SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Hewlett-Packard Company

ProLiant BL460c Gen8
(2.40 GHz, Intel Xeon E5-2609)

SPECfp®2006 = 59.5

CPU2006 license: 3 Test date: Aug-2012
Test sponsor: Hewlett-Packard Company Hardware Availability: Jun-2012
Tested by: Hewlett-Packard Company Software Availability: Mar-2012
Benchmark results graph
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 2Rx4 PC3-12800R-11, ECC,
running at 1066 MHz and CL7)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 146 GB 15 K SAS
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2,
(Santiago)
2.6.32-220.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: HP Array Configuration Utility, CLI version

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 57.8 235   56.8 239   55.4 245   57.2 237   55.4 245   56.4 241  
416.gamess 861   22.7 865   22.6 859   22.8 775   25.3 775   25.3 779   25.1
433.milc 198   46.5 198   46.5 198   46.4 194   47.4 194   47.4 194   47.3
434.zeusmp 94.0 96.8 94.4 96.4 94.2 96.6 94.0 96.8 94.4 96.4 94.2 96.6
435.gromacs 262   27.2 262   27.3 262   27.3 262   27.2 262   27.3 262   27.3
436.cactusADM 41.7 286   42.5 281   42.3 282   41.7 286   42.5 281   42.3 282  
437.leslie3d 74.8 126   77.2 122   73.0 129   74.8 126   77.2 122   73.0 129  
444.namd 489   16.4 489   16.4 489   16.4 481   16.7 481   16.7 481   16.7
447.dealII 308   37.1 309   37.0 308   37.2 308   37.1 309   37.0 308   37.2
450.soplex 290   28.7 295   28.2 291   28.6 290   28.7 295   28.2 291   28.6
453.povray 173   30.8 176   30.3 174   30.5 148   35.8 148   36.0 152   34.9
454.calculix 300   27.5 297   27.8 297   27.8 277   29.7 279   29.6 278   29.7
459.GemsFDTD 108   98.7 107   98.9 108   98.7 94.8 112   95.6 111   95.0 112  
465.tonto 341   28.9 378   26.0 378   26.0 320   30.7 320   30.7 319   30.8
470.lbm 52.8 260   53.0 259   52.8 260   52.8 260   53.0 259   52.8 260  
481.wrf 191   58.5 187   59.8 189   59.2 191   58.5 187   59.8 189   59.2
482.sphinx3 359   54.3 358   54.4 361   54.1 348   56.0 353   55.2 353   55.2

Operating System Notes

 Stack size set to unlimited using "ulimit -s unlimited"
 Transparent Huge Pages enabled with:
 echo always > /sys/kernel/mm/redhat_transparent_hugepage/enabled
 Filesystem page cache cleared with:
 echo 1 >       /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
 runspec command invoked through numactl i.e.:
 numactl --localalloc runspec <etc>
 Drive Write Cache set to Enabled in HP Array Configuration Utility,
  CLI version
 Accelerator Ratio for Reads/Writes set to = 100% Read / 0% Write
  in HP Array Configuration Utility, CLI version

Platform Notes

 BIOS Configuration:
  HP Power Profile set to Custom
  Energy/Performance Bias is set to Maximum Performance
  Thermal Configuration set to Maximum Cooling
  Collaborative Power Control set to Disabled
  Processor Power and Utilization Monitoring set to Disabled

 Sysinfo program /cpu2006/config/sysinfo.rev6800
 $Rev: 6800 $ $Date:: 2011-10-11 #$ 6f2ebdff5032aaa42e583f96b07f99d3
 running on BL460cGen8-1 Wed Aug 15 00:58:35 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:       132120004 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 /usr/bin/lsb_release -d
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2 (Santiago)

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    redhat-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2 (Santiago)
    system-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2 (Santiago)
    system-release-cpe: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6server:ga:server

 uname -a:
    Linux BL460cGen8-1 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Nov 9 08:03:13 EST 2011
    x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 run-level 3 Aug 14 16:41

 SPEC is set to: /cpu2006
    Filesystem    Type    Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sda3     ext4    133G   20G  107G  16% /

 Additional information from dmidecode:
   BIOS HP I31 05/30/2012
   Memory:
    16x HP Not Specified 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,scatter"
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/cpu2006/libs/32:/cpu2006/libs/64"
OMP_NUM_THREADS = "8"

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Core i7-860 CPU + 8GB
 memory using 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:

 -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -parallel   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -parallel   -opt-prefetch 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -xAVX   -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:  -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-linux64.20120425.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/HP-Platform-Flags-Intel-V1.2-A.20120829.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.1-official-linux64.20120425.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/HP-Platform-Flags-Intel-V1.2-A.20120829.xml.