| CPU2006 license: | 11 | Test date: | Aug-2010 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | IBM Corporation | Hardware Availability: | Sep-2010 |
| Tested by: | IBM Corporation | Software Availability: | Aug-2010 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | POWER7 |
| CPU Characteristics: | Intelligent Energy Optimization enabled, up to 4.14 GHz |
| CPU MHz: | 4004 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 256 cores, 32 chips, 8 cores/chip, 4 threads/core |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 32,64,96,128,160,192,224,256 cores |
| Primary Cache: | 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core |
| Secondary Cache: | 256 KB I+D on chip per core |
| L3 Cache: | 4 MB I+D on chip per core |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 2 TB (256x8 GB) DDR3 1066 MHz |
| Disk Subsystem: | 17x146.8 GB Raid0 SAS SFF 15K RPM |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ppc64), Kernel 2.6.32.12-0.7-ppc64 |
| Compiler: | IBM XL C/C++ for Linux, V11.1 IBM XL Fortran for Linux, V13.1 |
| Auto Parallel: | No |
| File System: | xfs |
| System State: | Run level 5 (multi-user) |
| Base Pointers: | 32-bit |
| Peak Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Other Software: | -Post-Link Optimization for Linux on POWER, Version 5.5.0-3 -MicroQuill SmartHeap 9 -Apache C++ Standard Library V4.2.1 |
Results Table
| Benchmark | Base | Peak | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copies | Seconds | Ratio | Seconds | Ratio | Seconds | Ratio | Copies | 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 | 1008 | 3232 | 4240 | 1194 | 11500 | 1224 | 11200 | 1008 | 1172 | 11700 | 1197 | 11400 | 1164 | 11800 |
| 416.gamess | 1008 | 2281 | 8650 | 2278 | 8660 | 2284 | 8640 | 1024 | 2169 | 9250 | 2169 | 9240 | 2175 | 9220 |
| 433.milc | 1008 | 787 | 11800 | 776 | 11900 | 779 | 11900 | 256 | 198 | 11900 | 199 | 11800 | 198 | 11900 |
| 434.zeusmp | 1008 | 1035 | 8860 | 1036 | 8850 | 1035 | 8860 | 1008 | 1035 | 8860 | 1036 | 8850 | 1035 | 8860 |
| 435.gromacs | 1008 | 1036 | 6950 | 1030 | 6990 | 1033 | 6970 | 1024 | 796 | 9180 | 792 | 9240 | 793 | 9210 |
| 436.cactusADM | 1008 | 1169 | 10300 | 1154 | 10400 | 1168 | 10300 | 1008 | 1169 | 10300 | 1154 | 10400 | 1168 | 10300 |
| 437.leslie3d | 1008 | 1252 | 7570 | 1243 | 7620 | 1252 | 7570 | 256 | 289 | 8340 | 288 | 8360 | 286 | 8410 |
| 444.namd | 1008 | 736 | 11000 | 722 | 11200 | 721 | 11200 | 1024 | 721 | 11400 | 706 | 11600 | 703 | 11700 |
| 447.dealII | 1008 | 689 | 16700 | 690 | 16700 | 688 | 16800 | 1024 | 545 | 21500 | 541 | 21700 | 538 | 21800 |
| 450.soplex | 1008 | 1356 | 6200 | 1129 | 7440 | 1124 | 7480 | 1008 | 1387 | 6060 | 1123 | 7480 | 1119 | 7510 |
| 453.povray | 1008 | 562 | 9540 | 557 | 9620 | 562 | 9550 | 1024 | 550 | 9900 | 531 | 10300 | 532 | 10200 |
| 454.calculix | 1008 | 993 | 8380 | 993 | 8380 | 1023 | 8130 | 1024 | 989 | 8540 | 994 | 8500 | 1001 | 8440 |
| 459.GemsFDTD | 1008 | 1813 | 5900 | 1698 | 6300 | 1699 | 6290 | 1008 | 1813 | 5900 | 1698 | 6300 | 1699 | 6290 |
| 465.tonto | 1008 | 1610 | 6160 | 1614 | 6140 | 1612 | 6150 | 1024 | 1014 | 9940 | 870 | 11600 | 900 | 11200 |
| 470.lbm | 1008 | 824 | 16800 | 817 | 16900 | 828 | 16700 | 1008 | 824 | 16800 | 817 | 16900 | 828 | 16700 |
| 481.wrf | 1008 | 1400 | 8040 | 1406 | 8010 | 1405 | 8010 | 1024 | 1944 | 5880 | 1143 | 10000 | 1145 | 9990 |
| 482.sphinx3 | 1008 | 1909 | 10300 | 1891 | 10400 | 1901 | 10300 | 1008 | 1909 | 10300 | 1891 | 10400 | 1901 | 10300 |
Peak Tuning Notes
fdpr binary optimization tool used for:
433.milc 435.gromacs 436.cactusADM 450.soplex 482.sphinx3
with options -O4 -nodp
434.zeusmp
with options -O4 -vrox -nodp
437.leslie3d 444.namd
with options -O3 -lu -1 -nodp -sdp 9
465.tonto
with options -O4
Submit Notes
The config file option 'submit' was used. Benchmarks bound to a processor using numactl on the submit command.
