SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Dell Inc.

PowerEdge M710 (Intel Xeon X5650, 2.66 GHz)

SPECfp®2006 = 57.7

SPECfp_base2006 = 54.1

CPU2006 license:	55	Test date:	Jul-2011
Test sponsor:	Dell Inc.	Hardware Availability:	Mar-2010
Tested by:	Dell Inc.	Software Availability:	Apr-2011

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon X5650
CPU Characteristics:	Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.06 GHz
CPU MHz:	2667
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	12 cores, 2 chips, 6 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:	12 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	48 GB (12 x 4 GB 2Rx4 PC3-10600R-9, ECC)
Disk Subsystem:	1 x 146 GB 10000 RPM SAS
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	76.7	177	75.9	179	77.9	175	77.7	175	74.3	183	74.3	183
416.gamess	893	21.9	896	21.9	898	21.8	767	25.5	768	25.5	767	25.5
433.milc	180	50.9	180	51.0	180	50.9	177	51.8	178	51.7	178	51.6
434.zeusmp	83.3	109	83.5	109	83.3	109	83.3	109	83.5	109	83.3	109
435.gromacs	353	20.2	353	20.2	354	20.2	330	21.6	331	21.6	331	21.6
436.cactusADM	44.9	266	44.7	267	44.7	267	44.9	266	44.7	267	44.7	267
437.leslie3d	81.2	116	80.6	117	83.6	112	81.2	116	80.6	117	83.6	112
444.namd	448	17.9	448	17.9	448	17.9	441	18.2	441	18.2	441	18.2
447.dealII	304	37.6	304	37.6	304	37.6	304	37.6	304	37.6	304	37.6
450.soplex	262	31.8	262	31.8	262	31.8	262	31.8	262	31.8	262	31.8
453.povray	187	28.5	187	28.5	187	28.5	149	35.8	148	36.0	148	35.9
454.calculix	298	27.7	300	27.5	300	27.5	266	31.0	266	31.0	266	31.0
459.GemsFDTD	146	72.4	125	85.0	127	83.6	118	89.6	121	88.0	116	91.8
465.tonto	425	23.1	425	23.2	378	26.0	320	30.8	320	30.8	321	30.7
470.lbm	47.0	292	46.8	293	47.0	292	47.0	292	46.8	293	47.0	292
481.wrf	241	46.4	240	46.6	240	46.6	241	46.4	240	46.6	240	46.6
482.sphinx3	392	49.7	393	49.6	393	49.6	342	56.9	353	55.2	355	54.9

Operating System Notes

 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited prior to run

 '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:
 Power Management = Maximum Performance (Default = Active Power Controller)
 Data Reuse = Disabled (Default = Enabled)
 Logical Processor = Disabled (Default = Enabled)

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/Intel-Linux64-Platform.20110524.00.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/Intel-Linux64-Platform.20110524.00.xml.