SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Hewlett-Packard Company

ProLiant BL460c Gen8
(2.60 GHz, Intel Xeon E5-2670)

SPECfp®2006 = 84.6

CPU2006 license: 3 Test date: Nov-2012
Test sponsor: Hewlett-Packard Company Hardware Availability: Oct-2012
Tested by: Hewlett-Packard Company Software Availability: Jun-2012
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5-2670
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.30 GHz
CPU MHz: 2600
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 16 cores, 2 chips, 8 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: 20 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 128 GB (16 x 8 GB 2Rx4 PC3-12800R-11, ECC)
Disk Subsystem: 2 x 146 GB 6G SAS 15 K, RAID 1
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.3,
(Santiago)
Kernel 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64
Compiler: C/C++: Version 12.1.2.273 of Intel C++
Studio XE for Linux;
Fortran: Version 12.1.2.273 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: 32/64-bit
Other Software: Microquill SmartHeap V9.01
HP Array Configuration Utility, CLI version

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 40.0 339   39.4 345   39.6 343   39.2 346   39.0 348   40.2 338  
416.gamess 676   29.0 676   29.0 676   29.0 564   34.7 563   34.8 566   34.6
433.milc 150   61.4 149   61.4 149   61.6 147   62.6 147   62.4 147   62.4
434.zeusmp 60.6 150   60.6 150   60.2 151   60.6 150   60.6 150   60.2 151  
435.gromacs 253   28.2 249   28.7 249   28.7 253   28.2 249   28.7 249   28.7
436.cactusADM 24.3 493   24.5 489   24.3 493   24.3 493   24.5 489   24.3 493  
437.leslie3d 43.6 215   44.8 210   40.2 234   43.6 215   44.8 210   40.2 234  
444.namd 355   22.6 355   22.6 355   22.6 349   22.9 349   23.0 350   22.9
447.dealII 227   50.3 227   50.5 227   50.3 227   50.3 227   50.5 227   50.3
450.soplex 188   44.4 189   44.2 188   44.3 188   44.4 189   44.2 188   44.3
453.povray 128   41.7 128   41.4 127   41.9 109   49.0 108   49.3 107   49.7
454.calculix 220   37.5 220   37.5 222   37.2 201   41.1 201   41.1 201   41.0
459.GemsFDTD 72.8 146   72.8 146   73.2 145   61.7 172   62.1 171   61.9 171  
465.tonto 295   33.3 269   36.5 296   33.2 234   42.0 232   42.5 233   42.1
470.lbm 32.2 426   31.6 434   31.8 432   32.2 426   31.6 434   31.8 432  
481.wrf 153   72.8 154   72.7 155   71.9 153   72.8 154   72.7 155   71.9
482.sphinx3 275   70.9 275   70.9 279   70.0 270   72.3 271   71.9 270   72.2

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
 Filesystem page cache cleared with:
 echo 1 >       /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
 runspec command invoked through numactl i.e.:
 numactl --localalloc runspec <etc>
 Drive Write Cache set to Enabled in HP Array Configuration Utility,
 CLI version
 Accelerator Ratio for Reads/Writes set to = 100% Read / 0% Write
 in HP Array Configuration Utility, CLI version

Platform Notes

 BIOS Configuration:
  HP Power Regulator set to HP Static High Performance Mode
  HP Power Profile set to Custom
  Energy/Performance Bias set to Maximum Performance
  Thermal Configuration set to Maximum Cooling
  Collaborative Power Control set to Disabled
  Processor Power and Utilization Monitoring set to Disabled
  Memory Power Savings Mode set to Perfomance

 Sysinfo program /cpu2006/config/sysinfo.rev6800
 $Rev: 6800 $ $Date:: 2011-10-11 #$ 6f2ebdff5032aaa42e583f96b07f99d3
 running on BL460c-Gen8-1 Thu Nov  8 09:54:35 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 E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz
       2 "physical id"s (chips)
       32 "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 : 8
       siblings  : 16
       physical 0: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
       physical 1: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    cache size : 20480 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       132259844 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 /usr/bin/lsb_release -d
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.3 (Santiago)

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    redhat-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.3 (Santiago)
    system-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.3 (Santiago)
    system-release-cpe: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6server:ga:server

 uname -a:
    Linux BL460c-Gen8-1 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Jun 13 18:24:36 EDT 2012
    x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 run-level 3 Nov 8 05:50

 SPEC is set to: /cpu2006
    Filesystem    Type    Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sda3     ext4    133G   12G  114G  10% /

 Additional information from dmidecode:
   BIOS HP I31 08/12/2012
   Memory:
    12x HP Not Specified 8 GB 1600 MHz 2 rank

 (End of data from sysinfo program)
 Correct dmidecode output:
   BIOS HP I31 08/12/2012
   Memory:
    16 x HP Not Specified 8 GB 1600 MHz 2 rank

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
KMP_AFFINITY = "granularity=fine,scatter"
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/cpu2006/libs/32:/cpu2006/libs/64"
OMP_NUM_THREADS = "16"

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Core i7-860 CPU + 8GB
 memory using 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 

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:  -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -unroll2   -ansi-alias   -parallel 

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:  basepeak = yes 
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:  basepeak = yes 
437.leslie3d:  basepeak = yes 
459.GemsFDTD:  -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   -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:  basepeak = yes 
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.