SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Bull SAS

NovaScale R480 F2 (Intel Xeon E7-4850, 2.00 GHz)

SPECfp®2006 = 48.9

SPECfp_base2006 = 44.5

CPU2006 license:	20	Test date:	Mar-2011
Test sponsor:	Bull SAS	Hardware Availability:	Apr-2011
Tested by:	Dell Inc.	Software Availability:	Apr-2011

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon E7-4850
CPU Characteristics:	Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.40 GHz
CPU MHz:	2000
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	40 cores, 4 chips, 10 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable:	2,4 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:	512 GB (64 x 8 GB 4Rx8 PC3-8500R-7, ECC)
Disk Subsystem:	1 x 500 GB 7200 RPM SAS 6Gb
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	38.5	353	37.1	366	43.7	311	38.5	353	37.1	366	43.7	311
416.gamess	1311	14.9	1353	14.5	1379	14.2	986	19.8	983	19.9	982	19.9
433.milc	441	20.8	442	20.8	438	20.9	441	20.8	442	20.8	438	20.9
434.zeusmp	111	81.9	109	83.1	110	82.8	111	81.9	109	83.1	110	82.8
435.gromacs	451	15.8	454	15.7	453	15.8	424	16.8	424	16.8	428	16.7
436.cactusADM	37.6	318	38.8	308	40.4	296	37.6	318	38.8	308	40.4	296
437.leslie3d	58.0	162	93.1	101	59.2	159	58.0	162	93.1	101	59.2	159
444.namd	574	14.0	574	14.0	574	14.0	563	14.2	563	14.2	564	14.2
447.dealII	433	26.4	434	26.4	433	26.4	433	26.4	434	26.4	433	26.4
450.soplex	447	18.7	451	18.5	451	18.5	447	18.7	451	18.5	451	18.5
453.povray	239	22.2	239	22.2	240	22.2	190	28.0	191	27.8	192	27.7
454.calculix	415	19.9	419	19.7	418	19.7	350	23.5	350	23.6	350	23.6
459.GemsFDTD	132	80.4	122	87.3	122	86.9	97.6	109	108	98.2	95.0	112
465.tonto	656	15.0	659	14.9	664	14.8	409	24.1	409	24.1	409	24.1
470.lbm	31.8	432	32.8	418	32.4	424	31.8	432	32.8	418	32.4	424
481.wrf	417	26.8	419	26.6	422	26.5	417	26.8	419	26.6	422	26.5
482.sphinx3	561	34.7	553	35.2	553	35.2	500	39.0	506	38.5	506	38.5

Operating System Notes

 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited prior to run
 '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:
 Power Management = Maximum Performance (Default = Active Power Controller)
 Node Interleaving = Enabled (Default = Disabled)

General Notes

The Dell PowerEdge R910 and
the Bull NovaScale R480 F2 models are electronically equivalent.
The results have been measured on a Dell PowerEdge R910 model.
 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:	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 -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/Intel-Linux64-Platform.20110524.00.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.0-linux64-revB.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-Linux64-Platform.20110524.00.xml.