Operating System Notes
ulimit -s (stack) set to 1048576.
Large pages reserved as follows by root user:
echo 67584 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_overcommit_hugepages
The following environment varibles were set before the runspec command:
export HUGETLB_VERBOSE=0
export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes
export HUGETLB_ELFMAP=W
export XLFRTEOPTS=intrinthds=1
General Notes
447.dealII (peak): "apache_stdcxx_4_2_1" src.alt was used. The Apache C++ Standard Library V4.2.1 was installed from http://stdcxx.apache.org/download.html using: gmake BUILDTYPE=8d CONFIG=gcc.config
Base Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks:
| xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 |
C++ benchmarks:
| xlC |
Fortran benchmarks:
| xlf95 |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 xlf95 |
Base Portability Flags
| 410.bwaves: | -qfixed |
| 416.gamess: | -qfixed |
| 434.zeusmp: | -qfixed |
| 435.gromacs: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 436.cactusADM: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 437.leslie3d: | -qfixed |
| 454.calculix: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 481.wrf: | -DNOUNDERSCORE |
| 482.sphinx3: | -qchars=signed |
Base Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -lhugetlbfs |
C++ benchmarks:
| -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qrtti -lhugetlbfs |
Fortran benchmarks:
| -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qsmallstack=dynlenonheap -qalias=nostd -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-align |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qsmallstack=dynlenonheap -qalias=nostd -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-align |
Base Other Flags
C benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads |
C++ benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads |
Fortran benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads |
Peak Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks:
| xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 |
C++ benchmarks:
| xlC |
Fortran benchmarks:
| xlf95 |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 xlf95 |
Peak Portability Flags
| 410.bwaves: | -qfixed |
| 416.gamess: | -qfixed |
| 434.zeusmp: | -qfixed |
| 435.gromacs: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 436.cactusADM: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 437.leslie3d: | -qfixed |
| 453.povray: | -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 |
| 454.calculix: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 481.wrf: | -DNOUNDERSCORE |
| 482.sphinx3: | -qchars=signed |
Peak Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| 433.milc: | -Wl,-q -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -lhugetlbfs |
| 470.lbm: | basepeak = yes |
| 482.sphinx3: | basepeak = yes |
C++ benchmarks:
| 444.namd: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -lhugetlbfs |
| 447.dealII: | -O4 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qrtti -qcpp_stdinc=/root/stdcxx421/include/ansi:/root/stdcxx421/include -lsmartheap -lhugetlbfs -L/root/stdcxx421/lib -R/root/stdcxx421/lib -lstd8d |
| 450.soplex: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O3 -qtune=auto -qarch=pwr5 -lhugetlbfs |
| 453.povray: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qsimd -q64 -lsmartheap64 |
Fortran benchmarks:
| 410.bwaves: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qsmallstack=dynlenonheap -q64 -lhugetlbfs |
| 416.gamess: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qalias=nostd -lhugetlbfs |
| 434.zeusmp: | basepeak = yes |
| 437.leslie3d: | -Wl,-q -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -q64 -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-align |
| 459.GemsFDTD: | basepeak = yes |
| 465.tonto: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qsimd -lhugetlbfs |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| 435.gromacs: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qsimd -lhugetlbfs |
| 436.cactusADM: | basepeak = yes |
| 454.calculix: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-align |
| 481.wrf: | -O3 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -q64 -lhugetlbfs |