.soplex:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -opt-malloc-options=3
453.povray:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -unroll4 -ansi-alias

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:	-xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -opt-prefetch -parallel
416.gamess:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -unroll2 -Ob0 -ansi-alias -scalar-rep-
434.zeusmp:	basepeak = yes
437.leslie3d:	basepeak = yes
459.GemsFDTD:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -unroll2 -Ob0 -opt-prefetch -parallel
465.tonto:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -unroll4 -auto

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -opt-prefetch -auto-ilp32
436.cactusADM:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -unroll2 -opt-prefetch -parallel -auto-ilp32
454.calculix:	-xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -auto-ilp32
481.wrf:	-xSSE4.1 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -opt-prefetch -parallel -auto-ilp32

The flags files that were used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic11.0-fp-linux64-revA.20090713.05.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-Linux64-Platform.20090713.06.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic11.0-fp-linux64-revA.20090713.05.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-Linux64-Platform.20090713.06.xml.