SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Hewlett-Packard Company

ProLiant BL460c G7
(2.27 GHz, Intel Xeon E5607)

SPECfp®2006 = 40.5

SPECfp_base2006 = 38.3

CPU2006 license:	3	Test date:	Mar-2011
Test sponsor:	Hewlett-Packard Company	Hardware Availability:	Feb-2011
Tested by:	Hewlett-Packard Company	Software Availability:	Apr-2011

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon E5607
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz:	2267
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	8 cores, 2 chips, 4 cores/chip
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:	8 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	96 GB (12 x 8 GB 2Rx4 PC3-10600R-9, ECC, running at 1067 MHz)
Disk Subsystem:	1 x 146 GB 10 K SAS
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64) SP1, Kernel 2.6.32.12-0.7-default
Compiler:	Intel C++ and Fortran Intel 64 Compiler XE for applications running on Intel 64 Version 12.0 Update 3
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	108	126	106	128	107	127	108	126	106	128	107	127
416.gamess	1176	16.7	1175	16.7	1177	16.6	1037	18.9	1037	18.9	1036	18.9
433.milc	259	35.4	259	35.4	259	35.4	255	36.0	255	35.9	257	35.8
434.zeusmp	128	70.8	128	70.9	128	71.3	128	70.8	128	70.9	128	71.3
435.gromacs	478	14.9	482	14.8	480	14.9	449	15.9	450	15.9	451	15.8
436.cactusADM	78.7	152	78.3	153	78.9	151	78.7	152	78.3	153	78.9	151
437.leslie3d	116	81.1	113	83.4	113	83.1	116	81.1	113	83.4	113	83.1
444.namd	606	13.2	606	13.2	607	13.2	595	13.5	595	13.5	596	13.5
447.dealII	416	27.5	417	27.5	417	27.5	416	27.5	417	27.5	417	27.5
450.soplex	394	21.2	394	21.2	394	21.2	394	21.2	394	21.2	394	21.2
453.povray	254	20.9	253	21.0	254	20.9	201	26.4	201	26.5	201	26.5
454.calculix	410	20.1	406	20.3	406	20.3	366	22.6	365	22.6	365	22.6
459.GemsFDTD	175	60.5	176	60.3	176	60.4	167	63.5	155	68.3	169	62.8
465.tonto	556	17.7	554	17.8	553	17.8	437	22.5	436	22.6	437	22.5
470.lbm	73.8	186	73.6	187	73.6	187	73.8	186	73.6	187	73.6	187
481.wrf	307	36.4	307	36.4	306	36.5	307	36.4	307	36.4	306	36.5
482.sphinx3	557	35.0	557	35.0	554	35.2	506	38.5	496	39.3	506	38.5

Operating System Notes

 'nodev   /mnt/hugepages   hugetlbfs   defaults   0 0' added to /etc/fstab
 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited prior to run
echo 900 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libhugetlbfs.so

Platform Notes

 BIOS configuration:
  HP Power Profile set to Maximum Performance
  Thermal Configuration set to Increased Cooling
  Data Reuse set to Disabled

General Notes

 Binaries were compiled on RHEL5.5

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) -prof-use(pass 2) -static -auto-ilp32 -ansi-alias
470.lbm:	basepeak = yes
482.sphinx3:	-xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -unroll2 -ansi-alias -parallel

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -fno-alias -auto-ilp32
447.dealII:	basepeak = yes
450.soplex:	basepeak = yes
453.povray:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -unroll4 -ansi-alias -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:	basepeak = yes
416.gamess:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -unroll2 -inline-level=0 -scalar-rep- -static
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) -prof-use(pass 2) -unroll2 -inline-level=0 -opt-prefetch -parallel -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT
465.tonto:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -inline-calloc -opt-malloc-options=3 -auto -unroll4 -B /usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -Wl,-melf_x86_64 -Wl,-hugetlbfs-link=BDT

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) -prof-use(pass 2) -static -auto-ilp32 -ansi-alias
436.cactusADM:	basepeak = yes
454.calculix:	-xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -auto-ilp32 -ansi-alias
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-ic12.0-linux64-revB.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/HP-Intel-Linux-Settings-flags.20100525.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.0-linux64-revB.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/HP-Intel-Linux-Settings-flags.20100525.xml.