SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

IBM Corporation

IBM Flex System x480 X6
(Intel Xeon E7-4830 v2, 2.20 GHz)

CPU2006 license: 11 Test date: Aug-2014
Test sponsor: IBM Corporation Hardware Availability: Jun-2014
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: Nov-2013
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E7-4830 v2
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.70 GHz
CPU MHz: 2200
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 40 cores, 4 chips, 10 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 2,4 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: 20 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 1 TB (64 x 16 GB 2Rx4 PC3L-12800R-11, ECC,
running at 1066 MHz)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 300 GB SAS, 10000 RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5
(Santiago)
2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64
Compiler: C/C++: Version 14.0.0.080 of Intel C++ Studio XE
for Linux;
Fortran: Version 14.0.0.080 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 80 1111 978 1114 976 1113 977 80 1111 978 1114 976 1113 977
416.gamess 80 1434 1090 1436 1090 1435 1090 80 1403 1120 1400 1120 1402 1120
433.milc 80 757 971 756 971 757 970 80 756 971 756 971 756 971
434.zeusmp 80 634 1150 632 1150 633 1150 80 634 1150 632 1150 633 1150
435.gromacs 80 439 1300 438 1300 440 1300 80 433 1320 435 1310 434 1320
436.cactusADM 80 767 1250 762 1250 766 1250 80 767 1250 762 1250 766 1250
437.leslie3d 80 1183 636 1185 635 1188 633 40 534 704 534 704 534 705
444.namd 80 760 844 738 869 746 861 80 732 877 741 866 735 873
447.dealII 80 499 1830 500 1830 499 1830 80 499 1830 500 1830 499 1830
450.soplex 80 1068 624 1067 625 1065 626 80 1068 624 1067 625 1065 626
453.povray 80 285 1490 283 1500 284 1500 80 254 1670 246 1730 248 1720
454.calculix 80 437 1510 435 1520 436 1510 80 437 1510 435 1520 436 1510
459.GemsFDTD 80 1459 582 1459 582 1460 581 80 1459 582 1459 582 1460 581
465.tonto 80 701 1120 702 1120 700 1120 80 675 1170 674 1170 676 1160
470.lbm 80 974 1130 974 1130 974 1130 80 974 1130 974 1130 974 1130
481.wrf 80 778 1150 769 1160 770 1160 80 768 1160 767 1160 770 1160
482.sphinx3 80 1538 1010 1541 1010 1539 1010 80 1538 1010 1541 1010 1539 1010

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
 Memory Data Scrambling Disabled
 Patrol Scrub Disabled
 Sysinfo program /cpu2006.1.2_14.0_aug2013/config/sysinfo.rev6818
 $Rev: 6818 $ $Date:: 2012-07-17 #$ e86d102572650a6e4d596a3cee98f191
 running on newport-rhel6.5 Sun Aug 10 11:03:04 2014

 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 : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E7-4830 v2 @ 2.20GHz
       4 "physical id"s (chips)
       80 "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 : 10
       siblings  : 20
       physical 0: cores 0 1 2 3 4 8 9 10 11 12
       physical 1: cores 0 1 2 3 4 8 9 10 11 12
       physical 2: cores 0 1 2 3 4 8 9 10 11 12
       physical 3: cores 0 1 2 3 4 8 9 10 11 12
    cache size : 20480 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       1058508292 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 /usr/bin/lsb_release -d
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5 (Santiago)

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    redhat-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5 (Santiago)
    system-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5 (Santiago)
    system-release-cpe: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6server:ga:server

 uname -a:
    Linux newport-rhel6.5 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Nov 10 22:19:54 EST
    2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 run-level 3 Aug 9 18:57 last=5

 SPEC is set to: /cpu2006.1.2_14.0_aug2013
    Filesystem                          Type  Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/mapper/vg_newportrhel6-lv_root ext4  265G   29G  223G  12% /

 Additional information from dmidecode:
   BIOS IBM -[N2E107JUS-1.00]- 05/03/2014
   Memory:
    32x Hynix HMT42GR7AFR4A-PB 16 GB 1067 MHz 2 rank
    32x NO DIMM Unknown
    32x Samsung M393B2G70QH0-YK0 16 GB 1067 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_14.0_aug2013/libs/32:/cpu2006.1.2_14.0_aug2013/libs/64:/cpu2006.1.2_14.0_aug2013/sh"

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Core i7-860 CPU + 8GB
 memory using RedHat EL 6.4
 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   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

C++ benchmarks:

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

Fortran benchmarks:

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

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

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

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:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -auto-ilp32 
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)   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -fno-alias   -auto-ilp32 
447.dealII:  basepeak = yes 
450.soplex:  basepeak = yes 
453.povray:  -xAVX(pass 2)   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -unroll4   -ansi-alias 

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:  basepeak = yes 
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- 
434.zeusmp:  basepeak = yes 
437.leslie3d:  -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch 
459.GemsFDTD:  basepeak = yes 
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)   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3(pass 2)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -opt-prefetch   -auto-ilp32 
436.cactusADM:  basepeak = yes 
454.calculix:  basepeak = yes 
481.wrf:  -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -auto-ilp32 

The flags files that were used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-Platform-Flags-V1.2-IVB-A.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic14.0-official-linux64.20140128.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-Platform-Flags-V1.2-IVB-A.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic14.0-official-linux64.20140128.xml.