| CPU2006 license: | 11 | Test date: | Jan-2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | IBM Corporation | Hardware Availability: | Feb-2008 |
| Tested by: | IBM Corporation | Software Availability: | Feb-2008 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | POWER6 |
| CPU Characteristics: | |
| CPU MHz: | 4200 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 4 cores, 2 chips, 2 cores/chip, 2 threads/core |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 1,2,4 cores |
| Primary Cache: | 64 KB I + 64 KB D on chip per core |
| Secondary Cache: | 4 MB I+D on chip per core |
| L3 Cache: | None |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 32 GB (8x4 GB) DDR2 667 MHz |
| Disk Subsystem: | 1x73 GB 1x146 GB SAS 15K RPM |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | IBM AIX V6.1 Updated to SP3 |
| Compiler: | XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition V9 for AIX Updated with the Oct2007 PTF. XL Fortran Enterprise Edition V11.1 for AIX Updated with the Oct2007 PTF. |
| Auto Parallel: | No |
| File System: | AIX/JFS2 |
| System State: | Multi-user |
| Base Pointers: | 32-bit |
| Peak Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Other Software: | -- |
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 | 8 | 1130 | 96.2 | 1131 | 96.1 | 1129 | 96.3 | 8 | 1130 | 96.2 | 1129 | 96.3 | 1129 | 96.3 |
| 416.gamess | 8 | 1990 | 78.7 | 1990 | 78.7 | 1996 | 78.5 | 8 | 1885 | 83.1 | 1883 | 83.2 | 1885 | 83.1 |
| 433.milc | 8 | 1515 | 48.5 | 1515 | 48.5 | 1514 | 48.5 | 8 | 1429 | 51.4 | 1428 | 51.4 | 1427 | 51.5 |
| 434.zeusmp | 8 | 1011 | 72.0 | 1009 | 72.2 | 1010 | 72.1 | 8 | 656 | 111 | 654 | 111 | 679 | 107 |
| 435.gromacs | 8 | 886 | 64.5 | 885 | 64.5 | 886 | 64.5 | 8 | 825 | 69.2 | 821 | 69.5 | 822 | 69.5 |
| 436.cactusADM | 8 | 1275 | 75.0 | 1277 | 74.9 | 1274 | 75.0 | 8 | 883 | 108 | 883 | 108 | 884 | 108 |
| 437.leslie3d | 8 | 1255 | 59.9 | 1272 | 59.1 | 1263 | 59.6 | 4 | 591 | 63.6 | 596 | 63.1 | 592 | 63.5 |
| 444.namd | 8 | 620 | 103 | 621 | 103 | 620 | 103 | 8 | 595 | 108 | 594 | 108 | 599 | 107 |
| 447.dealII | 8 | 690 | 133 | 686 | 133 | 703 | 130 | 8 | 687 | 133 | 690 | 133 | 690 | 133 |
| 450.soplex | 8 | 1081 | 61.7 | 1080 | 61.8 | 1079 | 61.8 | 8 | 1081 | 61.7 | 1080 | 61.8 | 1079 | 61.8 |
| 453.povray | 8 | 623 | 68.3 | 623 | 68.3 | 623 | 68.3 | 8 | 465 | 91.6 | 465 | 91.6 | 464 | 91.7 |
| 454.calculix | 8 | 781 | 84.5 | 783 | 84.3 | 783 | 84.3 | 8 | 681 | 96.9 | 683 | 96.6 | 681 | 96.9 |
| 459.GemsFDTD | 8 | 1743 | 48.7 | 1740 | 48.8 | 1746 | 48.6 | 8 | 1743 | 48.7 | 1740 | 48.8 | 1746 | 48.6 |
| 465.tonto | 8 | 1344 | 58.6 | 1340 | 58.7 | 1340 | 58.7 | 8 | 774 | 102 | 770 | 102 | 769 | 102 |
| 470.lbm | 8 | 2119 | 51.9 | 2119 | 51.9 | 2119 | 51.9 | 8 | 2119 | 51.9 | 2119 | 51.9 | 2119 | 51.9 |
| 481.wrf | 8 | 1419 | 63.0 | 1417 | 63.1 | 1417 | 63.1 | 8 | 1418 | 63.0 | 1388 | 64.4 | 1385 | 64.5 |
| 482.sphinx3 | 8 | 1682 | 92.7 | 1682 | 92.7 | 1681 | 92.8 | 8 | 1658 | 94.1 | 1656 | 94.2 | 1655 | 94.2 |
General Notes
See flags file of details on following settings. all ulimits set to unlimited. Envionment variables set before executing benchmarks: MALLOCOPTIONS=pool MEMORY_AFFINITY=MCM XLFRTEOPTS=intrinthds=1 System set to "Enhanced" mode when defining partition on HMC. bindprocessor command used on submit to bind each copy to a unique processor. 1000 16M large pages defined with vmo command Remote console disabled in /etc/inittab. fdpr binary optimization tool used for: 410.bwaves 433.milc 435.gromacs 436.cactusADM 453.povray 470.lbm 482.sphinx3
Base Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks:
| /usr/vac/bin/xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 |
C++ benchmarks:
| /usr/vacpp/bin/xlC |
Fortran benchmarks:
| /usr/bin/xlf95 |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| /usr/vac/bin/xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 /usr/bin/xlf95 |
Base Portability Flags
| 410.bwaves: | -qfixed |
| 416.gamess: | -qfixed |
| 434.zeusmp: | -qfixed |
| 435.gromacs: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 436.cactusADM: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 437.leslie3d: | -qfixed |
