SPEC® CFP2006 Result

IBM Corporation

IBM BladeCenter HX5 (Intel Xeon L7545)

SPECfp®2006 = 33.8

SPECfp_base2006 = 31.0

CPU2006 license:	11	Test date:	Aug-2010
Test sponsor:	IBM Corporation	Hardware Availability:	Jun-2010
Tested by:	IBM Corporation	Software Availability:	Jan-2010

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon L7545
CPU Characteristics:	Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.53 GHz
CPU MHz:	1867
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	12 cores, 2 chips, 6 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable:	1,2 chips
Primary Cache:	32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache:	256 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache:	18 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	128 GB (16 x 8 GB PC3-8500R CL7, Quad Rank, running at 978 MHz)
Disk Subsystem:	2 x 50 GB SATA, SSD, RAID 0
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64), Kernel 2.6.27.19-5-default
Compiler:	Intel C++ and Fortran Professional Compiler for IA32 and Intel 64, Version 11.1 Build 20091130 Package ID: l_cproc_p_11.1.064, l_cprof_p_11.1.064
Auto Parallel:	Yes
File System:	ext3
System State:	Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers:	64-bit
Peak Pointers:	32/64-bit
Other Software:	None

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	67.5	201	67.7	201	67.3	202	66.9	203	66.9	203	67.1	203
416.gamess	1227	16.0	1228	15.9	1228	15.9	963	20.3	967	20.2	963	20.3
433.milc	349	26.3	348	26.4	350	26.2	347	26.5	349	26.3	348	26.3
434.zeusmp	395	23.1	397	22.9	397	22.9	395	23.1	397	22.9	397	22.9
435.gromacs	407	17.6	406	17.6	406	17.6	398	17.9	397	18.0	400	17.8
436.cactusADM	70.0	171	70.2	170	69.4	172	61.8	193	63.4	188	65.2	183
437.leslie3d	388	24.3	389	24.1	391	24.0	388	24.3	389	24.1	391	24.0
444.namd	533	15.0	536	15.0	532	15.1	533	15.0	536	15.0	532	15.1
447.dealII	412	27.8	412	27.8	411	27.8	412	27.8	412	27.8	411	27.8
450.soplex	405	20.6	403	20.7	403	20.7	398	21.0	401	20.8	397	21.0
453.povray	243	21.9	239	22.3	239	22.2	188	28.3	183	29.0	184	28.9
454.calculix	396	20.9	396	20.8	395	20.9	369	22.4	369	22.3	370	22.3
459.GemsFDTD	255	41.6	244	43.5	255	41.7	191	55.4	190	55.9	192	55.2
465.tonto	579	17.0	579	17.0	577	17.0	395	24.9	395	24.9	392	25.1
470.lbm	226	60.9	226	60.8	226	60.7	222	61.9	222	61.9	222	61.9
481.wrf	410	27.3	414	27.0	411	27.2	384	29.1	383	29.1	381	29.3
482.sphinx3	572	34.1	572	34.1	574	33.9	572	34.1	572	34.1	574	33.9

Operating System Notes

 echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/zone_reclaim_mode

Platform Notes

 Turbo Boost set to Traditional

General Notes

 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stack size to unlimited prior to run
 Binaries were compiled on SLES 10 with Binutils 2.18.50.0.7.20080502
 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
 KMP_AFFINITY set to granularity=fine,scatter
 KMP_STACKSIZE set to 200M

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

icc -m64

C++ benchmarks:

icpc -m64

Fortran benchmarks:

ifort -m64

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

icc -m64 ifort -m64

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:

icc -m64

C++ benchmarks:

icpc -m64

Fortran benchmarks:

ifort -m64

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

icc -m64 ifort -m64

Peak Portability Flags

Same as Base Portability Flags

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -ansi-alias
470.lbm:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -parallel -ansi-alias -auto-ilp32
482.sphinx3:	basepeak = yes

C++ benchmarks:

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

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:	-xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -opt-prefetch -parallel
416.gamess:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -unroll2 -Ob0 -ansi-alias -scalar-rep-
434.zeusmp:	basepeak = yes
437.leslie3d:	basepeak = yes
459.GemsFDTD:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -unroll2 -Ob0 -opt-prefetch -parallel
465.tonto:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -inline-calloc -opt-malloc-options=3 -auto -unroll4

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

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

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic11.1-linux64-revE.20100929.00.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic11.1-linux64-revE.20100929.00.xml.