SPEC® CFP2006 Result

IBM Corporation

IBM BladeCenter HX5 (Intel Xeon E7-8837)

SPECfp®2006 = 57.0

SPECfp_base2006 = 53.4

CPU2006 license:	11	Test date:	May-2011
Test sponsor:	IBM Corporation	Hardware Availability:	May-2011
Tested by:	IBM Corporation	Software Availability:	Apr-2011

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon E7-8837
CPU Characteristics:	Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.8 GHz
CPU MHz:	2667
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	16 cores, 2 chips, 8 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable:	1,2 chips
Primary Cache:	32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache:	256 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache:	24 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	128 GB (16 x 8 GB 4Rx8 PC3-8500R-7, ECC)
Disk Subsystem:	2 x 50 GB SSD, RAID 0
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (x86_64), Kernel 2.6.32.12-0.7-default
Compiler:	Intel C++ and Fortran Intel 64 Compiler XE for applications running on Intel 64 Version 12.0 Update 3
Auto Parallel:	Yes
File System:	ext3
System State:	Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers:	64-bit
Peak Pointers:	32/64-bit
Other Software:	None

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	45.3	300	45.3	300	45.5	299	45.1	301	45.1	301	47.7	285
416.gamess	985	19.9	990	19.8	985	19.9	847	23.1	845	23.2	844	23.2
433.milc	296	31.0	292	31.5	291	31.5	294	31.2	294	31.2	300	30.6
434.zeusmp	92.3	98.6	92.5	98.4	92.5	98.4	92.3	98.6	92.5	98.4	92.5	98.4
435.gromacs	389	18.3	387	18.4	389	18.4	363	19.7	368	19.4	367	19.5
436.cactusADM	38.2	312	41.1	291	40.5	295	38.2	312	41.1	291	40.5	295
437.leslie3d	54.2	173	52.0	181	52.8	178	54.2	173	52.0	181	52.8	178
444.namd	491	16.3	490	16.4	491	16.3	487	16.5	481	16.7	482	16.7
447.dealII	348	32.9	348	32.9	347	32.9	348	32.9	348	32.9	347	32.9
450.soplex	318	26.2	318	26.3	317	26.3	318	26.2	318	26.3	317	26.3
453.povray	205	25.9	206	25.8	210	25.3	162	32.7	163	32.7	162	32.8
454.calculix	337	24.5	338	24.4	336	24.6	295	27.9	296	27.9	295	27.9
459.GemsFDTD	110	96.4	110	96.7	113	93.6	95.6	111	96.0	111	88.6	120
465.tonto	469	21.0	464	21.2	457	21.6	349	28.2	349	28.2	351	28.1
470.lbm	37.6	365	36.2	379	36.2	379	37.6	365	36.2	379	36.2	379
481.wrf	275	40.6	281	39.7	276	40.5	275	40.6	281	39.7	276	40.5
482.sphinx3	421	46.3	422	46.2	423	46.1	381	51.1	381	51.2	381	51.1

Operating System Notes

 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited prior to run
 echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/zone_reclaim_mode
 'mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/hugepages' was used to enable large pages
 echo 900 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
 export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes
 export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libhugetlbfs.so

Platform Notes

 BIOS Settings:
 Turbo Boost Power Optimization set to Traditional

General Notes

 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
 Binaries were compiled on RHEL5.5

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

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

icc -m64

C++ benchmarks:

icpc -m64

Fortran benchmarks:

ifort -m64

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

icc -m64 ifort -m64

Peak Portability Flags

Same as Base Portability Flags

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -static -auto-ilp32 -ansi-alias
470.lbm:	basepeak = yes
482.sphinx3:	-xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -unroll2 -ansi-alias -parallel

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -fno-alias -auto-ilp32
447.dealII:	basepeak = yes
450.soplex:	basepeak = yes
453.povray:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -unroll4 -ansi-alias -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:	-xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -opt-prefetch -parallel -static
416.gamess:	-xSSE4.2(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- -static
434.zeusmp:	basepeak = yes
437.leslie3d:	basepeak = yes
459.GemsFDTD:	-xSSE4.2(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 -opt-prefetch -parallel -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT
465.tonto:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -inline-calloc -opt-malloc-options=3 -auto -unroll4 -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -static -auto-ilp32 -ansi-alias
436.cactusADM:	basepeak = yes
454.calculix:	-xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -auto-ilp32 -ansi-alias
481.wrf:	basepeak = yes

The flags files that were used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.0-linux64-revB.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-platform-linux64-revA.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.0-linux64-revB.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-platform-linux64-revA.xml.