SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Lenovo Group Limited

IBM NeXtScale nx360 M4
(Intel Xeon E5-2637 v2, 3.50 GHz)

CPU2006 license: 9017 Test date: Sep-2014
Test sponsor: Lenovo Group Limited Hardware Availability: Nov-2013
Tested by: IBM Corporation Software Availability: Sep-2013
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5-2637 v2
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.80 GHz
CPU MHz: 3500
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 8 cores, 2 chips, 4 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: 15 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 128 GB (8 x 16 GB 2Rx4 PC3-14900R-13, ECC)
Disk Subsystem: 2 x 250 GB SATA, 7200RPM, RAID 0
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.4
(Santiago)
2.6.32-358.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
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 16 482 451 478 455 477 456 16 482 451 478 455 477 456
416.gamess 16 975 321 975 321 975 321 16 960 326 959 327 960 326
433.milc 16 341 431 340 432 341 430 16 339 433 340 432 339 434
434.zeusmp 16 363 402 362 402 360 405 16 363 402 362 402 360 405
435.gromacs 16 289 395 288 397 287 397 16 283 404 281 407 283 404
436.cactusADM 16 482 397 482 397 484 395 16 482 397 482 397 484 395
437.leslie3d 16 587 256 585 257 586 256 8 243 309 244 308 243 310
444.namd 16 510 252 516 249 511 251 16 503 255 507 253 503 255
447.dealII 16 319 574 320 572 320 572 16 319 574 320 572 320 572
450.soplex 16 481 278 481 277 481 277 16 481 278 481 277 481 277
453.povray 16 192 442 192 442 192 443 16 166 512 166 514 165 516
454.calculix 16 272 486 273 483 272 485 16 272 486 273 483 272 485
459.GemsFDTD 16 758 224 756 225 757 224 16 758 224 756 225 757 224
465.tonto 16 401 393 400 393 402 392 16 383 411 380 414 386 408
470.lbm 16 559 393 558 394 560 392 16 559 393 558 394 560 392
481.wrf 16 368 485 371 482 367 487 16 362 494 361 495 362 493
482.sphinx3 16 816 382 816 382 820 380 16 816 382 816 382 820 380

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"
 Zone reclaim mode enabled with:
 echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/zone_reclaim_mode
 Intel Idle Driver disabled with the following Linux kernel parameter in /etc/grub.conf:
 intel_idle.max_cstate=0

Platform Notes

 BIOS setting:
 Operating Mode set to Maximum Performance
 Sysinfo program /home/SPECcpu-20140116-ic14.0/config/sysinfo.rev6818
 $Rev: 6818 $ $Date:: 2012-07-17 #$ e86d102572650a6e4d596a3cee98f191
 running on nx360M4 Fri Sep 12 03:06:24 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 E5-2637 v2 @ 3.50GHz
       2 "physical id"s (chips)
       16 "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 : 4
       siblings  : 8
       physical 0: cores 1 2 3 4
       physical 1: cores 1 2 3 4
    cache size : 15360 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       132090124 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 /usr/bin/lsb_release -d
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.4 (Santiago)

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    redhat-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.4 (Santiago)
    system-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.4 (Santiago)
    system-release-cpe: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6server:ga:server

 uname -a:
    Linux nx360M4 2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jan 29 11:47:41 EST 2013
    x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 run-level 3 Sep 11 17:52

 SPEC is set to: /home/SPECcpu-20140116-ic14.0
    Filesystem    Type    Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/mapper/vg_nx360m4-lv_home
                  ext4    403G   14G  370G   4% /home

 Additional information from dmidecode:
   BIOS IBM -[FHE107NUS-1.20]- 06/03/2014
   Memory:
    8x Samsung M393B2G70QH0-CMA 16 GB 1867 MHz 2 rank

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/home/SPECcpu-20140116-ic14.0/libs/32:/home/SPECcpu-20140116-ic14.0/libs/64:/home/SPECcpu-20140116-ic14.0/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 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -xAVX   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -ansi-alias   -opt-mem-layout-trans=3 

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:  -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:  basepeak = yes 
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-C.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-C.xml.