SPEC CPU®2017 Floating Point Speed Result

Copyright 2017-2022 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Dell Inc.

PowerEdge C6420 (Intel Xeon Silver 4215R, 3.20
GHz)

SPECspeed®2017_fp_base = 77.40

SPECspeed®2017_fp_peak = 78.10

CPU2017 License: 55 Test Date: Nov-2021
Test Sponsor: Dell Inc. Hardware Availability: Jul-2021
Tested by: Dell Inc. Software Availability: May-2021

Benchmark result graphs are available in the PDF report.

Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon Silver 4215R
  Max MHz: 4000
  Nominal: 3200
Enabled: 16 cores, 2 chips
Orderable: 1,2 chips
Cache L1: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
  L2: 1 MB I+D on chip per core
  L3: 11 MB I+D on chip per chip
  Other: None
Memory: 384 GB (12 x 32 GB 2Rx4 PC4-2933Y-R, running at
2400)
Storage: 125 GB on tmpfs
Other: None
Software
OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 (Ootpa)
4.18.0-305.el8.x86_64
Compiler: C/C++: Version 2021.1 of Intel oneAPI DPC++/C++
Compiler Build 20201113 for Linux;
Fortran: Version 2021.1 of Intel Fortran Compiler
Classic Build 20201112 for Linux;
C/C++: Version 2021.1 of Intel C/C++ Compiler
Classic Build 20201112 for Linux
Parallel: Yes
Firmware: Version 2.11.2 released Apr-2021
File System: tmpfs
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 64-bit
Peak Pointers: 64-bit
Other: jemalloc memory allocator V5.0.1
Power Management: BIOS and OS set to prefer performance
at the cost of additional power usage.

Results Table

Benchmark Base Peak
Threads Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Threads Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio
SPECspeed®2017_fp_base 77.40
SPECspeed®2017_fp_peak 78.10
Results appear in the order in which they were run. Bold underlined text indicates a median measurement.
603.bwaves_s 16 1900 3110 1900 3100 16 1890 3120 1900 3100
607.cactuBSSN_s 16 1820 91.6 1950 85.6 16 1820 91.6 1950 85.6
619.lbm_s 16 81.3 64.4 81.7 64.1 16 81.3 64.4 81.7 64.1
621.wrf_s 16 1730 76.4 1720 76.7 16 1590 82.9 1590 83.3
627.cam4_s 16 2140 41.4 2140 41.4 16 2140 41.4 2140 41.4
628.pop2_s 16 2350 50.6 2320 51.2 16 2350 50.6 2320 51.2
638.imagick_s 16 2470 58.4 2470 58.5 16 2470 58.4 2470 58.5
644.nab_s 16 1500 1170 1500 1160 16 1500 1170 1490 1170
649.fotonik3d_s 16 1470 62.0 1470 62.2 16 1470 62.0 1470 62.2
654.roms_s 16 2340 67.3 2330 67.5 16 2340 67.3 2330 67.5

Operating System Notes

 Stack size set to unlimited using "ulimit -s unlimited"

Environment Variables Notes

Environment variables set by runcpu before the start of the run:
KMP_AFFINITY = "granularity=fine,compact"
LD_LIBRARY_PATH =
     "/mnt/ramdisk/cpu2017-1.1.8-ic2021.1/lib/intel64:/mnt/ramdisk/cpu2017-1.
     1.8-ic2021.1/je5.0.1-64"
MALLOC_CONF = "retain:true"
OMP_STACKSIZE = "192M"

General Notes

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Intel Core i9-7980XE CPU + 64GB RAM
 memory using Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0
 Transparent Huge Pages enabled by default
 Prior to runcpu invocation
 Filesystem page cache synced and cleared with:
 sync; echo 3>       /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
 jemalloc, a general purpose malloc implementation
 built with the RedHat Enterprise 7.5, and the system compiler gcc 4.8.5
 sources available from jemalloc.net or https://github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc/releases

 NA: The test sponsor attests, as of date of publication, that CVE-2017-5754 (Meltdown)
 is mitigated in the system as tested and documented.
 Yes: The test sponsor attests, as of date of publication, that CVE-2017-5753 (Spectre variant 1)
 is mitigated in the system as tested and documented.
 Yes: The test sponsor attests, as of date of publication, that CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre variant 2)
 is mitigated in the system as tested and documented.

