SPEC® CFP2006 Result

IBM Corporation

IBM BladeCenter HX5 (Intel Xeon E7540)

SPECfp®2006 = 32.5

SPECfp_base2006 = 30.4

CPU2006 license:	11	Test date:	Jun-2010
Test sponsor:	IBM Corporation	Hardware Availability:	Jun-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:	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:	18 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	256 GB (32 x 8 GB PC3-8500R CL7, Quad Rank, running at 800 MHz)
Disk Subsystem:	2 x 50 GB SATA, SSD, RAID 0
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:	None

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	65.5	207	65.1	209	65.3	208	64.5	211	64.7	210	64.7	210
416.gamess	1245	15.7	1250	15.7	1244	15.7	1075	18.2	1076	18.2	1076	18.2
433.milc	351	26.1	350	26.2	352	26.1	352	26.1	350	26.2	350	26.2
434.zeusmp	398	22.9	398	22.9	396	23.0	398	22.9	398	22.9	396	23.0
435.gromacs	449	15.9	449	15.9	450	15.9	443	16.1	443	16.1	444	16.1
436.cactusADM	66.2	180	66.8	179	66.8	179	60.3	198	59.8	200	59.0	202
437.leslie3d	371	25.3	372	25.3	372	25.3	371	25.3	372	25.3	372	25.3
444.namd	596	13.5	595	13.5	593	13.5	596	13.5	595	13.5	593	13.5
447.dealII	449	25.5	448	25.5	448	25.5	449	25.5	448	25.5	448	25.5
450.soplex	414	20.2	415	20.1	416	20.1	408	20.5	407	20.5	409	20.4
453.povray	266	20.0	268	19.8	265	20.1	206	25.9	206	25.8	207	25.7
454.calculix	433	19.1	432	19.1	429	19.2	407	20.3	407	20.3	407	20.3
459.GemsFDTD	237	44.8	236	44.9	250	42.5	184	57.7	182	58.3	183	57.9
465.tonto	571	17.2	579	17.0	572	17.2	436	22.5	436	22.6	436	22.6
470.lbm	218	63.1	218	63.1	218	63.1	214	64.3	216	63.7	214	64.3
481.wrf	395	28.2	397	28.1	392	28.5	396	28.2	395	28.3	397	28.2
482.sphinx3	627	31.1	632	30.8	629	31.0	627	31.1	632	30.8	629	31.0

Platform Notes

 Turbo Boost set to Traditional

General Notes

 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stack size to unlimited prior to run
 Binaries were compiled on SLES 10 with Binutils 2.18.50.0.7.20080502
 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
 KMP_AFFINITY set to granularity=fine,scatter
 KMP_STACKSIZE set to 200M

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.20100603.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.20100603.xml.