SPEC® CFP2006 Result

IBM Corporation

IBM System x3500 M3 (Intel Xeon E5530)

SPECfp®2006 = 35.6

SPECfp_base2006 = 33.4

CPU2006 license:	11	Test date:	Jun-2010
Test sponsor:	IBM Corporation	Hardware Availability:	Jun-2010
Tested by:	IBM Corporation	Software Availability:	Jan-2010

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon E5530
CPU Characteristics:	Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.66 GHz
CPU MHz:	2400
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	8 cores, 2 chips, 4 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:	8 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	48 GB (12 x 4 GB PC3-10600R CL9, 2 Rank)
Disk Subsystem:	1 x 73 GB SAS, 15000 RPM
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	SuSe Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64), Kernel 2.6.27.19-5-default
Compiler:	Intel C++ and Fortran Professional Compiler for IA32 and Intel 64, Version 11.1 Build 20091130 Package ID: l_cproc_p_11.1.064, l_cprof_p_11.1.064
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	89.5	152	89.5	152	88.5	154	88.7	153	88.5	154	88.5	154
416.gamess	1016	19.3	1013	19.3	1018	19.2	913	21.5	921	21.3	913	21.4
433.milc	233	39.4	233	39.4	222	41.4	229	40.1	230	39.9	219	41.9
434.zeusmp	312	29.1	309	29.4	312	29.1	312	29.1	309	29.4	312	29.1
435.gromacs	380	18.8	379	18.9	381	18.8	376	19.0	376	19.0	374	19.1
436.cactusADM	77.6	154	78.8	152	76.6	156	71.6	167	73.2	163	70.3	170
437.leslie3d	367	25.6	365	25.7	367	25.6	367	25.6	365	25.7	367	25.6
444.namd	505	15.9	504	15.9	504	15.9	511	15.7	509	15.8	509	15.8
447.dealII	369	31.0	369	31.0	369	31.0	362	31.6	363	31.5	360	31.7
450.soplex	327	25.5	337	24.7	333	25.0	331	25.2	325	25.7	326	25.5
453.povray	226	23.6	225	23.7	226	23.5	174	30.5	174	30.6	174	30.6
454.calculix	354	23.3	352	23.4	355	23.3	339	24.3	340	24.3	340	24.2
459.GemsFDTD	264	40.2	289	36.7	264	40.2	185	57.4	185	57.3	185	57.5
465.tonto	471	20.9	472	20.9	472	20.8	371	26.6	372	26.5	372	26.5
470.lbm	298	46.1	298	46.1	297	46.2	294	46.8	294	46.8	294	46.8
481.wrf	320	34.9	319	35.0	321	34.8	292	38.2	293	38.1	293	38.1
482.sphinx3	568	34.3	568	34.3	600	32.5	641	30.4	647	30.1	643	30.3

Platform Notes

 Turbo Mode Enable
 Turbo Boost set to Traditional
 CPU C State Enable

General Notes

 Binaries were compiled on SLES 10 with Binutils 2.18.50.0.7.20080502
 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stack size to unlimited prior to run
 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
 KMP_AFFINITY set to granularity=fine,scatter
 KMP_STACKSIZE set to 200M

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) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -ansi-alias
470.lbm:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -parallel -ansi-alias -auto-ilp32
482.sphinx3:	-xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -auto-ilp32 -unroll2

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -fno-alias -auto-ilp32
447.dealII:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -unroll2 -ansi-alias -scalar-rep- -auto-ilp32
450.soplex:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -opt-malloc-options=3 -auto-ilp32
453.povray:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -unroll4 -ansi-alias

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:	-xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -opt-prefetch -parallel
416.gamess:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -unroll2 -Ob0 -ansi-alias -scalar-rep-
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) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -unroll2 -Ob0 -opt-prefetch -parallel
465.tonto:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -inline-calloc -opt-malloc-options=3 -auto -unroll4

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) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -opt-prefetch -auto-ilp32
436.cactusADM:	-xSSE4.2(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -static(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -unroll2 -opt-prefetch -parallel -auto-ilp32
454.calculix:	-xSSE4.2 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -auto-ilp32
481.wrf:	Same as 454.calculix

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic11.1-linux64-revE.20100601.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic11.1-linux64-revE.20100601.xml.