SPEC® CFP2006 Result

IBM Corporation

IBM System x3455 (AMD Opteron 2352)

SPECfp®_rate2006 = 84.7

SPECfp_rate_base2006 = 76.4

CPU2006 license:	11	Test date:	Jun-2008
Test sponsor:	IBM Corporation	Hardware Availability:	Jul-2008
Tested by:	Advanced Micro Devices	Software Availability:	Jun-2008

Hardware
CPU Name:	AMD Opteron 2352
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz:	2100
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	8 cores, 2 chips, 4 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable:	1,2 chips
Primary Cache:	64 KB I + 64 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache:	512 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache:	2 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	16 GB (8 x 2 GB, DDR2-667 CL5 Reg Dual Rank)
Disk Subsystem:	1 x 160 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:	PGI Server Complete Version 7.2 PathScale Compiler Suite Version 3.2
Auto Parallel:	No
File System:	ReiserFS
System State:	Run level 3 (Full multiuser with network)
Base Pointers:	64-bit
Peak Pointers:	32/64-bit
Other Software:	None

Results Table

Benchmark	Base							Peak
Benchmark	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	1479	73.5	1472	73.9	1472	73.9	8	1354	80.3	1356	80.2	1358	80.0
416.gamess	8	1520	103	1519	103	1521	103	8	1404	112	1409	111	1399	112
433.milc	8	1220	60.2	1220	60.2	1222	60.1	8	1200	61.2	1201	61.2	1201	61.2
434.zeusmp	8	869	83.8	878	82.9	872	83.4	8	869	83.8	878	82.9	872	83.4
435.gromacs	8	688	83.0	689	83.0	688	83.0	8	565	101	566	101	565	101
436.cactusADM	8	1082	88.3	1100	86.9	1088	87.9	8	972	98.4	963	99.3	976	98.0
437.leslie3d	8	1488	50.5	1489	50.5	1489	50.5	8	1380	54.5	1379	54.5	1381	54.5
444.namd	8	828	77.5	828	77.5	827	77.6	8	727	88.3	725	88.5	726	88.4
447.dealII	8	857	107	862	106	860	106	8	617	148	609	150	607	151
450.soplex	8	1344	49.6	1244	53.6	1244	53.6	8	1263	52.8	1233	54.1	1221	54.6
453.povray	8	400	107	401	106	400	106	8	346	123	345	124	345	123
454.calculix	8	620	106	616	107	616	107	8	524	126	525	126	527	125
459.GemsFDTD	8	1849	45.9	1847	46.0	1847	45.9	8	1654	51.3	1654	51.3	1653	51.3
465.tonto	8	892	88.2	891	88.3	891	88.3	8	763	103	759	104	756	104
470.lbm	8	2238	49.1	2294	47.9	2236	49.2	8	2222	49.5	2222	49.5	2224	49.4
481.wrf	8	1062	84.2	1072	83.4	1066	83.8	8	1003	89.1	1003	89.1	1013	88.2
482.sphinx3	8	1808	86.2	1799	86.7	1798	86.7	8	1704	91.5	1690	92.3	1688	92.4

Operating System Notes

 'numactl' was used to bind copies to the cores
 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set environment stack size
 'ulimit -l 2097152'  was used to set environment locked pages in memory limit
 Environment variable PGI_HUGE_PAGES set to 150
 Set vm/nr_hugepages=1200 in /etc/sysctl.conf
 mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/hugepages

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

pgcc

C++ benchmarks:

pgcpp

Fortran benchmarks:

pgf95

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

pgcc pgf95

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 -Mnomain
436.cactusADM:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -Mnomain
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 -Mnomain
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

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

-Mipa=jobs:4

C++ benchmarks:

-Mipa=jobs:4

Fortran benchmarks:

