SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Intel Corporation

Intel DX79SI motherboard (Intel Core i7-3960X
Extreme Edition)

SPECfp®2006 = 68.3

CPU2006 license: 13 Test date: Oct-2011
Test sponsor: Intel Corporation Hardware Availability: Nov-2011
Tested by: Intel Corporation Software Availability: Apr-2011
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.90 GHz
CPU MHz: 3300
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 6 cores, 1 chip, 6 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: 15 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 16 GB (4 x 4 GB 2Rx8 PC3-12800U-11)
Disk Subsystem: Intel 160 GB SSD
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit)
Compiler: C/C++: Version 12.0.3.176 of Intel C++ Studio XE
for Windows;
Fortran: Version 12.0.3.176 of Intel Visual
Fortran Studio XE
for Windows;
Libraries: Version 15.00.30729.01 of Microsoft
Visual Studio 2008 Professional SP1
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
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 70.7 192   70.3 193   70.7 192   70.7 192   70.3 193   70.7 192  
416.gamess 681   28.8 678   28.9 681   28.8 509   38.5 509   38.5 509   38.5
433.milc 138   66.4 138   66.4 138   66.4 138   66.4 138   66.4 138   66.4
434.zeusmp 94.6 96.2 94.9 95.9 95.3 95.5 94.6 96.2 94.9 95.9 95.3 95.5
435.gromacs 247   28.9 247   28.9 247   28.9 247   28.9 247   28.9 247   28.9
436.cactusADM 65.6 182   65.7 182   65.7 182   64.8 184   65.2 183   65.1 184  
437.leslie3d 78.2 120   77.7 121   78.0 121   78.2 120   77.7 121   78.0 121  
444.namd 306   26.2 306   26.2 306   26.2 302   26.5 302   26.5 303   26.5
447.dealII 250   45.8 249   46.0 249   46.0 250   45.8 249   46.0 249   46.0
450.soplex 199   42.0 198   42.0 198   42.0 199   42.0 198   42.0 198   42.0
453.povray 115   46.3 115   46.4 115   46.1 91.9 57.9 91.7 58.0 92.1 57.8
454.calculix 210   39.3 210   39.3 210   39.3 210   39.3 210   39.3 210   39.3
459.GemsFDTD 119   88.9 119   88.9 119   88.9 106   101   106   101   106   101  
465.tonto 323   30.5 322   30.5 323   30.5 254   38.7 254   38.8 254   38.8
470.lbm 59.2 232   59.2 232   59.2 232   59.2 232   59.2 232   59.2 232  
481.wrf 158   70.5 159   70.3 159   70.3 158   70.5 159   70.3 159   70.3
482.sphinx3 281   69.3 295   66.1 280   69.7 281   69.3 295   66.1 280   69.7

Component Notes

 Tested systems can be used with Shin-G ATX case,
 PC Power and Cooling 1200W power supply
 System was configured with an ATI HD 6990 discrete graphics card

General Notes

 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of processors cores
 KMP_AFFINITY set to granularity=fine,scatter

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

C benchmarks:

 -QxAVX   -Qipo   -O3   -Qprec-div-   -Qparallel   -Qansi-alias   -Qopt-prefetch   -Qauto-ilp32   /F1000000000 

C++ benchmarks:

 -QxAVX   -Qipo   -O3   -Qprec-div-   -Qparallel   -Qansi-alias   -Qopt-prefetch   -Qcxx-features   -Qauto-ilp32   /F1000000000   shlW64M.lib    -link /FORCE:MULTIPLE 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -QxAVX   -Qipo   -O3   -Qprec-div-   -Qparallel   -Qansi-alias   -Qopt-prefetch   /F1000000000 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -QxAVX   -Qipo   -O3   -Qprec-div-   -Qparallel   -Qansi-alias   -Qopt-prefetch   -Qauto-ilp32   /F1000000000 

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:  -QxAVX(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:  -QxAVX(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:  -QxAVX(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:  -QxAVX(pass 2)   -Qprof_gen(pass 1)   -Qprof_use(pass 2)   -Qipo   -O3   -Qprec-div-   -Qunroll2   -Qopt-prefetch   -Qparallel   /F1000000000 
465.tonto:  -QxAVX(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:  -QxAVX(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 files that were used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12-winx64-revC.20111012.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-Windows-Platform-Settings-revC.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12-winx64-revC.20111012.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-Windows-Platform-Settings-revC.xml.