SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Hewlett-Packard Company

ProLiant ML350e Gen8
(1.80 GHz, Intel Xeon E5-2403)

SPECfp®_rate2006 = 174

SPECfp_rate_base2006 = 169

CPU2006 license:	3	Test date:	Nov-2012
Test sponsor:	Hewlett-Packard Company	Hardware Availability:	Jun-2012
Tested by:	Hewlett-Packard Company	Software Availability:	Jun-2012

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon E5-2403
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz:	1800
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:	256 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache:	10 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	32 GB (4 x 8 GB 2Rx4 PC3-12800R-9, ECC, running at 1066 MHz and CL7)
Disk Subsystem:	3 x 600 GB SATA, 10 K SAS, RAID 5
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.3, (Santiago) Kernel 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64
Compiler:	C/C++: Version 12.1.2.273 of Intel C++ Studio XE for Linux; Fortran: Version 12.1.2.273 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:	Microquill SmartHeap V9.01 HP Array Configuration Utility, CLI version

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	8	536	203	535	203	535	203	8	536	203	537	203	536	203
416.gamess	8	1164	135	1169	134	1162	135	8	1040	151	1048	149	1040	151
433.milc	8	352	209	351	209	352	209	8	351	209	351	209	351	209
434.zeusmp	8	427	171	426	171	427	171	8	427	171	426	171	427	171
435.gromacs	8	558	102	559	102	559	102	8	558	102	559	102	559	102
436.cactusADM	8	374	256	376	254	372	257	8	374	256	376	254	372	257
437.leslie3d	8	480	157	480	157	481	156	8	480	157	480	157	481	156
444.namd	8	655	98.0	654	98.0	654	98.1	8	643	99.7	644	99.7	644	99.7
447.dealII	8	408	224	414	221	412	222	8	408	224	414	221	412	222
450.soplex	8	484	138	483	138	481	139	8	470	142	469	142	472	141
453.povray	8	231	184	230	185	231	184	8	200	213	199	214	199	214
454.calculix	8	376	175	376	175	377	175	8	376	176	375	176	375	176
459.GemsFDTD	8	673	126	672	126	672	126	8	597	142	596	142	597	142
465.tonto	8	476	165	478	165	478	165	8	452	174	453	174	452	174
470.lbm	8	420	262	419	262	420	262	8	420	262	419	262	420	262
481.wrf	8	392	228	397	225	396	226	8	396	226	398	225	399	224
482.sphinx3	8	953	164	947	165	956	163	8	953	164	947	165	956	163

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"
 Transparent Huge Pages enabled with:
 echo always > /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled
 Filesystem page cache cleared with:
 echo 1 >       /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
 runspec command invoked through numactl i.e.:
 numactl --localalloc runspec <etc>
 Drive Write Cache set to Enabled in HP Array Configuration Utility,
  CLI version
 Accelerator Ratio for Reads/Writes set to = 100% Read / 0% Write
  in HP Array Configuration Utility, CLI version

Platform Notes

 BIOS Configuration:
  HP Power Regulator set to HP Static High Performance Mode
  HP Power Profile set to Custom
  Energy/Performance Bias set to Maximum Performance
  Thermal Configuration set to Maximum Cooling
  Collaborative Power Control set to Disabled
  Processor Power and Utilization Monitoring set to Disabled
  Memory Power Savings Mode set to Perfomance

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
KMP_AFFINITY = "granularity=fine,compact,1,0"
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/cpu2006/libs2/32:/cpu2006/libs2/64"

 Binaries compiled on a system with 2x Xeon E5-2667 CPU + 256GB
 memory using SLES11 SP2, RC3

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
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) -prof-use(pass 2) -static -auto-ilp32 -opt-mem-layout-trans=3
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) -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) -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) -prof-use(pass 2) -unroll4 -ansi-alias

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:	-xAVX(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -static
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- -static
434.zeusmp:	basepeak = yes
437.leslie3d:	basepeak = yes
459.GemsFDTD:	-xAVX(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -opt-malloc-options=3
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) -prof-use(pass 2) -opt-prefetch -static -auto-ilp32 -opt-mem-layout-trans=3
436.cactusADM:	basepeak = yes
454.calculix:	-xAVX -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -static -auto-ilp32 -opt-mem-layout-trans=3
481.wrf:	Same as 454.calculix

The flags files that were used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.1-official-linux64.20120425.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/HP-Platform-Flags-Intel-V1.2-A.20120829.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.1-official-linux64.20120425.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/HP-Platform-Flags-Intel-V1.2-A.20120829.xml.