SPEC® CFP2006 Result

IBM Corporation

IBM BladeCenter HS21 XM (Intel Xeon E5450)

SPECfp®2006 = 23.0

SPECfp_base2006 = 19.3

CPU2006 license:	11	Test date:	Nov-2007
Test sponsor:	IBM Corporation	Hardware Availability:	Jan-2008
Tested by:	IBM Corporation	Software Availability:	Nov-2007

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon E5450
CPU Characteristics:	1333MHz system bus
CPU MHz:	3000
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:	12 MB I+D on chip per chip, 6 MB shared / 2 cores
L3 Cache:	None
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	16 GB (8 x 2 GB DDR2-5300F ECC)
Disk Subsystem:	1 x 36 GB SAS, 10000 RPM
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	SLES10 (x86_64), 2.6.16.21-0.8-smp
Compiler:	Intel C++ and Fortran Compiler 10.1 for Linux Build 20070913 Package ID: l_cc_p_10.1.008, l_fc_p_10.1.008
Auto Parallel:	Yes
File System:	ReiserFS
System State:	Multi-user, run level 3
Base Pointers:	64-bit
Peak Pointers:	32/64-bit
Other Software:	Binutils 2.17.50.0.15

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	427	31.8	428	31.8	428	31.8	425	32.0	423	32.2	424	32.0
416.gamess	916	21.4	914	21.4	916	21.4	875	22.4	871	22.5	873	22.4
433.milc	872	10.5	871	10.5	872	10.5	864	10.6	868	10.6	869	10.6
434.zeusmp	533	17.1	533	17.1	534	17.0	553	16.5	554	16.4	554	16.4
435.gromacs	369	19.3	369	19.3	370	19.3	367	19.4	368	19.4	368	19.4
436.cactusADM	293	40.8	292	40.9	293	40.8	118	101	118	101	117	102
437.leslie3d	495	19.0	495	19.0	497	18.9	495	19.0	495	19.0	497	18.9
444.namd	505	15.9	506	15.8	505	15.9	502	16.0	503	15.9	502	16.0
447.dealII	413	27.7	413	27.7	413	27.7	388	29.5	389	29.4	389	29.4
450.soplex	615	13.6	616	13.5	617	13.5	552	15.1	553	15.1	553	15.1
453.povray	216	24.6	217	24.6	213	25.0	181	29.4	180	29.6	180	29.6
454.calculix	514	16.1	514	16.0	514	16.1	347	23.8	347	23.8	347	23.8
459.GemsFDTD	583	18.2	584	18.2	584	18.2	578	18.4	578	18.4	578	18.3
465.tonto	458	21.5	456	21.6	459	21.4	433	22.7	435	22.6	435	22.6
470.lbm	1862	7.38	1867	7.36	1861	7.38	560	24.5	563	24.4	560	24.5
481.wrf	502	22.3	502	22.3	500	22.3	516	21.6	520	21.5	519	21.5
482.sphinx3	741	26.3	731	26.7	735	26.5	708	27.5	713	27.3	707	27.5

General Notes

 All benchmarks compiled in 64-bit mode except 450.soplex,
 470.lbm and 482.sphinx3, at peak, are compiled in 32-bit mode
 Hardware Sector Prefetch Enabled and Adjacent Sector Prefetch Enabled
 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
 KMP_AFFINITY set to physical,0
 KMP_STACKSIZE set to 200M

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

icc

C++ benchmarks:

icpc

Fortran benchmarks:

ifort

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

icc ifort

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:

-fast -parallel

C++ benchmarks:

-fast -parallel

Fortran benchmarks:

-fast -parallel

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

-fast -parallel

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

	/opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/bin/icc -L/opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/lib -I/opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/include
433.milc:	icc

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

	icpc
450.soplex:	/opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/bin/icpc -L/opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/lib -I/opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/include

Fortran benchmarks:

ifort

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

icc ifort

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
459.GemsFDTD:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
465.tonto:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
481.wrf:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -DSPEC_CPU_CASE_FLAG -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -fast -fno-alias -auto-ilp32
470.lbm:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -fast -unroll2 -scalar-rep- -prefetch -opt-malloc-options=3
482.sphinx3:	-fast -unroll2

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -fast -fno-alias -auto-ilp32
447.dealII:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -fast -unroll2 -ansi-alias -scalar-rep-
450.soplex:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -fast -opt-malloc-options=3
453.povray:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -fast -unroll4 -ansi-alias

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:	-fast -prefetch -parallel
416.gamess:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -fast -unroll2 -Ob0 -ansi-alias -scalar-rep-
434.zeusmp:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -fast
437.leslie3d:	basepeak = yes
459.GemsFDTD:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -fast -unroll2 -Ob0 -prefetch -parallel
465.tonto:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -fast -unroll4 -auto

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -fast -prefetch -auto-ilp32
436.cactusADM:	-prof-gen(pass 1) -prof-use(pass 2) -fast -unroll2 -prefetch -parallel -auto-ilp32
454.calculix:	-fast -unroll-aggressive -auto-ilp32
481.wrf:	-fast -parallel -prefetch -auto-ilp32

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic10.1-FP-intel64-linux-flags.20090714.11.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic10.1-FP-intel64-linux-flags.20090714.11.xml.