SPEC® CFP2006 Result

IBM Corporation

IBM BladeCenter HX5 (Intel Xeon L7555)

SPECfp®2006 = 34.9

SPECfp_base2006 = 32.0

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

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon L7555
CPU Characteristics:	Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.53 GHz
CPU MHz:	1867
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	16 cores, 2 chips, 8 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:	24 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	128 GB (16 x 8 GB PC3-8500R, running at 978 MHz)
Disk Subsystem:	2 x 50 GB SATA, SSD
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:	Binutils 2.18.50.0.7.20080502

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	59.9	227	59.3	229	59.3	229	59.3	229	59.5	228	59.3	229
416.gamess	1237	15.8	1229	15.9	1234	15.9	964	20.3	965	20.3	964	20.3
433.milc	342	26.8	340	27.0	335	27.4	337	27.2	336	27.3	339	27.1
434.zeusmp	382	23.8	379	24.0	378	24.0	382	23.8	379	24.0	378	24.0
435.gromacs	406	17.6	404	17.7	404	17.7	399	17.9	398	17.9	402	17.8
436.cactusADM	57.8	207	58.4	205	59.0	203	54.4	220	54.4	220	55.2	217
437.leslie3d	416	22.6	378	24.8	415	22.7	416	22.6	378	24.8	415	22.7
444.namd	532	15.1	531	15.1	532	15.1	532	15.1	531	15.1	532	15.1
447.dealII	406	28.2	406	28.2	409	28.0	406	28.2	406	28.2	409	28.0
450.soplex	366	22.8	366	22.8	366	22.8	362	23.0	361	23.1	360	23.2
453.povray	238	22.4	238	22.4	237	22.4	184	28.9	185	28.8	184	29.0
454.calculix	392	21.0	392	21.0	392	21.0	367	22.5	368	22.4	366	22.5
459.GemsFDTD	240	44.2	239	44.3	257	41.3	177	59.9	177	60.0	178	59.7
465.tonto	575	17.1	577	17.0	576	17.1	391	25.2	390	25.2	392	25.1
470.lbm	225	61.0	225	61.0	225	61.0	220	62.5	220	62.5	222	62.0
481.wrf	405	27.6	399	28.0	402	27.8	362	30.8	366	30.5	365	30.6
482.sphinx3	575	33.9	576	33.9	576	33.8	575	33.9	576	33.9	576	33.8

Platform Notes

 Turbo Boost set to Traditional in BIOS
 Demand Scrub disabled in BIOS

General Notes

 '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:	basepeak = yes

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:	basepeak = yes
447.dealII:	basepeak = yes
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.20100330.03.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.20100330.03.xml.