SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Hewlett-Packard Company

ProLiant DL380 G7
(3.46 GHz, Intel Xeon X5690)

SPECfp®2006 = 63.4

CPU2006 license: 3 Test date: Jan-2011
Test sponsor: Hewlett-Packard Company Hardware Availability: Feb-2011
Tested by: Hewlett-Packard Company Software Availability: Apr-2011
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon X5690
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.73 GHz
CPU MHz: 3467
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 12 cores, 2 chips, 6 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2 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: 12 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 96 GB (12 x 8 GB 2Rx4 PC3-10600R-9, ECC)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 300 GB 10 K SAS
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64) SP1,
Kernel 2.6.32.12-0.7-default
Compiler: Intel C++ and Fortran Intel 64 Compiler XE
for applications running on Intel 64
Version 12.0 Update 3
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
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 77.9 175   77.3 176   78.1 174   77.9 175   77.3 176   78.1 174  
416.gamess 746   26.2 747   26.2 751   26.1 653   30.0 653   30.0 653   30.0
433.milc 185   49.7 185   49.6 185   49.7 183   50.1 183   50.1 183   50.0
434.zeusmp 75.6 120   75.6 120   76.0 120   75.6 120   75.6 120   76.0 120  
435.gromacs 300   23.8 302   23.6 301   23.7 283   25.2 283   25.2 284   25.2
436.cactusADM 39.5 302   40.1 298   39.7 301   39.5 302   40.1 298   39.7 301  
437.leslie3d 79.6 118   77.0 122   77.6 121   79.6 118   77.0 122   77.6 121  
444.namd 381   21.0 382   21.0 382   21.0 375   21.4 375   21.4 375   21.4
447.dealII 267   42.9 267   42.8 267   42.9 267   42.9 267   42.8 267   42.9
450.soplex 250   33.3 251   33.3 250   33.3 250   33.3 251   33.3 250   33.3
453.povray 159   33.4 160   33.3 162   32.7 127   42.0 127   41.8 126   42.1
454.calculix 257   32.1 257   32.1 257   32.0 231   35.7 231   35.7 231   35.7
459.GemsFDTD 123   86.0 121   87.8 121   87.7 113   94.1 113   93.9 113   94.3
465.tonto 354   27.8 358   27.5 312   31.6 277   35.5 277   35.5 277   35.5
470.lbm 47.4 290   46.6 295   50.6 271   47.4 290   46.6 295   50.6 271  
481.wrf 210   53.1 215   52.0 214   52.3 210   53.1 215   52.0 214   52.3
482.sphinx3 332   58.7 330   59.0 334   58.4 305   63.9 303   64.3 308   63.2

Operating System Notes

 'nodev   /mnt/hugepages   hugetlbfs   defaults   0 0' added to /etc/fstab
 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited prior to run
 echo 900 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
 export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes
 export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libhugetlbfs.so

Platform Notes

 BIOS configuration:
  HP Power Profile set to Maximum Performance
  Thermal Configuration set to Increased Cooling
  Data Reuse set to Disabled
  Intel Hyperthreading Options set to Disabled

General Notes

 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
 Binaries were compiled on RHEL5.5 with Binutils binutils-2.17.50.0.6-14.el5

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 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -parallel   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -parallel   -opt-prefetch 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -parallel   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc -m64 

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icpc -m64 
453.povray:  icpc -m64   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 

Fortran benchmarks (except as noted below):

 ifort -m64 
459.GemsFDTD:  ifort -m64   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 
465.tonto:  ifort -m64   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 

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:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -static   -auto-ilp32   -ansi-alias 
470.lbm:  basepeak = yes 
482.sphinx3:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -unroll2   -ansi-alias   -parallel 

C++ benchmarks:

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

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:  basepeak = yes 
416.gamess:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll2   -inline-level=0   -scalar-rep-   -static 
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)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll2   -inline-level=0   -opt-prefetch   -parallel 
465.tonto:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(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)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -static   -auto-ilp32   -ansi-alias 
436.cactusADM:  basepeak = yes 
454.calculix:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -auto-ilp32   -ansi-alias 
481.wrf:  basepeak = yes 

The flags files that were used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.0-linux64-revA.20110303.02.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/HP-Intel-Linux-Settings-flags.20110216.00.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.0-linux64-revA.20110303.02.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/HP-Intel-Linux-Settings-flags.20110216.00.xml.