SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Intel Corporation

Intel DX58SO2 Motherboard (Intel Core i7-960)

SPECfp®2006 = 43.5

SPECfp_base2006 = 41.9

CPU2006 license:	13	Test date:	Jul-2011
Test sponsor:	Intel Corporation	Hardware Availability:	Mar-2011
Tested by:	Intel Corporation	Software Availability:	Apr-2011

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Core i7-960
CPU Characteristics:	Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.46 GHz
CPU MHz:	3200
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	4 cores, 1 chip, 4 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable:	1 chip
Primary Cache:	32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache:	256 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache:	8 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	12 GB (3 x 4 GB 2Rx8 PC3-8600U-9)
Disk Subsystem:	Seagate 1 TB SATA, 7200 RPM
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit)
Compiler:	Intel C++ Compiler XE for Intel64 Version 12.0.3.163 Build 20110217 Intel Visual Fortran Compiler XE for Intel64 Version 12.0.3.163 Build 20110217 Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional SP1 (for libraries)
Auto Parallel:	Yes
File System:	NTFS
System State:	Default
Base Pointers:	32/64-bit
Peak Pointers:	32/64-bit
Other Software:	SmartHeap Library Version 9.01 from http://www.microquill.com/

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	161	84.4	161	84.5	161	84.5	161	84.4	161	84.5	161	84.5
416.gamess	773	25.3	774	25.3	774	25.3	691	28.4	689	28.4	689	28.4
433.milc	189	48.5	189	48.5	189	48.5	189	48.5	189	48.5	189	48.5
434.zeusmp	149	61.0	149	60.9	149	61.0	149	61.0	149	60.9	149	61.0
435.gromacs	315	22.7	315	22.7	315	22.6	315	22.7	315	22.7	315	22.6
436.cactusADM	193	62.0	194	61.8	192	62.2	185	64.5	184	65.1	185	64.7
437.leslie3d	160	58.6	161	58.5	161	58.3	160	58.6	161	58.5	161	58.3
444.namd	397	20.2	397	20.2	397	20.2	389	20.6	390	20.6	389	20.6
447.dealII	318	35.9	319	35.8	319	35.9	318	35.9	319	35.8	319	35.9
450.soplex	268	31.1	270	30.9	268	31.2	268	31.1	270	30.9	268	31.2
453.povray	172	30.9	172	30.9	172	30.9	135	39.5	135	39.4	134	39.6
454.calculix	252	32.7	252	32.8	252	32.7	252	32.7	252	32.8	252	32.7
459.GemsFDTD	223	47.7	222	47.7	222	47.7	217	49.0	217	48.9	217	48.9
465.tonto	400	24.6	399	24.6	400	24.6	331	29.7	330	29.8	331	29.7
470.lbm	117	118	117	118	117	118	117	118	117	118	117	118
481.wrf	219	51.0	219	50.9	219	50.9	219	51.0	219	50.9	219	50.9
482.sphinx3	422	46.2	423	46.1	425	45.9	422	46.2	423	46.1	425	45.9

General Notes

 Tested systems can be used with Shin-G ATX case,
 PC Power and Cooling 1200W power supply
 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of processors cores
 KMP_AFFINITY set to granularity=fine,scatter
 System was configured with an ATI HD5770 discrete graphics card

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

icl -Qvc9 -Qstd=c99

C++ benchmarks:

icl -Qvc9

Fortran benchmarks:

ifort

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

icl -Qvc9 -Qstd=c99 ifort

Base Portability Flags

410.bwaves:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64 -names:lowercase
416.gamess:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64
433.milc:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64
434.zeusmp:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64
435.gromacs:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64
436.cactusADM:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64 -names:lowercase /assume:underscore
437.leslie3d:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64
444.namd:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64 /TP
447.dealII:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64 -DDEAL_II_MEMBER_VAR_SPECIALIZATION_BUG
450.soplex:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64
453.povray:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64 -DSPEC_CPU_WINDOWS_ICL
454.calculix:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64 -DSPEC_CPU_NOZMODIFIER -names:lowercase
459.GemsFDTD:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64
465.tonto:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64
470.lbm:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64
481.wrf:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64 -DSPEC_CPU_WINDOWS_ICL
482.sphinx3:	-DSPEC_CPU_P64

Base Optimization Flags

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

icl -Qvc9 -Qstd=c99

C++ benchmarks:

icl -Qvc9

Fortran benchmarks:

ifort

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

icl -Qvc9 -Qstd=c99 ifort

Peak Portability Flags

Same as Base Portability Flags

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:	basepeak = yes
470.lbm:	basepeak = yes
482.sphinx3:	basepeak = yes

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:	-QxSSE4.2(pass 2) -Qprof_gen(pass 1) -Qprof_use(pass 2) -Qipo -O3 -Qprec-div- -Oa -Qauto-ilp32 /F1000000000 shlW64M.lib -link /FORCE:MULTIPLE
447.dealII:	basepeak = yes
450.soplex:	basepeak = yes
453.povray:	-QxSSE4.2(pass 2) -Qprof_gen(pass 1) -Qprof_use(pass 2) -Qipo -O3 -Qprec-div- -Qunroll4 -Qansi-alias -Qauto-ilp32 /F1000000000 shlW64M.lib -link /FORCE:MULTIPLE

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:	basepeak = yes
416.gamess:	-QxSSE4.2(pass 2) -Qprof_gen(pass 1) -Qprof_use(pass 2) -Qipo -O3 -Qprec-div- -Qunroll2 -Ob0 -Qansi-alias -Qscalar-rep- /F1000000000
434.zeusmp:	basepeak = yes
437.leslie3d:	basepeak = yes
459.GemsFDTD:	-QxSSE4.2(pass 2) -Qprof_gen(pass 1) -Qprof_use(pass 2) -Qipo -O3 -Qprec-div- -Qunroll2 -Qopt-prefetch -Qparallel /F1000000000
465.tonto:	-QxSSE4.2(pass 2) -Qprof_gen(pass 1) -Qprof_use(pass 2) -Qipo -O3 -Qprec-div- -Qunroll4 -Qauto -Qinline-calloc /F1000000000

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:	basepeak = yes
436.cactusADM:	-QxSSE4.2(pass 2) -Qprof_gen(pass 1) -Qprof_use(pass 2) -Qipo -O3 -Qprec-div- -Qopt-prefetch -Qparallel -Qunroll2 -Qauto-ilp32 /F1000000000
454.calculix:	basepeak = yes
481.wrf:	basepeak = yes

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12-winx64-revB.20110808.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12-winx64-revB.20110808.xml.