CPU2006 Result Flag Description

Compilers: Intel Compilers for C++ and Fortran, Version 9.1 for EM64T-based applications in Windows
Operating system: Windows XP Professional, 64-Bit Edition
Last updated: 22-Nov-2006 WK

The text for many of the descriptions below was taken from the documentation of the Intel Compilers. This documentation is copyright © 2006 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
The original documentation is distributed with the Intel compilers.

Base Portability Flags

410.bwaves

- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.

416.gamess

- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.

433.milc

- -D_Complex=
- PORTABILITY
- Unset a buggy Macro in the current version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.

434.zeusmp

- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.

435.gromacs

- -D_Complex=
- PORTABILITY
- Unset a buggy Macro in the current version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.

436.cactusADM

- -D_Complex=
- PORTABILITY
- Unset a buggy Macro in the current version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
- -Qlowercase
- FPORTABILITY
- -Qlowercase causes the compiler to ignore case differences in identifiers and to convert external names to lowercase.
  It is needed to specify the naming convention for mixing C and Fortran codes.
- /assume:underscore
- FPORTABILITY
- -assume:[no]underscore
  Determines whether the compiler appends an underscore character to external user-defined names.
  -assume:underscore is needed to specify the naming convention for mixing C and Fortran codes.

437.leslie3d

- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.

444.namd

- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
- /TP
- CXXPORTABILITY
- -TP tells the compiler to process all source or unrecognized file types as C++ source files.
  Default: The compiler assumes that files with the extension .c or .C are C source files. To handle them as C++ source files, the compiler flag -TP is needed.

447.dealII

- -D_Complex=
- PORTABILITY
- Unset a buggy Macro in the current version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
- -DBOOST_NO_INTRINSIC_WCHAR_T
- CXXPORTABILITY
- BOOST_NO_INTRINSIC_WCHAR_T indicates to the Boost code that on the particular compiler/configuration wchar_t is simply an alias for some other built-in integral type.
- -DDEAL_II_MEMBER_VAR_SPECIALIZATION_BUG
- CXXPORTABILITY
- Defined if the compiler refuses to allow the explicit specialization of static member variables.

450.soplex

- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.

453.povray

- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
- -DSPEC_CPU_WINDOWS_ICL
- CXXPORTABILITY
- Definitions for Windows and Intel Compiler

454.calculix

- -D_Complex=
- PORTABILITY
- Unset a buggy Macro in the current version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
- -DSPEC_CPU_NOZMODIFIER
- CPORTABILITY
- SPEC_CPU_NOZMODIFIER can be used if your compiler does not implement the C99 standard printf length modifier "z". You'll know you need this flag if validation fails with the file SPECtestformatmodifier_z.txt
- -Qlowercase
- FPORTABILITY
- -Qlowercase causes the compiler to ignore case differences in identifiers and to convert external names to lowercase.
  It is needed to specify the naming convention for mixing C and Fortran codes.

459.GemsFDTD

- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.

465.tonto

- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.

470.lbm

- -D_Complex=
- PORTABILITY
- Unset a buggy Macro in the current version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.

481.wrf

- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
- -DSPEC_CPU_WINDOWS_ICL
- CPORTABILITY
- This macro indicates that the benchmark is being built on a Windows system using the Intel C++ compiler.

482.sphinx3

- -D_Complex=
- PORTABILITY
- Unset a buggy Macro in the current version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.

Peak Portability Flags

410.bwaves

- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.

416.gamess

- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.

433.milc

- -D_Complex=
- PORTABILITY
- Unset a buggy Macro in the current version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.

434.zeusmp

- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.

435.gromacs

- -D_Complex=
- PORTABILITY
- Unset a buggy Macro in the current version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.

436.cactusADM

- -D_Complex=
- PORTABILITY
- Unset a buggy Macro in the current version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
- -Qlowercase
- FPORTABILITY
- -Qlowercase causes the compiler to ignore case differences in identifiers and to convert external names to lowercase.
  It is needed to specify the naming convention for mixing C and Fortran codes.
- /assume:underscore
- FPORTABILITY
- -assume:[no]underscore
  Determines whether the compiler appends an underscore character to external user-defined names.
  -assume:underscore is needed to specify the naming convention for mixing C and Fortran codes.

