| CPU2006 license: | 11 | Test date: | Jul-2010 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | IBM Corporation | Hardware Availability: | Sep-2010 |
| Tested by: | IBM Corporation | Software Availability: | Aug-2010 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | POWER7 |
| CPU Characteristics: | Intelligent Energy Optimization enabled, up to 3.86 GHz |
| CPU MHz: | 3556 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 16 cores, 2 chips, 8 cores/chip, 4 threads/core |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 16 cores |
| Primary Cache: | 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core |
| Secondary Cache: | 256 KB I+D on chip per core |
| L3 Cache: | 4 MB I+D on chip per core |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 128 GB (16x8 GB) DDR3 1066 MHz |
| Disk Subsystem: | 2x146.8 GB SAS SFF 15K RPM |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ppc64), Kernel 2.6.32.12-0.7-ppc64 |
| Compiler: | IBM XL C/C++ for Linux, V11.1 IBM XL Fortran for Linux, V13.1 |
| Auto Parallel: | No |
| File System: | ext3 |
| System State: | Run level 3 (multi-user) |
| Base Pointers: | 32-bit |
| Peak Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Other Software: | -Post-Link Optimization for Linux on POWER, Version 5.5.0-3 -MicroQuill SmartHeap 9 -Apache C++ Standard Library V4.2.1 |
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 | 64 | 2123 | 410 | 2127 | 409 | 2124 | 409 | 64 | 2123 | 410 | 2127 | 409 | 2124 | 409 |
| 416.gamess | 64 | 2618 | 479 | 2586 | 485 | 2578 | 486 | 64 | 2372 | 528 | 2434 | 515 | 2417 | 518 |
| 433.milc | 64 | 1539 | 382 | 1539 | 382 | 1536 | 383 | 16 | 369 | 398 | 369 | 398 | 369 | 398 |
| 434.zeusmp | 64 | 1267 | 460 | 1269 | 459 | 1255 | 464 | 64 | 1255 | 464 | 1264 | 461 | 1260 | 462 |
| 435.gromacs | 64 | 1114 | 410 | 1101 | 415 | 1098 | 416 | 64 | 846 | 540 | 840 | 544 | 863 | 530 |
| 436.cactusADM | 64 | 1148 | 666 | 1144 | 669 | 1145 | 668 | 32 | 535 | 715 | 537 | 713 | 536 | 713 |
| 437.leslie3d | 64 | 2314 | 260 | 2308 | 261 | 2312 | 260 | 16 | 532 | 283 | 531 | 283 | 532 | 283 |
| 444.namd | 64 | 783 | 656 | 775 | 662 | 776 | 661 | 64 | 759 | 676 | 761 | 674 | 750 | 684 |
| 447.dealII | 64 | 764 | 958 | 757 | 967 | 756 | 968 | 64 | 609 | 1200 | 599 | 1220 | 599 | 1220 |
| 450.soplex | 64 | 2291 | 233 | 2183 | 245 | 2093 | 255 | 32 | 1078 | 248 | 1036 | 258 | 925 | 289 |
| 453.povray | 64 | 607 | 561 | 603 | 565 | 606 | 562 | 64 | 585 | 582 | 579 | 588 | 590 | 577 |
| 454.calculix | 64 | 1076 | 491 | 1098 | 481 | 1096 | 482 | 64 | 1071 | 493 | 1083 | 487 | 1084 | 487 |
| 459.GemsFDTD | 64 | 3150 | 216 | 3147 | 216 | 3147 | 216 | 64 | 3150 | 216 | 3147 | 216 | 3147 | 216 |
| 465.tonto | 64 | 1784 | 353 | 1781 | 354 | 1776 | 355 | 64 | 1074 | 586 | 1078 | 584 | 1078 | 584 |
| 470.lbm | 64 | 1510 | 583 | 1530 | 575 | 1527 | 576 | 64 | 1510 | 583 | 1530 | 575 | 1527 | 576 |
| 481.wrf | 64 | 1617 | 442 | 1617 | 442 | 1620 | 441 | 64 | 1554 | 460 | 1546 | 462 | 1546 | 462 |
| 482.sphinx3 | 64 | 3122 | 399 | 3118 | 400 | 3110 | 401 | 64 | 3122 | 399 | 3118 | 400 | 3110 | 401 |
Peak Tuning Notes
fdpr binary optimization tool used for:
433.milc 435.gromacs 450.soplex 482.sphinx3
with options -O4 -nodp
434.zeusmp
with options -O4 -vrox -nodp
437.leslie3d 444.namd
with options -O3 -lu -1 -nodp -sdp 9
465.tonto
with options -O4
Submit Notes
The config file option 'submit' was used. Benchmarks bound to a processor using numactl on the submit command.
Operating System Notes
ulimit -s (stack) set to 1048576.
Large pages reserved as follows by root user:
echo 4224 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
The following environment varibles were set before the runspec command:
export XLFRTEOPTS=intrinthds=1
export HUGETLB_VERBOSE=0
export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes
export HUGETLB_ELFMAP=RW
General Notes
447.dealII (peak): "apache_stdcxx_4_2_1" src.alt was used. 447.dealII (base): "apache_stdcxx_4_2_1" src.alt was used. The Apache C++ Standard Library V4.2.1 was installed from http://stdcxx.apache.org/download.html using: gmake BUILDTYPE=8d CONFIG=gcc.config
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 Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -lhugetlbfs |
C++ benchmarks:
| -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qrtti -lhugetlbfs |
Fortran benchmarks:
| -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qsmallstack=dynlenonheap -qalias=nostd -lhugetlbfs |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qsmallstack=dynlenonheap -qalias=nostd -lhugetlbfs |
Base Other Flags
C benchmarks:
| -qipa=threads |
C++ benchmarks:
| -qipa=threads |
Fortran benchmarks:
| -qipa=threads |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| -qipa=threads |
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 |
| 453.povray: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 454.calculix: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 481.wrf: | -DNOUNDERSCORE |
| 482.sphinx3: | -qchars=signed |
Peak Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| 433.milc: | -Wl,-q -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -lhugetlbfs |
| 470.lbm: | basepeak = yes |
| 482.sphinx3: | basepeak = yes |
C++ benchmarks:
| 444.namd: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -lhugetlbfs |
| 447.dealII: | -O4 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qrtti -qcpp_stdinc=/autobench/sources/stdcxx-4.2.1/dist/include/ansi:/autobench/sources/stdcxx-4.2.1/dist/include -lsmartheap -L/autobench/sources/stdcxx-4.2.1/dist/lib -R/autobench/sources/stdcxx-4.2.1/dist/lib -lstd8d |
| 450.soplex: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O3 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -lhugetlbfs |
| 453.povray: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qsimd -q64 -lsmartheap64 |
Fortran benchmarks:
| 410.bwaves: | basepeak = yes |
| 416.gamess: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qalias=nostd -lhugetlbfs |
| 434.zeusmp: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qalias=nostd -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-align |
| 437.leslie3d: | -Wl,-q -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -q64 -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-align |
| 459.GemsFDTD: | basepeak = yes |
| 465.tonto: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qsimd -lhugetlbfs |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| 435.gromacs: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qsimd -lhugetlbfs |
| 436.cactusADM: | -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qnostrict -qsmallstack=dynlenonheap -qalias=nostd -lhugetlbfs |
| 454.calculix: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-align |
| 481.wrf: | -O3 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -q64 -lhugetlbfs |