SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

IBM Corporation

IBM BladeCenter LS22 (AMD Opteron 2356)

SPECfp®2006 = 19.2

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Aug-2008
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: Sep-2008
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: May-2008
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: AMD Opteron 2356
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz: 2300
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 8 cores, 2 chips, 4 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2 chips
Primary Cache: 64 KB I + 64 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 512 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache: 2 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 32 GB (8 x 4 GB DDR2-6400 ECC)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 36 GB SAS, 10000 RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64) SP1,
Kernel 2.6.16.46-0.12-smp
Compiler: PGI Server Complete Version 7.2
Auto Parallel: Yes
File System: ReiserFS
System State: Run level 3 (Full multiuser with network)
Base Pointers: 64-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: binutils 2.18.50

Results Table

Benchmark Base Peak
Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio 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 229 59.3  264 51.4  229 59.3  211 64.3 214 63.6 212 64.0
416.gamess 1420 13.8  1421 13.8  1421 13.8  1456 13.4 1459 13.4 1458 13.4
433.milc 547 16.8  550 16.7  548 16.7  532 17.3 532 17.3 528 17.4
434.zeusmp 682 13.3  684 13.3  682 13.3  682 13.3 684 13.3 682 13.3
435.gromacs 616 11.6  618 11.6  616 11.6  505 14.1 506 14.1 508 14.1
436.cactusADM 110 109    111 108    112 106    112 107   111 108   109 109  
437.leslie3d 663 14.2  661 14.2  768 12.2  579 16.2 654 14.4 657 14.3
444.namd 862 9.30 862 9.30 862 9.30 778 10.3 776 10.3 778 10.3
447.dealII 711 16.1  711 16.1  711 16.1  643 17.8 643 17.8 643 17.8
450.soplex 774 10.8  776 10.7  774 10.8  774 10.8 776 10.7 774 10.8
453.povray 384 13.9  394 13.5  381 14.0  460 11.6 451 11.8 432 12.3
454.calculix 570 14.5  571 14.5  570 14.5  519 15.9 518 15.9 522 15.8
459.GemsFDTD 355 29.8  356 29.8  354 30.0  355 29.8 356 29.8 354 30.0
465.tonto 738 13.3  741 13.3  735 13.4  679 14.5 679 14.5 681 14.4
470.lbm 730 18.8  724 19.0  723 19.0  723 19.0 723 19.0 724 19.0
481.wrf 544 20.5  546 20.5  544 20.5  432 25.9 432 25.9 431 25.9
482.sphinx3 1250 15.6  1238 15.7  1239 15.7  1015 19.2 1018 19.1 1013 19.2

Submit Notes

The config file option 'submit' was used.

Operating System Notes

 'numactl' was used to bind copies to the cores.
 Environment stack size set to 'unlimited'.
 'ulimit -l 2097152' was used to set environment locked pages in memory quantity.
 NCPUS set to number of cores.
 PGI_HUGE_PAGES set to 896.
 Set vm/nr_hugepages=7168 in /etc/sysctl.conf
 mount -t hugetlbfs none /mnt/hugepages
 Processor Performance States Disabled in BIOS
 Memory ChipKill Disabled in BIOS

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 pgcc 

C++ benchmarks:

 pgcpp 

Fortran benchmarks:

 pgf95 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 pgcc   pgf95 

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   -Mnomain 
436.cactusADM:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -Mnomain 
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   -Mnomain 
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:

 -fastsse   -Msmartalloc=huge:896   -Mconcur   -Mfprelaxed   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 

C++ benchmarks:

 -fastsse   -Msmartalloc=huge:896   -Mfprelaxed   -Mconcur   --zc_eh   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -fastsse   -Mfprelaxed   -Msmartalloc=huge:896   -Mconcur   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -fastsse   -Msmartalloc=huge:896   -Mconcur   -Mfprelaxed   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

 -Mipa=jobs:8 

C++ benchmarks:

 -Mipa=jobs:8 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -Mipa=jobs:8 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -Mipa=jobs:8 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 pgcc 

