SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Dell Inc.

PowerEdge T420 (Intel Xeon E5-2420, 1.90 GHz)

CPU2006 license: 55 Test date: Jun-2012
Test sponsor: Dell Inc. Hardware Availability: Jun-2012
Tested by: Dell Inc. Software Availability: Feb-2012
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5-2420
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.40 GHz
CPU MHz: 1900
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 12 cores, 2 chips, 6 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2 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: 15 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 96 GB (12 x 8 GB 2Rx4 PC3-12800R-11, ECC, running
at 1333 MHz)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 300 GB 15000 RPM SAS
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2(x86_64)
3.0.13-0.27-default
Compiler: C/C++: Version 12.1.0.225 of Intel C++ Studio XE
for Linux;
Fortran: Version 12.1.0.225 of Intel Fortran
Studio XE for Linux
Auto Parallel: No
File System: ext3
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 32/64-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: None

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 24 1737 188 1736 188 1742 187 12 819 199 820 199 820 199
416.gamess 24 1636 287 1630 288 1630 288 24 1618 290 1638 287 1615 291
433.milc 24 839 263 838 263 837 263 24 837 263 835 264 837 263
434.zeusmp 24 671 325 672 325 662 330 24 671 325 672 325 662 330
435.gromacs 24 741 231 751 228 752 228 24 743 230 748 229 758 226
436.cactusADM 24 751 382 760 377 747 384 24 751 382 760 377 747 384
437.leslie3d 24 1168 193 1167 193 1168 193 12 546 207 547 206 546 206
444.namd 24 848 227 848 227 849 227 24 848 227 848 227 849 227
447.dealII 24 552 497 559 491 560 491 24 552 497 559 491 560 491
450.soplex 24 1108 181 1107 181 1104 181 12 462 217 461 217 461 217
453.povray 24 334 382 333 384 333 384 24 290 440 287 445 291 439
454.calculix 24 541 366 539 367 538 368 24 539 367 536 369 536 370
459.GemsFDTD 24 1418 180 1412 180 1408 181 12 706 180 708 180 707 180
465.tonto 24 722 327 717 329 718 329 24 699 338 698 338 696 339
470.lbm 24 933 353 932 354 931 354 24 933 353 932 354 931 354
481.wrf 24 822 326 812 330 811 330 24 807 332 807 332 807 332
482.sphinx3 24 1868 250 1867 251 1866 251 24 1828 256 1826 256 1820 257

Submit Notes

 The numactl mechanism was used to bind copies to processors. The config file option 'submit'
 was used to generate numactl commands to bind each copy to a specific processor.
 For details, please see the config file.

Operating System Notes

 Stack size set to unlimited using "ulimit -s unlimited"

Platform Notes

 CPU Power Management set to Maximum Performance
 Memory Frequency set to Maximum Performance
 Turbo Boost set to Enabled
 C States/C1E set to Enabled
 Sysinfo program /root/CPU2006-1.2/config/sysinfo.rev6800
 $Rev: 6800 $ $Date:: 2011-10-11 #$ 6f2ebdff5032aaa42e583f96b07f99d3
 running on linux-316h Wed Jun  6 23:27:38 2012

 This section contains SUT (System Under Test) info as seen by
 some common utilities.  To remove or add to this section, see:
   http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/Docs/config.html#sysinfo

 From /proc/cpuinfo
    model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2420 0 @ 1.90GHz
       2 "physical id"s (chips)
       24 "processors"
    cores, siblings (Caution: counting these is hw and system dependent.  The
    following excerpts from /proc/cpuinfo might not be reliable.  Use with
    caution.)
       cpu cores : 6
       siblings  : 12
       physical 0: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5
       physical 1: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5
    cache size : 15360 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       98994188 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 /usr/bin/lsb_release -d
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    SuSE-release:
       SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)
       VERSION = 11
       PATCHLEVEL = 2

 uname -a:
    Linux linux-316h 3.0.13-0.27-default #1 SMP Wed Feb 15 13:33:49 UTC 2012
    (d73692b) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 run-level 3 Jun 6 07:56 last=S

 SPEC is set to: /root/CPU2006-1.2
    Filesystem     Type  Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sda2      ext3  271G  123G  135G  48% /

 Additional information from dmidecode:

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/root/CPU2006-1.2/libs/32:/root/CPU2006-1.2/libs/64"

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Core i7-860 CPU + 8GB
 memory using RHEL5.5
 Transparent Huge Pages enabled with:
 echo always > /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled
 Filesystem page cache cleared with:
 echo 1>       /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
 runspec command invoked through numactl i.e.:
 numactl --interleave=all runspec <etc>

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 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icc -m64 
482.sphinx3:  icc -m32 

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icpc -m64 
450.soplex:  icpc -m32 

Fortran benchmarks:

 ifort -m64 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 icc -m64   ifort -m64 

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 
465.tonto:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
470.lbm:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
481.wrf:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_CASE_FLAG   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -static   -auto-ilp32   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 
470.lbm:  basepeak = yes 
482.sphinx3:  -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -unroll2 

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:  basepeak = yes 
447.dealII:  basepeak = yes 
450.soplex:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-malloc-options=3 
453.povray:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4   -ansi-alias 

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -static 
416.gamess:  -xAVX(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:  -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch 
459.GemsFDTD:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-malloc-options=3 
465.tonto:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4   -auto   -inline-calloc   -opt-malloc-options=3 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-prefetch   -static   -auto-ilp32   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 
436.cactusADM:  basepeak = yes 
454.calculix:  -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -auto-ilp32   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 
481.wrf:  Same as 454.calculix 

The flags files that were used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.1-official-linux64.20111122.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Dell-Platform-Settings-V1.2-revA.20120410.00.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.1-official-linux64.20111122.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Dell-Platform-Settings-V1.2-revA.20120410.00.xml.