437.leslie3d

- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.

444.namd

- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
- /TP
- CXXPORTABILITY
- -TP tells the compiler to process all source or unrecognized file types as C++ source files.
  Default: The compiler assumes that files with the extension .c or .C are C source files. To handle them as C++ source files, the compiler flag -TP is needed.

447.dealII

- -D_Complex=
- PORTABILITY
- Unset a buggy Macro in the current version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
- -DBOOST_NO_INTRINSIC_WCHAR_T
- CXXPORTABILITY
- BOOST_NO_INTRINSIC_WCHAR_T indicates to the Boost code that on the particular compiler/configuration wchar_t is simply an alias for some other built-in integral type.
- -DDEAL_II_MEMBER_VAR_SPECIALIZATION_BUG
- CXXPORTABILITY
- Defined if the compiler refuses to allow the explicit specialization of static member variables.

450.soplex

- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.

453.povray

- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
- -DSPEC_CPU_WINDOWS_ICL
- CXXPORTABILITY
- Definitions for Windows and Intel Compiler

454.calculix

- -D_Complex=
- PORTABILITY
- Unset a buggy Macro in the current version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
- -DSPEC_CPU_NOZMODIFIER
- CPORTABILITY
- SPEC_CPU_NOZMODIFIER can be used if your compiler does not implement the C99 standard printf length modifier "z". You'll know you need this flag if validation fails with the file SPECtestformatmodifier_z.txt
- -Qlowercase
- FPORTABILITY
- -Qlowercase causes the compiler to ignore case differences in identifiers and to convert external names to lowercase.
  It is needed to specify the naming convention for mixing C and Fortran codes.

459.GemsFDTD

- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.

465.tonto

- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.

470.lbm

- -D_Complex=
- PORTABILITY
- Unset a buggy Macro in the current version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.

481.wrf

- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
- -DSPEC_CPU_WINDOWS_ICL
- CPORTABILITY
- This macro indicates that the benchmark is being built on a Windows system using the Intel C++ compiler.

482.sphinx3

- -D_Complex=
- PORTABILITY
- Unset a buggy Macro in the current version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
- -DSPEC_CPU_P64
- PORTABILITY
- This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers and longs, are 32-bits wide, and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks

- -fast
- COPTIMIZE
- Maximize speed across the entire program.
  
  Turns on:
  - -O3
  - -Qprec-div-
  - -QxP
  - -Qipo
- Includes:
  - -O3
    - -O2
      
      -Og
      
      -Oi
      
      -Os
      
      -Oy
      
      -Ob<n>
      
      -Gs
  - -Qprec-div-
  - -QxP
  - -Qipo
- -Qparallel
- COPTIMIZE
- This option tells the auto-parallelizer to generate multithreaded code for loops that can be safely executed in parallel.
  
  To use this option, you must also specify -O2 or -O3.
- -F950000000
- EXTRA_LDFLAGS
- Specifies the stack reserve amount for the program.
  
  -F<n>
  <n> is the stack reserve amount. It can be specified as a decimal integer or by using a C-style convention for constants (for example, -F0x1000).
  Default: The stack size default is chosen by the operating system.
- shlW32M.lib
- EXTRA_LIBS
- Link with MicroQuill SmartHeap Library.
  Available from http://www.microquill.com/

C++ benchmarks

- -fast
- CXXOPTIMIZE
- Maximize speed across the entire program.
  
  Turns on:
  - -O3
  - -Qprec-div-
  - -QxP
  - -Qipo
- Includes:
  - -O3
    - -O2
      
      -Og
      
      -Oi
      
      -Os
      
      -Oy
      
      -Ob<n>
      
      -Gs
  - -Qprec-div-
  - -QxP
  - -Qipo
- -Qparallel
- CXXOPTIMIZE
- This option tells the auto-parallelizer to generate multithreaded code for loops that can be safely executed in parallel.
  