| 454.calculix: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 481.wrf: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX -DNOUNDERSCORE |
| 482.sphinx3: | -qchars=signed |
Base Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| -bmaxdata:0x40000000 -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -blpdata |
C++ benchmarks:
| -bmaxdata:0x50000000 -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qrtti=all -D__IBM_FAST_VECTOR -blpdata |
Fortran benchmarks:
| -bmaxdata:0x60000000 -O5 -qlargepage -qsmallstack=dynlenonheap -qalias=nostd -blpdata |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| -bmaxdata:0x60000000 -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qsmallstack=dynlenonheap -qalias=nostd -blpdata |
Base Other Flags
C benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |
C++ benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |
Fortran benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qsuppress=1500-010 -qsuppress=cmpmsg -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| -qipa=noobject -qsuppress=1500-010 -qsuppress=cmpmsg -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |
Peak Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks:
| /usr/vac/bin/xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 |
C++ benchmarks:
| /usr/vacpp/bin/xlC |
Fortran benchmarks:
| /usr/bin/xlf95 |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| /usr/vac/bin/xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 /usr/bin/xlf95 |
Peak Portability Flags
| 410.bwaves: | -qfixed |
| 416.gamess: | -qfixed |
| 434.zeusmp: | -qfixed |
| 435.gromacs: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 436.cactusADM: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 437.leslie3d: | -qfixed |
| 454.calculix: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 481.wrf: | -DSPEC_CPU_AIX -DNOUNDERSCORE |
| 482.sphinx3: | -qchars=signed |
Peak Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| 433.milc: | -bmaxdata:0x40000000 -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qalign=natural -qfdpr -blpdata |
| 470.lbm: | -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qfdpr -q64 -blpdata |
| 482.sphinx3: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -D_ILS_MACROS -qfdpr -blpdata |
C++ benchmarks:
| 444.namd: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -D_ILS_MACROS |
| 447.dealII: | -bmaxdata:0x50000000 -O5 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -qrtti=all -D__IBM_FAST_VECTOR -blpdata |
| 450.soplex: | basepeak = yes |
| 453.povray: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -D_ILS_MACROS -qalign=natural -qfdpr -blpdata |
Fortran benchmarks:
| 410.bwaves: | -bmaxdata:0x50000000 -O5 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -qfdpr -qsmallstack=dynlenonheap -blpdata |
| 416.gamess: | -bmaxdata:0x40000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qalias=nostd |
| 434.zeusmp: | -bmaxdata:0x40000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O3 -qarch=auto -qtune=auto -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -qxlf90=nosignedzero -blpdata |
| 437.leslie3d: | -O4 -qlargepage -q64 -blpdata |
| 459.GemsFDTD: | basepeak = yes |
| 465.tonto: | -bmaxdata:0x20000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -blpdata |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| 435.gromacs: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -qfdpr -D_ILS_MACROS -blpdata |
| 436.cactusADM: | -bmaxdata:0x60000000 -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O2 -qarch=auto -qtune=auto -qlargepage -qenablevmx -qvecnvol -qfdpr -qnostrict -D_ILS_MACROS -blpdata |
| 454.calculix: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qlargepage -D_ILS_MACROS -blpdata |
| 481.wrf: | -bmaxdata:0x30000000 -O5 -qlargepage -qalias=nostd -D_ILS_MACROS -blpdata |
Peak Other Flags
C benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |
C++ benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |
Fortran benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qsuppress=1500-010 -qsuppress=cmpmsg -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| -qipa=noobject -qsuppress=1500-010 -qsuppress=cmpmsg -qipa=threads -qsuppress=1500-036 |