SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Bull SAS

NovaScale B280
(Intel Xeon E5450, 3.00 GHz)

SPECfp®2006 = 23.1

CPU2006 license: 20 Test date: Aug-2008
Test sponsor: Bull SAS Hardware Availability: Jan-2008
Tested by: Bull SAS Software Availability: Nov-2007
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5450
CPU Characteristics: 1333 MHz 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 (8x2 GB) FB-DIMM PC2-5300F ECC CL5
Disk Subsystem: 1x73 GB SAS, 10000 RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10
(x86_64) SP1, Kernel 2.6.16.46-0.12-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: ext2
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 64-bit
Peak Pointers: 32/64-bit
Other Software: Binutils 2.17.50.0.15

Results Table

Benchmark Base Peak
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  427 31.8  428 31.7  423 32.1 423 32.1 423 32.1
416.gamess 916 21.4  918 21.3  918 21.3  873 22.4 872 22.4 872 22.5
433.milc 853 10.8  859 10.7  861 10.7  857 10.7 859 10.7 862 10.7
434.zeusmp 528 17.2  528 17.2  528 17.2  545 16.7 545 16.7 545 16.7
435.gromacs 370 19.3  368 19.4  368 19.4  366 19.5 367 19.5 366 19.5
436.cactusADM 292 40.9  293 40.8  293 40.8  118 101   118 101   118 101  
437.leslie3d 493 19.0  495 19.0  497 18.9  493 19.0 495 19.0 497 18.9
444.namd 505 15.9  505 15.9  505 15.9  501 16.0 504 15.9 502 16.0
447.dealII 410 27.9  411 27.8  411 27.9  386 29.7 386 29.6 387 29.6
450.soplex 602 13.9  605 13.8  608 13.7  542 15.4 542 15.4 545 15.3
453.povray 213 25.0  212 25.1  212 25.1  179 29.7 179 29.7 179 29.7
454.calculix 512 16.1  513 16.1  513 16.1  345 23.9 346 23.9 345 23.9
459.GemsFDTD 583 18.2  583 18.2  583 18.2  577 18.4 578 18.4 578 18.4
465.tonto 454 21.7  455 21.6  457 21.5  436 22.6 433 22.7 433 22.7
470.lbm 1844 7.45 1847 7.44 1833 7.50 557 24.7 559 24.6 561 24.5
481.wrf 500 22.3  500 22.4  500 22.3  516 21.6 516 21.6 518 21.6
482.sphinx3 721 27.0  725 26.9  716 27.2  702 27.8 704 27.7 698 27.9

Operating System Notes

 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set the stacksize to unlimited prior to run
 OMP_NUM_THREADS set to number of cores
 KMP_AFFINITY set to physical,0
 KMP_STACKSIZE set to 200M

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
 BIOS settings :
 Hardware Prefetcher :                Enabled
 Adjacent Cache-Line Prefetch :       Enabled

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/EM64T_Intel101_fp_flags.20090714.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/EM64T_Intel101_fp_flags.20090714.xml.