SPEC® CFP2006 Result

IBM Corporation

IBM BladeCenter HX5 (Intel Xeon E7-8837)

SPECfp®2006 = 61.3

SPECfp_base2006 = 56.6

CPU2006 license:	11	Test date:	May-2011
Test sponsor:	IBM Corporation	Hardware Availability:	May-2011
Tested by:	IBM Corporation	Software Availability:	Apr-2011

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon E7-8837
CPU Characteristics:	Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.8 GHz
CPU MHz:	2667
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	32 cores, 4 chips, 8 cores/chip
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:	24 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	256 GB (32 x 8 GB 4Rx8 PC3-8500R-7, ECC)
Disk Subsystem:	4 x 50 GB SSD, RAID 0
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (x86_64), 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	33.5	405	30.3	449	44.3	307	29.3	464	35.1	387	27.3	498
416.gamess	1038	18.9	1049	18.7	1040	18.8	839	23.3	841	23.3	852	23.0
433.milc	292	31.4	297	30.9	294	31.2	296	31.0	295	31.2	331	27.7
434.zeusmp	85.9	106	85.3	107	85.9	106	85.9	106	85.3	107	85.9	106
435.gromacs	389	18.3	388	18.4	389	18.3	363	19.7	363	19.7	369	19.4
436.cactusADM	28.2	423	29.1	411	28.9	414	28.2	423	29.1	411	28.9	414
437.leslie3d	52.6	179	48.8	192	50.4	186	52.6	179	48.8	192	50.4	186
444.namd	491	16.3	491	16.3	492	16.3	482	16.6	483	16.6	482	16.6
447.dealII	347	32.9	347	32.9	348	32.9	347	32.9	347	32.9	348	32.9
450.soplex	317	26.3	318	26.3	317	26.3	317	26.3	318	26.3	317	26.3
453.povray	207	25.7	209	25.5	207	25.6	163	32.6	164	32.5	162	32.8
454.calculix	351	23.5	352	23.4	346	23.9	295	27.9	300	27.5	296	27.9
459.GemsFDTD	135	78.4	92.1	115	91.9	115	87.2	122	80.7	132	92.6	115
465.tonto	498	19.8	508	19.4	502	19.6	349	28.2	349	28.2	354	27.8
470.lbm	19.4	708	22.4	613	27.0	508	19.4	708	22.4	613	27.0	508
481.wrf	338	33.1	342	32.6	355	31.4	338	33.1	342	32.6	355	31.4
482.sphinx3	431	45.2	429	45.4	430	45.4	388	50.3	390	49.9	377	51.7

Operating System Notes

 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited prior to run
 echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/zone_reclaim_mode
 'mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/hugepages' was used to enable large pages
 echo 900 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
 export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes
 export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libhugetlbfs.so

Platform Notes

 BIOS Settings:
 Turbo Boost Power Optimization set to Traditional

General Notes

 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
 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:	-xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -opt-prefetch -parallel -static
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/IBM-platform-linux64-revA.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/IBM-platform-linux64-revA.xml.