SPEC CPU®2017 Floating Point Rate Result

Copyright 2017-2020 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Dell Inc.

PowerEdge C6420 (Intel Xeon Gold 6246R, 3.40 GHz)

SPECrate®2017_fp_base = 21000

SPECrate®2017_fp_peak = 21900

CPU2017 License: 55 Test Date: Apr-2020
Test Sponsor: Dell Inc. Hardware Availability: Feb-2020
Tested by: Dell Inc. Software Availability: Feb-2020

Benchmark result graphs are available in the PDF report.

Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon Gold 6246R
  Max MHz: 4100
  Nominal: 3400
Enabled: 32 cores, 2 chips, 2 threads/core
Orderable: 1,2 chips
Cache L1: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
  L2: 1 MB I+D on chip per core
  L3: 35.75 MB I+D on chip per chip
  Other: None
Memory: 384 GB (12 x 32 GB 2Rx8 PC4-2933V-R,
running at 2933)
Storage: 1 x 480 GB SATA SSD
Other: None
Software
OS: CentOS Linux 8.1.1911
kernel 4.18.0-147.5.1.el8_1.x86_64
Compiler: C/C++: Version 19.0.5.281 of Intel C/C++
Compiler for Linux;
Fortran: Version 19.0.5.281 of Intel Fortran
Compiler for Linux
Parallel: No
Firmware: Version 2.7.3 released Mar-2020
File System: tmpfs
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 64-bit
Peak Pointers: 64-bit
Other: None
Power Management: BIOS set to prefer performance at the cost of additional power usage.

Results Table

Benchmark Base Peak
Copies Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Copies Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio
SPECrate®2017_fp_base 21000
SPECrate®2017_fp_peak 21900
Results appear in the order in which they were run. Bold underlined text indicates a median measurement.
503.bwaves_r 64 1227 523 1229 522 1228 523 32 604 531 604 531 605 531
507.cactuBSSN_r 64 504 161 503 161 503 161 64 504 161 503 161 503 161
508.namd_r 64 385 158 385 158 389 156 64 387 157 388 157 389 156
510.parest_r 64 1174 143 1176 142 1171 143 32 495 169 496 169 497 169
511.povray_r 64 665 225 654 229 665 225 64 591 253 594 252 591 253
519.lbm_r 64 605 111 606 111 605 111 64 606 111 606 111 606 111
521.wrf_r 64 626 229 631 227 627 229 32 303 237 302 237 302 237
526.blender_r 64 440 222 439 222 441 221 64 440 222 439 222 441 221
527.cam4_r 64 461 243 470 238 468 239 64 448 250 443 253 447 250
538.imagick_r 64 347 459 345 461 348 457 64 347 459 345 461 348 457
544.nab_r 64 315 342 316 341 313 344 64 315 342 316 341 313 344
549.fotonik3d_r 64 1636 152 1636 152 1636 152 64 1636 152 1636 152 1636 152
554.roms_r 64 919 111 919 111 918 111 32 387 131 391 130 393 129

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"

Environment Variables Notes

Environment variables set by runcpu before the start of the run:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/dev/shm/cpu2017/lib/intel64"
MALLOC_CONF = "retain:true"

General Notes

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Intel Core i9-7900X CPU + 32GB RAM
 memory using Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.5
 NA: The test sponsor attests, as of date of publication, that CVE-2017-5754 (Meltdown)
 is mitigated in the system as tested and documented.
 Yes: The test sponsor attests, as of date of publication, that CVE-2017-5753 (Spectre variant 1)
 is mitigated in the system as tested and documented.
 Yes: The test sponsor attests, as of date of publication, that CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre variant 2)
 is mitigated in the system as tested and documented.
 Transparent Huge Pages enabled by default
 Prior to runcpu invocation
 Filesystem page cache synced and cleared with:
 sync; echo 3>       /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
 runcpu command invoked through numactl i.e.:
 numactl --interleave=all runcpu <etc>

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 set to standard
 Logical Processor enabled
 CPU Interconnect Bus Link Power Management disabled
 PCI ASPM L1 Link Power Management disabled
 UPI Prefetch enabled
 LLC Prefetch disabled
 Dead Line LLC Alloc enabled
 Directory AtoS disabled

