SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Hewlett-Packard Company

ProLiant BL420c Gen8
(1.90 GHz, Intel Xeon E5-2420)

SPECfp®2006 = 58.6

CPU2006 license: 3 Test date: Jul-2012
Test sponsor: Hewlett-Packard Company Hardware Availability: Jun-2012
Tested by: Hewlett-Packard Company 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 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: 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 and CL9)
Disk Subsystem: 2 x 146 GB 15 K SAS, RAID 0
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2
(Santiago)
2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64
Compiler: C/C++: Version 12.1.3.293 of Intel C++ Studio XE
for Linux;
Fortran: Version 12.1.3.293 of Intel Fortran
Studio XE for Linux
Auto Parallel: Yes
File System: ext4
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 64-bit
Peak Pointers: 64-bit
Other Software: None

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 75.7 180   76.7 177   76.5 178   76.3 178   77.3 176   75.9 179  
416.gamess 879   22.3 877   22.3 879   22.3 774   25.3 774   25.3 777   25.2
433.milc 195   47.1 195   47.1 196   46.9 193   47.5 193   47.5 192   47.7
434.zeusmp 85.7 106   85.7 106   85.5 106   85.7 106   85.7 106   85.5 106  
435.gromacs 262   27.2 262   27.2 265   27.0 262   27.2 262   27.2 265   27.0
436.cactusADM 38.7 309   39.1 305   38.5 310   38.3 312   38.9 307   38.7 309  
437.leslie3d 90.1 104   85.9 109   87.1 108   90.1 104   85.9 109   87.1 108  
444.namd 491   16.3 490   16.4 491   16.3 482   16.6 482   16.6 482   16.6
447.dealII 288   39.8 287   39.8 289   39.6 288   39.8 287   39.8 289   39.6
450.soplex 272   30.7 273   30.6 274   30.5 272   30.7 272   30.7 272   30.6
453.povray 174   30.6 174   30.6 175   30.3 151   35.1 147   36.1 147   36.1
454.calculix 302   27.3 301   27.4 303   27.3 278   29.7 278   29.7 280   29.5
459.GemsFDTD 108   98.5 108   98.1 107   99.6 91.8 116   91.2 116   92.2 115  
465.tonto 362   27.2 365   27.0 363   27.1 322   30.6 321   30.6 324   30.4
470.lbm 54.0 254   53.0 259   53.4 257   54.0 254   53.0 259   53.4 257  
481.wrf 203   55.0 206   54.2 209   53.4 203   55.0 206   54.2 209   53.4
482.sphinx3 381   51.2 377   51.7 377   51.7 381   51.2 377   51.7 377   51.7

Operating System Notes

Stack size set to unlimited using "ulimit -s unlimited"
Transparent Huge Pages enabled with:
echo always > /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled

Platform Notes

 BIOS configuration:
  HP Power Profile set to Maximum Performance
 Sysinfo program /mnt/store/cpu2006/Docs/sysinfo
 $Rev: 6775 $ $Date:: 2011-08-16 #$ 8787f7622badcf24e01c368b1db4377c
 running on bl420c-cpu Tue Jul 17 18:49:17 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:       99026400 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 /usr/bin/lsb_release -d
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2 (Santiago)

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    redhat-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2 (Santiago)
    system-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2 (Santiago)
    system-release-cpe: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6server:ga:server

 uname -a:
    Linux bl420c-cpu 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Nov 9 08:03:13 EST 2011
    x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 run-level 3 Jul 11 23:26

 SPEC is set to: /mnt/store/cpu2006
    Filesystem    Type    Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sda5     ext4    191G   14G  168G   8% /mnt/store

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

General Notes

 glibc-static-2.12-1.47.el6.x86_64.rpm is added to enable static linking
 Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/opt/smartheap/:/opt/ic12-libs/intel64/"
 OMP_NUM_THREADS=12
 KMP_AFFINITY="granularity=fine,scatter"

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   -parallel   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 

C++ benchmarks:

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

Fortran benchmarks:

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

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -parallel   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 

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:  -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   -ansi-alias 
470.lbm:  basepeak = yes 
482.sphinx3:  basepeak = yes 

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:  -xAVX(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:  -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 
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   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -parallel   -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:  -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -parallel   -opt-prefetch 
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 
465.tonto:  -xAVX(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 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:  basepeak = yes 
436.cactusADM:  -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -parallel   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 
454.calculix:  -xAVX   -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-ic12.1-official-linux64.20120425.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/HP-Platform-Flags-Intel-V1.2-A.20120829.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.1-official-linux64.20120425.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/HP-Platform-Flags-Intel-V1.2-A.20120829.xml.

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Originally published on 29 August 2012.