C++ benchmarks:

 pgcpp 

Fortran benchmarks:

 pgf95 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 pgcc   pgf95 

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   -Mnomain 
436.cactusADM:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -Mnomain 
437.leslie3d:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
444.namd:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
450.soplex:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
453.povray:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
454.calculix:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -Mnomain 
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:  -fastsse   -Msmartalloc=huge:896   -Msafeptr   -Mconcur   -Mfprelaxed   -Mipa=inline   -Mipa=arg   -Mipa=const   -Mipa=ptr   -Mipa=shape   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 
470.lbm:  -fastsse   -Msmartalloc=huge:896   -Mprefetch=t0   -Mloop32   -Mfprelaxed   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 
482.sphinx3:  -Mpfi(pass 1)   -Mpfo(pass 2)   -Mipa=fast(pass 2)   -Mipa=inline(pass 2)   -fastsse   -Mfprelaxed   -Msmartalloc   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:  -Mpfi(pass 1)   -Mpfo(pass 2)   -Mipa=fast(pass 2)   -Mipa=inline(pass 2)   -fastsse   -Munroll=n:4   -Munroll=m:8   -Msmartalloc=huge:896   -Mnodepchk   -Mfprelaxed   --zc_eh   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 
447.dealII:  -fastsse   -alias=ansi   -Msmartalloc=huge:896   -Mprefetch=t0   -Mnovect   -Mfprelaxed   --zc_eh   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -tp barcelona-32   -Bstatic_pgi 
450.soplex:  basepeak = yes 
453.povray:  -Mpfi=indirect(pass 1)   -Mpfo=indirect(pass 2)   -Mipa=fast(pass 2)   -Mipa=inlinenopfo:3(pass 2)   -Mipa=staticfunc(pass 2)   -fastsse   -Msmartalloc=huge:896   -Mprefetch=t0   -Mfprelaxed   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:  -fastsse   -Msmartalloc   -Mprefetch=distance:12   -Mprefetch=nta   -Mconcur   -Mloop32   -Mpre   -Mfprelaxed   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 
416.gamess:  -Mpfi(pass 1)   -Mpfo(pass 2)   -Mipa=fast(pass 2)   -Mipa=inline(pass 2)   -fastsse   -Mvect=noaltcode   -Mprefetch=t0   -Mfprelaxed   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 
434.zeusmp:  basepeak = yes 
437.leslie3d:  -Mpfi=indirect(pass 1)   -Mpfo=indirect(pass 2)   -Mconcur=noaltcode(pass 2)   -Mipa=fast(pass 2)   -Mipa=inline(pass 2)   -fastsse   -Mvect=fuse   -Msmartalloc=huge:896   -Mprefetch=distance:8   -Mprefetch=t0   -Mfprelaxed   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 
459.GemsFDTD:  basepeak = yes 
465.tonto:  -fastsse   -O4   -Mvect=noaltcode   -Msmartalloc=huge:896   -Mprefetch=distance:8   -Mprefetch=t0   -Mfprelaxed   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:  -fastsse   -Msmartalloc=huge:896   -Mfprelaxed   -Mconcur   -Mfpapprox=rsqrt   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 
436.cactusADM:  -fastsse   -Msmartalloc=huge:896   -Mfprelaxed   -Mconcur   -Mdse   -Mipa=fast   -Mipa=inline   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 
454.calculix:  -Mpfi=indirect(pass 1)   -Mpfo=indirect(pass 2)   -Mipa=fast(pass 2)   -Mipa=inline(pass 2)   -fastsse   -Msmartalloc=huge:896   -Mloop32   -Mprefetch=t0   -Mpre   -Mfprelaxed   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 
481.wrf:  -fastsse   -Mvect=noaltcode   -Msmartalloc   -Mprefetch=distance:8   -Mconcur=noaltcode   -Mfprelaxed   -tp barcelona-64   -Bstatic_pgi 

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks:

 -Mipa=jobs:8(pass 2) 

C++ benchmarks:

 -Mipa=jobs:8(pass 2) 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -Mipa=jobs:8 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C (except as noted below):

 -Mipa=jobs:8(pass 2) 
481.wrf:  No flags used 

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/pgi72_flags.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/pgi72_flags.xml.