SPEC® CFP2006 Result

IBM Corporation

IBM BladeCenter HX5 (Intel Xeon X7560)

SPECfp®2006 = 38.4

SPECfp_base2006 = 34.6

CPU2006 license:	11	Test date:	Jul-2010
Test sponsor:	IBM Corporation	Hardware Availability:	Oct-2010
Tested by:	IBM Corporation	Software Availability:	Jan-2010

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon X7560
CPU Characteristics:	Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.67 GHz
CPU MHz:	2267
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	32 cores, 4 chips, 8 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable:	1,2,3,4 chips
Primary Cache:	32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache:	256 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache:	24 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	256 GB (32 x 8 GB PC3-8500R CL7, Quad Rank, running at 978 MHz)
Disk Subsystem:	2 x 50 GB SATA, SSD, RAID 0
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64), Kernel 2.6.27.19-5-default
Compiler:	Intel C++ and Fortran Professional Compiler for IA32 and Intel 64, Version 11.1 Build 20091130 Package ID: l_cproc_p_11.1.064, l_cprof_p_11.1.064
Auto Parallel:	Yes
File System:	ext3
System State:	Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers:	64-bit
Peak Pointers:	32/64-bit
Other Software:	None

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	34.9	389	34.5	394	34.5	394	34.5	394	34.3	396	34.3	396
416.gamess	1166	16.8	1164	16.8	1166	16.8	934	21.0	917	21.4	917	21.3
433.milc	321	28.6	320	28.7	318	28.8	321	28.6	320	28.7	318	28.8
434.zeusmp	400	22.7	403	22.6	398	22.9	400	22.7	403	22.6	398	22.9
435.gromacs	386	18.5	384	18.6	385	18.5	382	18.7	378	18.9	378	18.9
436.cactusADM	41.6	287	41.2	290	41.8	286	40.0	299	41.0	292	40.0	299
437.leslie3d	356	26.4	355	26.5	397	23.7	356	26.4	355	26.5	397	23.7
444.namd	507	15.8	505	15.9	505	15.9	507	15.8	505	15.9	505	15.9
447.dealII	387	29.5	386	29.7	386	29.6	387	29.5	386	29.7	386	29.6
450.soplex	346	24.1	346	24.1	346	24.1	345	24.2	343	24.3	343	24.3
453.povray	231	23.1	228	23.3	230	23.1	174	30.6	180	29.6	184	28.9
454.calculix	387	21.3	387	21.3	385	21.5	351	23.5	348	23.7	348	23.7
459.GemsFDTD	254	41.7	253	42.0	254	41.8	143	74.4	144	73.9	143	74.3
465.tonto	517	19.0	520	18.9	522	18.8	377	26.1	371	26.5	370	26.6
470.lbm	254	54.1	254	54.1	254	54.2	243	56.6	243	56.6	243	56.6
481.wrf	390	28.6	392	28.5	387	28.9	342	32.7	342	32.7	343	32.5
482.sphinx3	553	35.2	550	35.4	551	35.3	553	35.2	550	35.4	551	35.3

Platform Notes

 Turbo Boost set to Traditional

General Notes

 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stack size to unlimited prior to run
 Binaries were compiled on SLES 10 with Binutils 2.18.50.0.7.20080502
 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
 KMP_AFFINITY set to granularity=fine,scatter
 KMP_STACKSIZE set to 200M

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

icc -m64

C++ benchmarks:

icpc -m64

Fortran benchmarks:

ifort -m64

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

icc -m64 ifort -m64

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

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

icc -m64

C++ benchmarks:

icpc -m64

Fortran benchmarks:

ifort -m64

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

icc -m64 ifort -m64

Peak Portability Flags

Same as Base Portability Flags

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:	basepeak = yes
470.lbm:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -parallel -ansi-alias -auto-ilp32
482.sphinx3:	basepeak = yes

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:	basepeak = yes
447.dealII:	basepeak = yes
450.soplex:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -opt-malloc-options=3 -auto-ilp32
453.povray:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -unroll4 -ansi-alias

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:	-xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -opt-prefetch -parallel
416.gamess:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -unroll2 -Ob0 -ansi-alias -scalar-rep-
434.zeusmp:	basepeak = yes
437.leslie3d:	basepeak = yes
459.GemsFDTD:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -unroll2 -Ob0 -opt-prefetch -parallel
465.tonto:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -inline-calloc -opt-malloc-options=3 -auto -unroll4

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -opt-prefetch -auto-ilp32
436.cactusADM:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -unroll2 -opt-prefetch -parallel -auto-ilp32
454.calculix:	-xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -auto-ilp32
481.wrf:	Same as 454.calculix

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic11.1-linux64-revE.20100603.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic11.1-linux64-revE.20100603.xml.