SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2016 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Cisco Systems

Cisco UCS C240 M4 (Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4, 2.60
GHz)

CPU2006 license: 9019 Test date: Jul-2016
Test sponsor: Cisco Systems Hardware Availability: Apr-2016
Tested by: Cisco Systems Software Availability: Dec-2015
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.60 GHz
CPU MHz: 2600
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 32 cores, 2 chips, 16 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: 40 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 256 GB (16 x 16 GB 2Rx4 PC4-2400T-R)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 960 GB SAS HDD
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
3.12.49-11-default
Compiler: C/C++: Version 16.0.0.101 of Intel C++ Studio XE
for Linux;
Fortran: Version 16.0.0.101 of Intel Fortran
Studio XE for Linux
Auto Parallel: No
File System: xfs
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 32/64-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: None

Results Table

Benchmark Base Peak
Copies Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Copies 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 64 1258 691 1259 691 1259 691 64 1258 691 1259 691 1259 691
416.gamess 64 961 1300 958 1310 960 1310 64 919 1360 922 1360 923 1360
433.milc 64 894 657 894 657 894 657 64 894 657 894 657 894 657
434.zeusmp 64 523 1110 528 1100 533 1090 64 523 1110 528 1100 533 1090
435.gromacs 64 294 1550 294 1550 295 1550 64 281 1620 281 1630 281 1630
436.cactusADM 64 609 1260 608 1260 609 1260 64 609 1260 608 1260 609 1260
437.leslie3d 64 1222 492 1225 491 1223 492 64 1222 492 1225 491 1223 492
444.namd 64 459 1120 461 1110 461 1110 64 459 1120 460 1120 460 1120
447.dealII 64 370 1980 365 2010 369 1990 64 370 1980 365 2010 369 1990
450.soplex 64 1045 511 1048 509 1053 507 32 449 594 450 594 450 593
453.povray 64 202 1690 203 1680 201 1690 64 171 1990 172 1980 173 1970
454.calculix 64 273 1930 273 1930 273 1930 64 273 1930 273 1930 273 1930
459.GemsFDTD 64 1434 473 1434 474 1434 473 64 1434 473 1434 474 1434 473
465.tonto 64 547 1150 548 1150 543 1160 64 516 1220 520 1210 515 1220
470.lbm 64 928 948 928 948 927 948 64 928 948 928 948 927 948
481.wrf 64 870 822 872 820 873 819 64 870 822 872 820 873 819
482.sphinx3 64 1374 908 1367 913 1374 908 64 1374 908 1367 913 1374 908

Submit Notes

 The numactl mechanism was used to bind copies to processors. The config file option 'submit'
 was used to generate numactl commands to bind each copy to a specific processor.
 For details, please see the config file.

Operating System Notes

 Stack size set to unlimited using "ulimit -s unlimited"

Platform Notes

BIOS Settings:
CPU performance set to Enterprise
Power Technology set to Performance
Energy Performance BIAS setting set to Balanced Performance
Memory RAS configuration set to Maximum Performance
Memory Power Saving Mode set to Disabled
QPI Snoop Mode set to Cluster-on-Die
 Sysinfo program /home/cpu2006-1.2/config/sysinfo.rev6914
 $Rev: 6914 $ $Date:: 2014-06-25 #$ e3fbb8667b5a285932ceab81e28219e1
 running on linux-pglw Sun Jul 17 04:00:19 2016

 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 E5-2697A v4 @ 2.60GHz
       2 "physical id"s (chips)
       64 "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 : 16
       siblings  : 32
       physical 0: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
       physical 1: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
    cache size : 20480 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       264201588 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 /usr/bin/lsb_release -d
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    SuSE-release:
       SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x86_64)
       VERSION = 12
       PATCHLEVEL = 1
       # This file is deprecated and will be removed in a future service pack or
       release.
       # Please check /etc/os-release for details about this release.
    os-release:
       NAME="SLES"
       VERSION="12-SP1"
       VERSION_ID="12.1"
       PRETTY_NAME="SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1"
       ID="sles"
       ANSI_COLOR="0;32"
       CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:suse:sles:12:sp1"

 uname -a:
    Linux linux-pglw 3.12.49-11-default #1 SMP Wed Nov 11 20:52:43 UTC 2015
    (8d714a0) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 run-level 3 Jul 16 17:29

 SPEC is set to: /home/cpu2006-1.2
    Filesystem     Type  Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sda3      xfs   890G  7.5G  882G   1% /home
 Additional information from dmidecode:

    Warning: Use caution when you interpret this section. The 'dmidecode' program
    reads system data which is "intended to allow hardware to be accurately
    determined", but the intent may not be met, as there are frequent changes to
    hardware, firmware, and the "DMTF SMBIOS" standard.

   BIOS Cisco Systems, Inc. C240M4.2.0.10c.0.032320160820 03/23/2016
   Memory:
    16x 0xCE00 M393A2G40EB1-CRC 16 GB 2 rank 2400 MHz
    8x NO DIMM NO DIMM

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/home/cpu2006-1.2/libs/32:/home/cpu2006-1.2/libs/64:/home/cpu2006-1.2/sh"

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Intel Core i5-4670K CPU + 32GB
 memory using RedHat EL 7.1
 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 --interleave=all runspec <etc>

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:

 -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc -m64 

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icpc -m64 
450.soplex:  icpc -m32 -L/opt/intel/compilers_and_libraries_2016/linux/compiler/lib/ia32_lin 

Fortran benchmarks:

 ifort -m64 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 icc -m64   ifort -m64 

Peak 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:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
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 Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:  basepeak = yes 
470.lbm:  basepeak = yes 
482.sphinx3:  basepeak = yes 

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen:threadsafe(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fno-alias   -auto-ilp32 
447.dealII:  basepeak = yes 
450.soplex:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen:threadsafe(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-malloc-options=3 
453.povray:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen:threadsafe(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4   -ansi-alias 

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:  basepeak = yes 
416.gamess:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen:threadsafe(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll2   -inline-level=0   -scalar-rep- 
434.zeusmp:  basepeak = yes 
437.leslie3d:  basepeak = yes 
459.GemsFDTD:  basepeak = yes 
465.tonto:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen:threadsafe(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4   -auto   -inline-calloc   -opt-malloc-options=3 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen:threadsafe(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-prefetch   -auto-ilp32 
436.cactusADM:  basepeak = yes 
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/Cisco-Platform-Settings-V1.2-revE.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic16.0-official-linux64.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Cisco-Platform-Settings-V1.2-revE.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic16.0-official-linux64.xml.