SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Hewlett-Packard Company

ProLiant BL460c Gen8
(3.50 GHz, Intel Xeon E5-2643 v2)

SPECfp®2006 = 105

CPU2006 license: 3 Test date: Oct-2013
Test sponsor: Hewlett-Packard Company Hardware Availability: Sep-2013
Tested by: Hewlett-Packard Company Software Availability: Sep-2013
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5-2643 v2
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.80 GHz
CPU MHz: 3500
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 12 cores, 2 chips, 6 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2 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: 25 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 128 GB (16 x 8 GB 2Rx4 PC3-14900R-13, ECC)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 146 GB 15 K SAS, RAID 1
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64) SP3
Kernel version 3.0.76-0.11.1
Compiler: C/C++: Version 14.0.0.080 of Intel C++ Studio XE
for Linux;
Fortran: Version 14.0.0.080 of Intel Fortran
Studio XE for Linux
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
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 32.2 422   30.0 453   29.4 462   32.2 422   30.0 453   29.4 462  
416.gamess 528   37.1 528   37.1 529   37.0 466   42.0 465   42.1 466   42.0
433.milc 116   79.2 116   79.2 116   79.3 115   79.7 115   79.8 115   79.7
434.zeusmp 51.0 178   51.2 178   51.4 177   51.0 178   51.2 178   51.4 177  
435.gromacs 141   50.5 141   50.5 141   50.5 141   50.5 141   50.5 141   50.5
436.cactusADM 22.2 537   21.8 547   21.6 552   22.2 537   21.8 547   21.6 552  
437.leslie3d 41.8 225   43.4 216   41.6 226   41.8 225   43.4 216   41.6 226  
444.namd 303   26.5 303   26.5 303   26.5 297   27.0 297   27.0 297   27.0
447.dealII 177   64.5 176   64.8 176   64.9 177   64.5 176   64.8 176   64.9
450.soplex 159   52.6 159   52.5 159   52.3 159   52.6 159   52.5 159   52.3
453.povray 104   51.0 104   51.1 105   50.8 87.1 61.1 87.6 60.7 87.1 61.1
454.calculix 155   53.2 155   53.2 155   53.2 144   57.2 144   57.2 144   57.2
459.GemsFDTD 58.0 183   58.2 182   58.4 182   53.9 197   53.9 197   52.7 201  
465.tonto 220   44.7 221   44.5 219   45.0 188   52.2 188   52.4 188   52.4
470.lbm 27.2 505   27.0 509   26.6 516   27.2 505   27.0 509   26.6 516  
481.wrf 123   90.8 123   90.5 124   90.4 123   90.8 123   90.5 124   90.4
482.sphinx3 215   90.7 218   89.6 222   87.8 217   89.6 218   89.6 217   89.9

Operating System Notes

 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
 runspec command invoked through numactl i.e.:
  numactl --interleave=all runspec <etc>

Platform Notes

 BIOS Configuration:
  Intel Hyperthreading Options set to Disabled
  HP Power Profile set to Maximum Performance
  Minimum Processor Idle Power Core State set to C1E
  Minimum Processor Idle Power Package State set to C6 (retention)
  Energy/Performance Bias is set to Maximum Performance
  Memory Power Savings Mode set to Maximum Performance
  Thermal Configuration set to Maximum Cooling
  Collaborative Power Control set to Disabled
  Dynamic Power Capping Functionality set to Disabled
  Processor Power and Utilization Monitoring set to Disabled
  Memory Refresh Rate set to 1x

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/cpu2006/libs/32:/cpu2006/libs/64:/cpu2006/sh"
OMP_NUM_THREADS = "12"

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Core i7-860 CPU + 8GB
 memory using RedHat EL 6.4

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   -parallel   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 

C++ benchmarks:

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

Fortran benchmarks:

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

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -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)   -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:  basepeak = yes 
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- 
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/HP-Platform-Flags-Intel-V1.2-revB.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic14.0-official-linux64.20140128.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/HP-Platform-Flags-Intel-V1.2-revB.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic14.0-official-linux64.20140128.xml.