SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

IBM Corporation

IBM Flex System x240 (Intel Xeon E5-2640, 2.50
GHz)

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Apr-2012
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: May-2012
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: Dec-2011
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5-2640
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.00 GHz
CPU MHz: 2500
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 12 cores, 2 chips, 6 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
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: 15 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 128 GB (16 x 8 GB 2Rx4 PC3-12800R-11, ECC,
running at 1333 MHz)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 300 GB SAS, 10000 RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2
(Santiago)
2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64
Compiler: C/C++: Version 12.1.0.225 of Intel C++ Studio XE
for Linux;
Fortran: Version 12.1.0.225 of Intel Fortran
Studio XE for Linux
Auto Parallel: No
File System: ext4
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 24 919 355 918 355 920 354 12 453 360 453 360 453 360
416.gamess 24 1282 367 1280 367 1284 366 24 1269 370 1265 371 1269 370
433.milc 24 639 345 640 344 639 345 24 639 345 638 345 638 346
434.zeusmp 24 537 407 540 404 536 407 24 537 407 540 404 536 407
435.gromacs 24 585 293 588 292 588 291 24 583 294 585 293 585 293
436.cactusADM 24 609 471 624 460 609 471 24 609 471 624 460 609 471
437.leslie3d 24 936 241 941 240 939 240 12 432 261 432 261 431 262
444.namd 24 671 287 664 290 666 289 24 656 293 655 294 657 293
447.dealII 24 432 636 432 635 433 634 24 432 636 432 635 433 634
450.soplex 24 803 249 801 250 802 250 12 366 273 366 274 366 273
453.povray 24 258 495 262 488 259 493 24 223 572 225 568 224 571
454.calculix 24 423 468 423 468 424 467 24 423 468 423 468 424 467
459.GemsFDTD 24 1131 225 1128 226 1130 225 12 554 230 554 230 556 229
465.tonto 24 580 407 579 408 579 408 24 562 420 558 423 560 421
470.lbm 24 761 433 761 433 762 433 24 761 433 761 433 762 433
481.wrf 24 634 423 634 423 635 422 24 629 426 629 426 628 427
482.sphinx3 24 1281 365 1279 366 1285 364 24 1281 365 1279 366 1285 364

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"

Platform Notes

 Operating Mode set to Maximum Perfomance in BIOS
 Sysinfo program /cpu2006.1.2/config/sysinfo.rev6800
 $Rev: 6800 $ $Date:: 2011-10-11 #$ 6f2ebdff5032aaa42e583f96b07f99d3
 running on blacktip-pete Wed Apr 11 05:41:33 2012

 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 : Genuine Intel(R) CPU @ 2.50GHz
       2 "physical id"s (chips)
       24 "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 : 6
       siblings  : 12
       physical 0: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5
       physical 1: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5
    cache size : 15360 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       132137164 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 /usr/bin/lsb_release -d
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2 (Santiago)

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    redhat-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2 (Santiago)
    system-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2 (Santiago)
    system-release-cpe: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6server:ga:server

 uname -a:
    Linux blacktip-pete 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Nov 9 08:03:13 EST 2011
    x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 run-level 3 Apr 10 17:12

 SPEC is set to: /cpu2006.1.2
    Filesystem    Type    Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/mapper/vg_blacktippete-lv_root
                  ext4    265G   96G  157G  38% /

 Additional information from dmidecode:
   Memory:
    4x Hynix HMT31GR7CFR4C-PB 8 GB 1600 MHz 2 rank
    12x Samsung M393B1K70DH0-CK0 8 GB 1600 MHz 2 rank

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

General Notes

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

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Core i7-860 CPU + 8GB
 memory using RHEL5.5
 Transparent Huge Pages enabled with:
 echo always > /sys/kernel/mm/redhat_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:

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

C++ benchmarks:

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

Fortran benchmarks:

 -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -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 

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 
453.povray:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64 
454.calculix:  -DSPEC_CPU_LP64   -nofor_main 
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:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -static   -auto-ilp32   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 
470.lbm:  basepeak = yes 
482.sphinx3:  basepeak = yes 

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:  -xAVX(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:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-malloc-options=3 
453.povray:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4   -ansi-alias 

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -static 
416.gamess:  -xAVX(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:  -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -static   -opt-prefetch 
459.GemsFDTD:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-malloc-options=3 
465.tonto:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4   -auto   -inline-calloc   -opt-malloc-options=3 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

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

The flags files that were used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.1-official-linux64.20111122.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-Platform-Flags-V1.2-SNB-C.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.1-official-linux64.20111122.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-Platform-Flags-V1.2-SNB-C.xml.