  To use this option, you must also specify -O2 or -O3.
- -Qcxx-features
- CXXOPTIMIZE
- This option enables standard C++ features without disabling Microsoft features within the bounds of what is provided in the Microsoft headers and libraries.
  
  This option has the same effect as specifying -GX -GR.
  
  -GX Enables C++ exception handling.
  -GR Enables C++ Run Time Type Information (RTTI).
- -F950000000
- EXTRA_LDFLAGS
- Specifies the stack reserve amount for the program.
  
  -F<n>
  <n> is the stack reserve amount. It can be specified as a decimal integer or by using a C-style convention for constants (for example, -F0x1000).
  Default: The stack size default is chosen by the operating system.
- shlW32M.lib
- EXTRA_LIBS
- Link with MicroQuill SmartHeap Library.
  Available from http://www.microquill.com/

Fortran benchmarks

- -fast
- FOPTIMIZE
- Maximize speed across the entire program.
  
  Turns on:
  - -O3
  - -Qprec-div-
  - -QxP
  - -Qipo
- Includes:
  - -O3
    - -O2
      
      -Og
      
      -Oi
      
      -Os
      
      -Oy
      
      -Ob<n>
      
      -Gs
  - -Qprec-div-
  - -QxP
  - -Qipo
- -Qparallel
- FOPTIMIZE
- This option tells the auto-parallelizer to generate multithreaded code for loops that can be safely executed in parallel.
  
  To use this option, you must also specify -O2 or -O3.
- -F950000000
- EXTRA_LDFLAGS
- Specifies the stack reserve amount for the program.
  
  -F<n>
  <n> is the stack reserve amount. It can be specified as a decimal integer or by using a C-style convention for constants (for example, -F0x1000).
  Default: The stack size default is chosen by the operating system.
- shlW32M.lib
- EXTRA_LIBS
- Link with MicroQuill SmartHeap Library.
  Available from http://www.microquill.com/

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C

- -fast
- COPTIMIZE, FOPTIMIZE
- Maximize speed across the entire program.
  
  Turns on:
  - -O3
  - -Qprec-div-
  - -QxP
  - -Qipo
- Includes:
  - -O3
    - -O2
      
      -Og
      
      -Oi
      
      -Os
      
      -Oy
      
      -Ob<n>
      
      -Gs
  - -Qprec-div-
  - -QxP
  - -Qipo
- -Qparallel
- COPTIMIZE, FOPTIMIZE
- This option tells the auto-parallelizer to generate multithreaded code for loops that can be safely executed in parallel.
  
  To use this option, you must also specify -O2 or -O3.
- -F950000000
- EXTRA_LDFLAGS
- Specifies the stack reserve amount for the program.
  
  -F<n>
  <n> is the stack reserve amount. It can be specified as a decimal integer or by using a C-style convention for constants (for example, -F0x1000).
  Default: The stack size default is chosen by the operating system.
- shlW32M.lib
- EXTRA_LIBS
- Link with MicroQuill SmartHeap Library.
  Available from http://www.microquill.com/

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks

- -Qprof_gen
- PASS1_CFLAGS, PASS1_LDFLAGS
- This option instruments a program for profiling as first step in Profile Guided Optimization.
  
  Profile Guided Optimization (PGO) consists of 3 phases:
  Phase 1: Compile and generate instrumented code in preparation to gather profiling information (compiler flag -Qprof_gen).
  Phase 2: Execute the instrumented code and gather profiling information.
  Phase 3: Recompile the code and use the profiling information for improved optimization (compiler flag -Qprof_use).
  
  The option -Qprof_gen instruments a program for profiling to get the execution count of each basic block. It also creates a new static profile information file (.spi). This flag is used in phase 1 of the Profile Guided Optimizer (PGO) to instruct the compiler to produce code in your object files in preparation for instrumented execution.
  
  The instrumented code
  - Gathers information regarding execution paths.
  - Gathers information regarding data values.
  - Does not use hardware performance counters.
- -Qprof_use
- PASS2_CFLAGS, PASS2_LDFLAGS
- This option enables the use of profiling information during optimization as final step in Profile Guided Optimization.
  
