SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Hewlett-Packard Company

ProLiant BL460c
(3.00 GHz, Intel Xeon E5450)

CPU2006 license: 3 Test date: Feb-2008
Test sponsor: Hewlett-Packard Company Hardware Availability: Nov-2007
Tested by: Hewlett-Packard Company Software Availability: Nov-2007
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5450
CPU Characteristics: 3.00 GHz, 2x6 MB L2 shared, 1333 MHz system bus
CPU MHz: 3000
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 8 cores, 2 chips, 4 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2 chips
Primary Cache: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 12 MB I+D on chip per chip, 6 MB shared / 2 cores
L3 Cache: None
Other Cache: None
Memory: 16 GB (8x2 GB PC2-5300F CL5)
Disk Subsystem: 1x72 GB 15 K SAS
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64) SP1,
Kernel 2.6.16.46-0.12-smp
Compiler: Intel C++ Compiler 10.1 for Linux
Build 20070913 Package ID: l_cc_p_10.1.008
Intel Fortran Compiler 10.1 for Linux
Build 20070913 Package ID: l_cc_p_10.1.008
Auto Parallel: Yes
File System: ext2
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 64-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: binutils-2.17.50

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 8 3091 35.2 3094 35.1 3089 35.2 4 1519 35.8 1522 35.7 1518 35.8
416.gamess 8 892 176   894 175   892 176   8 879 178   883 177   879 178  
433.milc 8 2292 32.0 2293 32.0 2299 31.9 8 2323 31.6 2338 31.4 2316 31.7
434.zeusmp 8 1050 69.3 1047 69.5 1047 69.5 8 1050 69.3 1049 69.4 1045 69.7
435.gromacs 8 395 144   397 144   396 144   8 380 150   380 150   382 149  
436.cactusADM 8 1313 72.8 1315 72.7 1312 72.9 1 118 101   119 101   119 101  
437.leslie3d 8 2746 27.4 2725 27.6 2731 27.5 4 1345 28.0 1345 28.0 1344 28.0
444.namd 8 511 125   512 125   512 125   8 509 126   508 126   509 126  
447.dealII 8 696 131   697 131   696 131   8 667 137   696 132   700 131  
450.soplex 8 1762 37.9 1763 37.9 1766 37.8 8 1588 42.0 1588 42.0 1585 42.1
453.povray 8 213 200   211 202   209 203   8 179 238   178 239   179 238  
454.calculix 8 564 117   568 116   573 115   8 411 161   414 160   413 160  
459.GemsFDTD 8 2951 28.8 2955 28.7 2933 28.9 8 2953 28.7 2953 28.7 2946 28.8
465.tonto 8 676 116   676 116   676 117   8 668 118   668 118   666 118  
470.lbm 8 4088 26.9 4089 26.9 4088 26.9 4 1415 38.8 1416 38.8 1418 38.8
481.wrf 8 1754 50.9 1755 50.9 1753 51.0 8 1755 50.9 1744 51.2 1762 50.7
482.sphinx3 8 2243 69.5 2243 69.5 2234 69.8 4 791 98.6 783 99.6 780 100  

Operating System Notes

 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited prior to run
 '/usr/bin/taskset' used to bind processes to CPUs
  OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
  KMP_AFFINITY set to physical,0
  KMP_STACKSIZE set to 64M

Platform Notes

BIOS configuration:
  Power Regulator set to Static High Performance Mode
  Adjacent Sector Prefetch Disabled
  Hardware Prefetcher Disabled

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc 

Fortran benchmarks:

 ifort 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 icc   ifort 

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:

 -fast 

C++ benchmarks:

 -fast 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -fast 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -fast 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

 /opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/bin/icc   -L/opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/lib   -I/opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/include 
433.milc:  icc 

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icpc 
450.soplex:  /opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/bin/icpc   -L/opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/lib   -I/opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/include 

Fortran benchmarks (except as noted below):

 ifort 
437.leslie3d:  /opt/intel/fc/10.1.008/bin/ifort   -L/opt/intel/fc/10.1.008/lib   -I/opt/intel/fc/10.1.008/include 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 icc   ifort 

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 
444.namd:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
447.dealII:  -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 
481.wrf:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -DSPEC_CPU_CASE_FLAG   -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX 

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -fno-alias   -auto-ilp32 
470.lbm:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll2   -scalar-rep-   -prefetch   -opt-malloc-options=3 
482.sphinx3:  -fast   -unroll2 

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -fno-alias   -auto-ilp32 
447.dealII:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll2   -ansi-alias   -scalar-rep- 
450.soplex:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -opt-malloc-options=3 
453.povray:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll4   -ansi-alias 

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:  -fast   -prefetch 
416.gamess:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll2   -Ob0   -ansi-alias   -scalar-rep- 
434.zeusmp:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast 
437.leslie3d:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -prefetch   -opt-malloc-options=3 
459.GemsFDTD:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll2   -Ob0   -prefetch 
465.tonto:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll4   -auto 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -prefetch   -auto-ilp32 
436.cactusADM:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fast   -unroll2   -prefetch   -parallel   -auto-ilp32 
454.calculix:  -fast   -unroll-aggressive   -auto-ilp32 
481.wrf:  -fast   -auto-ilp32 

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/HP-Intel-ic10.1-linux-fp-flags.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/HP-Intel-ic10.1-linux-fp-flags.xml.