 Sysinfo program /dev/shm/cpu2017/bin/sysinfo
 Rev: r6365 of 2019-08-21 295195f888a3d7edb1e6e46a485a0011
 running on localhost.localdomain Tue Apr 28 06:07:39 2020

 SUT (System Under Test) info as seen by some common utilities.
 For more information on this section, see
    https://www.spec.org/cpu2017/Docs/config.html#sysinfo

 From /proc/cpuinfo
    model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6246R CPU @ 3.40GHz
       2  "physical id"s (chips)
       64 "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 : 16
       siblings  : 32
       physical 0: cores 0 1 2 6 12 13 16 17 18 19 21 25 26 27 28 29
       physical 1: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 13 16 17 18 19 21 24 28 29

 From lscpu:
      Architecture:        x86_64
      CPU op-mode(s):      32-bit, 64-bit
      Byte Order:          Little Endian
      CPU(s):              64
      On-line CPU(s) list: 0-63
      Thread(s) per core:  2
      Core(s) per socket:  16
      Socket(s):           2
      NUMA node(s):        4
      Vendor ID:           GenuineIntel
      CPU family:          6
      Model:               85
      Model name:          Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6246R CPU @ 3.40GHz
      Stepping:            7
      CPU MHz:             2033.852
      CPU max MHz:         4100.0000
      CPU min MHz:         1200.0000
      BogoMIPS:            6800.00
      Virtualization:      VT-x
      L1d cache:           32K
      L1i cache:           32K
      L2 cache:            1024K
      L3 cache:            36608K
      NUMA node0 CPU(s):   0,4,6,12,16,20,24,28,32,36,38,44,48,52,56,60
      NUMA node1 CPU(s):   1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61
      NUMA node2 CPU(s):   2,8,10,14,18,22,26,30,34,40,42,46,50,54,58,62
      NUMA node3 CPU(s):   3,7,11,15,19,23,27,31,35,39,43,47,51,55,59,63
      Flags:               fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
      pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp
      lm constant_tsc art arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid
      aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16
      xtpr pdcm pcid dca sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave
      avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch cpuid_fault epb cat_l3 cdp_l3
      invpcid_single intel_ppin ssbd mba ibrs ibpb stibp ibrs_enhanced tpr_shadow vnmi
      flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 hle avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid rtm
      cqm mpx rdt_a avx512f avx512dq rdseed adx smap clflushopt clwb intel_pt avx512cd
      avx512bw avx512vl xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves cqm_llc cqm_occup_llc cqm_mbm_total
      cqm_mbm_local dtherm ida arat pln pts pku ospke avx512_vnni md_clear flush_l1d
      arch_capabilities

 /proc/cpuinfo cache data
    cache size : 36608 KB

 From numactl --hardware  WARNING: a numactl 'node' might or might not correspond to a
 physical chip.
   available: 4 nodes (0-3)
   node 0 cpus: 0 4 6 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 38 44 48 52 56 60
   node 0 size: 95305 MB
   node 0 free: 84637 MB
   node 1 cpus: 1 5 9 13 17 21 25 29 33 37 41 45 49 53 57 61
   node 1 size: 96764 MB
   node 1 free: 89878 MB
   node 2 cpus: 2 8 10 14 18 22 26 30 34 40 42 46 50 54 58 62
   node 2 size: 96764 MB
   node 2 free: 74827 MB
   node 3 cpus: 3 7 11 15 19 23 27 31 35 39 43 47 51 55 59 63
   node 3 size: 96738 MB
   node 3 free: 90297 MB
   node distances:
   node   0   1   2   3
     0:  10  21  11  21
     1:  21  10  21  11
     2:  11  21  10  21
     3:  21  11  21  10