 Benchmark run from a 125 GB ramdisk created with the cmd: "mount -t tmpfs -o size=125G tmpfs /mnt/ramdisk"

Platform Notes


 BIOS settings:
              Logical Processor : Disabled
      Virtualization Technology : Disabled

                 System Profile : Custom
           CPU Power Management : Maximum Performance
                            C1E : Disabled
                       C States : Autonomous
            Memory Patrol Scrub : Disabled
       Energy Efficiency Policy : Performance
    CPU Interconnect Bus Link
               Power Management : Disabled
             PCI ASPM L1 Link
               Power Management : Disabled

 Sysinfo program /mnt/ramdisk/cpu2017-1.1.8-ic2021.1/bin/sysinfo
 Rev: r6622 of 2021-04-07 982a61ec0915b55891ef0e16acafc64d
 running on localhost.localdomain Thu Nov 25 05:43:49 2021

 SUT (System Under Test) info as seen by some common utilities.
 For more information on this section, see
    https://www.spec.org/cpu2017/Docs/config.html#sysinfo

 From /proc/cpuinfo
    model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Silver 4215R CPU @ 3.20GHz
       2  "physical id"s (chips)
       16 "processors"
    cores, siblings (Caution: counting these is hw and system dependent. The following
    excerpts from /proc/cpuinfo might not be reliable.  Use with caution.)
       cpu cores : 8
       siblings  : 8
       physical 0: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
       physical 1: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

 From lscpu from util-linux 2.32.1:
      Architecture:        x86_64
      CPU op-mode(s):      32-bit, 64-bit
      Byte Order:          Little Endian
      CPU(s):              16
      On-line CPU(s) list: 0-15
      Thread(s) per core:  1
      Core(s) per socket:  8
      Socket(s):           2
      NUMA node(s):        2
      Vendor ID:           GenuineIntel
      BIOS Vendor ID:      Intel
      CPU family:          6
      Model:               85
      Model name:          Intel(R) Xeon(R) Silver 4215R CPU @ 3.20GHz
      BIOS Model name:     Intel(R) Xeon(R) Silver 4215R CPU @ 3.20GHz
      Stepping:            7
      CPU MHz:             3600.391
      CPU max MHz:         4000.0000
      CPU min MHz:         1000.0000
      BogoMIPS:            6400.00
      Virtualization:      VT-x
      L1d cache:           32K
      L1i cache:           32K
      L2 cache:            1024K
      L3 cache:            11264K
      NUMA node0 CPU(s):   0,2,4,6,8,10,12,14
      NUMA node1 CPU(s):   1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15
      Flags:               fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
      pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp
      lm constant_tsc art arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid
      aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16
      xtpr pdcm pcid dca sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave
      avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch cpuid_fault epb cat_l3 cdp_l3
      invpcid_single intel_ppin ssbd mba ibrs ibpb stibp ibrs_enhanced fsgsbase tsc_adjust
      bmi1 hle avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid cqm mpx rdt_a avx512f avx512dq rdseed adx smap
      clflushopt clwb intel_pt avx512cd avx512bw avx512vl xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves
      cqm_llc cqm_occup_llc cqm_mbm_total cqm_mbm_local dtherm ida arat pln pts pku ospke
      avx512_vnni md_clear flush_l1d arch_capabilities

 /proc/cpuinfo cache data
    cache size : 11264 KB

 From numactl --hardware
 WARNING: a numactl 'node' might or might not correspond to a physical chip.
   available: 2 nodes (0-1)
   node 0 cpus: 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
   node 0 size: 192075 MB
   node 0 free: 188149 MB
   node 1 cpus: 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15
   node 1 size: 193496 MB
   node 1 free: 181220 MB
   node distances:
   node   0   1
     0:  10  21
     1:  21  10

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       394825908 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 /sbin/tuned-adm active
     Current active profile: throughput-performance

 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor has
    performance

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    os-release:
       NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux"
       VERSION="8.4 (Ootpa)"
       ID="rhel"
       ID_LIKE="fedora"
       VERSION_ID="8.4"
       PLATFORM_ID="platform:el8"
       PRETTY_NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 (Ootpa)"
       ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
    redhat-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.4 (Ootpa)
    system-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.4 (Ootpa)
    system-release-cpe: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.4:ga

 uname -a:
    Linux localhost.localdomain 4.18.0-305.el8.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Apr 29 08:54:30 EDT 2021
    x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 Kernel self-reported vulnerability status:

