SPEC® CFP2006 Result

IBM Corporation

IBM System x3950 X6
(Intel Xeon E7-8880 v2, 2.50 GHz)

SPECfp®_rate2006 = 3140

SPECfp_rate_base2006 = 3060

CPU2006 license:	11	Test date:	May-2014
Test sponsor:	IBM Corporation	Hardware Availability:	Jun-2014
Tested by:	IBM Corporation	Software Availability:	Nov-2013

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon E7-8880 v2
CPU Characteristics:	Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.10 GHz
CPU MHz:	2500
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	120 cores, 8 chips, 15 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable:	4,6,8 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:	37.5 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	2 TB (128 x 16 GB 2Rx4 PC3L-12800R-11, ECC, running at 1333 MHz)
Disk Subsystem:	1 x 400 GB SATA, SSD
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
Benchmark	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	240	1215	2690	1213	2690	1213	2690	240	1215	2690	1213	2690	1213	2690
416.gamess	240	1371	3430	1371	3430	1364	3450	240	1326	3540	1325	3550	1326	3540
433.milc	240	870	2530	868	2540	869	2540	240	868	2540	868	2540	868	2540
434.zeusmp	240	622	3510	623	3500	620	3520	240	622	3510	623	3500	620	3520
435.gromacs	240	421	4070	422	4060	422	4060	240	413	4150	414	4140	416	4120
436.cactusADM	240	778	3690	776	3700	775	3700	240	778	3690	776	3700	775	3700
437.leslie3d	240	1280	1760	1276	1770	1278	1760	120	574	1970	574	1960	581	1940
444.namd	240	671	2870	671	2870	674	2860	240	658	2920	667	2890	666	2890
447.dealII	240	464	5920	461	5960	461	5950	240	464	5920	461	5960	461	5950
450.soplex	240	1180	1700	1182	1690	1181	1690	120	557	1800	573	1750	609	1640
453.povray	240	271	4720	271	4710	271	4710	240	235	5420	234	5460	237	5390
454.calculix	240	558	3550	555	3570	556	3560	240	558	3550	555	3570	556	3560
459.GemsFDTD	240	1558	1630	1558	1630	1558	1630	240	1558	1630	1558	1630	1558	1630
465.tonto	240	676	3500	677	3490	677	3490	240	641	3680	650	3630	642	3680
470.lbm	240	1022	3230	1021	3230	1021	3230	240	1022	3230	1021	3230	1021	3230
481.wrf	240	856	3130	849	3160	856	3130	240	837	3200	838	3200	842	3180
482.sphinx3	240	1555	3010	1555	3010	1552	3010	240	1555	3010	1555	3010	1552	3010

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_aug2013/config/sysinfo.rev6818
 $Rev: 6818 $ $Date:: 2012-07-17 #$ e86d102572650a6e4d596a3cee98f191
 running on x3950x6 Wed May 28 04:58:58 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 E7-8880 v2 @ 2.50GHz
       8 "physical id"s (chips)
       240 "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 : 15
       siblings  : 30
       physical 0: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 1: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 2: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 3: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 4: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 5: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 6: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 7: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
    cache size : 38400 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       2117446648 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 x3950x6 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 May 27 14:52

 SPEC is set to: /cpu2006.1.2_14_aug2013
    Filesystem                     Type  Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/mapper/vg_x3950x6-lv_root ext4  357G  8.4G  330G   3% /

 Additional information from dmidecode:
   BIOS IBM -[A8E107JUS-1.00]- 05/02/2014
   Memory:
    64x Hynix HMT42GR7AFR4A-PB 16 GB 1333 MHz 2 rank
    64x NO DIMM Unknown
    64x Samsung M393B2G70QH0-YK0 16 GB 1333 MHz 2 rank

 (End of data from sysinfo program)
Memory speed from dmidecode lists the downclocked speed of the run.

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/cpu2006.1.2_14_aug2013/libs/32:/cpu2006.1.2_14_aug2013/libs/64:/cpu2006.1.2_14_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

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
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 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:	-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-malloc-options=3
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/Intel-ic14.0-official-linux64.20140128.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-Platform-Flags-V1.2-IVB-A.html.

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