  Profile Guided Optimization (PGO) consists of 3 phases:
  Phase 1: Compile and generate instrumented code in preparation to gather profiling information (compiler flag -Qprof_gen).
  Phase 2: Execute the instrumented code and gather profiling information.
  Phase 3: Recompile the code and use the profiling information for improved optimization (compiler flag -Qprof_use).
  
  The option -Qprof_use instructs the compiler to use the profiling information from phase 2 of PGO in order to produce a profile-optimized executable (phase 3 of PGO).
  
  It also enables function splitting (option -Qfnsplit) and function grouping during optimization.
  
  Note that there is no way to turn off function grouping if you enable it using this option.
  
  The recompilation with -Qprof_use
  - Uses information regarding execution paths.
  - Uses information regarding data values.
  - Does not use hardware performance counters.
  - Uses techniques (like function grouping) which are not available without PGO.
- Includes:
  - -Qfnsplit
- -fast
- COPTIMIZE
- Maximize speed across the entire program.
  
  Turns on:
  - -O3
  - -Qprec-div-
  - -QxP
  - -Qipo
- Includes:
  - -O3
    - -O2
      
      -Og
      
      -Oi
      
      -Os
      
      -Oy
      
      -Ob<n>
      
      -Gs
  - -Qprec-div-
  - -QxP
  - -Qipo
- -F950000000
- EXTRA_LDFLAGS
- Specifies the stack reserve amount for the program.
  
  -F<n>
  <n> is the stack reserve amount. It can be specified as a decimal integer or by using a C-style convention for constants (for example, -F0x1000).
  Default: The stack size default is chosen by the operating system.
- shlW32M.lib
- EXTRA_LIBS
- Link with MicroQuill SmartHeap Library.
  Available from http://www.microquill.com/

C++ benchmarks

444.namd

- basepeak = yes

447.dealII

- -Qprof_gen
- PASS1_CXXFLAGS, PASS1_LDFLAGS
- This option instruments a program for profiling as first step in Profile Guided Optimization.
  
  Profile Guided Optimization (PGO) consists of 3 phases:
  Phase 1: Compile and generate instrumented code in preparation to gather profiling information (compiler flag -Qprof_gen).
  Phase 2: Execute the instrumented code and gather profiling information.
  Phase 3: Recompile the code and use the profiling information for improved optimization (compiler flag -Qprof_use).
  
  The option -Qprof_gen instruments a program for profiling to get the execution count of each basic block. It also creates a new static profile information file (.spi). This flag is used in phase 1 of the Profile Guided Optimizer (PGO) to instruct the compiler to produce code in your object files in preparation for instrumented execution.
  
  The instrumented code
  - Gathers information regarding execution paths.
  - Gathers information regarding data values.
  - Does not use hardware performance counters.
- -Qprof_use
- PASS2_CXXFLAGS, PASS2_LDFLAGS
- This option enables the use of profiling information during optimization as final step in Profile Guided Optimization.
  
  Profile Guided Optimization (PGO) consists of 3 phases:
  Phase 1: Compile and generate instrumented code in preparation to gather profiling information (compiler flag -Qprof_gen).
  Phase 2: Execute the instrumented code and gather profiling information.
  Phase 3: Recompile the code and use the profiling information for improved optimization (compiler flag -Qprof_use).
  
  The option -Qprof_use instructs the compiler to use the profiling information from phase 2 of PGO in order to produce a profile-optimized executable (phase 3 of PGO).
  
  It also enables function splitting (option -Qfnsplit) and function grouping during optimization.
  
  Note that there is no way to turn off function grouping if you enable it using this option.
  
  The recompilation with -Qprof_use
  - Uses information regarding execution paths.
  - Uses information regarding data values.
  - Does not use hardware performance counters.
  - Uses techniques (like function grouping) which are not available without PGO.
- Includes:
  - -Qfnsplit
- -fast
- CXXOPTIMIZE
- Maximize speed across the entire program.
  
  Turns on:
  - -O3
  - -Qprec-div-
  - -QxP
  - -Qipo
- Includes:
  - -O3
    - -O2
      
      -Og
      
      -Oi
      
      -Os
      
      -Oy
      
      -Ob<n>
      
      -Gs
  - -Qprec-div-
  - -QxP
  - -Qipo
- -Qcxx-features
- CXXOPTIMIZE
- This option enables standard C++ features without disabling Microsoft features within the bounds of what is provided in the Microsoft headers and libraries.
  
