SPEC CPU®2017 Floating Point Speed Result

Copyright 2017-2021 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Dell Inc.

PowerEdge C6420 (Intel Xeon Gold 6238R, 2.20 GHz)

SPECspeed®2017_fp_base = 14200

SPECspeed®2017_fp_peak = 14400

CPU2017 License: 55 Test Date: Nov-2021
Test Sponsor: Dell Inc. Hardware Availability: Apr-2019
Tested by: Dell Inc. Software Availability: Dec-2020

Benchmark result graphs are available in the PDF report.

Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon Gold 6238R
  Max MHz: 4000
  Nominal: 2200
Enabled: 56 cores, 2 chips
Orderable: 1,2 chips
Cache L1: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
  L2: 1 MB I+D on chip per core
  L3: 38.5 MB I+D on chip per chip
  Other: None
Memory: 384 GB (12 x 32 GB 2Rx4 PC4-2933Y-R)
Storage: 1 x 1.6 TB SATA SSD
Other: None
Software
OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 (Ootpa)
4.18.0-240.el8.x86_64
Compiler: C/C++: Version 2021.1 of Intel oneAPI DPC++/C++
Compiler Build 20201113 for Linux;
Fortran: Version 2021.1 of Intel Fortran Compiler
Classic Build 20201112 for Linux;
C/C++: Version 2021.1 of Intel C/C++ Compiler
Classic Build 20201112 for Linux
Parallel: Yes
Firmware: Version 2.13.1 released Nov-2021
File System: xfs
System State: Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers: 64-bit
Peak Pointers: 64-bit
Other: jemalloc memory allocator V5.0.1
Power Management: BIOS and OS set to prefer performance
at the cost of additional power usage.

Results Table

Benchmark Base Peak
Threads Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Threads Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio
SPECspeed®2017_fp_base 14200
SPECspeed®2017_fp_peak 14400
Results appear in the order in which they were run. Bold underlined text indicates a median measurement.
603.bwaves_s 56 1180 4980 1190 4970 56 1180 4980 1190 4970
607.cactuBSSN_s 56 88.9 1870 89.6 1860 56 88.9 1870 89.6 1860
619.lbm_s 56 55.3 94.6 54.0 97.0 56 55.3 94.6 54.0 97.0
621.wrf_s 56 1100 1200 1110 1190 56 1050 1260 1060 1250
627.cam4_s 56 75.9 1170 76.0 1170 56 75.9 1170 76.0 1170
628.pop2_s 56 1990 59.6 1980 60.0 56 1990 59.6 1980 60.0
638.imagick_s 56 1230 1170 1230 1170 56 1230 1170 1230 1170
644.nab_s 56 59.6 2930 59.6 2930 56 53.2 3290 54.0 3230
649.fotonik3d_s 56 1050 86.9 1070 85.1 56 1030 88.2 1030 88.5
654.roms_s 56 1020 1540 1030 1530 56 1020 1540 1030 1530

Operating System Notes

 Stack size set to unlimited using "ulimit -s unlimited"

Environment Variables Notes

Environment variables set by runcpu before the start of the run:
KMP_AFFINITY = "granularity=fine,compact"
LD_LIBRARY_PATH =
     "/home/cpu2017-1.1.8-ic2021.1/lib/intel64:/home/cpu2017-1.1.8-ic2021.1/j
     e5.0.1-64"
MALLOC_CONF = "retain:true"
OMP_STACKSIZE = "192M"

General Notes

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Intel Core i9-7980XE CPU + 64GB RAM
 memory using Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0
 Transparent Huge Pages enabled by default
 Prior to runcpu invocation
 Filesystem page cache synced and cleared with:
 sync; echo 3>       /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
 jemalloc, a general purpose malloc implementation
 built with the RedHat Enterprise 7.5, and the system compiler gcc 4.8.5
 sources available from jemalloc.net or https://github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc/releases

 NA: The test sponsor attests, as of date of publication, that CVE-2017-5754 (Meltdown)
 is mitigated in the system as tested and documented.
 Yes: The test sponsor attests, as of date of publication, that CVE-2017-5753 (Spectre variant 1)
 is mitigated in the system as tested and documented.
 Yes: The test sponsor attests, as of date of publication, that CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre variant 2)
 is mitigated in the system as tested and documented.

