SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Supermicro

Motherborad X7DB8+

CPU2006 license: 001176 Test date: Oct-2007
Test sponsor: Supermicro Hardware Availability: Nov-2007
Tested by: Supermicro Software Availability: Nov-2007
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5420
CPU Characteristics: Quad Core, 2.50GHz
CPU MHz: 2500
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 8 cores, 2 chips, 4 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable: 1, 2 chips
Primary Cache: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 12 MB I+D on chip per chip, 6 MB shared / 2 cores
L3 Cache: None
Other Cache: None
Memory: 16 GB (8 * 2 GB PC2-5300 FBDIMM, CL-5-5-5, ECC)
Disk Subsystem: 500GB SATA, 7200RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64) SP1,
kernel 2.6.16.46-0.12-default
Compiler: Intel C++ and Fortran Compiler for Linux32 and
Linux64 version 10.1
Build 20070725
Auto Parallel: Yes
File System: ReiserFS
System State: Multi-user, run level 3
Base Pointers: 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 8 3083 35.3 3094 35.1 3096 35.1 8 3067 35.4 3067 35.4 3067 35.4
416.gamess 8 1066 147   1065 147   1066 147   8 1051 149   1049 149   1052 149  
433.milc 8 2943 25.0 2937 25.0 2937 25.0 8 2865 25.6 2865 25.6 2866 25.6
434.zeusmp 8 1027 70.9 1026 71.0 1033 70.5 8 1017 71.6 1019 71.4 1020 71.4
435.gromacs 8 451 127   452 126   448 128   8 446 128   446 128   452 126  
436.cactusADM 8 1326 72.1 1327 72.1 1327 72.0 1 128 93.5 128 93.7 126 94.6
437.leslie3d 8 2735 27.5 2742 27.4 2736 27.5 8 2686 28.0 2684 28.0 2683 28.0
444.namd 8 608 105   608 106   607 106   8 605 106   613 105   614 104  
447.dealII 8 706 130   721 127   709 129   8 671 136   683 134   671 136  
450.soplex 8 1885 35.4 1882 35.4 1889 35.3 8 1703 39.2 1708 39.1 1711 39.0
453.povray 8 262 163   259 164   260 164   8 220 194   217 196   216 197  
454.calculix 8 635 104   640 103   637 104   8 452 146   454 145   453 146  
459.GemsFDTD 8 3318 25.6 3311 25.6 3323 25.5 8 3210 26.4 3210 26.4 3210 26.4
465.tonto 8 702 112   710 111   711 111   8 683 115   682 115   686 115  
470.lbm 8 4061 27.1 4058 27.1 4063 27.1 2 705 39.0 707 38.9 706 38.9
481.wrf 8 1652 54.1 1654 54.0 1656 54.0 8 1653 54.1 1654 54.0 1650 54.2
482.sphinx3 8 2718 57.4 2712 57.5 2699 57.8 8 2409 64.7 2418 64.5 2407 64.8

General Notes

 Tested systems can be used with CSE-825S2-R700LPV case,
 To ensure system stability, a 700W (minimum) ATX power supply
 [4-pin (+12V), 8-pin (+12V) and 24-pin are required]
 Product description located as of
 http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon1333/5000/X7DB8+.cfm
 The system bus runs at 1333 MHz
 taskset was used to bind processes to cores except for 436.cactusADM at peak

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc 

Fortran benchmarks:

 ifort 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 icc   ifort 

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:

 -fast 

C++ benchmarks:

 -fast 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -fast 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -fast 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

 /home/cmplr/usr3/alrahate/compilers/ic10.1mainline/20070725/Linux32/bin/icc   -L/home/cmplr/usr3/alrahate/compilers/ic10.1mainline/20070725/Linux32/lib   -I/home/cmplr/usr3/alrahate/compilers/ic10.1mainline/20070725/Linux32/include 
433.milc:  icc 

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icpc 
450.soplex:  /home/cmplr/usr3/alrahate/compilers/ic10.1mainline/20070725/Linux32/bin/icpc   -L/home/cmplr/usr3/alrahate/compilers/ic10.1mainline/20070725/Linux32/lib   -I/home/cmplr/usr3/alrahate/compilers/ic10.1mainline/20070725/Linux32/include 

Fortran benchmarks (except as noted below):

 ifort 
437.leslie3d:  /home/cmplr/usr3/alrahate/compilers/ic10.1mainline/20070725/Linux32/bin/ifort   -L/home/cmplr/usr3/alrahate/compilers/ic10.1mainline/20070725/Linux32/lib   -I/home/cmplr/usr3/alrahate/compilers/ic10.1mainline/20070725/Linux32/include 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 icc   ifort 

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 
444.namd:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
447.dealII:  -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 
481.wrf:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_CASE_FLAG   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -fno-alias   -auto-ilp32 
470.lbm:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll2   -scalar-rep-   -prefetch   -opt-malloc-options=3 
482.sphinx3:  -fast   -unroll2 

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -fno-alias   -auto-ilp32 
447.dealII:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll2   -ansi-alias   -scalar-rep- 
450.soplex:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -opt-malloc-options=3 
453.povray:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll4   -ansi-alias 

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:  -fast   -prefetch 
416.gamess:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll2   -Ob0   -ansi-alias   -scalar-rep- 
434.zeusmp:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast 
437.leslie3d:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -prefetch   -opt-malloc-options=3 
459.GemsFDTD:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll2   -Ob0   -prefetch 
465.tonto:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll4   -auto 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -prefetch   -auto-ilp32 
436.cactusADM:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll2   -prefetch   -parallel   -auto-ilp32 
454.calculix:  -fast   -unroll-aggressive   -auto-ilp32 
481.wrf:  -fast   -auto-ilp32 

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic10.1-FP-intel64-linux-flags.20090714.22.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic10.1-FP-intel64-linux-flags.20090714.22.xml.