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       394827724 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    centos-release: CentOS Linux release 8.1.1911 (Core)
    centos-release-upstream: Derived from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 (Source)
    os-release:
       NAME="CentOS Linux"
       VERSION="8 (Core)"
       ID="centos"
       ID_LIKE="rhel fedora"
       VERSION_ID="8"
       PLATFORM_ID="platform:el8"
       PRETTY_NAME="CentOS Linux 8 (Core)"
       ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
    redhat-release: CentOS Linux release 8.1.1911 (Core)
    system-release: CentOS Linux release 8.1.1911 (Core)
    system-release-cpe: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8

 uname -a:
    Linux localhost.localdomain 4.18.0-147.5.1.el8_1.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Feb 5 02:00:39 UTC
    2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 Kernel self-reported vulnerability status:

 itlb_multihit:                            Processor vulnerable
 CVE-2018-3620 (L1 Terminal Fault):        Not affected
 Microarchitectural Data Sampling:         Not affected
 CVE-2017-5754 (Meltdown):                 Not affected
 CVE-2018-3639 (Speculative Store Bypass): Mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled
                                           via prctl and seccomp
 CVE-2017-5753 (Spectre variant 1):        Mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user
                                           pointer sanitization
 CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre variant 2):        Mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional,
                                           RSB filling
 tsx_async_abort:                          Mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable

 run-level 3 Apr 27 17:02

 SPEC is set to: /dev/shm/cpu2017
    Filesystem     Type   Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    tmpfs          tmpfs  189G   36G  153G  19% /dev/shm

 From /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id
     BIOS:    Dell Inc. 2.7.3 03/25/2020
     Vendor:  Dell Inc.
     Product: PowerEdge C6420
     Product Family: PowerEdge
     Serial:  1234567

 Additional information from dmidecode follows.  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.
   Memory:
     8x 00AD00B300AD HMA84GR7CJR4N-WM 32 GB 2 rank 2933
     1x 00AD063200AD HMA84GR7CJR4N-WM 32 GB 2 rank 2933
     3x 00AD069D00AD HMA84GR7CJR4N-WM 32 GB 2 rank 2933
     4x Not Specified Not Specified

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

Compiler Version Notes

==============================================================================
C               | 519.lbm_r(base, peak) 538.imagick_r(base, peak)
                | 544.nab_r(base, peak)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Intel(R) C Intel(R) 64 Compiler for applications running on Intel(R) 64,
  Version 19.0.5.281 Build 20190815
Copyright (C) 1985-2019 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

==============================================================================
C++             | 508.namd_r(base, peak) 510.parest_r(base, peak)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Intel(R) C++ Intel(R) 64 Compiler for applications running on Intel(R) 64,
  Version 19.0.5.281 Build 20190815
Copyright (C) 1985-2019 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

==============================================================================
C++, C          | 511.povray_r(base, peak) 526.blender_r(base, peak)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Intel(R) C++ Intel(R) 64 Compiler for applications running on Intel(R) 64,
  Version 19.0.5.281 Build 20190815
Copyright (C) 1985-2019 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.
Intel(R) C Intel(R) 64 Compiler for applications running on Intel(R) 64,
  Version 19.0.5.281 Build 20190815
Copyright (C) 1985-2019 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

==============================================================================
C++, C, Fortran | 507.cactuBSSN_r(base, peak)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Intel(R) C++ Intel(R) 64 Compiler for applications running on Intel(R) 64,
  Version 19.0.5.281 Build 20190815
Copyright (C) 1985-2019 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.
Intel(R) C Intel(R) 64 Compiler for applications running on Intel(R) 64,
  Version 19.0.5.281 Build 20190815
Copyright (C) 1985-2019 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.
Intel(R) Fortran Intel(R) 64 Compiler for applications running on Intel(R)
  64, Version 19.0.5.281 Build 20190815
Copyright (C) 1985-2019 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

==============================================================================
Fortran         | 503.bwaves_r(base, peak) 549.fotonik3d_r(base, peak)
                | 554.roms_r(base, peak)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Intel(R) Fortran Intel(R) 64 Compiler for applications running on Intel(R)
  64, Version 19.0.5.281 Build 20190815
Copyright (C) 1985-2019 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

