SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Oracle Corporation

Sun Fire X4170 M3 (Intel Xeon E5-2690 2.9GHz)

SPECfp®2006 = 96.8

SPECfp_base2006 = 86.4

CPU2006 license:	6	Test date:	Mar-2012
Test sponsor:	Oracle Corporation	Hardware Availability:	Apr-2012
Tested by:	Oracle Corporation	Software Availability:	Jun-2012

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon E5-2690
CPU Characteristics:	Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.80 GHz
CPU MHz:	2900
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	16 cores, 2 chips, 8 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable:	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:	20 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	128 GB (16 x 8 GB 2Rx4 PC3-12800R-11, ECC)
Disk Subsystem:	1 x 300 GB 10K RPM SAS
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 (SRU 02)
Compiler:	C/C++/Fortran: Version 12.3 of Oracle Solaris Studio (patch update 1, tested with nightly build 20120313)
Auto Parallel:	Yes
File System:	zfs
System State:	Default
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	34.1	399	33.4	407	34.3	397	32.4	420	32.6	417	32.4	420
416.gamess	653	30.0	653	30.0	653	30.0	529	37.0	529	37.0	530	37.0
433.milc	128	71.6	128	71.6	128	71.7	125	73.2	125	73.2	126	73.1
434.zeusmp	67.6	135	66.6	137	66.9	136	66.9	136	66.7	136	67.1	136
435.gromacs	152	47.0	152	46.9	152	47.0	132	54.3	131	54.3	131	54.3
436.cactusADM	29.7	403	29.6	404	29.4	406	27.4	436	27.8	429	27.8	429
437.leslie3d	42.7	220	42.0	224	42.8	220	36.2	260	36.1	260	36.2	260
444.namd	323	24.8	323	24.8	323	24.8	319	25.1	319	25.1	319	25.1
447.dealII	204	56.0	204	56.0	204	56.0	204	56.0	204	56.0	204	56.0
450.soplex	174	47.9	175	47.7	175	47.8	166	50.2	167	49.8	166	50.4
453.povray	128	41.6	128	41.6	128	41.6	103	51.8	103	51.7	103	51.7
454.calculix	216	38.2	216	38.2	216	38.2	177	46.5	177	46.5	177	46.5
459.GemsFDTD	60.7	175	60.7	175	60.6	175	60.3	176	60.7	175	60.5	175
465.tonto	249	39.6	249	39.6	249	39.5	189	52.0	189	52.0	189	52.0
470.lbm	28.1	489	28.0	491	27.9	492	27.4	502	27.3	503	27.3	503
481.wrf	161	69.2	161	69.3	161	69.2	113	98.9	113	99.0	113	98.9
482.sphinx3	284	68.6	284	68.6	284	68.6	243	80.3	243	80.2	243	80.2

Submit Notes

 The config file option 'submit' was used to bind processes to CPU threads with pbind(1)

Operating System Notes

 ulimit -s 10000  (shell): increases stack

 /etc/system parameters
    autoup=1000
    zfs:zfs_arc_max=0x400000000
    zfs:zfs_arc_min=0x400000000
    ncsize=0x10000
    lpg_alloc_prefer=1

 gzip compression set using "zfs set compression=gzip <zfs-filesystem>"

Platform Notes

 Default BIOS Settings were used, except:
   Energy Performance set to Performance

 Oracle's Sun Fire X4170 M3 is now known as the Sun Server X3-2

 Sysinfo program /export_compress/home/gnana/cpu2006v1.2/Docs/sysinfo
 : 6775  2011-08-16 #f7622badcf24e01c368b1db4377c
 running on bur407-122 Mon Mar 19 05:58:38 2012

 This section contains SUT (System Under Test) info as seen by
 some common utilities.  To remove or add to this section, see:
   http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/Docs/config.html#sysinfo


 From /usr/sbin/psrinfo -pv
  Intel(r) Xeon(r) CPU E5-2690 0 @ 2.90GHz
  x86 (GenuineIntel 206D7 family 6 model 45 step 7 clock 2893 MHz)

 /usr/sbin/psrinfo -p:   2 chips
 /usr/sbin/psrinfo -pv | grep "core has" | wc -l:  16 cores
 /usr/sbin/psrinfo | wc -l: 32 threads

 /usr/sbin/prtconf | grep "Memory size:": 131062 Megabytes

 /etc/release:
                              Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 X86
 uname -a:
 SunOS bur407-122 5.11 11.0 i86pc i386 i86pc

 disk: df -h
 Filesystem             Size   Used  Available Capacity  Mounted on
 rpool/export_compress   274G    31G        67G    32%    /export_compress

