SPEC® CFP2006 Result

IBM Corporation

IBM System x3550 M4 (Intel Xeon E5-2609)

SPECfp®2006 = 58.7

SPECfp_base2006 = 56.3

CPU2006 license:	11	Test date:	Apr-2012
Test sponsor:	IBM Corporation	Hardware Availability:	Mar-2012
Tested by:	IBM Corporation	Software Availability:	Oct-2011

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon E5-2609
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz:	2400
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:	10 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	128 GB (16 x 8 GB 2Rx8 PC3-12800R-11, ECC, running at 1066 MHz)
Disk Subsystem:	1 x 1 TB SAS, 7200 RPM
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 (Santiago) 2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64
Compiler:	C/C++: Version 12.1.0.225 of Intel C++ Studio XE for Linux; Fortran: Version 12.1.0.225 of Intel Fortran Studio XE for Linux
Auto Parallel:	Yes
File System:	ext4
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	57.2	237	56.4	241	57.4	237	57.4	237	56.6	240	55.8	243
416.gamess	870	22.5	868	22.5	867	22.6	776	25.2	774	25.3	777	25.2
433.milc	201	45.7	201	45.7	200	45.9	196	46.8	196	46.8	196	46.8
434.zeusmp	98.2	92.6	98.2	92.6	97.8	93.0	98.2	92.6	98.2	92.6	97.8	93.0
435.gromacs	267	26.7	266	26.8	266	26.9	267	26.7	266	26.8	266	26.9
436.cactusADM	42.5	281	42.7	280	42.9	278	42.5	281	42.7	280	42.9	278
437.leslie3d	75.0	125	71.4	132	73.4	128	75.0	125	71.4	132	73.4	128
444.namd	489	16.4	489	16.4	489	16.4	481	16.7	481	16.7	481	16.7
447.dealII	310	36.9	311	36.7	309	37.0	310	36.9	311	36.7	309	37.0
450.soplex	299	27.9	299	27.9	299	27.9	299	27.9	299	27.9	299	27.9
453.povray	175	30.4	175	30.3	175	30.4	149	35.8	148	35.8	146	36.5
454.calculix	302	27.3	300	27.5	297	27.7	278	29.7	280	29.5	278	29.7
459.GemsFDTD	110	96.9	110	96.7	109	97.2	97.4	109	97.0	109	97.2	109
465.tonto	379	26.0	379	26.0	341	28.8	320	30.8	320	30.7	320	30.8
470.lbm	53.2	258	54.4	252	53.6	256	53.2	258	54.4	252	53.6	256
481.wrf	212	52.7	209	53.6	207	54.0	212	52.7	209	53.6	207	54.0
482.sphinx3	365	53.5	358	54.5	368	53.0	354	55.0	356	54.7	353	55.2

Operating System Notes

 Stack size set to unlimited using "ulimit -s unlimited"
 Zone reclaim mode enabled with:
 echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/zone_reclaim_mode

Platform Notes

 BIOS Settings:
 Operating Mode set to Maximum Performance
 Sysinfo program /root/SPECcpu-v1.2/config/sysinfo.rev6800
 $Rev: 6800 $ $Date:: 2011-10-11 #$ 6f2ebdff5032aaa42e583f96b07f99d3
 running on x3550M4 Mon Apr  2 11:10:20 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 /proc/cpuinfo
    model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2609 0 @ 2.40GHz
       2 "physical id"s (chips)
       8 "processors"
    cores, siblings (Caution: counting these is hw and system dependent.  The
    following excerpts from /proc/cpuinfo might not be reliable.  Use with
    caution.)
       cpu cores : 4
       siblings  : 4
       physical 0: cores 0 1 2 3
       physical 1: cores 0 1 2 3
    cache size : 10240 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       132239004 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 /usr/bin/lsb_release -d
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 (Santiago)

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    redhat-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 (Santiago)
    system-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 (Santiago)
    system-release-cpe: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6server:ga:server

 uname -a:
    Linux x3550M4 2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue May 10 15:42:40 EDT 2011
    x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 run-level 3 Mar 30 12:36

 SPEC is set to: /root/SPECcpu-v1.2
    Filesystem    Type    Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/mapper/vg_x3550m4-lv_root
                  ext4    790G   69G  681G  10% /

 Additional information from dmidecode:
   Memory:
    16x Samsung M393B1K70DH0-CK0 8 GB 1600 MHz 2 rank

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
KMP_AFFINITY = "granularity=fine,compact,1,0"
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/root/SPECcpu-v1.2/libs/32:/root/SPECcpu-v1.2/libs/64"
OMP_NUM_THREADS = "8"

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Core i7-860 CPU + 8GB
 memory using RHEL5.5
 Transparent Huge Pages enabled with:
 echo always > /sys/kernel/mm/redhat_transparent_hugepage/enabled

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:	-xAVX(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:	-xAVX -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -unroll2 -ansi-alias -parallel

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:	-xAVX(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:	-xAVX(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:	-xAVX -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -opt-prefetch -parallel -static
416.gamess:	-xAVX(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:	-xAVX(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:	-xAVX(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:	basepeak = yes
436.cactusADM:	basepeak = yes
454.calculix:	-xAVX -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-ic12.1-official-linux64.20111122.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-Platform-Flags-V1.2-SNB-C.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.1-official-linux64.20111122.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-Platform-Flags-V1.2-SNB-C.xml.