SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Bull SAS

NovaScale T860 E1
(Intel Xeon E5420,2.50GHz)

SPECfp®2006 = 20.2

CPU2006 license: 20 Test date: Mar-2008
Test sponsor: Bull SAS Hardware Availability: Feb-2008
Tested by: NEC Corporation Software Availability: Nov-2007
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5420
CPU Characteristics: 2.50 GHz, 2x6 MB L2 shared, 1333 MHz bus
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: 12 GB (12x1 GB PC2-5300F, 2 rank, CL5-5-5, ECC)
Disk Subsystem: 1x73.2 GB SAS, 15000RPM
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 for Linux32 and
Linux64
version 10.1 Build 20070913 Package ID:
l_cc_p_10.1.008,
l_fc_p_10.1.008
Auto Parallel: Yes
File System: ext2
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 64-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: binutils-2.17.tar.gz, Version 2.17

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 436 31.2  437 31.1  435 31.2  431 31.5 431 31.5 430 31.6
416.gamess 1102 17.8  1091 17.9  1094 17.9  1050 18.6 1050 18.6 1047 18.7
433.milc 905 10.1  906 10.1  906 10.1  901 10.2 899 10.2 903 10.2
434.zeusmp 641 14.2  641 14.2  642 14.2  663 13.7 663 13.7 664 13.7
435.gromacs 442 16.2  442 16.1  444 16.1  440 16.2 440 16.2 440 16.2
436.cactusADM 328 36.5  327 36.5  327 36.5  130 91.8 132 90.5 132 90.8
437.leslie3d 521 18.0  522 18.0  525 17.9  521 18.0 522 18.0 525 17.9
444.namd 606 13.2  605 13.3  607 13.2  601 13.3 601 13.3 601 13.3
447.dealII 488 23.4  487 23.5  487 23.5  456 25.1 457 25.0 457 25.1
450.soplex 722 11.6  722 11.5  727 11.5  647 12.9 649 12.8 648 12.9
453.povray 254 20.9  255 20.9  254 20.9  216 24.6 216 24.6 216 24.6
454.calculix 614 13.4  613 13.5  614 13.4  414 19.9 414 19.9 416 19.8
459.GemsFDTD 604 17.6  604 17.6  603 17.6  593 17.9 592 17.9 591 17.9
465.tonto 544 18.1  544 18.1  545 18.1  520 18.9 520 18.9 521 18.9
470.lbm 1944 7.07 1952 7.04 1954 7.03 631 21.8 634 21.7 634 21.7
481.wrf 570 19.6  568 19.7  570 19.6  586 19.1 587 19.0 584 19.1
482.sphinx3 861 22.6  839 23.2  843 23.1  823 23.7 820 23.8 827 23.6

Operating System Notes

 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited prior to run
  OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores

Platform Notes

Bios settings:
Intel SpeedStep Technology: Disabled

General Notes

All benchmarks compiled in 64-bit mode except 450.soplex,
470.lbm and 482.sphinx3, for peak, are compiled in 32-bit mode

 The NEC Express5800/120Lj(Intel Xeon E5420) and
 the Bull NovaScale T860 E1(Intel Xeon E5420,2.50GHz) models are electronically equivalent.
 The results have been measured on a NEC Express5800/120Lj(Intel Xeon E5420) model.

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/NEC-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/NEC-Intel-ic10.1-FP-intel64-linux-flags.20090713.xml.