SPEC® CFP2006 Result

IBM Corporation

IBM System x3250 M4 (Intel Xeon E3-1225)

SPECfp®2006 = 58.5

SPECfp_base2006 = 57.0

CPU2006 license:	11	Test date:	Nov-2011
Test sponsor:	IBM Corporation	Hardware Availability:	Oct-2011
Tested by:	IBM Corporation	Software Availability:	Sep-2011

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon E3-1225
CPU Characteristics:	Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.40 GHz
CPU MHz:	3100
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	4 cores, 1 chip, 4 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable:	1 chip
Primary Cache:	32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache:	256 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache:	6 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	8 GB (2 x 4 GB 2Rx8 PC3-10600E-9, ECC)
Disk Subsystem:	1 x 146 GB SAS, 15000 RPM
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Release 6.1, Kernel 2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64
Compiler:	C/C++/Fortran: Version 12.1.0.225 of Intel Compiler XE Build 20110803
Auto Parallel:	Yes
File System:	ext4
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	146	93.3	146	93.2	146	93.3	146	92.9	145	93.4	146	92.9
416.gamess	604	32.4	605	32.4	603	32.4	548	35.7	547	35.8	548	35.8
433.milc	139	66.0	139	65.9	139	65.9	137	66.9	137	66.9	137	66.9
434.zeusmp	95.8	95.0	95.8	95.0	95.8	95.0	95.8	95.0	95.8	95.0	95.8	95.0
435.gromacs	200	35.7	200	35.8	200	35.7	200	35.7	200	35.8	200	35.7
436.cactusADM	73.2	163	72.4	165	73.6	162	73.2	163	72.4	165	73.6	162
437.leslie3d	144	65.2	145	65.0	144	65.3	144	65.2	145	65.0	144	65.3
444.namd	346	23.2	346	23.2	346	23.2	340	23.6	340	23.6	340	23.6
447.dealII	218	52.6	217	52.6	217	52.7	218	52.6	217	52.6	217	52.7
450.soplex	224	37.3	223	37.3	224	37.2	224	37.3	223	37.3	224	37.2
453.povray	122	43.7	121	43.9	122	43.4	104	51.0	102	51.9	105	50.8
454.calculix	200	41.2	200	41.3	200	41.3	192	42.9	193	42.7	193	42.7
459.GemsFDTD	194	54.6	194	54.6	194	54.6	190	55.8	190	55.8	190	55.8
465.tonto	251	39.2	252	39.1	251	39.2	228	43.2	227	43.3	227	43.3
470.lbm	116	118	116	118	116	118	116	118	116	118	116	118
481.wrf	145	77.2	145	77.2	145	77.2	145	77.2	145	77.2	145	77.2
482.sphinx3	318	61.2	321	60.7	323	60.3	313	62.3	317	61.5	313	62.3

Platform Notes

BIOS Settings:
Turbo Mode enabled in BIOS
C-State enabled in BIOS

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
KMP_AFFINITY = "granularity=fine,scatter"
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/root/SPECcpu12.1/smartheap:/root/SPECcpu12.1/ic12.1-libs/ia32/:/root/SPECcpu12.1/ic12.1-libs/intel64"
OMP_NUM_THREADS = "4"

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Core i7-860 CPU + 8GB memory
 using RHEL5.5 with binutils-2.17.50.0.6-14.el5
 Stack size set to unlimited using "ulimit -s unlimited"
 Transparent Huge Pages enabled with:
 echo always > /sys/kernel/mm/redhat_transparent_hugepage/enabled
 Filesystem page cache cleared with:
 echo 1>       /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

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:	-xAVX(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:	basepeak = yes
482.sphinx3:	-xAVX -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -unroll2 -ansi-alias -parallel

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:	-xAVX(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:	-xAVX(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -unroll4 -ansi-alias

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:	-xAVX -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -opt-prefetch -parallel -static
416.gamess:	-xAVX(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:	-xAVX(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
465.tonto:	-xAVX(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

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:	basepeak = yes
436.cactusADM:	basepeak = yes
454.calculix:	-xAVX -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-ic12.1-linux64.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-platform-linux64-revB.20111220.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.1-linux64.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-platform-linux64-revB.20111220.xml.