| CPU2006 license: | 11 | Test date: | Mar-2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | IBM Corporation | Hardware Availability: | May-2008 |
| Tested by: | IBM Corporation | Software Availability: | May-2008 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | POWER6 |
| CPU Characteristics: | |
| CPU MHz: | 5000 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 1 core, 1 chip, 2 cores/chip |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 8,16,24,32,40,48,56,64 cores |
| Primary Cache: | 64 KB I + 64 KB D on chip per core |
| Secondary Cache: | 4 MB I+D on chip per core |
| L3 Cache: | 32 MB I+D off chip per chip |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 512 GB (256x2 GB) DDR2 667 MHz |
| Disk Subsystem: | 4x146 GB SCSI 15K RPM |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | IBM AIX V6.1 with the 6100-01 Technology Level |
| Compiler: | XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition V9 for AIX Updated with the Jan2008 PTF. XL Fortran Enterprise Edition V11.1 for AIX Updated with the Jan2008 PTF. |
| Auto Parallel: | No |
| File System: | AIX/JFS2 |
| System State: | Multi-user |
| Base Pointers: | 32-bit |
| Peak Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Other Software: | -- |
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 | 305 | 44.6 | 306 | 44.3 | 307 | 44.2 | 178 | 76.2 | 173 | 78.7 | 173 | 78.7 |
| 416.gamess | 1299 | 15.1 | 1298 | 15.1 | 1299 | 15.1 | 1227 | 16.0 | 1228 | 16.0 | 1227 | 16.0 |
| 433.milc | 470 | 19.6 | 470 | 19.6 | 469 | 19.6 | 418 | 22.0 | 418 | 22.0 | 418 | 22.0 |
| 434.zeusmp | 652 | 13.9 | 652 | 13.9 | 652 | 14.0 | 316 | 28.8 | 316 | 28.8 | 316 | 28.8 |
| 435.gromacs | 662 | 10.8 | 662 | 10.8 | 662 | 10.8 | 526 | 13.6 | 526 | 13.6 | 526 | 13.6 |
| 436.cactusADM | 600 | 19.9 | 599 | 19.9 | 600 | 19.9 | 427 | 28.0 | 427 | 28.0 | 427 | 28.0 |
| 437.leslie3d | 272 | 34.5 | 272 | 34.6 | 272 | 34.6 | 256 | 36.7 | 256 | 36.8 | 256 | 36.8 |
| 444.namd | 435 | 18.5 | 435 | 18.4 | 435 | 18.5 | 406 | 19.7 | 406 | 19.7 | 406 | 19.7 |
| 447.dealII | 462 | 24.8 | 462 | 24.8 | 462 | 24.8 | 462 | 24.8 | 462 | 24.8 | 462 | 24.8 |
| 450.soplex | 376 | 22.2 | 376 | 22.2 | 377 | 22.1 | 366 | 22.8 | 365 | 22.9 | 365 | 22.9 |
| 453.povray | 406 | 13.1 | 406 | 13.1 | 406 | 13.1 | 316 | 16.8 | 316 | 16.8 | 316 | 16.8 |
| 454.calculix | 487 | 16.9 | 487 | 16.9 | 487 | 16.9 | 399 | 20.7 | 400 | 20.6 | 400 | 20.6 |
| 459.GemsFDTD | 574 | 18.5 | 574 | 18.5 | 574 | 18.5 | 465 | 22.8 | 465 | 22.8 | 465 | 22.8 |
| 465.tonto | 879 | 11.2 | 879 | 11.2 | 879 | 11.2 | 456 | 21.6 | 456 | 21.6 | 456 | 21.6 |
| 470.lbm | 244 | 56.3 | 244 | 56.3 | 244 | 56.3 | 241 | 57.1 | 241 | 57.1 | 241 | 57.1 |
| 481.wrf | 945 | 11.8 | 945 | 11.8 | 945 | 11.8 | 945 | 11.8 | 945 | 11.8 | 945 | 11.8 |
| 482.sphinx3 | 559 | 34.8 | 559 | 34.8 | 560 | 34.8 | 501 | 38.9 | 500 | 39.0 | 500 | 39.0 |
General Notes
See flags file of details on following settings. all ulimits set to unlimited. Envionment variables set before executing benchmarks: MALLOCOPTIONS=pool MEMORY_AFFINITY=MCM XLFRTEOPTS=intrinthds=1 System set to "Enhanced" mode when defining partition on HMC. Speed run on 1 core partition defined on HMC. 12800 16M large pages defined with vmo command Remote console disabled in /etc/inittab. fdpr binary optimization tool used for: 410.bwaves 433.milc 435.gromacs 436.cactusADM 453.povray 470.lbm 482.sphinx3
Base Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks:
| /usr/vac/bin/xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 |
C++ benchmarks:
| /usr/vacpp/bin/xlC |
Fortran benchmarks:
| /usr/bin/xlf95 |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| /usr/vac/bin/xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 /usr/bin/xlf95 |
Base Portability Flags
| 410.bwaves: | -qfixed |
| 416.gamess: | -qfixed |
| 434.zeusmp: | -qfixed |
| 435.gromacs: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 436.cactusADM: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 437.leslie3d: | -qfixed |
| 454.calculix: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 481.wrf: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX -DNOUNDERSCORE |