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
MTEXCLUSIVE = "Y"
OMP_NUM_THREADS = "16"
SUNW_MP_PROCBIND = "true"
SUNW_MP_THR_IDLE = "spin"

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

C++ benchmarks:

Fortran benchmarks:

f90

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

cc f90

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
436.cactusADM:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
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
459.GemsFDTD:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
465.tonto:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
470.lbm:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
481.wrf:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -DSPEC_CPU_WORDS_LITTLEENDIAN
482.sphinx3:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

C++ benchmarks:

Fortran benchmarks:

f90

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

cc f90

Peak Portability Flags

436.cactusADM:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
481.wrf:	-DSPEC_CPU_WORDS_LITTLEENDIAN

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:	-xprofile=collect:./feedback(pass 1) -xprofile=use:./feedback(pass 2) -fast -xO3 -xprefetch=no%auto -m64 -xpagesize=2M -xalias_level=compatible -library=stlport4
447.dealII:	-fast -xipo=2 -m64 -xpagesize=2M -xalias_level=compatible -library=stdcxx4
450.soplex:	-xprofile=collect:./feedback(pass 1) -xprofile=use:./feedback(pass 2) -fast -xipo=2 -xpagesize=2M -xalias_level=compatible -library=stlport4 -m64 -Qoption iropt -Rtile
453.povray:	-xprofile=collect:./feedback(pass 1) -xprofile=use:./feedback(pass 2) -fast -xprefetch=no%auto -xipo=2 -m64 -xpagesize=2M -xalias_level=compatible -qoption iropt -Atile:skew=on -qoption iropt -Ainline:cs=700 -library=stlport4

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:	-xprofile=collect:./feedback(pass 1) -xprofile=use:./feedback(pass 2) -fast -xipo=2 -m64 -xpagesize=4K -xautopar -xreduction
416.gamess:	-fast -xipo=2 -m64 -xpagesize=2M -xunroll=1 -xvector=no%simd -xprefetch=no%auto
434.zeusmp:	-fast -xipo=2 -m64 -xpagesize=2M -xautopar -xreduction
437.leslie3d:	-xprofile=collect:./feedback(pass 1) -xprofile=use:./feedback(pass 2) -fast -xipo=2 -m64 -xautopar -xreduction -lmtmalloc
459.GemsFDTD:	Same as 434.zeusmp
465.tonto:	-xprofile=collect:./feedback(pass 1) -xprofile=use:./feedback(pass 2) -fast -xpagesize=2M -O3 -m64 -stackvar -xprefetch=no%auto -xalias -xautopar -xreduction -Qoption iropt -Aparallel:nthreads=8 -lfast_r

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:	-g -xprofile=collect:./feedback(pass 1) -xprofile=use:./feedback(pass 2) -fast(cc) -fast(f90) -O4 -xipo=2 -m64 -xpagesize=2M -fsimple=2 -Qoption ube -fsimple=3 -xautopar -xreduction -Qoption iropt -Aparallel:nthreads=8 -lmtmalloc
436.cactusADM:	-g -xprofile=collect:./feedback(pass 1) -xprofile=use:./feedback(pass 2) -fast(cc) -fast(f90) -m64 -xautopar -xreduction -xpagesize=2M -lumem -lmvec
454.calculix:	-g -fast(cc) -fast(f90) -xipo=0 -m64 -xpagesize=2M -xprefetch_level=2 -xprefetch_auto_type=indirect_array_access -Qoption ube -xprefetch_mult=24 -xunroll=2
481.wrf:	-g -xprofile=collect:./feedback(pass 1) -xprofile=use:./feedback(pass 2) -fast(cc) -fast(f90) -O4 -xchip=nehalem -xarch=sse4_2 -xipo=2 -m64 -xpagesize=2M -xprefetch=no%auto -xautopar -xreduction -Qoption iropt -Aparallel:nthreads=8

The flags files that were used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Oracle-Solaris-Studio12.3-x86_64.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Oracle-platform-x86_64.CPUv1.2-RevA.20120425.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Oracle-Solaris-Studio12.3-x86_64.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Oracle-platform-x86_64.CPUv1.2-RevA.20120425.xml.

433.milc:	-g -fast -xipo=2 -m64 -xpagesize=2M -xalias_level=std -xautopar -xreduction -lmtmalloc
470.lbm:	-g -fast -Wu,-nontemporal -xprefetch_level=3 -xipo=2 -m64 -xautopar -xreduction -xpagesize=4K -lmtmalloc
482.sphinx3:	-g -xprofile=collect:./feedback(pass 1) -xprofile=use:./feedback(pass 2) -fast -xipo=2 -m64 -xpagesize=2M -xalias_level=std -xrestrict -xprefetch=no%auto -xautopar -xreduction -W2,-Aparallel:nthreads=8