SPEC® CFP2006 Result

IBM Corporation

IBM System x3450 (Intel Xeon E5472)

SPECfp®2006 = 23.4

SPECfp_base2006 = 19.7

CPU2006 license:	11	Test date:	Mar-2008
Test sponsor:	IBM Corporation	Hardware Availability:	May-2008
Tested by:	IBM Corporation	Software Availability:	Nov-2007

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon E5472
CPU Characteristics:	1600MHz system bus
CPU MHz:	3000
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 x 2 GB DDR2-5300F ECC)
Disk Subsystem:	1 x 80 GB SATA, 7200 RPM
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64) SP1, Kernel 2.6.16.46-0.12-smp
Compiler:	Intel C++ and Fortran Compiler 10.1 for Linux Build 20070913 Package ID: l_cc_p_10.1.008, l_fc_p_10.1.008
Auto Parallel:	Yes
File System:	ReiserFS
System State:	Multi-user, run level 3
Base Pointers:	64-bit
Peak Pointers:	32/64-bit
Other Software:	Binutils 2.17.50.0.15

Results Table

Benchmark	Base						Peak
Benchmark	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	361	37.7	361	37.7	360	37.7	353	38.5	354	38.4	353	38.5
416.gamess	907	21.6	906	21.6	907	21.6	873	22.4	873	22.4	873	22.4
433.milc	909	10.1	908	10.1	906	10.1	924	9.94	924	9.94	925	9.92
434.zeusmp	551	16.5	550	16.5	550	16.5	573	15.9	573	15.9	574	15.9
435.gromacs	368	19.4	367	19.4	368	19.4	365	19.5	366	19.5	365	19.5
436.cactusADM	277	43.1	277	43.1	278	43.0	110	109	109	110	109	109
437.leslie3d	510	18.4	512	18.4	510	18.4	510	18.4	512	18.4	510	18.4
444.namd	505	15.9	505	15.9	506	15.9	502	16.0	503	16.0	502	16.0
447.dealII	421	27.2	421	27.2	422	27.1	397	28.9	397	28.8	397	28.8
450.soplex	626	13.3	627	13.3	628	13.3	559	14.9	560	14.9	555	15.0
453.povray	212	25.1	212	25.1	213	25.0	179	29.7	177	30.0	178	29.9
454.calculix	515	16.0	515	16.0	515	16.0	349	23.7	349	23.7	349	23.7
459.GemsFDTD	470	22.6	470	22.6	470	22.6	454	23.4	454	23.4	454	23.3
465.tonto	456	21.6	457	21.6	463	21.3	434	22.7	435	22.6	437	22.5
470.lbm	1905	7.21	1899	7.23	1898	7.24	593	23.2	591	23.3	593	23.2
481.wrf	492	22.7	491	22.7	492	22.7	506	22.1	507	22.0	504	22.2
482.sphinx3	751	25.9	742	26.3	737	26.4	718	27.2	722	27.0	724	26.9

General Notes

 All benchmarks compiled in 64-bit mode except 450.soplex,
 470.lbm and 482.sphinx3, at peak, are compiled in 32-bit mode
 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
 KMP_AFFINITY set to physical,0
 KMP_STACKSIZE set to 200M

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 -parallel

C++ benchmarks:

-fast -parallel

Fortran benchmarks:

-fast -parallel

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

-fast -parallel

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

	/opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/bin/icc -L/opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/lib -I/opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/include
433.milc:	icc

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

	icpc
450.soplex:	/opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/bin/icpc -L/opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/lib -I/opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/include

Fortran benchmarks:

ifort

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
437.leslie3d:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
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 -parallel
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:	basepeak = yes
459.GemsFDTD:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -fast -unroll2 -Ob0 -prefetch -parallel
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 -parallel -prefetch -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.20090713.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.20090713.xml.