SPEC® CFP2006 Result

IBM Corporation

IBM System p 570 (4.7 GHz, 16 core, RHEL)

SPECfp®_rate2006 = 430

SPECfp_rate_base2006 = 369

CPU2006 license:	11	Test date:	Oct-2007
Test sponsor:	IBM Corporation	Hardware Availability:	Jun-2007
Tested by:	IBM Corporation	Software Availability:	Oct-2007

Hardware
CPU Name:	POWER6
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz:	4700
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	16 cores, 8 chips, 2 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable:	2,4,8,12,16 cores
Primary Cache:	64 KB I + 64 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache:	4 MB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache:	32 MB I+D off chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	128 GB (64x2 GB) DDR2 667 MHz
Disk Subsystem:	2x73 GB SAS 15K RPM
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform 5.1 for IBM POWER
Compiler:	IBM XL C/C++ Advanced Edition for Linux, V9.0 IBM XL Fortran Advanced Edition for Linux, V11.1
Auto Parallel:	No
File System:	ext3
System State:	Multi-User
Base Pointers:	32-bit
Peak Pointers:	32/64-bit
Other Software:	-IBM Post-Link Optimization for Linux on POWER, Version 5.4.0-10 -MicroQuill SmartHeap 8.1 -IBM Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library for Linux on POWER, Version 4.3

Results Table

Benchmark	Base							Peak
Benchmark	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	918	474	920	473	919	473	32	910	478	910	478	910	478
416.gamess	32	1789	350	1791	350	1791	350	32	1689	371	1691	371	1690	371
433.milc	32	1131	260	1129	260	1131	260	32	1131	260	1129	260	1131	260
434.zeusmp	32	906	321	906	322	907	321	32	557	523	555	525	558	522
435.gromacs	32	803	284	803	284	800	285	32	729	313	726	315	726	315
436.cactusADM	32	1125	340	1122	341	1124	340	32	794	482	800	478	800	478
437.leslie3d	32	847	355	846	355	845	356	16	372	405	372	405	371	405
444.namd	32	670	383	672	382	666	385	32	650	395	645	398	644	398
447.dealII	32	615	595	619	592	613	597	32	593	617	597	614	599	611
450.soplex	32	894	299	632	422	632	422	32	894	299	632	422	632	422
453.povray	32	542	314	542	314	542	314	32	427	398	427	398	428	398
454.calculix	32	689	383	689	383	688	384	32	592	446	592	446	592	446
459.GemsFDTD	32	1220	278	1220	278	1216	279	32	1175	289	1179	288	1174	289
465.tonto	32	1571	200	1573	200	1572	200	32	701	449	701	449	701	449
470.lbm	32	590	745	589	746	590	746	32	590	745	589	746	590	746
481.wrf	32	1231	290	1224	292	1224	292	32	1095	326	1094	327	1094	327
482.sphinx3	32	957	652	956	652	959	650	32	900	693	910	685	913	683

General Notes

 kernel release 2.6.18-52.el5.

 See flags file for details on following settings.

 ulimit -s (stack) set to 262144.


 System set to Enhanced mode when defining partition on HMC

 Large pages reserved as follows by root user:
     echo 3200 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
 System configured with libhugetlbfs library for application access to large pages
 Environment variables set before executing benchmarks.
     export HUGETLB_VERBOSE=0
     export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes
     export XLFRTEOPTS=intrinthds=1

 fdpr binary optimization tool used for
     435.gromacs 436.cactusADM 482.sphinx3

 Benchmarks bound to a processor using numactl on the submit command.

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

xlc -qlanglvl=extc99

C++ benchmarks:

xlC

Fortran benchmarks:

xlf95

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 xlf95

Base Portability Flags

410.bwaves:	-qfixed
416.gamess:	-qfixed
434.zeusmp:	-qfixed
435.gromacs:	-qfixed -qextname
436.cactusADM:	-qfixed -qextname
437.leslie3d:	-qfixed
454.calculix:	-qfixed -qextname
481.wrf:	-DNOUNDERSCORE
482.sphinx3:	-qchars=signed

Base Other Flags

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

xlc -qlanglvl=extc99

C++ benchmarks:

xlC

Fortran benchmarks:

xlf95

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 xlf95

Peak Portability Flags

410.bwaves:	-qfixed
416.gamess:	-qfixed
434.zeusmp:	-qfixed
435.gromacs:	-qfixed -qextname
436.cactusADM:	-qfixed -qextname
437.leslie3d:	-qfixed
454.calculix:	-qfixed -qextname
481.wrf:	-DNOUNDERSCORE
482.sphinx3:	-qchars=signed

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:	basepeak = yes
470.lbm:	basepeak = yes
482.sphinx3:	-Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -lhugetlbfs

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:	-qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O3 -qarch=pwr6e -qtune=pwr6
447.dealII:	-O5 -qrtti -qnoenablevmx -qstaticlink -Wl,--whole-archive /usr/lib/libsmartheap.a -Wl,--no-whole-archive
450.soplex:	basepeak = yes
453.povray:	-qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -lsmartheap

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:	-O5 -qsmallstack=dynlenonheap -lhugetlbfs
416.gamess:	-qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qalias=nostd -qnoenablevmx
434.zeusmp:	-qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O3 -qarch=pwr6e -qtune=pwr6 -qxlf90=nosignedzero -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT
437.leslie3d:	-O3 -qarch=pwr6e -qtune=pwr6 -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT -q64
459.GemsFDTD:	-qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT -q64
465.tonto:	-qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -lessl -lsmartheap -lxlf90_r

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:	-Wl,-q -O2 -qarch=pwr6e -qtune=pwr6 -lhugetlbfs
436.cactusADM:	-Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O2 -qarch=pwr6e -qtune=pwr6 -lhugetlbfs
454.calculix:	-qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT
481.wrf:	-O5 -qnoenablevmx -qalias=nostd -lhugetlbfs

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks:

-qipa=noobject -qipa=threads

C++ benchmarks:

-qipa=noobject -qipa=threads

Fortran benchmarks:

-qipa=noobject -qipa=threads

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

-qipa=noobject -qipa=threads

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/lop-xl-flags.20090714.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/lop-xl-flags.20090714.xml.