SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

IBM Corporation

IBM System x3650 M3 (Intel Xeon X5675)

SPECfp®2006 = 61.2

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Mar-2011
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: Feb-2011
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: Jan-2011
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon X5675
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.46 GHz
CPU MHz: 3067
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 12 cores, 2 chips, 6 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2 chips
Primary Cache: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 256 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache: 12 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 96 GB (12 x 8 GB 2Rx4 PC3-10600R-9, ECC)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 146 GB SAS, 15000 RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (x86_64),
Kernel 2.6.32.12-0.7-default
Compiler: Intel C++ and Fortran Intel 64 Compiler XE for
applications running on Intel 64
Version 12.0 Update 3
Auto Parallel: Yes
File System: ext3
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 64-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: None

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 73.9 184   76.3 178   86.5 157   75.5 180   83.9 162   75.9 179  
416.gamess 799   24.5 800   24.5 800   24.5 679   28.8 679   28.8 680   28.8
433.milc 170   54.0 170   54.0 170   53.9 167   55.1 167   55.1 167   55.1
434.zeusmp 80.7 113   80.7 113   79.1 115   80.7 113   80.7 113   79.1 115  
435.gromacs 313   22.8 314   22.8 313   22.8 296   24.1 294   24.3 293   24.3
436.cactusADM 44.5 268   41.5 288   65.9 181   44.5 268   41.5 288   65.9 181  
437.leslie3d 87.2 108   86.0 109   91.5 103   87.2 108   86.0 109   91.5 103  
444.namd 396   20.3 396   20.3 396   20.3 389   20.6 389   20.6 389   20.6
447.dealII 273   41.9 273   41.9 273   41.9 273   41.9 273   41.9 273   41.9
450.soplex 246   33.9 247   33.7 246   33.9 246   33.9 247   33.7 246   33.9
453.povray 166   32.1 165   32.2 166   32.1 130   40.8 131   40.6 131   40.6
454.calculix 269   30.7 267   30.9 272   30.4 238   34.7 238   34.7 238   34.7
459.GemsFDTD 131   80.7 122   87.1 132   80.2 123   86.4 116   91.2 123   86.0
465.tonto 379   26.0 377   26.1 375   26.2 284   34.7 284   34.7 284   34.6
470.lbm 54.0 254   46.8 293   47.6 289   54.0 254   46.8 293   47.6 289  
481.wrf 226   49.5 227   49.2 228   49.1 226   49.5 227   49.2 228   49.1
482.sphinx3 354   55.1 369   52.8 352   55.4 321   60.8 344   56.6 319   61.0

Operating System Notes

 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited prior to run
 'mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/hugepages' was used to enable large pages
 echo 900 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
 export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes
 export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libhugetlbfs.so

Platform Notes

 Turbo Mode enabled in BIOS
 Turbo Boost set to Traditional in BIOS
 Power C-State enabled in BIOS
 Data Reuse disabled in BIOS
 Demand Scrub disabled in BIOS

General Notes

 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
 Binaries compiled on RHEL5.5

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc -m64 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc -m64 

Fortran benchmarks:

 ifort -m64 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 icc -m64   ifort -m64 

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:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -parallel   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -parallel   -opt-prefetch 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -parallel   -opt-prefetch   -ansi-alias 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc -m64 

C++ benchmarks:

 icpc -m64 

Fortran benchmarks:

 ifort -m64 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 icc -m64   ifort -m64 

Peak Portability Flags

Same as Base Portability Flags

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -static   -auto-ilp32   -ansi-alias 
470.lbm:  basepeak = yes 
482.sphinx3:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -unroll2   -ansi-alias   -parallel 

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fno-alias   -auto-ilp32 
447.dealII:  basepeak = yes 
450.soplex:  basepeak = yes 
453.povray:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4   -ansi-alias   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -parallel   -static 
416.gamess:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll2   -inline-level=0   -scalar-rep-   -static 
434.zeusmp:  basepeak = yes 
437.leslie3d:  basepeak = yes 
459.GemsFDTD:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll2   -inline-level=0   -opt-prefetch   -parallel   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 
465.tonto:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -inline-calloc   -opt-malloc-options=3   -auto   -unroll4   -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:  -xSSE4.2(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -static   -auto-ilp32   -ansi-alias 
436.cactusADM:  basepeak = yes 
454.calculix:  -xSSE4.2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -auto-ilp32   -ansi-alias 
481.wrf:  basepeak = yes 

The flags files that were used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.0-linux64-revB.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-platform-linux64-revA.20110420.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.0-linux64-revB.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-platform-linux64-revA.20110420.xml.

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Originally published on 20 April 2011.