| CPU2006 license: | 11 | Test date: | Sep-2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | IBM Corporation | Hardware Availability: | Nov-2008 |
| Tested by: | IBM Corporation | Software Availability: | Sep-2008 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | POWER6+ |
| CPU Characteristics: | |
| CPU MHz: | 4200 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 32 cores, 16 chips, 2 cores/chip, 2 threads/core |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 4,8,16,24,32 cores |
| Primary Cache: | 64 KB I + 64 KB D on chip per core |
| Secondary Cache: | 4 MB I+D on chip per core |
| L3 Cache: | 32 MB I+D off chip per chip |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 128 GB (64x2 GB) DDR2 667 MHz |
| Disk Subsystem: | 2x73 GB SAS 15K RPM |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.2, Kernel 2.6.18-92.el5 |
| Compiler: | IBM XL C/C++ for Linux, V10.1 IBM XL Fortran for Linux, V12.1 |
| Auto Parallel: | No |
| File System: | ext3 |
| System State: | Run Level 3 (Multi-User) |
| Base Pointers: | 32-bit |
| Peak Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Other Software: | -IBM Post-Link Optimization for Linux on POWER, Version 5.4.0-18 -MicroQuill SmartHeap 8.1 -IBM Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library for Linux on POWER, Version 4.3.1 |
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 | 64 | 2950 | 295 | 2950 | 295 | 2952 | 295 | 64 | 2828 | 308 | 2834 | 307 | 2839 | 306 |
| 416.gamess | 64 | 1930 | 649 | 1927 | 650 | 1928 | 650 | 64 | 1853 | 676 | 1854 | 676 | 1855 | 676 |
| 433.milc | 64 | 2153 | 273 | 2174 | 270 | 2181 | 269 | 64 | 2069 | 284 | 2068 | 284 | 2058 | 286 |
| 434.zeusmp | 64 | 1062 | 549 | 1060 | 549 | 1062 | 549 | 64 | 718 | 811 | 725 | 803 | 716 | 813 |
| 435.gromacs | 64 | 1034 | 442 | 1024 | 446 | 1029 | 444 | 64 | 785 | 582 | 779 | 587 | 778 | 587 |
| 436.cactusADM | 64 | 1300 | 588 | 1299 | 589 | 1299 | 589 | 64 | 879 | 870 | 881 | 868 | 880 | 869 |
| 437.leslie3d | 64 | 1946 | 309 | 1949 | 309 | 1950 | 309 | 32 | 825 | 364 | 835 | 360 | 833 | 361 |
| 444.namd | 64 | 703 | 730 | 691 | 743 | 701 | 732 | 64 | 694 | 739 | 683 | 751 | 683 | 752 |
| 447.dealII | 64 | 755 | 970 | 764 | 958 | 764 | 958 | 64 | 731 | 1000 | 739 | 991 | 724 | 1010 |
| 450.soplex | 64 | 1642 | 325 | 1289 | 414 | 1585 | 337 | 64 | 1576 | 339 | 1154 | 463 | 1135 | 470 |
| 453.povray | 64 | 616 | 552 | 614 | 554 | 612 | 556 | 64 | 450 | 757 | 447 | 762 | 450 | 757 |
| 454.calculix | 64 | 762 | 693 | 762 | 693 | 763 | 692 | 64 | 656 | 805 | 653 | 809 | 655 | 806 |
| 459.GemsFDTD | 64 | 3113 | 218 | 2997 | 227 | 3070 | 221 | 64 | 3062 | 222 | 3034 | 224 | 3088 | 220 |
| 465.tonto | 64 | 1766 | 357 | 1770 | 356 | 1775 | 355 | 64 | 775 | 813 | 780 | 808 | 774 | 813 |
| 470.lbm | 64 | 1584 | 555 | 1584 | 555 | 1582 | 556 | 64 | 1584 | 555 | 1584 | 555 | 1582 | 556 |
| 481.wrf | 64 | 1321 | 541 | 1285 | 556 | 1283 | 557 | 64 | 1171 | 610 | 1210 | 591 | 1216 | 588 |
| 482.sphinx3 | 64 | 1117 | 1120 | 1095 | 1140 | 1090 | 1140 | 64 | 1067 | 1170 | 1027 | 1210 | 1032 | 1210 |
Submit Notes
The config file option 'submit' was used. Benchmarks bound to a processor using numactl on the submit command.
General Notes
See flags file for details on following settings.
ulimit -s (stack) set to 1048576.
Large pages reserved as follows by root user:
echo 4480 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
System configured with libhugetlbfs library for application access to large pages
Environment variables set before executing benchmarks.
export HUGETLB_VERBOSE=0
export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes
export XLFRTEOPTS=intrinthds=1
IBM Post-Link optimization tool with options "-q -O4 -A 32 -shci 90 -sdp 9" used for
433.milc 435.gromacs 436.cactusADM 453.povray 465.tonto 482.sphinx3
Base Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks:
| xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 |
C++ benchmarks:
| xlC |
Fortran benchmarks:
| xlf95 |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 xlf95 |
Base Portability Flags
| 410.bwaves: | -qfixed |
| 416.gamess: | -qfixed |
| 434.zeusmp: | -qfixed |
| 435.gromacs: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 436.cactusADM: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 437.leslie3d: | -qfixed |
| 454.calculix: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 481.wrf: | -DNOUNDERSCORE |
| 482.sphinx3: | -qchars=signed |
Base Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qnoenablevmx -lhugetlbfs |
C++ benchmarks:
| -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qrtti -qnoenablevmx -qstaticlink |
Fortran benchmarks:
| -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qsmallstack=dynlenonheap -qalias=nostd -qnoenablevmx -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qnoenablevmx -qsmallstack=dynlenonheap -qalias=nostd -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT |
Base Other Flags
C benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads |
C++ benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads |
Fortran benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads |
Peak Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks:
| xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 |
C++ benchmarks:
| xlC |
Fortran benchmarks:
| xlf95 |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 xlf95 |
Peak Portability Flags
| 410.bwaves: | -qfixed |
| 416.gamess: | -qfixed |
| 434.zeusmp: | -qfixed |
| 435.gromacs: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 436.cactusADM: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 437.leslie3d: | -qfixed |
| 454.calculix: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 481.wrf: | -DNOUNDERSCORE |
| 482.sphinx3: | -qchars=signed |
Peak Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| 433.milc: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qnoenablevmx -lhugetlbfs |
| 470.lbm: | basepeak = yes |
| 482.sphinx3: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -lhugetlbfs |
C++ benchmarks:
| 444.namd: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 |
| 447.dealII: | -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qrtti -qnoenablevmx -qstaticlink -Wl,--whole-archive /usr/lib/libsmartheap.a -Wl,--no-whole-archive |
| 450.soplex: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qstrict -lhugetlbfs |
| 453.povray: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -lsmartheap |
Fortran benchmarks:
| 410.bwaves: | -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qsmallstack=dynlenonheap -lhugetlbfs |
| 416.gamess: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qalias=nostd -qnoenablevmx |
| 434.zeusmp: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O3 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qxlf90=nosignedzero -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT |
| 437.leslie3d: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT -q64 |
| 459.GemsFDTD: | -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT -q64 |
| 465.tonto: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qessl -q64 -lessl -lsmartheap -lxlf90_r |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| 435.gromacs: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -lhugetlbfs |
| 436.cactusADM: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O2 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qnostrict -lhugetlbfs |
| 454.calculix: | -O4 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT |
| 481.wrf: | -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qnoenablevmx -q64 -lhugetlbfs |