SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

ASUS RS500-E7 (Z9NR-D12) Server System
(Intel Xeon E5-2470)

CPU2006 license: 9016 Test date: Dec-2012
Test sponsor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Hardware Availability: Mar-2012
Tested by: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Software Availability: Dec-2011
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5-2470
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.10 GHz
CPU MHz: 2300
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 16 cores, 2 chips, 8 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: 20 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 96 GB (12 x 8 GB 2Rx4 PC3-12800R-11, ECC)
Disk Subsystem: HITACHI HDP725050GLA380 1 x 500 GB SATA, 7200 RPM
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: No
File System: ext4
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 32/64-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: None

Results Table

Benchmark Base Peak
Copies Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Copies 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 32 1362 319 1624 268 1653 263 16 673 323 674 323 672 324
416.gamess 32 1287 487 1287 487 1292 485 32 1280 489 1302 481 1276 491
433.milc 32 943 312 943 312 944 311 32 941 312 939 313 939 313
434.zeusmp 32 611 477 617 472 613 475 32 611 477 617 472 613 475
435.gromacs 32 591 387 593 385 591 387 32 587 389 590 387 587 389
436.cactusADM 32 709 539 720 531 709 539 32 709 539 720 531 709 539
437.leslie3d 32 1336 225 1338 225 1345 224 16 632 238 631 238 631 238
444.namd 32 673 381 666 385 680 378 32 664 387 660 389 660 389
447.dealII 32 464 789 456 803 459 798 32 464 789 456 803 459 798
450.soplex 32 1130 236 1129 236 1133 236 16 459 291 456 293 454 294
453.povray 32 263 647 263 647 266 640 32 223 763 225 756 225 757
454.calculix 32 443 596 437 604 451 586 32 440 600 440 600 439 601
459.GemsFDTD 32 2040 166 1636 207 1602 212 16 805 211 806 211 804 211
465.tonto 32 648 486 647 487 648 486 32 625 504 626 503 623 505
470.lbm 32 1022 430 1021 430 1022 430 32 1022 430 1021 430 1022 430
481.wrf 32 921 388 920 388 922 388 32 913 392 908 394 910 393
482.sphinx3 32 1712 364 1718 363 1720 363 32 1691 369 1691 369 1695 368

Submit Notes

 The numactl mechanism was used to bind copies to processors. The config file option 'submit'
 was used to generate numactl commands to bind each copy to a specific processor.
 For details, please see the config file.

Operating System Notes

 Stack size set to unlimited using "ulimit -s unlimited"

Platform Notes

 Sysinfo program /cpu2006/config/sysinfo.rev6800
 $Rev: 6800 $ $Date:: 2011-10-11 #$ 6f2ebdff5032aaa42e583f96b07f99d3
 running on localhost Sat Dec  1 17:27:26 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 E5-2470 0 @ 2.30GHz
 2 "physical id"s (chips)
 32 "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 : 8
 siblings  : 16
 physical 0: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
 physical 1: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
 cache size : 20480 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
 MemTotal:       99025092 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 localhost 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 Nov 30 15:32

 SPEC is set to: /cpu2006
 Filesystem    Type    Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
 /dev/sda1     ext4    459G  251G  185G  58% /

 Additional information from dmidecode:

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/cpu2006/libs/32:/cpu2006/libs/64"

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
Filesystem page cache cleared with:
echo 1>       /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
runspec command invoked through numactl i.e.:
numactl --interleave=all runspec <etc>

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   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

Fortran benchmarks:

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

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icc -m64 
482.sphinx3:  icc -m32 

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icpc -m64 
450.soplex:  icpc -m32 

Fortran benchmarks:

 ifort -m64 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 icc -m64   ifort -m64 

Peak 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 
453.povray:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
454.calculix:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -nofor_main 
465.tonto:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
470.lbm:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
481.wrf:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_CASE_FLAG   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

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   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 
470.lbm:  basepeak = yes 
482.sphinx3:  -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -unroll2 

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:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-malloc-options=3 
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(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -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:  -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch 
459.GemsFDTD:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-malloc-options=3 
465.tonto:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4   -auto   -inline-calloc   -opt-malloc-options=3 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-prefetch   -static   -auto-ilp32   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 
436.cactusADM:  basepeak = yes 
454.calculix:  -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -auto-ilp32   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 
481.wrf:  Same as 454.calculix 

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/ASUSTekPlatform.20120313.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/ASUSTekPlatform.20120313.xml.