  This option has the same effect as specifying -GX -GR.
  
  -GX Enables C++ exception handling.
  -GR Enables C++ Run Time Type Information (RTTI).
- -F950000000
- EXTRA_LDFLAGS
- Specifies the stack reserve amount for the program.
  
  -F<n>
  <n> is the stack reserve amount. It can be specified as a decimal integer or by using a C-style convention for constants (for example, -F0x1000).
  Default: The stack size default is chosen by the operating system.
- shlW32M.lib
- EXTRA_LIBS
- Link with MicroQuill SmartHeap Library.
  Available from http://www.microquill.com/

450.soplex

- Same as 447.dealII

453.povray

- Same as 447.dealII

Fortran benchmarks

410.bwaves

- -Qprof_gen
- PASS1_FFLAGS, PASS1_LDFLAGS
- This option instruments a program for profiling as first step in Profile Guided Optimization.
  
  Profile Guided Optimization (PGO) consists of 3 phases:
  Phase 1: Compile and generate instrumented code in preparation to gather profiling information (compiler flag -Qprof_gen).
  Phase 2: Execute the instrumented code and gather profiling information.
  Phase 3: Recompile the code and use the profiling information for improved optimization (compiler flag -Qprof_use).
  
  The option -Qprof_gen instruments a program for profiling to get the execution count of each basic block. It also creates a new static profile information file (.spi). This flag is used in phase 1 of the Profile Guided Optimizer (PGO) to instruct the compiler to produce code in your object files in preparation for instrumented execution.
  
  The instrumented code
  - Gathers information regarding execution paths.
  - Gathers information regarding data values.
  - Does not use hardware performance counters.
- -Qprof_use
- PASS2_FFLAGS, PASS2_LDFLAGS
- This option enables the use of profiling information during optimization as final step in Profile Guided Optimization.
  
  Profile Guided Optimization (PGO) consists of 3 phases:
  Phase 1: Compile and generate instrumented code in preparation to gather profiling information (compiler flag -Qprof_gen).
  Phase 2: Execute the instrumented code and gather profiling information.
  Phase 3: Recompile the code and use the profiling information for improved optimization (compiler flag -Qprof_use).
  
  The option -Qprof_use instructs the compiler to use the profiling information from phase 2 of PGO in order to produce a profile-optimized executable (phase 3 of PGO).
  
  It also enables function splitting (option -Qfnsplit) and function grouping during optimization.
  
  Note that there is no way to turn off function grouping if you enable it using this option.
  
  The recompilation with -Qprof_use
  - Uses information regarding execution paths.
  - Uses information regarding data values.
  - Does not use hardware performance counters.
  - Uses techniques (like function grouping) which are not available without PGO.
- Includes:
  - -Qfnsplit
- -fast
- FOPTIMIZE
- Maximize speed across the entire program.
  
  Turns on:
  - -O3
  - -Qprec-div-
  - -QxP
  - -Qipo
- Includes:
  - -O3
    - -O2
      
      -Og
      
      -Oi
      
      -Os
      
      -Oy
      
      -Ob<n>
      
      -Gs
  - -Qprec-div-
  - -QxP
  - -Qipo
- -Qparallel
- FOPTIMIZE
- This option tells the auto-parallelizer to generate multithreaded code for loops that can be safely executed in parallel.
  
  To use this option, you must also specify -O2 or -O3.
- -F950000000
- EXTRA_LDFLAGS
- Specifies the stack reserve amount for the program.
  
  -F<n>
  <n> is the stack reserve amount. It can be specified as a decimal integer or by using a C-style convention for constants (for example, -F0x1000).
  Default: The stack size default is chosen by the operating system.
- shlW32M.lib
- EXTRA_LIBS
- Link with MicroQuill SmartHeap Library.
  Available from http://www.microquill.com/

416.gamess

- -fast
- FOPTIMIZE
- Maximize speed across the entire program.
  
