SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2016 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

IBM Corporation

IBM BladeCenter LS42 (AMD Opteron 8356)

SPECfp®2006 = 13.8

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Jun-2008
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: Sep-2008
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: May-2008
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: AMD Opteron 8356
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz: 2300
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 16 cores, 4 chips, 4 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2,3,4 chips
Primary Cache: 64 KB I + 64 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 512 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache: 2 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 64 GB (16 x 4 GB DDR2-6400 ECC)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 73 GB SAS, 10000 RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64) SP1,
Kernel 2.6.16.46-0.12-smp
Compiler: PGI Server Complete Version 7.2
PathScale Compiler Suite Version 3.1
Auto Parallel: No
File System: ext2
System State: Runlevel 3 (Full multiuser with network)
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 852 16.0  855 15.9  851 16.0  811 16.8  807 16.8  813 16.7 
416.gamess 1577 12.4  1715 11.4  1568 12.5  1285 15.2  1285 15.2  1292 15.2 
433.milc 690 13.3  688 13.3  687 13.4  666 13.8  666 13.8  666 13.8 
434.zeusmp 758 12.0  758 12.0  757 12.0  757 12.0  758 12.0  757 12.0 
435.gromacs 726 9.83 727 9.82 727 9.82 598 11.9  599 11.9  599 11.9 
436.cactusADM 968 12.3  969 12.3  968 12.3  939 12.7  899 13.3  911 13.1 
437.leslie3d 817 11.5  817 11.5  819 11.5  790 11.9  790 11.9  789 11.9 
444.namd 876 9.16 874 9.17 875 9.16 780 10.3  779 10.3  781 10.3 
447.dealII 766 14.9  766 14.9  765 14.9  590 19.4  589 19.4  590 19.4 
450.soplex 965 8.64 965 8.64 965 8.64 1001 8.33 1000 8.34 1001 8.33
453.povray 432 12.3  383 13.9  410 13.0  307 17.4  309 17.2  308 17.3 
454.calculix 650 12.7  649 12.7  650 12.7  651 12.7  649 12.7  660 12.5 
459.GemsFDTD 976 10.9  976 10.9  974 10.9  929 11.4  928 11.4  928 11.4 
465.tonto 741 13.3  742 13.3  738 13.3  611 16.1  613 16.1  612 16.1 
470.lbm 1076 12.8  1081 12.7  1081 12.7  820 16.8  819 16.8  819 16.8 
481.wrf 766 14.6  767 14.6  766 14.6  712 15.7  705 15.8  707 15.8 
482.sphinx3 1632 11.9  1633 11.9  1631 12.0  1124 17.3  1127 17.3  1129 17.3 

Operating System Notes

 'numactl' was used to bind copies to the cores
 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set environment stack size
 'ulimit -l 4915200'  was used to set environment locked pages in memory limit
 Environment variable PGI_HUGE_PAGES set to 896
 Set vm/nr_hugepages=14336 in /etc/sysctl.conf
 mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/hugepages
 Processor Performance States Disabled in BIOS
 Memory ChipKill Disabled in BIOS

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 pgcc 

C++ benchmarks:

 pgcpp 

Fortran benchmarks:

 pgf95 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 pgcc   pgf95 

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   -Mnomain 
436.cactusADM:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -Mnomain 
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   -Mnomain 
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   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -Mfprelaxed   -Msmartalloc=huge:150   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 

C++ benchmarks:

 -fast   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -Mfprelaxed   -Msmartalloc=huge:150   --zc_eh   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -fast   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -Mfprelaxed   -Msmartalloc=huge:150   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -fast   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -Mfprelaxed   -Msmartalloc=huge:150   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

 -w   -Mipa=jobs:4 

C++ benchmarks:

 -w   -Mipa=jobs:4 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -w   -Mipa=jobs:4 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -w   -Mipa=jobs:4 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

 pathcc 
433.milc:  pgcc 

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

 pathCC 
444.namd:  pgcpp 

Fortran benchmarks (except as noted below):

 pathf95 
410.bwaves:  pgf95 
434.zeusmp:  pgf95 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C (except as noted below):

 pgcc   pgf95 
436.cactusADM:  pathcc   pathf95 
481.wrf:  pathcc   pathf95 

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   -Mnomain 
436.cactusADM:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -fno-second-underscore 
437.leslie3d:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
444.namd:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
453.povray:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
454.calculix:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -Mnomain 
459.GemsFDTD:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
465.tonto:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
470.lbm:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
481.wrf:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX   -fno-second-underscore 
482.sphinx3:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:  -fastsse   -Msmartalloc=huge:150   -Msafeptr   -Mfprelaxed   -Mipa=inline   -Mipa=arg   -Mipa=const   -Mipa=ptr   -Mipa=shape   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 
470.lbm:  -march=barcelona   -Ofast   -m3dnow 
482.sphinx3:  -march=barcelona   -Ofast 

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:  -Mpfi(pass 1)   -Mipa=fast(pass 2)   -Mipa=inline(pass 2)   -Mpfo(pass 2)   -fast   -Mfprelaxed   -Msmartalloc=huge:150   --zc_eh   -Mnodepchk   -Munroll=n:4   -Munroll=m:8   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 
447.dealII:  -march=barcelona   -Ofast   -static   -INLINE:aggressive=on   -OPT:malloc_alg=1   -m32   -fno-exceptions 
450.soplex:  -march=barcelona   -fb_create fbdata(pass 1)   -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2)   -m32   -O3   -TENV:frame_pointer=off   -LNO:prefetch=1 
453.povray:  -march=barcelona   -fb_create fbdata(pass 1)   -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2)   -Ofast   -CG:load_exe=0 

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:  -Mpfi(pass 1)   -Mipa=fast(pass 2)   -Mipa=inline(pass 2)   -Mpfo(pass 2)   -fastsse   -Mfprelaxed   -Msmartalloc   -Mprefetch=distance:12   -Mprefetch=nta   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 
416.gamess:  -march=barcelona   -fb_create fbdata(pass 1)   -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2)   -O2   -OPT:Ofast   -OPT:ro=3   -OPT:unroll_size=256 
434.zeusmp:  -fastsse   -Mfprelaxed   -Msmartalloc=huge:150   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 
437.leslie3d:  -march=barcelona   -Ofast   -m3dnow   -OPT:unroll_size=256   -CG:load_exe=0   -OPT:malloc_alg=1 
459.GemsFDTD:  -march=barcelona   -Ofast   -LNO:fission=2   -LNO:simd=2   -OPT:malloc_alg=1 
465.tonto:  -march=barcelona   -Ofast   -OPT:malloc_alg=1   -OPT:alias=no_f90_pointer_alias   -LNO:blocking=off   -CG:load_exe=1   -IPA:plimit=525 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:  -fast   -Mfpapprox=rsqrt   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -Mfprelaxed   -Msmartalloc=huge:150   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 
436.cactusADM:  -march=barcelona   -fb_create fbdata(pass 1)   -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2)   -Ofast   -WOPT:aggstr=0 
454.calculix:  -fastsse   -Mfprelaxed   -Msmartalloc=huge:150   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 
481.wrf:  -march=barcelona   -Ofast   -LNO:blocking=off   -LNO:prefetch_ahead=10   -OPT:malloc_alg=1   -m3dnow   -LANG:copyinout=off   -IPA:callee_limit=5000 

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:  -w   -Mipa=jobs:4 

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:  -w   -Mipa=jobs:4(pass 2) 

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:  -w   -Mipa=jobs:4(pass 2) 
434.zeusmp:  -w   -Mipa=jobs:4 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:  -w   -Mipa=jobs:4 
454.calculix:  -w   -Mipa=jobs:4 

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/amd123GH-flags.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/amd123GH-flags.xml.