SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2016 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Lenovo Group Limited

Lenovo System x3950 X6
(2.10 GHz, Intel Xeon E7-8855 v4)

CPU2006 license: 9017 Test date: Jul-2016
Test sponsor: Lenovo Group Limited Hardware Availability: Jun-2016
Tested by: Lenovo Group Limited Software Availability: Mar-2016
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E7-8855 v4
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.80 GHz
CPU MHz: 2100
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 112 cores, 8 chips, 14 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 4,8 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: 35 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 1 TB (64 x 16 GB 2Rx4 PC4-2133P-R, running at
1333 MHz)
Disk Subsystem: 2 x 600 GB 15000 RPM SAS, RAID 1
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (x86_64)
Kernel 3.12.49-11-default
Compiler: C/C++: Version 16.0.2.181 of Intel C++ Studio XE
for Linux;
Fortran: Version 16.0.2.181 of Intel Fortran
Studio XE for Linux
Auto Parallel: No
File System: xfs
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 32/64-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: None

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 224 1170 2600 1168 2610 1169 2600 224 1170 2600 1168 2610 1169 2600
416.gamess 224 1178 3720 1174 3740 1181 3710 224 1142 3840 1147 3820 1145 3830
433.milc 224 835 2460 836 2460 836 2460 224 835 2460 836 2460 836 2460
434.zeusmp 224 578 3520 577 3530 576 3540 224 578 3520 577 3530 576 3540
435.gromacs 224 364 4390 365 4380 363 4400 224 346 4620 345 4630 346 4620
436.cactusADM 224 710 3770 706 3790 711 3760 224 710 3770 706 3790 711 3760
437.leslie3d 224 1234 1710 1233 1710 1237 1700 224 1234 1710 1233 1710 1237 1700
444.namd 224 598 3010 598 3000 601 2990 224 596 3020 595 3020 593 3030
447.dealII 224 437 5860 439 5840 436 5870 224 437 5860 439 5840 436 5870
450.soplex 224 1052 1780 1052 1780 1053 1770 112 509 1830 505 1850 502 1860
453.povray 224 250 4760 253 4720 248 4800 224 213 5590 210 5680 208 5720
454.calculix 224 480 3850 483 3830 472 3910 224 480 3850 483 3830 472 3910
459.GemsFDTD 224 1514 1570 1511 1570 1513 1570 224 1514 1570 1511 1570 1513 1570
465.tonto 224 630 3500 629 3500 633 3480 224 592 3720 595 3710 594 3710
470.lbm 224 993 3100 995 3090 997 3090 224 993 3100 995 3090 997 3090
481.wrf 224 818 3060 819 3050 815 3070 224 818 3060 819 3050 815 3070
482.sphinx3 224 1516 2880 1515 2880 1513 2890 224 1516 2880 1515 2880 1513 2890

Submit Notes

 The numactl mechanism was used to bind copies to processors. The config file option 'submit'
 was used to generate numactl commands to bind each copy to a specific processor.
 For details, please see the config file.

Operating System Notes

 Stack size set to unlimited using "ulimit -s unlimited"
 Transparent Huge Pages enabled with:
  echo always > /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled
 Filesystem page cache cleared with:
  echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

Platform Notes

 BIOS Configuration:
  Operating Mode set to "Maximum Performance"
 Sysinfo program /home/cpu2006-1.2-ic16.0/config/sysinfo.rev6914
 $Rev: 6914 $ $Date:: 2014-06-25 #$ e3fbb8667b5a285932ceab81e28219e1
 running on X3950-01-SLES12SP1 Fri Jul  8 23:56:08 2016

 This section contains SUT (System Under Test) info as seen by
 some common utilities.  To remove or add to this section, see:
   http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/Docs/config.html#sysinfo

 From /proc/cpuinfo
    model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E7-8855 v4 @ 2.10GHz
       8 "physical id"s (chips)
       224 "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 : 14
       siblings  : 28
       physical 0: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 1: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 2: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 3: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 4: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 5: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 6: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 7: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
    cache size : 35840 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       1058545676 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    SuSE-release:
       SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x86_64)
       VERSION = 12
       PATCHLEVEL = 1
       # This file is deprecated and will be removed in a future service pack or
       release.
       # Please check /etc/os-release for details about this release.
    os-release:
       NAME="SLES"
       VERSION="12-SP1"
       VERSION_ID="12.1"
       PRETTY_NAME="SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1"
       ID="sles"
       ANSI_COLOR="0;32"
       CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:suse:sles:12:sp1"

 uname -a:
    Linux X3950-01-SLES12SP1 3.12.49-11-default #1 SMP Wed Nov 11 20:52:43 UTC
    2015 (8d714a0) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 run-level 3 Jul 8 10:05

 SPEC is set to: /home/cpu2006-1.2-ic16.0
    Filesystem     Type  Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sda4      xfs   512G  6.5G  506G   2% /home
 Additional information from dmidecode:

    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.

   BIOS IBM -[A9E135CUS-3.10]- 06/16/2016
   Memory:
    128x NO DIMM Unknown
    64x Samsung M393A2G40DB0-CPB 16 GB 2 rank 2133 MHz, configured at 1333 MHz

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/home/cpu2006-1.2-ic16.0/libs/32:/home/cpu2006-1.2-ic16.0/libs/64:/home/cpu2006-1.2-ic16.0/sh"

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Intel Core i7-4790K CPU + 32GB
 memory using RedHat EL 7.2 glibc 2.17
 Transparent Huge Pages enabled with:
 echo always > /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled
 Filesystem page cache cleared with:
 echo 1>       /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
 runspec command invoked through numactl i.e.:
 numactl --interleave=all runspec <etc>

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 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc -m64 

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icpc -m64 
450.soplex:  icpc -m32 -L/opt/intel/compilers_and_libraries_2016/linux/compiler/lib/ia32_lin 

Fortran benchmarks:

 ifort -m64 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 icc -m64   ifort -m64 

Peak 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:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
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 Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:  basepeak = yes 
470.lbm:  basepeak = yes 
482.sphinx3:  basepeak = yes 

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen:threadsafe(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fno-alias   -auto-ilp32 
447.dealII:  basepeak = yes 
450.soplex:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen:threadsafe(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-malloc-options=3 
453.povray:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen:threadsafe(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4   -ansi-alias 

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:  basepeak = yes 
416.gamess:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen:threadsafe(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll2   -inline-level=0   -scalar-rep- 
434.zeusmp:  basepeak = yes 
437.leslie3d:  basepeak = yes 
459.GemsFDTD:  basepeak = yes 
465.tonto:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen:threadsafe(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4   -auto   -inline-calloc   -opt-malloc-options=3 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen:threadsafe(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-prefetch   -auto-ilp32 
436.cactusADM:  basepeak = yes 
454.calculix:  basepeak = yes 
481.wrf:  basepeak = yes 

The flags files that were used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic16.0-official-linux64.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Lenovo-Platform-Flags-V1.2-BDW-B.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic16.0-official-linux64.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Lenovo-Platform-Flags-V1.2-BDW-B.xml.