SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Hewlett-Packard Company

ProLiant BL460c G7
(3.20 GHz, Intel Xeon X5672)

SPECfp®2006 = 61.1

CPU2006 license: 3 Test date: Mar-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 X5672
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.60 GHz
CPU MHz: 3200
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 8 cores, 2 chips, 4 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 146 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 85.1 160   74.9 182   74.5 182   74.3 183   74.5 182   74.9 182  
416.gamess 772   25.4 769   25.5 770   25.4 677   28.9 678   28.9 679   28.9
433.milc 172   53.3 172   53.5 172   53.4 169   54.2 169   54.2 169   54.3
434.zeusmp 87.5 104   87.5 104   87.3 104   87.5 104   87.5 104   87.3 104  
435.gromacs 312   22.9 312   22.9 314   22.7 292   24.5 292   24.5 292   24.5
436.cactusADM 51.9 230   52.3 228   52.3 228   51.9 230   52.3 228   52.3 228  
437.leslie3d 81.8 115   82.0 115   76.4 123   81.8 115   82.0 115   76.4 123  
444.namd 396   20.3 396   20.2 396   20.3 390   20.6 389   20.6 389   20.6
447.dealII 272   42.1 271   42.2 271   42.1 272   42.1 271   42.2 271   42.1
450.soplex 245   34.1 245   34.1 245   34.0 245   34.1 245   34.1 245   34.0
453.povray 165   32.2 165   32.2 167   31.8 131   40.5 131   40.6 132   40.2
454.calculix 263   31.3 263   31.3 264   31.3 236   34.9 237   34.8 236   34.9
459.GemsFDTD 115   92.5 115   92.2 115   92.5 106   100   108   98.5 106   100  
465.tonto 318   31.0 360   27.4 360   27.3 283   34.8 282   34.8 283   34.8
470.lbm 50.0 275   56.0 245   55.8 246   50.0 275   56.0 245   55.8 246  
481.wrf 213   52.5 207   53.9 206   54.4 213   52.5 207   53.9 206   54.4
482.sphinx3 345   56.5 346   56.4 344   56.6 314   62.1 313   62.2 315   61.8

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
  Hyperthreading set to Disabled

General Notes

 Binaries were compiled on RHEL5.5

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:

 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:  -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   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -parallel   -static 
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   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 
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   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 

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-revB.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/HP-Intel-Linux-Settings-flags.20100525.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.0-linux64-revB.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/HP-Intel-Linux-Settings-flags.20100525.xml.

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Originally published on 29 March 2011.