==============================================================================
Fortran, C      | 521.wrf_r(base, peak) 527.cam4_r(base, peak)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Intel(R) Fortran Intel(R) 64 Compiler for applications running on Intel(R)
  64, Version 19.0.5.281 Build 20190815
Copyright (C) 1985-2019 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.
Intel(R) C Intel(R) 64 Compiler for applications running on Intel(R) 64,
  Version 19.0.5.281 Build 20190815
Copyright (C) 1985-2019 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc 

Fortran benchmarks:

 ifort 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 ifort   icc 

Benchmarks using both C and C++:

 icpc   icc 

Benchmarks using Fortran, C, and C++:

 icpc   icc   ifort 

Base Portability Flags

503.bwaves_r:  -DSPEC_LP64 
507.cactuBSSN_r:  -DSPEC_LP64 
508.namd_r:  -DSPEC_LP64 
510.parest_r:  -DSPEC_LP64 
511.povray_r:  -DSPEC_LP64 
519.lbm_r:  -DSPEC_LP64 
521.wrf_r:  -DSPEC_LP64   -DSPEC_CASE_FLAG   -convert big_endian 
526.blender_r:  -DSPEC_LP64   -DSPEC_LINUX   -funsigned-char 
527.cam4_r:  -DSPEC_LP64   -DSPEC_CASE_FLAG 
538.imagick_r:  -DSPEC_LP64 
544.nab_r:  -DSPEC_LP64 
549.fotonik3d_r:  -DSPEC_LP64 
554.roms_r:  -DSPEC_LP64 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -m64   -std=c11   -xCORE-AVX512   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -ffinite-math-only   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4 

C++ benchmarks:

 -m64   -xCORE-AVX512   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -ffinite-math-only   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -m64   -xCORE-AVX512   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -ffinite-math-only   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4   -auto   -nostandard-realloc-lhs 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -m64   -std=c11   -xCORE-AVX512   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -ffinite-math-only   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4   -auto   -nostandard-realloc-lhs 

Benchmarks using both C and C++:

 -m64   -std=c11   -xCORE-AVX512   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -ffinite-math-only   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4 

Benchmarks using Fortran, C, and C++:

 -m64   -std=c11   -xCORE-AVX512   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -ffinite-math-only   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4   -auto   -nostandard-realloc-lhs 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc 

Fortran benchmarks:

 ifort 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 ifort   icc 

Benchmarks using both C and C++:

 icpc   icc 

Benchmarks using Fortran, C, and C++:

 icpc   icc   ifort 

Peak Portability Flags

Same as Base Portability Flags

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

519.lbm_r:  -m64   -std=c11   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -ipo   -xCORE-AVX512   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -ffinite-math-only   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4 
538.imagick_r:  basepeak = yes 
544.nab_r:  basepeak = yes 

C++ benchmarks:

508.namd_r:  -m64   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -ipo   -xCORE-AVX512   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -ffinite-math-only   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4 
510.parest_r:  -m64   -xCORE-AVX512   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -ffinite-math-only   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4 

Fortran benchmarks:

503.bwaves_r:  -m64   -xCORE-AVX512   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -ffinite-math-only   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4   -auto   -nostandard-realloc-lhs 
549.fotonik3d_r:  basepeak = yes 
554.roms_r:  -m64   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -ipo   -xCORE-AVX512   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -ffinite-math-only   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4   -auto   -nostandard-realloc-lhs 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -m64   -std=c11   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -ipo   -xCORE-AVX512   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -ffinite-math-only   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4   -auto   -nostandard-realloc-lhs 

Benchmarks using both C and C++:

511.povray_r:  -m64   -std=c11   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -ipo   -xCORE-AVX512   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -ffinite-math-only   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4 
526.blender_r:  basepeak = yes 

Benchmarks using Fortran, C, and C++:

507.cactuBSSN_r:  basepeak = yes 

The flags files that were used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2017/flags/Intel-ic19.0u5-official-linux64_revD.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2017/flags/Dell-Platform-Flags-PowerEdge-revE9.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2017/flags/Intel-ic19.0u5-official-linux64_revD.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2017/flags/Dell-Platform-Flags-PowerEdge-revE9.xml.