SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Bull SAS

NovaScale R460 F2 (Intel Xeon X5687, 3.60 GHz)

SPECfp®2006 = 64.0

SPECfp_base2006 = 61.2

CPU2006 license:	20	Test date:	Feb-2011
Test sponsor:	Bull SAS	Hardware Availability:	Feb-2011
Tested by:	Dell Inc.	Software Availability:	Jan-2011

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon X5687
CPU Characteristics:	Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.86 GHz
CPU MHz:	3600
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:	256 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache:	12 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	48 GB (12 x 4 GB 2Rx4 PC3-10600R-9, ECC)
Disk Subsystem:	1 x 146 GB 15000 RPM SAS
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (x86_64), Kernel 2.6.32.12-0.7-default
Compiler:	Intel C++ and Fortran Intel 64 Compiler XE for applications running on Intel 64 Version 12.0 Update 3
Auto Parallel:	Yes
File System:	ext3
System State:	Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers:	64-bit
Peak Pointers:	32/64-bit
Other Software:	Binaries compiled on RHEL5.5 with binutils-2.17.50.0.6-14.el5

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	77.1	176	72.3	188	72.1	189	71.7	190	71.5	190	71.5	190
416.gamess	716	27.3	717	27.3	718	27.3	613	32.0	612	32.0	611	32.0
433.milc	156	58.7	156	58.7	156	58.8	154	59.5	154	59.5	154	59.4
434.zeusmp	83.7	109	83.5	109	83.9	109	83.7	109	83.5	109	83.9	109
435.gromacs	282	25.3	283	25.3	282	25.3	263	27.1	263	27.1	263	27.1
436.cactusADM	50.1	239	50.3	238	50.1	239	50.1	239	50.3	238	50.1	239
437.leslie3d	74.8	126	77.2	122	77.0	122	74.8	126	77.2	122	77.0	122
444.namd	356	22.5	355	22.6	356	22.6	350	22.9	349	23.0	350	22.9
447.dealII	247	46.3	248	46.2	247	46.4	247	46.3	248	46.2	247	46.4
450.soplex	226	36.8	227	36.7	227	36.7	226	36.8	227	36.7	227	36.7
453.povray	148	35.9	150	35.5	149	35.8	117	45.3	117	45.3	118	45.2
454.calculix	241	34.2	243	34.0	243	33.9	214	38.5	214	38.5	214	38.5
459.GemsFDTD	132	80.1	136	77.9	135	78.6	110	96.7	105	101	110	96.5
465.tonto	341	28.8	304	32.4	343	28.7	255	38.6	255	38.6	255	38.6
470.lbm	48.4	284	48.6	283	48.6	283	78.6	175	78.6	175	78.0	176
481.wrf	204	54.8	204	54.8	206	54.3	204	54.8	204	54.8	206	54.3
482.sphinx3	325	60.0	324	60.1	327	59.6	284	68.6	288	67.7	297	65.7

Operating System Notes

 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited prior to run
'mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/hugepages' was used to enable large pages
echo 900 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libhugetlbfs.so

Platform Notes

 BIOS Settings:
 Power Management = Maximum Performance (Default = Active Power Controller)
 Data Reuse = Disabled (Default = Enabled)
 Logical Processor = Disabled (Default = Enabled)

General Notes

 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
 The Dell PowerEdge R710 and
 the Bull NovaScale R460 F2 models are electronically equivalent.
 The results have been measured on a Dell PowerEdge R710 model.

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) -prof-use(pass 2) -static -auto-ilp32 -ansi-alias
470.lbm:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -parallel -ansi-alias -static -auto-ilp32
482.sphinx3:	-xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -unroll2 -ansi-alias -parallel

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -fno-alias -auto-ilp32
447.dealII:	basepeak = yes
450.soplex:	basepeak = yes
453.povray:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -unroll4 -ansi-alias -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:	-xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -opt-prefetch -parallel -static
416.gamess:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -unroll2 -inline-level=0 -scalar-rep- -static
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) -prof-use(pass 2) -unroll2 -inline-level=0 -opt-prefetch -parallel -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT
465.tonto:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -inline-calloc -opt-malloc-options=3 -auto -unroll4 -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT

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) -prof-use(pass 2) -static -auto-ilp32 -ansi-alias
436.cactusADM:	basepeak = yes
454.calculix:	-xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -auto-ilp32 -ansi-alias
481.wrf:	basepeak = yes

The flags files that were used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.0-linux64-revB.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-Linux64-Platform.20110308.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.0-linux64-revB.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-Linux64-Platform.20110308.xml.