SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2017 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Dell Inc.

PowerEdge R940
(Intel Xeon Platinum 8168, 2.70 GHz)

CPU2006 license: 55 Test date: Oct-2017
Test sponsor: Dell Inc. Hardware Availability: Jul-2017
Tested by: Dell Inc. Software Availability: Apr-2017
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon Platinum 8168
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.70 GHz
CPU MHz: 2700
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 96 cores, 4 chips, 24 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 2,4 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: 33 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 768 GB (48 x 16 GB 2Rx8 PC4-2666V-R)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 900 GB 15K RPM SAS12
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x86_64) SP2
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 192 1170 2230 1170 2230 1169 2230 96 575 2270 575 2270 575 2270
416.gamess 192 873 4310 874 4300 876 4290 192 847 4440 849 4430 846 4450
433.milc 192 812 2170 812 2170 812 2170 192 812 2170 812 2170 812 2170
434.zeusmp 192 462 3780 465 3760 464 3760 192 462 3780 465 3760 464 3760
435.gromacs 192 254 5410 254 5390 254 5400 192 251 5470 251 5460 250 5470
436.cactusADM 192 550 4170 551 4170 550 4170 192 550 4170 551 4170 550 4170
437.leslie3d 192 1111 1620 1112 1620 1113 1620 96 544 1660 544 1660 543 1660
444.namd 192 432 3560 436 3530 434 3550 192 429 3590 427 3610 430 3580
447.dealII 192 336 6550 335 6550 334 6570 192 336 6550 335 6550 334 6570
450.soplex 192 950 1680 950 1680 950 1680 96 410 1950 435 1840 408 1960
453.povray 192 173 5910 172 5950 172 5930 192 148 6920 147 6930 147 6930
454.calculix 192 253 6270 253 6260 254 6240 192 253 6270 253 6260 254 6240
459.GemsFDTD 192 1349 1510 1348 1510 1349 1510 96 717 1420 713 1430 709 1440
465.tonto 192 487 3880 486 3890 497 3800 192 466 4050 461 4100 476 3970
470.lbm 192 869 3040 868 3040 869 3040 192 869 3040 868 3040 869 3040
481.wrf 192 792 2710 791 2710 794 2700 192 792 2710 791 2710 794 2700
482.sphinx3 192 1212 3090 1217 3070 1217 3070 192 1212 3090 1217 3070 1217 3070

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

 Kernel boot parameter: nohz_full=1-191
 Stack size set to unlimited using "ulimit -s unlimited"

Platform Notes

 BIOS settings:
 Logical Processor Enabled
 Virtualization Technology Disabled
 Sub NUMA Cluster Enabled
 System Profile set to Custom
 CPU Performance set to Maximum Performance
 C1E Disabled
 C States set to Autonomous
 Uncore Frequency set to Dynamic
 Memory Patrol Scrub Disabled
 Energy Efficiency Policy set to Performance
 CPU Interconnect Bus Link Power Management Disabled
 PCI ASPM L1 Link Power Management Disabled
 Sysinfo program /home/cpu2006/config/sysinfo.rev6993
 Revision 6993 of 2015-11-06 (b5e8d4b4eb51ed28d7f98696cbe290c1)
 running on linux-4qdv Sat Oct 14 06:09:44 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) Platinum 8168 CPU @ 2.70GHz
       4 "physical id"s (chips)
       192 "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 : 24
       siblings  : 48
       physical 0: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 10 11 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 21 24 25 26
       27 28 29
       physical 1: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 10 11 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 21 24 25 26
       27 28 29
       physical 2: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 10 11 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 21 24 25 26
       27 28 29
       physical 3: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 10 11 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 21 24 25 26
       27 28 29
    cache size : 33792 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       791224268 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 /usr/bin/lsb_release -d
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2

 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-4qdv 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 Oct 13 20:01

 SPEC is set to: /home/cpu2006
    Filesystem     Type  Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sda4      xfs   796G   17G  779G   3% /home
 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. 1.1.7 08/10/2017
   Memory:
    3x 002C00B3002C 18ASF2G72PDZ-2G6D1 16 GB 2 rank 2666 MHz
    21x 00AD00B300AD HMA82GR7AFR8N-VK 16 GB 2 rank 2666 MHz
    24x 00CE063200CE M393A2K43BB1-CTD 16 GB 2 rank 2666 MHz

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/home/cpu2006/lib/ia32:/home/cpu2006/lib/intel64:/home/cpu2006/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-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=3 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=3 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -xCORE-AVX2   -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-AVX2(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-AVX2(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-AVX2(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-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch 
416.gamess:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xCORE-AVX2(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-AVX2(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-AVX2(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.