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 = 80.0

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: 20 cores, 2 chips, 10 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: 25 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 96 GB (12 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 59.0 230   58.6 232   56.8 239   59.0 230   58.6 232   56.8 239  
416.gamess 654   30.0 654   29.9 654   29.9 555   35.3 553   35.4 553   35.4
433.milc 134   68.3 134   68.4 134   68.4 133   68.8 133   68.9 133   68.8
434.zeusmp 64.6 141   64.4 141   64.4 141   64.6 141   64.4 141   64.4 141  
435.gromacs 184   38.7 184   38.8 185   38.7 184   38.7 184   38.8 185   38.7
436.cactusADM 31.7 377   31.1 385   30.5 392   31.7 377   31.1 385   30.5 392  
437.leslie3d 59.8 157   57.4 164   57.6 163   59.8 157   57.4 164   57.6 163  
444.namd 359   22.3 360   22.3 360   22.3 352   22.8 352   22.8 352   22.8
447.dealII 209   54.7 209   54.7 209   54.7 209   54.7 209   54.7 209   54.7
450.soplex 187   44.7 187   44.6 187   44.6 187   44.7 187   44.6 187   44.6
453.povray 124   42.9 126   42.2 124   42.7 104   51.3 103   51.8 103   51.4
454.calculix 187   44.2 186   44.3 189   43.7 171   48.3 171   48.3 171   48.3
459.GemsFDTD 92.2 115   91.8 116   92.2 115   86.5 123   88.9 119   86.7 122  
465.tonto 286   34.4 284   34.6 286   34.4 223   44.1 223   44.1 223   44.1
470.lbm 43.4 316   42.2 325   42.4 324   43.4 316   42.2 325   42.4 324  
481.wrf 164   68.0 164   68.2 165   67.8 164   68.0 164   68.2 165   67.8
482.sphinx3 277   70.2 281   69.4 279   69.8 278   70.1 278   70.2 278   70.0

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:
  Intel Hyperthreading Options set to Disabled
  HP Power Profile set to Maximum Performance
  Minimum Processor Idle Power Core State set to C1E state
  Minimum Processor Idle Power Package State set to Package C6 (retention) State
  Memory Power Savings Mode set to Maximum Performance
  Thermal Configuration set to Maximum Cooling
  Collaborative Power Control set to Disabled
  Dynamic Power Capping Functionality set to Disabled
  Processor Power and Utilization Monitoring set to Disabled
  Memory Refresh Rate set to 1x

 Sysinfo program /cpu2006/config/sysinfo.rev6818
 $Rev: 6818 $ $Date:: 2012-07-17 #$ e86d102572650a6e4d596a3cee98f191
 running on BL420c-Gen8-new Thu Nov 21 23:39:10 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
       2 "physical id"s (chips)
       20 "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
       physical 1: cores 0 1 2 3 4 8 9 10 11 12
    cache size : 25600 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       99034532 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 Nov 21 17:43 last=S

 SPEC is set to: /cpu2006
    Filesystem     Type  Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sda3      ext3  273G   16G  244G   6% /

 Additional information from dmidecode:
   BIOS HP I30 01/20/2014
   Memory:
    12x HP 689911-071 8 GB 1600 MHz

 (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 = "/home/cpu2006/libs/32:/home/cpu2006/libs/64:/home/cpu2006/sh"
OMP_NUM_THREADS = "20"

 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:  -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:  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.