| CPU2006 license: | 11 | Test date: | Mar-2009 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | IBM Corporation | Hardware Availability: | May-2009 |
| Tested by: | IBM Corporation | Software Availability: | Mar-2009 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | POWER6+ |
| CPU Characteristics: | |
| CPU MHz: | 4200 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 8 cores, 4 chips, 2 cores/chip, 2 threads/core |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 8 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: | 64 GB (16x4 GB) DDR2 667 MHz |
| Disk Subsystem: | 1x146 GB SAS 15K RPM |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 |
| Compiler: | IBM XL C/C++ for Linux, V10.1 Updated with the Mar2009 PTF. IBM XL Fortran for Linux, V12.1 Updated with the Mar2009 PTF. |
| Auto Parallel: | No |
| File System: | ext3 |
| System State: | Run Level 3 (Multi-User) |
| Base Pointers: | 32-bit |
| Peak Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Other Software: | -Post-Link Optimization for Linux on POWER, Version 5.4.0-21 -MicroQuill SmartHeap 8.1 |
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 | 16 | 1264 | 172 | 1261 | 172 | 1261 | 172 | 16 | 1214 | 179 | 1214 | 179 | 1213 | 179 |
| 416.gamess | 16 | 1912 | 164 | 1908 | 164 | 1913 | 164 | 16 | 1836 | 171 | 1836 | 171 | 1838 | 170 |
| 433.milc | 16 | 2037 | 72.1 | 2061 | 71.3 | 2060 | 71.3 | 16 | 1220 | 120 | 1228 | 120 | 1229 | 120 |
| 434.zeusmp | 16 | 1020 | 143 | 1020 | 143 | 1019 | 143 | 16 | 637 | 228 | 643 | 226 | 638 | 228 |
| 435.gromacs | 16 | 1020 | 112 | 1020 | 112 | 1020 | 112 | 16 | 781 | 146 | 776 | 147 | 776 | 147 |
| 436.cactusADM | 16 | 1224 | 156 | 1224 | 156 | 1224 | 156 | 16 | 819 | 233 | 822 | 233 | 820 | 233 |
| 437.leslie3d | 16 | 1096 | 137 | 1102 | 136 | 1090 | 138 | 8 | 541 | 139 | 538 | 140 | 537 | 140 |
| 444.namd | 16 | 686 | 187 | 686 | 187 | 685 | 187 | 16 | 682 | 188 | 682 | 188 | 682 | 188 |
| 447.dealII | 16 | 770 | 238 | 759 | 241 | 758 | 242 | 16 | 740 | 247 | 739 | 248 | 735 | 249 |
| 450.soplex | 16 | 786 | 170 | 794 | 168 | 778 | 171 | 16 | 787 | 170 | 783 | 170 | 790 | 169 |
| 453.povray | 16 | 605 | 141 | 608 | 140 | 605 | 141 | 16 | 435 | 196 | 436 | 195 | 436 | 195 |
| 454.calculix | 16 | 755 | 175 | 755 | 175 | 756 | 175 | 16 | 650 | 203 | 651 | 203 | 650 | 203 |
| 459.GemsFDTD | 16 | 1774 | 95.7 | 1785 | 95.1 | 1770 | 95.9 | 16 | 1758 | 96.6 | 1772 | 95.8 | 1763 | 96.3 |
| 465.tonto | 16 | 1708 | 92.2 | 1735 | 90.7 | 1735 | 90.8 | 16 | 751 | 210 | 752 | 209 | 752 | 209 |
| 470.lbm | 16 | 1046 | 210 | 1046 | 210 | 1046 | 210 | 16 | 1045 | 210 | 1045 | 210 | 1045 | 210 |
| 481.wrf | 16 | 1129 | 158 | 1127 | 159 | 1133 | 158 | 16 | 891 | 201 | 948 | 189 | 898 | 199 |
| 482.sphinx3 | 16 | 1048 | 298 | 1062 | 294 | 1082 | 288 | 16 | 1008 | 309 | 1008 | 309 | 1007 | 310 |
Submit Notes
The config file option 'submit' was used. Benchmarks bound to a processor using numactl on the submit command.
General Notes
kernel release 2.6.27.19-5-ppc64.
See flags file for details on following settings.
ulimit -s (stack) set to 1048576.
System configured with libhugetlbfs library for application access to large
Large pages reserved as follows by root user:
echo 1600 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
Environment variables set before executing benchmarks.
export HUGETLB_VERBOSE=0
export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes
export XLFRTEOPTS=intrinthds=1
IBM Post-Link optimization tool was used for these benchmarks, with options
433.milc : "-imullX" (instrumentation phase), "-O4 -omullX" (optimizatio
435.gromacs : same as 433.milc
436.cactusADM : same as 433.milc
482.sphinx3 : same as 433.milc
453.povray : "-imullX" (instrumentation phase), "-O4 -omullX -see 1 -ihf
465.tonto : "-O4" (optimization phase)
Base Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks:
| xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 |
C++ benchmarks:
| xlC |
Fortran benchmarks:
| xlf95 |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 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: | -DNOUNDERSCORE |
| 482.sphinx3: | -qchars=signed |
Base Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qnoenablevmx -lhugetlbfs |
C++ benchmarks:
| -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qrtti -qnoenablevmx -qstaticlink -Wl,--whole-archive /usr/lib/libhugetlbfs.a -Wl,--no-whole-archive |
Fortran benchmarks:
| -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qsmallstack=dynlenonheap -qalias=nostd -qnoenablevmx -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qnoenablevmx -qsmallstack=dynlenonheap -qalias=nostd -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT |
Base Other Flags
C benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads |
C++ benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads |
Fortran benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads |
Peak Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks:
| xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 |
C++ benchmarks:
| xlC |
Fortran benchmarks:
| xlf95 |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 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: | -DNOUNDERSCORE |
| 482.sphinx3: | -qchars=signed |
Peak Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| 433.milc: | -Wl,-q -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qnoenablevmx -lhugetlbfs |
| 470.lbm: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O3 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT -q64 |
| 482.sphinx3: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -lhugetlbfs |
C++ benchmarks:
| 444.namd: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 |
| 447.dealII: | -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qrtti -qnoenablevmx -qstaticlink -Wl,--whole-archive /usr/lib/libsmartheap.a -Wl,--no-whole-archive |
| 450.soplex: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qstrict -lhugetlbfs |
| 453.povray: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -lsmartheap |
Fortran benchmarks:
| 410.bwaves: | -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qsmallstack=dynlenonheap -lhugetlbfs |
| 416.gamess: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qalias=nostd -qnoenablevmx |
| 434.zeusmp: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O3 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qxlf90=nosignedzero -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT |
| 437.leslie3d: | -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qsmallstack=dynlenonheap -qnoenablevmx -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT |
| 459.GemsFDTD: | -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT -q64 |
| 465.tonto: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -q64 -lsmartheap64 -lxlf90_r |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| 435.gromacs: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -lhugetlbfs |
| 436.cactusADM: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O2 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qnostrict -lhugetlbfs |
| 454.calculix: | -O4 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT |
| 481.wrf: | -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qnoenablevmx -q64 -lhugetlbfs |