SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2017 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Dell Inc.

PowerEdge C6420 (Intel Xeon Gold 6144, 3.50 GHz)

CPU2006 license: 55 Test date: Jul-2017
Test sponsor: Dell Inc. Hardware Availability: Jul-2017
Tested by: Dell Inc. Software Availability: Nov-2016
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon Gold 6144
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 4.20 GHz
CPU MHz: 3500
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 16 cores, 2 chips, 8 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2 chip
Primary Cache: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 1 MB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache: 24.75 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 192 GB (12 x 16 GB 2Rx8 PC4-2666V-R)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 960 GB SATA SSD
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (x86_64)
4.4.21-69-default
Compiler: C/C++: Version 17.0.3.191 of Intel C/C++
Compiler for Linux;
Fortran: Version 17.0.3.191 of Intel Fortran
Compiler for Linux
Auto Parallel: Yes
File System: xfs
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 32 462 941 462 941 462 941 16 230 944 230 947 230 945
416.gamess 32 685 914 685 914 685 915 32 664 943 667 940 664 943
433.milc 32 311 946 310 948 310 947 32 311 946 310 948 310 947
434.zeusmp 32 267 1090 266 1100 266 1100 32 267 1090 266 1100 266 1100
435.gromacs 32 208 1100 208 1100 206 1110 32 204 1120 205 1120 204 1120
436.cactusADM 32 331 1160 331 1150 331 1150 32 331 1160 331 1150 331 1150
437.leslie3d 32 537 561 538 559 536 561 16 208 724 208 723 206 729
444.namd 32 338 758 337 761 338 758 32 328 783 328 783 327 786
447.dealII 32 274 1340 275 1330 275 1330 32 274 1340 275 1330 275 1330
450.soplex 32 429 622 428 624 427 625 16 222 601 221 605 222 601
453.povray 32 158 1070 159 1070 157 1080 32 135 1270 133 1280 136 1250
454.calculix 32 215 1230 215 1230 212 1250 32 215 1230 215 1230 212 1250
459.GemsFDTD 32 684 496 684 497 683 497 16 366 463 367 462 367 463
465.tonto 32 310 1020 310 1020 315 1000 32 314 1000 312 1010 314 1000
470.lbm 32 453 970 452 972 453 971 32 453 970 452 972 453 971
481.wrf 32 328 1090 324 1100 332 1080 32 328 1090 324 1100 332 1080
482.sphinx3 32 705 885 706 883 707 882 32 705 885 706 883 707 882

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

 BIOS settings:
 Sub NUMA Cluster enabled
 Virtualization Technology disabled
 System Profile set to Custom
 CPU Performance set to Maximum Performance
 C States set to autonomous
 C1E disabled
 Uncore Frequency set to Dynamic
 Energy Efficiency Policy set to Performance
 Memory Patrol Scrub disabled
 Logical Processor enabled
 CPU Interconnect Bus Link Power Management disabled
 PCI ASPM L1 Link Power Management disabled
 Sysinfo program /root/cpu2006-1.2_ic17u3/config/sysinfo.rev6993
 Revision 6993 of 2015-11-06 (b5e8d4b4eb51ed28d7f98696cbe290c1)
 running on linux-xp0h Sat Jul  1 08:21:48 2017

 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) Gold 6144 CPU @ 3.50GHz
       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 2 3 9 16 19 26 27
       physical 1: cores 0 2 3 9 16 19 26 27
    cache size : 25344 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       196687088 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    SuSE-release:
       SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x86_64)
       VERSION = 12
       PATCHLEVEL = 2
       # This file is deprecated and will be removed in a future service pack or
       release.
       # Please check /etc/os-release for details about this release.
    os-release:
       NAME="SLES"
       VERSION="12-SP2"
       VERSION_ID="12.2"
       PRETTY_NAME="SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2"
       ID="sles"
       ANSI_COLOR="0;32"
       CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:suse:sles:12:sp2"

 uname -a:
    Linux linux-xp0h 4.4.21-69-default #1 SMP Tue Oct 25 10:58:20 UTC 2016
    (9464f67) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 run-level 3 Jul 1 00:18

 SPEC is set to: /root/cpu2006-1.2_ic17u3
    Filesystem     Type  Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sda2      xfs   930G  8.7G  921G   1% /
 Additional information from dmidecode:

    Warning: Use caution when you interpret this section. The 'dmidecode' program
    reads system data which is "intended to allow hardware to be accurately
    determined", but the intent may not be met, as there are frequent changes to
    hardware, firmware, and the "DMTF SMBIOS" standard.

   BIOS Dell Inc. 1.0.6 06/22/2017
   Memory:
    12x 00CE063200CE M393A2K43BB1-CTD 16 GB 2 rank 2666 MHz
    4x Not Specified Not Specified

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/root/cpu2006-1.2_ic17u3/lib/ia32:/root/cpu2006-1.2_ic17u3/lib/intel64:/root/cpu2006-1.2_ic17u3/sh10.2"

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Intel Core i7-4790 CPU + 32GB RAM
 memory using Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.2
 Transparent Huge Pages enabled by default
 Filesystem page cache cleared with:
 shell invocation of 'sync; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches' prior to run
 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:

 -xCORE-AVX512   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=3 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xCORE-AVX512   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=3 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -xCORE-AVX512   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -xCORE-AVX512   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=3 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc -m64 

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icpc -m64 
450.soplex:  icpc -m32 -L/opt/intel/compilers_and_libraries_2017/linux/lib/ia32 

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 
450.soplex:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
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 Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:  basepeak = yes 
470.lbm:  basepeak = yes 
482.sphinx3:  basepeak = yes 

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xCORE-AVX512(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -fno-alias   -auto-ilp32   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=3 
447.dealII:  basepeak = yes 
450.soplex:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xCORE-AVX512(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -qopt-malloc-options=3   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=3 
453.povray:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xCORE-AVX512(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -unroll4   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=3 

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:  -xCORE-AVX512   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch 
416.gamess:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xCORE-AVX512(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -unroll2   -inline-level=0   -scalar-rep- 
434.zeusmp:  basepeak = yes 
437.leslie3d:  Same as 410.bwaves 
459.GemsFDTD:  Same as 410.bwaves 
465.tonto:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xCORE-AVX512(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -unroll4   -auto   -inline-calloc   -qopt-malloc-options=3 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xCORE-AVX512(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -qopt-prefetch   -auto-ilp32   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=3 
436.cactusADM:  basepeak = yes 
454.calculix:  basepeak = yes 
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-ic17.0-official-linux64-revF.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Dell-Platform-Flags-PowerEdge14G-revC.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic17.0-official-linux64-revF.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Dell-Platform-Flags-PowerEdge14G-revC.xml.