SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Dell Inc.

PowerEdge M600 (Intel Xeon E5420, 2.50 GHz)

SPECfp®2006 = 20.5

CPU2006 license: 55 Test date: Jun-2008
Test sponsor: Dell Inc. Hardware Availability: Jan-2008
Tested by: Dell Inc. Software Availability: May-2008
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5420
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz: 2500
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 (4x4 GB, DDR2-667 MHz, CL5, Reg, Dual Rank)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 80 GB SATA 5400 RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64) SP2,
Kernel 2.6.16-60.0.21-smp
Compiler: Intel C++ and Fortran Compiler 10.1 for Linux
Build 20080312 Package ID: l_cc_p_10.1.015,
l_fc_p_10.1.015
Auto Parallel: Yes
File System: ReiserFS
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 64-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: Binutils 2.18.50.0.7.20080502

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 434 31.3  433 31.4  434 31.3  429 31.7 429 31.7 429 31.7
416.gamess 1089 18.0  1090 18.0  1089 18.0  1051 18.6 1052 18.6 1052 18.6
433.milc 874 10.5  875 10.5  875 10.5  894 10.3 894 10.3 894 10.3
434.zeusmp 617 14.8  617 14.8  617 14.8  631 14.4 631 14.4 631 14.4
435.gromacs 442 16.2  443 16.1  443 16.1  442 16.1 442 16.1 442 16.1
436.cactusADM 315 38.0  315 37.9  315 38.0  125 95.3 125 95.7 124 96.4
437.leslie3d 527 17.8  529 17.8  531 17.7  527 17.8 529 17.8 531 17.7
444.namd 610 13.1  614 13.1  607 13.2  604 13.3 604 13.3 605 13.3
447.dealII 476 24.0  476 24.0  476 24.0  451 25.4 450 25.4 451 25.4
450.soplex 646 12.9  648 12.9  648 12.9  586 14.2 583 14.3 584 14.3
453.povray 259 20.5  259 20.5  261 20.4  214 24.8 217 24.6 214 24.8
454.calculix 610 13.5  613 13.5  611 13.5  412 20.0 412 20.0 412 20.0
459.GemsFDTD 601 17.7  601 17.7  601 17.7  592 17.9 592 17.9 592 17.9
465.tonto 542 18.2  543 18.1  545 18.1  543 18.1 522 18.8 516 19.1
470.lbm 1883 7.30 1881 7.30 1894 7.25 594 23.1 596 23.1 594 23.1
481.wrf 561 19.9  559 20.0  560 19.9  584 19.1 584 19.1 584 19.1
482.sphinx3 828 23.5  832 23.4  830 23.5  821 23.7 823 23.7 825 23.6

Operating System Notes

 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stack size to unlimited prior to run

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
 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of processors
 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/10.1.015/bin/icc   -L/opt/intel/cc/10.1.015/lib   -I/opt/intel/cc/10.1.015/include 
433.milc:  icc 

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icpc 
450.soplex:  /opt/intel/cc/10.1.015/bin/icpc   -L/opt/intel/cc/10.1.015/lib   -I/opt/intel/cc/10.1.015/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 files that were used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic10.1-fp-linux64-revD.20090713.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-Linux64-Platform.20090713.07.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic10.1-fp-linux64-revD.20090713.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-Linux64-Platform.20090713.07.xml.