  Turns on:
  - -O3
  - -Qprec-div-
  - -QxP
  - -Qipo
- Includes:
  - -O3
    - -O2
      
      -Og
      
      -Oi
      
      -Os
      
      -Oy
      
      -Ob<n>
      
      -Gs
  - -Qprec-div-
  - -QxP
  - -Qipo
- -F950000000
- EXTRA_LDFLAGS
- Specifies the stack reserve amount for the program.
  
  -F<n>
  <n> is the stack reserve amount. It can be specified as a decimal integer or by using a C-style convention for constants (for example, -F0x1000).
  Default: The stack size default is chosen by the operating system.
- shlW32M.lib
- EXTRA_LIBS
- Link with MicroQuill SmartHeap Library.
  Available from http://www.microquill.com/

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C

435.gromacs

- -Qprof_gen
- PASS1_CFLAGS, PASS1_FFLAGS, PASS1_LDFLAGS
- This option instruments a program for profiling as first step in Profile Guided Optimization.
  
  Profile Guided Optimization (PGO) consists of 3 phases:
  Phase 1: Compile and generate instrumented code in preparation to gather profiling information (compiler flag -Qprof_gen).
  Phase 2: Execute the instrumented code and gather profiling information.
  Phase 3: Recompile the code and use the profiling information for improved optimization (compiler flag -Qprof_use).
  
  The option -Qprof_gen instruments a program for profiling to get the execution count of each basic block. It also creates a new static profile information file (.spi). This flag is used in phase 1 of the Profile Guided Optimizer (PGO) to instruct the compiler to produce code in your object files in preparation for instrumented execution.
  
  The instrumented code
  - Gathers information regarding execution paths.
  - Gathers information regarding data values.
  - Does not use hardware performance counters.
- -Qprof_use
- PASS2_CFLAGS, PASS2_FFLAGS, PASS2_LDFLAGS
- This option enables the use of profiling information during optimization as final step in Profile Guided Optimization.
  
  Profile Guided Optimization (PGO) consists of 3 phases:
  Phase 1: Compile and generate instrumented code in preparation to gather profiling information (compiler flag -Qprof_gen).
  Phase 2: Execute the instrumented code and gather profiling information.
  Phase 3: Recompile the code and use the profiling information for improved optimization (compiler flag -Qprof_use).
  
  The option -Qprof_use instructs the compiler to use the profiling information from phase 2 of PGO in order to produce a profile-optimized executable (phase 3 of PGO).
  
  It also enables function splitting (option -Qfnsplit) and function grouping during optimization.
  
  Note that there is no way to turn off function grouping if you enable it using this option.
  
  The recompilation with -Qprof_use
  - Uses information regarding execution paths.
  - Uses information regarding data values.
  - Does not use hardware performance counters.
  - Uses techniques (like function grouping) which are not available without PGO.
- Includes:
  - -Qfnsplit
- -fast
- COPTIMIZE, FOPTIMIZE
- Maximize speed across the entire program.
  
  Turns on:
  - -O3
  - -Qprec-div-
  - -QxP
  - -Qipo
- Includes:
  - -O3
    - -O2
      
      -Og
      
      -Oi
      
      -Os
      
      -Oy
      
      -Ob<n>
      
      -Gs
  - -Qprec-div-
  - -QxP
  - -Qipo
- -F950000000
- EXTRA_LDFLAGS
- Specifies the stack reserve amount for the program.
  
  -F<n>
  <n> is the stack reserve amount. It can be specified as a decimal integer or by using a C-style convention for constants (for example, -F0x1000).
  Default: The stack size default is chosen by the operating system.
- shlW32M.lib
- EXTRA_LIBS
- Link with MicroQuill SmartHeap Library.
  Available from http://www.microquill.com/

436.cactusADM

- basepeak = yes

454.calculix

- Same as 435.gromacs

481.wrf

- basepeak = yes

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CPU2006 Flag DescriptionFujitsu Siemens Computers CELSIUS R640, Intel Xeon 5160 processor

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CPU2006 Flag Description
Fujitsu Siemens Computers CELSIUS R640, Intel Xeon 5160 processor