SPEC® CFP2006 Result

IBM Corporation

IBM BladeCenter HX5 (Intel Xeon E7-2870)

SPECfp®2006 = 50.6

SPECfp_base2006 = 46.4

CPU2006 license:	11	Test date:	Feb-2011
Test sponsor:	IBM Corporation	Hardware Availability:	May-2011
Tested by:	IBM Corporation	Software Availability:	Apr-2011

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon E7-2870
CPU Characteristics:	Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.80 GHz
CPU MHz:	2400
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	20 cores, 2 chips, 10 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
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:	30 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	128 GB (16 x 8 GB 4Rx8 PC3-8500R-7, ECC)
Disk Subsystem:	2 x 50 GB SSD, RAID 0
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (x86_64), 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
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	50.5	269	64.9	209	71.1	191	70.7	192	50.5	269	59.9	227
416.gamess	1084	18.1	1104	17.7	1079	18.1	948	20.6	857	22.8	847	23.1
433.milc	289	31.8	288	31.9	289	31.8	289	31.8	288	31.9	289	31.8
434.zeusmp	93.7	97.1	108	84.0	94.9	95.9	93.7	97.1	108	84.0	94.9	95.9
435.gromacs	389	18.4	388	18.4	390	18.3	366	19.5	364	19.6	364	19.6
436.cactusADM	38.7	309	59.7	200	59.7	200	38.7	309	59.7	200	59.7	200
437.leslie3d	81.7	115	79.7	118	74.1	127	81.7	115	79.7	118	74.1	127
444.namd	490	16.4	492	16.3	490	16.4	482	16.7	482	16.7	482	16.7
447.dealII	410	27.9	345	33.1	345	33.2	410	27.9	345	33.1	345	33.2
450.soplex	309	27.0	309	27.0	309	27.0	309	27.0	309	27.0	309	27.0
453.povray	280	19.0	214	24.9	253	21.0	206	25.9	241	22.1	168	31.7
454.calculix	343	24.0	346	23.8	345	23.9	296	27.8	296	27.9	296	27.9
459.GemsFDTD	125	85.1	151	70.1	144	73.8	107	99.5	117	90.5	123	86.1
465.tonto	541	18.2	536	18.4	531	18.5	350	28.1	351	28.1	350	28.1
470.lbm	35.6	386	51.4	267	47.4	290	35.6	386	51.4	267	47.4	290
481.wrf	320	34.9	300	37.2	330	33.9	320	34.9	300	37.2	330	33.9
482.sphinx3	462	42.1	469	41.6	471	41.4	418	46.7	424	46.0	423	46.1

Operating System Notes

 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited prior to run
 echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/zone_reclaim_mode
 'mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/hugepages' was used to enable large pages
 echo 900 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
 export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes
 export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libhugetlbfs.so

Platform Notes

 BIOS Settings:
 Turbo Boost Power Optimization set to Traditional

General Notes

 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
 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

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:	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/IBM-platform-linux64-revA.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.0-linux64-revB.html.

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