SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

IBM Corporation

IBM Flex System x440
(Intel Xeon E5-4617, 2.90 GHz)

SPECfp®2006 = 74.1

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Aug-2012
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: Aug-2012
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: Dec-2011
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5-4617
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.40 GHz
CPU MHz: 2900
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 24 cores, 4 chips, 6 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2,3,4 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: 15 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 256 GB (32 x 8 GB 2Rx4 PC3-12800R-11, ECC)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 300 GB SAS, 10000 RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2
(Santiago)
2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64
Compiler: C/C++: Version 12.1.0.225 of Intel C++ Studio XE
for Linux;
Fortran: Version 12.1.0.225 of Intel Fortran
Studio XE for Linux
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
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 24.7 550   24.1 564   23.9 569   24.1 564   24.1 564   24.1 564  
416.gamess 745   26.3 745   26.3 749   26.1 563   34.8 559   35.0 559   35.0
433.milc 154   59.5 154   59.7 152   60.2 151   61.0 152   60.4 152   60.4
434.zeusmp 81.9 111   82.1 111   82.1 111   81.9 111   82.1 111   82.1 111  
435.gromacs 461   15.5 460   15.5 461   15.5 461   15.5 460   15.5 461   15.5
436.cactusADM 38.0 315   38.2 313   37.2 322   38.0 315   38.2 313   37.2 322  
437.leslie3d 92.7 101   92.7 101   92.9 101   92.7 101   92.7 101   92.9 101  
444.namd 345   23.2 345   23.2 345   23.2 340   23.6 339   23.6 339   23.6
447.dealII 221   51.8 221   51.8 221   51.9 221   51.8 221   51.8 221   51.9
450.soplex 203   41.1 203   41.0 203   41.0 203   41.1 203   41.0 203   41.0
453.povray 123   43.1 123   43.2 124   42.8 104   51.0 104   51.1 104   51.2
454.calculix 243   34.0 242   34.1 241   34.2 197   42.0 197   41.9 196   42.1
459.GemsFDTD 90.6 117   90.6 117   90.6 117   81.5 130   81.3 130   81.5 130  
465.tonto 291   33.8 291   33.8 290   33.9 227   43.3 226   43.5 227   43.4
470.lbm 20.4 673   20.4 673   20.4 673   20.4 673   20.4 673   20.4 673  
481.wrf 336   33.2 333   33.5 330   33.9 336   33.2 333   33.5 330   33.9
482.sphinx3 305   64.0 305   63.9 301   64.8 284   68.5 290   67.3 289   67.5

Operating System Notes

 Stack size set to unlimited using "ulimit -s unlimited"

Platform Notes

 Operating Mode set to Maximum Perfomance in BIOS
 Sysinfo program /cpu2006.1.2/config/sysinfo.rev6800
 $Rev: 6800 $ $Date:: 2011-10-11 #$ 6f2ebdff5032aaa42e583f96b07f99d3
 running on congo-pete Wed Aug 22 13:22:14 2012

 This section contains SUT (System Under Test) info as seen by
 some common utilities.  To remove or add to this section, see:
   http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/Docs/config.html#sysinfo

 From /proc/cpuinfo
    model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-4617 0 @ 2.90GHz
       4 "physical id"s (chips)
       24 "processors"
    cores, siblings (Caution: counting these is hw and system dependent.  The
    following excerpts from /proc/cpuinfo might not be reliable.  Use with
    caution.)
       cpu cores : 6
       siblings  : 6
       physical 0: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5
       physical 1: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5
       physical 2: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5
       physical 3: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5
    cache size : 15360 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       264506520 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 /usr/bin/lsb_release -d
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2 (Santiago)

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    redhat-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2 (Santiago)
    system-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2 (Santiago)
    system-release-cpe: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6server:ga:server

 uname -a:
    Linux congo-pete 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Nov 9 08:03:13 EST 2011
    x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 run-level 3 Aug 21 13:26

 SPEC is set to: /cpu2006.1.2
    Filesystem    Type    Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/mapper/vg_congopete-lv_root
                  ext4    264G  5.9G  245G   3% /

 Additional information from dmidecode:
   Memory:
    32x Micron 36JSF1G72PZ-1G6M1 8 GB 1600 MHz 2 rank

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
KMP_AFFINITY = "granularity=fine,compact,1,0"
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/cpu2006.1.2/libs/32:/cpu2006.1.2/libs/64"
OMP_NUM_THREADS = "24"

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Core i7-860 CPU + 8GB
 memory using RHEL5.5
 Transparent Huge Pages disabled with:
 echo never  > /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 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -parallel   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -parallel   -opt-prefetch 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -parallel   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 

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-official-linux64.20120425.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-Platform-Flags-V1.2-SNB-C.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.1-official-linux64.20120425.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-Platform-Flags-V1.2-SNB-C.xml.