SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Hewlett-Packard Company

ProLiant BL420c Gen8
(2.40 GHz, Intel Xeon E5-2470 v2)

SPECfp®2006 = 79.3

CPU2006 license: 3 Test date: Dec-2013
Test sponsor: Hewlett-Packard Company Hardware Availability: Jan-2014
Tested by: Hewlett-Packard Company Software Availability: Sep-2013
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5-2470 v2
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.20 GHz
CPU MHz: 2400
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 10 cores, 1 chip, 10 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable: 1 chip
Primary Cache: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 256 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache: 25 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 48 GB (6 x 8 GB 2Rx4 PC3-12800R-11, ECC)
Disk Subsystem: 2 x 300 GB 15 K SAS, RAID 0
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64) SP3
Kernel 3.0.76-0.11-default
Compiler: C/C++: Version 14.0.0.080 of Intel C++
Studio XE for Linux;
Fortran: Version 14.0.0.080 of Intel Fortran
Studio XE for Linux
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
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 75.0 181   74.8 182   74.4 183   75.0 181   74.8 182   74.4 183  
416.gamess 652   30.0 651   30.1 652   30.0 554   35.3 554   35.3 556   35.2
433.milc 124   74.3 124   74.2 124   74.1 123   74.9 122   75.0 122   75.0
434.zeusmp 54.0 168   53.8 169   53.8 169   54.0 168   53.8 169   53.8 169  
435.gromacs 183   39.0 183   39.0 183   39.0 183   39.0 183   39.0 183   39.0
436.cactusADM 30.4 393   29.8 401   30.2 396   30.4 393   29.8 401   30.2 396  
437.leslie3d 65.4 144   66.0 142   65.8 143   65.4 144   66.0 142   65.8 143  
444.namd 360   22.2 361   22.2 361   22.2 353   22.7 352   22.8 352   22.8
447.dealII 208   55.0 208   55.1 209   54.7 208   55.0 208   55.1 209   54.7
450.soplex 182   45.8 181   46.0 181   46.2 182   45.8 181   46.0 181   46.2
453.povray 125   42.6 124   42.9 125   42.6 104   51.2 105   50.9 104   51.2
454.calculix 178   46.2 179   46.2 178   46.2 170   48.6 170   48.6 169   48.7
459.GemsFDTD 104   102   104   102   104   102   102   104   103   103   102   104  
465.tonto 267   36.9 266   37.0 268   36.8 223   44.1 225   43.8 224   44.0
470.lbm 58.8 234   59.0 233   58.8 234   58.8 234   59.0 233   58.8 234  
481.wrf 111   100   111   100   111   100   111   100   111   100   111   100  
482.sphinx3 273   71.4 273   71.3 273   71.3 273   71.4 273   71.3 273   71.3

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
 Disabled unused Linux services through "stop_services.sh" before running.

Platform Notes

 BIOS Configuration:
  HP Power Profile set to Maximum Performance
  Intel Hyperthreading Options set to Disabled
  Memory Power Savings Mode set to Maximum Performance
  Collaborative Power Control set to Disabled
  Dynamic Power Capping Functionality set to Disabled
  Thermal Configuration set to Maximum Cooling
  Processor Power and Utilization Monitoring set to Disabled
  Memory Refresh Rate set to 1x
  Minimum Processor Idle Power Core State set to C6 State
  Minimum Processor Idle Power Packages State set to Package C6 (non-retention) State

 Sysinfo program /cpu2006/config/sysinfo.rev6818
 $Rev: 6818 $ $Date:: 2012-07-17 #$ e86d102572650a6e4d596a3cee98f191
 running on BL420c-Gen8-new Tue Dec 10 23:30:55 2013

 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 v2 @ 2.40GHz
       1 "physical id"s (chips)
       10 "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 : 10
       siblings  : 10
       physical 0: cores 0 1 2 3 4 8 9 10 11 12
    cache size : 25600 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       49391292 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 /usr/bin/lsb_release -d
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    SuSE-release:
       SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)
       VERSION = 11
       PATCHLEVEL = 3

 uname -a:
    Linux BL420c-Gen8-new 3.0.76-0.11-default #1 SMP Fri Jun 14 08:21:43 UTC 2013
    (ccab990) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 run-level 3 Dec 10 17:31 last=S

 SPEC is set to: /cpu2006
    Filesystem     Type  Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sda3      ext3  273G   15G  245G   6% /

 Additional information from dmidecode:
   BIOS HP I30 01/20/2014
   Memory:
    6x HP 689911-071 8 GB 1600 MHz
    6x UNKNOWN NOT AVAILABLE

 (End of data from sysinfo program)
 Regarding the sysinfo display about the memory installed, the correct amount of
 memory is 48 GB and the dmidecode description should have one line reading as:
   6x HP 689911-071 8 GB 1600 MHz

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
KMP_AFFINITY = "granularity=fine,compact,1,0"
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/cpu2006/libs/32:/cpu2006/libs/64:/cpu2006/sh"
OMP_NUM_THREADS = "10"

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Core i7-860 CPU + 8GB
 memory using RedHat EL 6.4

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   -parallel   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 

C++ benchmarks:

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

Fortran benchmarks:

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

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -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)   -auto-ilp32   -ansi-alias 
470.lbm:  basepeak = yes 
482.sphinx3:  basepeak = yes 

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:  basepeak = yes 
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- 
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/HP-Platform-Flags-Intel-V1.2-revB.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic14.0-official-linux64.20140128.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/HP-Platform-Flags-Intel-V1.2-revB.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic14.0-official-linux64.20140128.xml.