 CVE-2018-12207 (iTLB Multihit):                        KVM: Mitigation: Split huge pages
 CVE-2018-3620 (L1 Terminal Fault):                     Not affected
 Microarchitectural Data Sampling:                      Not affected
 CVE-2017-5754 (Meltdown):                              Not affected
 CVE-2018-3639 (Speculative Store Bypass):              Mitigation: Speculative Store
                                                        Bypass disabled via prctl and
                                                        seccomp
 CVE-2017-5753 (Spectre variant 1):                     Mitigation: usercopy/swapgs
                                                        barriers and __user pointer
                                                        sanitization
 CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre variant 2):                     Mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB:
                                                        conditional, RSB filling
 CVE-2020-0543 (Special Register Buffer Data Sampling): Not affected
 CVE-2019-11135 (TSX Asynchronous Abort):               Mitigation: TSX disabled

 run-level 3 Nov 25 01:18

 SPEC is set to: /mnt/ramdisk/cpu2017-1.1.8-ic2021.1
    Filesystem     Type   Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    tmpfs          tmpfs  125G   10G  116G   8% /mnt/ramdisk

 From /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id
     Vendor:         Dell Inc.
     Product:        PowerEdge C6420
     Product Family: PowerEdge

 Additional information from dmidecode 3.2 follows.  WARNING: Use caution when you
 interpret this section. The 'dmidecode' program reads system data which is "intended to
 allow hardware to be accurately determined", but the intent may not be met, as there are
 frequent changes to hardware, firmware, and the "DMTF SMBIOS" standard.
   Memory:
     1x 002C069D002C 36ASF4G72PZ-2G9E2 32 GB 2 rank 2933, configured at 2400
     4x 00AD00B300AD HMA84GR7CJR4N-WM 32 GB 2 rank 2933, configured at 2400
     6x 00AD063200AD HMA84GR7CJR4N-WM 32 GB 2 rank 2933, configured at 2400
     1x 00AD069D00AD HMA84GR7CJR4N-WM 32 GB 2 rank 2933, configured at 2400

 BIOS:
    BIOS Vendor:       Dell Inc.
    BIOS Version:      2.11.2
    BIOS Date:         04/22/2021
    BIOS Revision:     2.11

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

Compiler Version Notes

==============================================================================
C               | 619.lbm_s(base, peak) 638.imagick_s(base, peak)
                | 644.nab_s(base)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Intel(R) C Intel(R) 64 Compiler Classic for applications running on Intel(R)
  64, Version 2021.1 Build 20201112_000000
Copyright (C) 1985-2020 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

==============================================================================
C               | 644.nab_s(peak)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Intel(R) oneAPI DPC++/C++ Compiler for applications running on Intel(R) 64,
  Version 2021.1 Build 20201113
Copyright (C) 1985-2020 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

==============================================================================
C               | 619.lbm_s(base, peak) 638.imagick_s(base, peak)
                | 644.nab_s(base)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Intel(R) C Intel(R) 64 Compiler Classic for applications running on Intel(R)
  64, Version 2021.1 Build 20201112_000000
Copyright (C) 1985-2020 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

==============================================================================
C               | 644.nab_s(peak)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Intel(R) oneAPI DPC++/C++ Compiler for applications running on Intel(R) 64,
  Version 2021.1 Build 20201113
Copyright (C) 1985-2020 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

==============================================================================
C++, C, Fortran | 607.cactuBSSN_s(base, peak)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Intel(R) C++ Intel(R) 64 Compiler Classic for applications running on
  Intel(R) 64, Version 2021.1 Build 20201112_000000
Copyright (C) 1985-2020 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.
Intel(R) C Intel(R) 64 Compiler Classic for applications running on Intel(R)
  64, Version 2021.1 Build 20201112_000000
Copyright (C) 1985-2020 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.
Intel(R) Fortran Intel(R) 64 Compiler Classic for applications running on
  Intel(R) 64, Version 2021.1 Build 20201112_000000
Copyright (C) 1985-2020 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

==============================================================================
Fortran         | 603.bwaves_s(base, peak) 649.fotonik3d_s(base, peak)
                | 654.roms_s(base, peak)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Intel(R) Fortran Intel(R) 64 Compiler Classic for applications running on
  Intel(R) 64, Version 2021.1 Build 20201112_000000
Copyright (C) 1985-2020 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

