SPEC® CFP2006 Result

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Cisco Systems

Cisco UCS B420 M3 (Intel Xeon E5-4627 v2, 3.30
GHz)

CPU2006 license: 9019 Test date: May-2014
Test sponsor: Cisco Systems Hardware Availability: Dec-2013
Tested by: Cisco Systems Software Availability: Apr-2014
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5-4627 v2
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.60 GHz
CPU MHz: 3300
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 32 cores, 4 chips, 8 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2,3,4 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: 16 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 256 GB (32 x 8 GB 2Rx4 PC3-14900R-13, ECC)
Disk Subsystem: 1 X 300 GB 15000 RPM SAS
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5
(Santiago)
2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64
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: No
File System: ext4
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 32/64-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: None

Results Table

Benchmark Base Peak
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 32 425 1020 425 1020 425 1020 32 425   1020 425   1020 425   1020
416.gamess 32 530 1180 531 1180 530 1180 32 509   1230 509   1230 509   1230
433.milc 32 303 969 303 968 303 968 32 303   969 304   968 303   968
434.zeusmp 32 243 1200 242 1200 242 1200 32 243   1200 242   1200 242   1200
435.gromacs 32 172 1330 171 1330 172 1330 32 167   1360 167   1370 168   1360
436.cactusADM 32 247 1550 247 1550 245 1560 32 247   1550 247   1550 245   1560
437.leslie3d 32 426 706 426 705 427 705 16 426   353 428   351 426   353
444.namd 32 330 779 330 778 330 778 32 323   793 323   794 323   794
447.dealII 32 221 1660 222 1650 223 1640 32 221   1660 222   1650 223   1640
450.soplex 32 382 699 381 700 382 699 16 364   367 362   369 362   369
453.povray 32 114 1500 114 1490 115 1480 32 95.9 1770 96.7 1760 96.3 1770
454.calculix 32 171 1540 171 1540 172 1540 32 171   1540 171   1540 172   1540
459.GemsFDTD 32 570 595 570 596 571 595 32 570   595 570   596 571   595
465.tonto 32 263 1200 260 1210 261 1210 32 244   1290 246   1280 244   1290
470.lbm 32 354 1240 353 1240 354 1240 32 354   1240 353   1240 354   1240
481.wrf 32 294 1210 294 1210 295 1210 32 294   1210 296   1210 295   1210
482.sphinx3 32 565 1100 567 1100 565 1100 32 636   980 635   982 638   977

Submit Notes

 The numactl mechanism was used to bind copies to processors. The config file option 'submit'
 was used to generate numactl commands to bind each copy to a specific processor.
 For details, please see the config file.

Operating System Notes

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

Platform Notes

Intel HT Technology = Enabled
CPU performance set to HPC
Power Technology set to Custom
CPU Power State C6 set to Disabled
CPU Power State C1 Enhanced set to Disabled
Memory RAS configuration set to Maximum Performance
DRAM Clock Throttling Set to Performance
 Sysinfo program /opt/cpu2006-1.4/config/sysinfo.rev6818
 $Rev: 6818 $ $Date:: 2012-07-17 #$ e86d102572650a6e4d596a3cee98f191
 running on b420m3 Thu May 29 05:05:15 2014

 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 E5-4627 v2 @ 3.30GHz
       4 "physical id"s (chips)
       32 "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 : 8
       siblings  : 8
       physical 0: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
       physical 1: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
       physical 2: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
       physical 3: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    cache size : 16384 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       264501740 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 /usr/bin/lsb_release -d
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5 (Santiago)

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    redhat-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5 (Santiago)
    system-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5 (Santiago)
    system-release-cpe: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6server:ga:server

 uname -a:
    Linux b420m3 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Nov 10 22:19:54 EST 2013 x86_64
    x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 run-level 3 May 28 15:08

 SPEC is set to: /opt/cpu2006-1.4
    Filesystem     Type  Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sda1      ext4  275G   11G  250G   5% /

 Additional information from dmidecode:
   BIOS Cisco Systems, Inc. B420M3.2.2.1.8.042120142113 04/21/2014
   Memory:
    32x 0xAD00 HMT31GR7EFR4C-RD 8 GB 1866 MHz 2 rank
    16x NO DIMM NO DIMM

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/opt/cpu2006-1.4/libs/32:/opt/cpu2006-1.4/libs/64:/opt/cpu2006-1.4/sh"

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

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   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

Fortran benchmarks:

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

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

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:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -auto-ilp32 
470.lbm:  basepeak = yes 
482.sphinx3:  -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3   -unroll2 

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fno-alias   -auto-ilp32 
447.dealII:  basepeak = yes 
450.soplex:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-malloc-options=3 
453.povray:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3(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:  -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch 
459.GemsFDTD:  basepeak = yes 
465.tonto:  -xAVX(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 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-prefetch   -auto-ilp32 
436.cactusADM:  basepeak = yes 
454.calculix:  basepeak = yes 
481.wrf:  -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -auto-ilp32 

The flags files that were used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic14.0-official-linux64.20140128.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Cisco-Platform-Settings-V1.2-revB.html.

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