SPEC® CFP2006 Result

IBM Corporation

IBM System x3500 (Intel Xeon E5440)

SPECfp®2006 = 22.2

SPECfp_base2006 = 18.7

CPU2006 license:	11	Test date:	Feb-2008
Test sponsor:	IBM Corporation	Hardware Availability:	Jan-2008
Tested by:	IBM Corporation	Software Availability:	Nov-2007

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon E5440
CPU Characteristics:	1333MHz system bus
CPU MHz:	2833
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	8 cores, 2 chips, 4 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable:	1,2 chips
Primary Cache:	32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache:	12 MB I+D on chip per chip, 6 MB shared / 2 cores
L3 Cache:	None
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	16 GB (8 x 2 GB DDR2-5300F ECC)
Disk Subsystem:	1 x 80 GB SATA, 7200 RPM
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64), Kernel 2.6.16.21-0.8-smp
Compiler:	Intel C++ and Fortran Compiler 10.1 for Linux Build 20070913 Package ID: l_cc_p_10.1.008, l_fc_p_10.1.008
Auto Parallel:	Yes
File System:	ReiserFS
System State:	Multi-user, run level 3
Base Pointers:	64-bit
Peak Pointers:	32/64-bit
Other Software:	Binutils 2.17.50.0.15

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	432	31.4	430	31.6	430	31.6	424	32.0	425	32.0	427	31.8
416.gamess	969	20.2	972	20.2	971	20.2	927	21.1	927	21.1	926	21.2
433.milc	855	10.7	853	10.8	855	10.7	875	10.5	875	10.5	876	10.5
434.zeusmp	569	16.0	570	16.0	569	16.0	585	15.6	585	15.6	584	15.6
435.gromacs	392	18.2	393	18.2	392	18.2	390	18.3	391	18.3	390	18.3
436.cactusADM	301	39.7	301	39.7	301	39.6	121	98.9	121	98.9	121	98.7
437.leslie3d	506	18.6	506	18.6	507	18.6	506	18.6	506	18.6	507	18.6
444.namd	537	14.9	537	14.9	537	14.9	533	15.0	533	15.0	534	15.0
447.dealII	434	26.3	434	26.3	435	26.3	408	28.0	408	28.0	408	28.0
450.soplex	625	13.4	625	13.3	624	13.4	561	14.9	561	14.9	561	14.9
453.povray	225	23.6	226	23.5	226	23.5	189	28.1	190	28.0	190	28.0
454.calculix	543	15.2	543	15.2	544	15.2	366	22.5	366	22.5	366	22.5
459.GemsFDTD	590	18.0	590	18.0	590	18.0	583	18.2	584	18.2	584	18.2
465.tonto	479	20.5	488	20.2	483	20.4	458	21.5	463	21.3	459	21.5
470.lbm	1859	7.39	1866	7.36	1864	7.37	571	24.1	570	24.1	570	24.1
481.wrf	522	21.4	521	21.4	521	21.4	538	20.8	539	20.7	539	20.7
482.sphinx3	760	25.6	756	25.8	768	25.4	747	26.1	737	26.4	746	26.1

General Notes

 All benchmarks compiled in 64-bit mode except 450.soplex,
 470.lbm and 482.sphinx3, at peak, are compiled in 32-bit mode
 Hardware Sector Prefetch Enabled and Adjacent Sector Prefetch Enabled
 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
 KMP_AFFINITY set to physical,0
 KMP_STACKSIZE set to 200M

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

icc

C++ benchmarks:

icpc

Fortran benchmarks:

ifort

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

icc ifort

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:

-fast -parallel

C++ benchmarks:

-fast -parallel

Fortran benchmarks:

-fast -parallel

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

-fast -parallel

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

	/opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/bin/icc -L/opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/lib -I/opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/include
433.milc:	icc

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

	icpc
450.soplex:	/opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/bin/icpc -L/opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/lib -I/opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/include

Fortran benchmarks:

ifort

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

icc ifort

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
481.wrf:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -DSPEC_CPU_CASE_FLAG -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -fast -fno-alias -auto-ilp32
470.lbm:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -fast -unroll2 -scalar-rep- -prefetch -opt-malloc-options=3
482.sphinx3:	-fast -unroll2

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -fast -fno-alias -auto-ilp32
447.dealII:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -fast -unroll2 -ansi-alias -scalar-rep-
450.soplex:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -fast -opt-malloc-options=3
453.povray:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -fast -unroll4 -ansi-alias

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:	-fast -prefetch -parallel
416.gamess:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -fast -unroll2 -Ob0 -ansi-alias -scalar-rep-
434.zeusmp:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -fast
437.leslie3d:	basepeak = yes
459.GemsFDTD:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -fast -unroll2 -Ob0 -prefetch -parallel
465.tonto:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -fast -unroll4 -auto

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -fast -prefetch -auto-ilp32
436.cactusADM:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -fast -unroll2 -prefetch -parallel -auto-ilp32
454.calculix:	-fast -unroll-aggressive -auto-ilp32
481.wrf:	-fast -parallel -prefetch -auto-ilp32

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic10.1-FP-intel64-linux-flags.20090714.15.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic10.1-FP-intel64-linux-flags.20090714.15.xml.