SPEC® CFP2006 Result

IBM Corporation

IBM BladeCenter HX5 (Intel Xeon E7530)

SPECfp®2006 = 32.0

SPECfp_base2006 = 29.5

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

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon E7530
CPU Characteristics:	Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.13 GHz
CPU MHz:	1867
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	24 cores, 4 chips, 6 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable:	1,2,3,4 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:	12 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	256 GB (32 x 8 GB PC3-8500R CL7, Quad Rank, running at 978 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	42.9	317	42.9	317	42.5	320	42.7	318	42.7	318	42.7	318
416.gamess	1374	14.2	1373	14.3	1377	14.2	1149	17.0	1142	17.2	1143	17.1
433.milc	371	24.7	371	24.7	370	24.8	370	24.8	368	25.0	370	24.8
434.zeusmp	457	19.9	455	20.0	452	20.1	457	19.9	455	20.0	452	20.1
435.gromacs	479	14.9	478	14.9	479	14.9	469	15.2	478	14.9	470	15.2
436.cactusADM	44.7	268	45.5	263	46.3	258	43.9	272	44.1	271	43.7	274
437.leslie3d	423	22.2	385	24.4	425	22.1	423	22.2	385	24.4	425	22.1
444.namd	631	12.7	631	12.7	632	12.7	631	12.7	631	12.7	632	12.7
447.dealII	478	23.9	478	23.9	477	24.0	478	23.9	478	23.9	477	24.0
450.soplex	490	17.0	498	16.8	493	16.9	485	17.2	490	17.0	484	17.2
453.povray	287	18.5	281	18.9	283	18.8	218	24.5	218	24.4	218	24.4
454.calculix	470	17.6	476	17.3	481	17.1	434	19.0	435	19.0	434	19.0
459.GemsFDTD	248	42.8	248	42.8	248	42.8	165	64.4	164	64.8	164	64.6
465.tonto	618	15.9	618	15.9	618	15.9	467	21.1	466	21.1	469	21.0
470.lbm	223	61.6	223	61.6	223	61.6	222	61.8	222	61.8	221	62.2
481.wrf	445	25.1	453	24.7	454	24.6	429	26.0	433	25.8	434	25.7
482.sphinx3	673	29.0	670	29.1	676	28.8	673	29.0	670	29.1	676	28.8

Operating System Notes

 echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/zone_reclaim_mode

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.