SPEC® CFP2006 Result

IBM Corporation

IBM System x3850 X5 (Intel Xeon E7540)

SPECfp®2006 = 34.7

SPECfp_base2006 = 31.8

CPU2006 license:	11	Test date:	Apr-2010
Test sponsor:	IBM Corporation	Hardware Availability:	Mar-2010
Tested by:	IBM Corporation	Software Availability:	Jan-2010

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon E7540
CPU Characteristics:	Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.26 GHz
CPU MHz:	2000
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	24 cores, 4 chips, 6 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable:	2,4 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:	18 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	256 GB (64 x 4 GB DDR3-1066 QR RDIMM)
Disk Subsystem:	3 x 50 GB SATA, SSD
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64), Kernel 2.6.27.19-5-default
Compiler:	Intel C++ and Fortran Professional Compiler for IA32 and Intel 64, Version 11.1 Build 20091130 Package ID: l_cproc_p_11.1.064, l_cprof_p_11.1.064
Auto Parallel:	Yes
File System:	ext3
System State:	Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers:	64-bit
Peak Pointers:	32/64-bit
Other Software:	Binutils 2.18.50.0.7.20080502

Results Table

Benchmark	Base						Peak
Benchmark	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	34.1	399	33.9	401	33.9	401	33.7	403	34.5	394	34.1	399
416.gamess	1316	14.9	1316	14.9	1307	15.0	1078	18.2	1080	18.1	1077	18.2
433.milc	344	26.7	346	26.6	345	26.6	344	26.7	344	26.6	344	26.7
434.zeusmp	425	21.4	431	21.1	429	21.2	425	21.4	431	21.1	429	21.2
435.gromacs	452	15.8	452	15.8	452	15.8	445	16.1	446	16.0	444	16.1
436.cactusADM	42.6	280	41.2	290	42.8	279	41.6	287	39.8	300	41.8	286
437.leslie3d	373	25.2	410	22.9	410	22.9	373	25.2	410	22.9	410	22.9
444.namd	595	13.5	595	13.5	595	13.5	595	13.5	595	13.5	595	13.5
447.dealII	449	25.5	449	25.5	449	25.5	449	25.5	449	25.5	449	25.5
450.soplex	417	20.0	407	20.5	409	20.4	403	20.7	403	20.7	408	20.4
453.povray	271	19.7	292	18.2	265	20.1	205	25.9	206	25.8	204	26.0
454.calculix	441	18.7	446	18.5	443	18.6	407	20.3	406	20.3	407	20.3
459.GemsFDTD	256	41.5	243	43.7	239	44.3	150	70.7	148	71.7	149	71.4
465.tonto	584	16.9	588	16.7	587	16.8	438	22.5	437	22.5	438	22.5
470.lbm	207	66.3	207	66.4	206	66.7	203	67.6	203	67.7	204	67.5
481.wrf	422	26.5	430	26.0	419	26.6	391	28.5	392	28.5	393	28.5
482.sphinx3	632	30.8	632	30.8	631	30.9	632	30.8	632	30.8	631	30.9

Platform Notes

 Turbo Boost set to Traditional in BIOS
 Demand Scrub disabled in BIOS

General Notes

 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
 KMP_AFFINITY set to granularity=fine,scatter
 KMP_STACKSIZE set to 200M
 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stack size to unlimited prior to run

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

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

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:	basepeak = yes
447.dealII:	basepeak = yes
450.soplex:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -opt-malloc-options=3 -auto-ilp32
453.povray:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -unroll4 -ansi-alias

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:	-xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -opt-prefetch -parallel
416.gamess:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -unroll2 -Ob0 -ansi-alias -scalar-rep-
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) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -unroll2 -Ob0 -opt-prefetch -parallel
465.tonto:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -inline-calloc -opt-malloc-options=3 -auto -unroll4

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) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -opt-prefetch -auto-ilp32
436.cactusADM:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -unroll2 -opt-prefetch -parallel -auto-ilp32
454.calculix:	-xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -auto-ilp32
481.wrf:	Same as 454.calculix

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic11.1-linux64-revE.20100330.03.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic11.1-linux64-revE.20100330.03.xml.