==============================================================================
Fortran, C      | 621.wrf_s(base, peak) 627.cam4_s(base, peak)
                | 628.pop2_s(base, peak)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Intel(R) Fortran Intel(R) 64 Compiler Classic for applications running on
  Intel(R) 64, Version 2021.1 Build 20201112_000000
Copyright (C) 1985-2020 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.
Intel(R) C Intel(R) 64 Compiler Classic for applications running on Intel(R)
  64, Version 2021.1 Build 20201112_000000
Copyright (C) 1985-2020 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc 

Fortran benchmarks:

 ifort 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 ifort   icc 

Benchmarks using Fortran, C, and C++:

 icpc   icc   ifort 

Base Portability Flags

603.bwaves_s:  -DSPEC_LP64 
607.cactuBSSN_s:  -DSPEC_LP64 
619.lbm_s:  -DSPEC_LP64 
621.wrf_s:  -DSPEC_LP64   -DSPEC_CASE_FLAG   -convert big_endian 
627.cam4_s:  -DSPEC_LP64   -DSPEC_CASE_FLAG 
628.pop2_s:  -DSPEC_LP64   -DSPEC_CASE_FLAG   -convert big_endian   -assume byterecl 
638.imagick_s:  -DSPEC_LP64 
644.nab_s:  -DSPEC_LP64 
649.fotonik3d_s:  -DSPEC_LP64 
654.roms_s:  -DSPEC_LP64 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -m64   -std=c11   -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -ffinite-math-only   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4   -qopenmp   -DSPEC_OPENMP   -mbranches-within-32B-boundaries 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -m64   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -DSPEC_OPENMP   -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -ffinite-math-only   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4   -qopenmp   -nostandard-realloc-lhs   -mbranches-within-32B-boundaries   -L/usr/local/jemalloc64-5.0.1/lib   -ljemalloc 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -m64   -std=c11   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -ffinite-math-only   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4   -qopenmp   -DSPEC_OPENMP   -mbranches-within-32B-boundaries   -nostandard-realloc-lhs   -L/usr/local/jemalloc64-5.0.1/lib   -ljemalloc 

Benchmarks using Fortran, C, and C++:

 -m64   -std=c11   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -ffinite-math-only   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4   -qopenmp   -DSPEC_OPENMP   -mbranches-within-32B-boundaries   -nostandard-realloc-lhs   -L/usr/local/jemalloc64-5.0.1/lib   -ljemalloc 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icc 
644.nab_s:  icx 

Fortran benchmarks:

 ifort 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 ifort   icc 

Benchmarks using Fortran, C, and C++:

 icpc   icc   ifort 

Peak Portability Flags

Same as Base Portability Flags

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

619.lbm_s:  basepeak = yes 
638.imagick_s:  basepeak = yes 
644.nab_s:  -m64   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -xCORE-AVX2   -Ofast   -ffast-math   -flto   -mfpmath=sse   -funroll-loops   -fiopenmp   -DSPEC_OPENMP   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4   -fimf-accuracy-bits=14:sqrt   -mbranches-within-32B-boundaries   -L/usr/local/jemalloc64-5.0.1/lib   -ljemalloc 

Fortran benchmarks:

603.bwaves_s:  -m64   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -DSPEC_SUPPRESS_OPENMP   -DSPEC_OPENMP   -ipo   -xCORE-AVX2   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -ffinite-math-only   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4   -qopenmp   -nostandard-realloc-lhs   -mbranches-within-32B-boundaries   -L/usr/local/jemalloc64-5.0.1/lib   -ljemalloc 
649.fotonik3d_s:  basepeak = yes 
654.roms_s:  basepeak = yes 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

621.wrf_s:  -m64   -std=c11   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -ipo   -xCORE-AVX2   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -ffinite-math-only   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4   -DSPEC_SUPPRESS_OPENMP   -qopenmp   -DSPEC_OPENMP   -mbranches-within-32B-boundaries   -nostandard-realloc-lhs   -L/usr/local/jemalloc64-5.0.1/lib   -ljemalloc 
627.cam4_s:  basepeak = yes 
628.pop2_s:  basepeak = yes 

Benchmarks using Fortran, C, and C++:

607.cactuBSSN_s:  basepeak = yes 

The flags files that were used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2017/flags/Intel-ic2021-official-linux64_revA.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2017/flags/Dell-Platform-Flags-PowerEdge-Intel-ICX-rev1.5.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2017/flags/Intel-ic2021-official-linux64_revA.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2017/flags/Dell-Platform-Flags-PowerEdge-Intel-ICX-rev1.5.xml.