SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Bull SAS

NovaScale R480 F2 (Intel Xeon E7-4860, 2.27 GHz)

SPECfp®2006 = 53.0

SPECfp_base2006 = 48.0

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

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon E7-4860
CPU Characteristics:	Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.67 GHz
CPU MHz:	2267
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	40 cores, 4 chips, 10 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable:	2,4 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:	24 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	512 GB (64 x 8 GB 4Rx8 PC3-8500R-7, ECC)
Disk Subsystem:	1 x 500 GB 7200 RPM SAS 6Gb
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:	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	54.7	248	36.7	370	39.5	344	54.7	248	36.7	370	39.5	344
416.gamess	1185	16.5	1186	16.5	1199	16.3	886	22.1	885	22.1	888	22.1
433.milc	406	22.6	402	22.8	409	22.5	406	22.6	402	22.8	409	22.5
434.zeusmp	102	89.5	101	89.7	101	90.2	102	89.5	101	89.7	101	90.2
435.gromacs	409	17.5	409	17.5	409	17.5	384	18.6	383	18.6	384	18.6
436.cactusADM	36.5	327	34.9	342	35.4	338	36.5	327	34.9	342	35.4	338
437.leslie3d	58.6	160	60.0	157	58.4	161	58.6	160	60.0	157	58.4	161
444.namd	517	15.5	517	15.5	516	15.5	507	15.8	507	15.8	507	15.8
447.dealII	393	29.1	392	29.2	392	29.2	393	29.1	392	29.2	392	29.2
450.soplex	410	20.3	412	20.3	411	20.3	410	20.3	412	20.3	411	20.3
453.povray	217	24.5	215	24.7	216	24.6	171	31.1	172	31.0	171	31.2
454.calculix	380	21.7	378	21.8	380	21.7	317	26.1	317	26.0	317	26.0
459.GemsFDTD	122	86.9	114	93.3	124	85.6	102	104	89.0	119	91.4	116
465.tonto	591	16.6	614	16.0	594	16.6	369	26.7	368	26.8	368	26.7
470.lbm	31.0	443	30.8	446	30.8	446	31.0	443	30.8	446	30.8	446
481.wrf	382	29.2	390	28.6	436	25.6	382	29.2	390	28.6	436	25.6
482.sphinx3	496	39.3	496	39.3	508	38.3	450	43.3	449	43.4	447	43.6

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)
 Node Interleaving = Enabled (Default = Disabled)

General Notes

The Dell PowerEdge R910 and
the Bull NovaScale R480 F2 models are electronically equivalent.
The results have been measured on a Dell PowerEdge R910 model.
OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
Binaries were compiled on RHEL5.5

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:	basepeak = yes
470.lbm:	basepeak = yes
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:	basepeak = yes
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.20110524.00.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.20110524.00.xml.