-Mipa=jobs:4

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

-Mipa=jobs:4

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

	pgcc
470.lbm:	pathcc

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

	pathCC
444.namd:	pgcpp

Fortran benchmarks (except as noted below):

	pgf95
416.gamess:	pathf95
459.GemsFDTD:	pathf95
465.tonto:	pathf95

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C (except as noted below):

	pgcc pgf95
436.cactusADM:	pathcc pathf95

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 -Mnomain
436.cactusADM:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -fno-second-underscore
437.leslie3d:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
444.namd:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
453.povray:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
454.calculix:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -Mnomain
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

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:	-fastsse -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Msafeptr -Mfprelaxed -Mipa=inline -Mipa=arg -Mipa=const -Mipa=ptr -Mipa=shape -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
470.lbm:	-march=barcelona -Ofast -CG:sse_cse_regs=0 -CG:locs_shallow_depth=1 -m3dnow
482.sphinx3:	-Mpfi=indirect(pass 1) -Mpfo=indirect(pass 2) -Mipa=fast(pass 2) -Mipa=inline(pass 2) -fastsse -Mfprelaxed -Msmartalloc -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:	-Mpfi(pass 1) -Mpfo(pass 2) -Mipa=fast(pass 2) -Mipa=inline(pass 2) -fastsse -Munroll=n:4 -Munroll=m:8 -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Mnodepchk -Mfprelaxed --zc_eh -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
447.dealII:	-march=barcelona -Ofast -static -INLINE:aggressive=on -fno-exceptions -m32
450.soplex:	-march=barcelona -fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -O3 -TENV:frame_pointer=off -LNO:prefetch=1 -OPT:malloc_alg=1 -CG:load_exe=0 -m32
453.povray:	-march=barcelona -fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -Ofast

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:	-Mpfi(pass 1) -Mpfo(pass 2) -Mipa=fast(pass 2) -Mipa=inline(pass 2) -fastsse -Msmartalloc -Mprefetch=distance:12 -Mprefetch=nta -Mpre -Mfprelaxed -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
416.gamess:	-march=barcelona -fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -O2 -OPT:Ofast -OPT:ro=3 -OPT:unroll_size=256
434.zeusmp:	basepeak = yes
437.leslie3d:	-Mpfi=indirect(pass 1) -Mpfo=indirect(pass 2) -Mipa=fast(pass 2) -Mipa=inline(pass 2) -fastsse -Mvect=fuse -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Mprefetch=distance:8 -Mprefetch=t0 -Mfprelaxed -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
459.GemsFDTD:	-march=barcelona -Ofast -LNO:fission=2 -LNO:simd=2 -LNO:prefetch_ahead=1 -CG:load_exe=0
465.tonto:	-march=barcelona -Ofast -OPT:alias=no_f90_pointer_alias -LNO:blocking=off -CG:load_exe=1 -IPA:plimit=525

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:	-fastsse -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Mfprelaxed -Mfpapprox=rsqrt -Mipa=fast -Mipa=inline -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
436.cactusADM:	-march=barcelona -fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -Ofast -LNO:blocking=off
454.calculix:	-Mpfi=indirect(pass 1) -Mpfo=indirect(pass 2) -Mipa=fast(pass 2) -Mipa=inline(pass 2) -fastsse -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Mprefetch=t0 -Mpre -Mfprelaxed -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
481.wrf:	-fastsse -Mvect=noaltcode -Msmartalloc -Mprefetch=distance:8 -Mfprelaxed -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

	-Mipa=jobs:4(pass 2)
470.lbm:	No flags used

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:

-Mipa=jobs:4(pass 2)

Fortran benchmarks (except as noted below):

	-Mipa=jobs:4(pass 2)
416.gamess:	No flags used
459.GemsFDTD:	No flags used
465.tonto:	No flags used

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C (except as noted below):

	-Mipa=jobs:4(pass 2)
436.cactusADM:	No flags used
481.wrf:	No flags used

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/amd421GH-flags.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/amd421GH-flags.xml.