SPEC® CFP2006 Result

NEC Corporation

Express5800/A1080a-E (Intel Xeon E7-8830)

SPECfp®_rate2006 = 880

SPECfp_rate_base2006 = 863

CPU2006 license:	9006	Test date:	Nov-2011
Test sponsor:	NEC Corporation	Hardware Availability:	Nov-2011
Tested by:	NEC Corporation	Software Availability:	May-2011

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon E7-8830
CPU Characteristics:	Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.40 GHz
CPU MHz:	2133
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	64 cores, 8 chips, 8 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable:	8 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:	1 TB (128 x 8 GB 2Rx4 PC3-8500R-7, ECC)
Disk Subsystem:	2x300 GB SAS, 10000 RPM, RAID 0
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1, Kernel 2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64 on an x86_64
Compiler:	C/C++/Fortran: Version 12.0.4.191 of Intel Compiler XE Build 20110427
Auto Parallel:	No
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	Copies	Seconds	Ratio	Seconds	Ratio	Seconds	Ratio	Copies	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	128	3007	579	3010	578	2991	582	128	3016	577	3020	576	3020	576
416.gamess	128	2088	1200	2097	1200	2096	1200	128	2060	1220	2047	1220	2058	1220
433.milc	128	1753	670	1751	671	1751	671	128	1760	668	1760	668	1763	667
434.zeusmp	128	1129	1030	1132	1030	1130	1030	128	1129	1030	1132	1030	1130	1030
435.gromacs	128	874	1050	872	1050	868	1050	128	852	1070	851	1070	849	1080
436.cactusADM	128	1500	1020	1499	1020	1498	1020	128	1500	1020	1499	1020	1498	1020
437.leslie3d	128	2399	502	2386	504	2387	504	128	2415	498	2418	498	2421	497
444.namd	128	1029	998	1029	997	1031	996	128	1008	1020	1008	1020	1008	1020
447.dealII	128	844	1740	842	1740	840	1740	128	909	1610	907	1620	902	1620
450.soplex	128	2014	530	2009	531	2010	531	128	1852	577	1853	576	1853	576
453.povray	128	449	1520	448	1520	446	1530	128	370	1840	370	1840	368	1850
454.calculix	128	1033	1020	977	1080	1025	1030	128	1033	1020	977	1080	1025	1030
459.GemsFDTD	128	2650	512	2653	512	2656	511	128	2650	512	2653	512	2656	511
465.tonto	128	971	1300	976	1290	979	1290	128	956	1320	958	1310	958	1320
470.lbm	128	3380	520	3406	516	3384	520	128	3284	536	3286	535	3288	535
481.wrf	128	1632	876	1622	881	1628	878	128	1632	876	1622	881	1628	878
482.sphinx3	128	3439	725	3447	724	3440	725	128	3251	767	3256	766	3253	767

Submit Notes

The config file option 'submit' was used.
 numactl was used to bind copies to the cores

Operating System Notes

 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stack size to unlimited prior to run
 echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/zone_reclaim_mode
 'mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/hugepages' was used to enable large pages
 echo 72000 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
 export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes
 export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libhugetlbfs.so

Platform Notes

 ACPI type set to Type-3 in BIOS
 Patrol Scrubbing set to disabled in Maintenance Console

General Notes

 Binaries were compiled on RHEL 5.6

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 (except as noted below):

	icc -m64
482.sphinx3:	icc -m32

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

	icpc -m64
450.soplex:	icpc -m32

Fortran benchmarks:

ifort -m64

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

icc -m64 ifort -m64

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:	-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
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) -opt-malloc-options=3 -ansi-alias -opt-prefetch -static -auto-ilp32
482.sphinx3:	-xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -unroll2

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:	-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
450.soplex:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -opt-malloc-options=3 -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT
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(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -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:	-xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT
459.GemsFDTD:	basepeak = yes
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) -unroll4 -auto -inline-calloc -opt-malloc-options=3 -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) -opt-prefetch -static -auto-ilp32
436.cactusADM:	basepeak = yes
454.calculix:	basepeak = yes
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.20110705.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/NEC-platform-linux64-revB.20120103.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.20110705.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/NEC-platform-linux64-revB.20120103.xml.