| 482.sphinx3: | -qchars=signed |
Base Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| -bmaxdata:0x40000000 -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -blpdata |
C++ benchmarks:
| -bmaxdata:0x50000000 -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qrtti=all -D__IBM_FAST_VECTOR -blpdata |
Fortran benchmarks:
| -bmaxdata:0x60000000 -O5 -qlargepage -qsmallstack=dynlenonheap -qalias=nostd -blpdata |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| -bmaxdata:0x60000000 -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qsmallstack=dynlenonheap -qalias=nostd -blpdata |
Base Other Flags
C benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |
C++ benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |
Fortran benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qsuppress=1500-010 -qsuppress=cmpmsg -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| -qipa=noobject -qsuppress=1500-010 -qsuppress=cmpmsg -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |
Peak Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks:
| /usr/vac/bin/xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 |
C++ benchmarks:
| /usr/vacpp/bin/xlC |
Fortran benchmarks:
| /usr/bin/xlf95 |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| /usr/vac/bin/xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 /usr/bin/xlf95 |
Peak Portability Flags
| 410.bwaves: | -qfixed |
| 416.gamess: | -qfixed |
| 434.zeusmp: | -qfixed |
| 435.gromacs: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 436.cactusADM: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 437.leslie3d: | -qfixed |
| 454.calculix: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 481.wrf: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX -DNOUNDERSCORE |
| 482.sphinx3: | -qchars=signed |
Peak Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| 433.milc: | -bmaxdata:0x40000000 -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qalign=natural -qfdpr -blpdata |
| 470.lbm: | -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qfdpr -q64 -blpdata |
| 482.sphinx3: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -D_ILS_MACROS -qfdpr -blpdata |
C++ benchmarks:
| 444.namd: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -D_ILS_MACROS |
| 447.dealII: | -bmaxdata:0x50000000 -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qrtti=all -D__IBM_FAST_VECTOR -blpdata |
| 450.soplex: | -bmaxdata:0x40000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -qstrict -D_ILS_MACROS -blpdata |
| 453.povray: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -D_ILS_MACROS -qalign=natural -qfdpr -blpdata |
Fortran benchmarks:
| 410.bwaves: | -bmaxdata:0x50000000 -O5 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -qfdpr -qsmallstack=dynlenonheap -blpdata |
| 416.gamess: | -bmaxdata:0x40000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qalias=nostd |
| 434.zeusmp: | -bmaxdata:0x40000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O3 -qarch=auto -qtune=auto -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -qxlf90=nosignedzero -blpdata |
| 437.leslie3d: | -O4 -qlargepage -q64 -blpdata |
| 459.GemsFDTD: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -q64 -blpdata |
| 465.tonto: | -bmaxdata:0x20000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -blpdata |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| 435.gromacs: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -qfdpr -D_ILS_MACROS -blpdata |
| 436.cactusADM: | -bmaxdata:0x60000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O2 -qarch=auto -qtune=auto -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -qfdpr -qnostrict -D_ILS_MACROS -blpdata |
| 454.calculix: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -blpdata |
| 481.wrf: | basepeak = yes |
Peak Other Flags
C benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |
C++ benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |
Fortran benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qsuppress=1500-010 -qsuppress=cmpmsg -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| -qipa=noobject -qsuppress=1500-010 -qsuppress=cmpmsg -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |