SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

IBM Corporation

IBM BladeCenter HX5 (Intel Xeon E7540)

SPECfp®2006 = 34.3

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Sep-2010
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: Jun-2010
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: Jan-2010
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E7540
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.26 GHz
CPU MHz: 2000
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 24 cores, 4 chips, 6 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2,3,4 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: 18 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 256 GB (32 x 8 GB PC3-8500R CL7, Quad Rank,
running at 978 MHz)
Disk Subsystem: 2 x 50 GB SATA, SSD, RAID 0
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64), Kernel
2.6.27.19-5-default
Compiler: Intel C++ and Fortran Professional Compiler for
IA32 and Intel 64, Version 11.1
Build 20091130 Package ID: l_cproc_p_11.1.064,
l_cprof_p_11.1.064
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
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 36.5 372   36.1 376   36.5 372   36.5 372   35.9 378   36.3 374  
416.gamess 1311   14.9 1307   15.0 1317   14.9 1077   18.2 1076   18.2 1084   18.1
433.milc 354   26.0 354   25.9 350   26.2 349   26.3 349   26.3 348   26.3
434.zeusmp 441   20.6 434   21.0 428   21.2 441   20.6 434   21.0 428   21.2
435.gromacs 450   15.9 447   16.0 451   15.8 441   16.2 440   16.2 444   16.1
436.cactusADM 43.8 273   45.5 263   42.6 280   44.1 271   42.6 280   42.4 282  
437.leslie3d 428   22.0 394   23.9 391   24.0 428   22.0 394   23.9 391   24.0
444.namd 595   13.5 596   13.5 597   13.4 595   13.5 596   13.5 597   13.4
447.dealII 451   25.4 451   25.4 451   25.3 451   25.4 451   25.4 451   25.3
450.soplex 415   20.1 418   20.0 411   20.3 407   20.5 406   20.6 410   20.3
453.povray 272   19.6 268   19.9 264   20.2 205   26.0 206   25.9 205   26.0
454.calculix 441   18.7 443   18.6 441   18.7 407   20.3 406   20.3 408   20.2
459.GemsFDTD 249   42.5 270   39.3 249   42.6 153   69.5 152   69.9 153   69.2
465.tonto 595   16.5 595   16.5 597   16.5 435   22.6 436   22.6 436   22.6
470.lbm 233   58.9 233   58.9 233   58.9 227   60.4 227   60.5 227   60.5
481.wrf 429   26.1 416   26.8 428   26.1 392   28.5 398   28.1 398   28.1
482.sphinx3 628   31.0 629   31.0 629   31.0 628   31.0 629   31.0 629   31.0

Operating System Notes

 echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/zone_reclaim_mode

Platform Notes

 Turbo Boost set to Traditional in BIOS

General Notes

 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stack size to unlimited prior to run
 Binaries were compiled on SLES 10 with Binutils 2.18.50.0.7.20080502
 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
 KMP_AFFINITY set to granularity=fine,scatter
 KMP_STACKSIZE set to 200M

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:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -parallel   -opt-prefetch 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -parallel   -opt-prefetch 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -parallel   -opt-prefetch 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -parallel   -opt-prefetch 

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

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:  basepeak = yes 
447.dealII:  basepeak = yes 
450.soplex:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -static(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-malloc-options=3   -auto-ilp32 
453.povray:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -static(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4   -ansi-alias 

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch   -parallel 
416.gamess:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -static(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll2   -Ob0   -ansi-alias   -scalar-rep- 
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)   -static(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll2   -Ob0   -opt-prefetch   -parallel 
465.tonto:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -static(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -inline-calloc   -opt-malloc-options=3   -auto   -unroll4 

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)   -static(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-prefetch   -auto-ilp32 
436.cactusADM:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -static(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll2   -opt-prefetch   -parallel   -auto-ilp32 
454.calculix:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -auto-ilp32 
481.wrf:  Same as 454.calculix 

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic11.1-linux64-revE.20100929.00.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic11.1-linux64-revE.20100929.00.xml.