Platform Notes


 BIOS settings:
              Logical Processor : Disabled
      Virtualization Technology : Disabled

                 System Profile : Custom
           CPU Power Management : Maximum Performance
                            C1E : Disabled
                       C States : Autonomous
            Memory Patrol Scrub : Disabled
       Energy Efficiency Policy : Performance
    CPU Interconnect Bus Link
               Power Management : Disabled
             PCI ASPM L1 Link
               Power Management : Disabled

 Sysinfo program /home/cpu2017-1.1.8-ic2021.1/bin/sysinfo
 Rev: r6622 of 2021-04-07 982a61ec0915b55891ef0e16acafc64d
 running on localhost.localdomain Wed Nov 10 14:58:59 2021

 SUT (System Under Test) info as seen by some common utilities.
 For more information on this section, see
    https://www.spec.org/cpu2017/Docs/config.html#sysinfo

 From /proc/cpuinfo
    model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6238R CPU @ 2.20GHz
       2  "physical id"s (chips)
       56 "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 : 28
       siblings  : 28
       physical 0: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 27
       28 29 30
       physical 1: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 27
       28 29 30

 From lscpu from util-linux 2.32.1:
      Architecture:        x86_64
      CPU op-mode(s):      32-bit, 64-bit
      Byte Order:          Little Endian
      CPU(s):              56
      On-line CPU(s) list: 0-55
      Thread(s) per core:  1
      Core(s) per socket:  28
      Socket(s):           2
      NUMA node(s):        2
      Vendor ID:           GenuineIntel
      CPU family:          6
      Model:               85
      Model name:          Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6238R CPU @ 2.20GHz
      Stepping:            7
      CPU MHz:             1835.537
      CPU max MHz:         4000.0000
      CPU min MHz:         1000.0000
      BogoMIPS:            4400.00
      Virtualization:      VT-x
      L1d cache:           32K
      L1i cache:           32K
      L2 cache:            1024K
      L3 cache:            39424K
      NUMA node0 CPU(s):
      0,2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,24,26,28,30,32,34,36,38,40,42,44,46,48,50,52,54
      NUMA node1 CPU(s):
      1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,21,23,25,27,29,31,33,35,37,39,41,43,45,47,49,51,53,55
      Flags:               fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
      pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp
      lm constant_tsc art arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid
      aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16
      xtpr pdcm pcid dca sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave
      avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch cpuid_fault epb cat_l3 cdp_l3
      invpcid_single intel_ppin ssbd mba ibrs ibpb stibp ibrs_enhanced fsgsbase tsc_adjust
      bmi1 hle avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid cqm mpx rdt_a avx512f avx512dq rdseed adx smap
      clflushopt clwb intel_pt avx512cd avx512bw avx512vl xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves
      cqm_llc cqm_occup_llc cqm_mbm_total cqm_mbm_local dtherm ida arat pln pts pku ospke
      avx512_vnni md_clear flush_l1d arch_capabilities

 /proc/cpuinfo cache data
    cache size : 39424 KB

 From numactl --hardware
 WARNING: a numactl 'node' might or might not correspond to a physical chip.
   available: 2 nodes (0-1)
   node 0 cpus: 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50
   52 54
   node 0 size: 181012 MB
   node 0 free: 185713 MB
   node 1 cpus: 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51
   53 55
   node 1 size: 184469 MB
   node 1 free: 183264 MB
   node distances:
   node   0   1
     0:  10  21
     1:  21  10

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       394815752 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 /sbin/tuned-adm active
     Current active profile: throughput-performance

 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor has
    performance

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    os-release:
       NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux"
       VERSION="8.3 (Ootpa)"
       ID="rhel"
       ID_LIKE="fedora"
       VERSION_ID="8.3"
       PLATFORM_ID="platform:el8"
       PRETTY_NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 (Ootpa)"
       ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
    redhat-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.3 (Ootpa)
    system-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.3 (Ootpa)
    system-release-cpe: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.3:ga

 uname -a:
    Linux localhost.localdomain 4.18.0-240.el8.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Sep 23 05:13:10 EDT 2020
    x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 Kernel self-reported vulnerability status:

 CVE-2018-12207 (iTLB Multihit):                        KVM: Mitigation: Split huge pages
 CVE-2018-3620 (L1 Terminal Fault):                     Not affected
 Microarchitectural Data Sampling:                      Not affected
 CVE-2017-5754 (Meltdown):                              Not affected
 CVE-2018-3639 (Speculative Store Bypass):              Mitigation: Speculative Store
                                                        Bypass disabled via prctl and
                                                        seccomp
 CVE-2017-5753 (Spectre variant 1):                     Mitigation: usercopy/swapgs
                                                        barriers and __user pointer
                                                        sanitization
 CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre variant 2):                     Mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB:
                                                        conditional, RSB filling
 CVE-2020-0543 (Special Register Buffer Data Sampling): Not affected
 CVE-2019-11135 (TSX Asynchronous Abort):               Mitigation: TSX disabled

 run-level 3 Nov 10 12:11

 SPEC is set to: /home/cpu2017-1.1.8-ic2021.1
    Filesystem            Type  Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/mapper/rhel-home xfs   390G   16G  375G   4% /home

 From /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id
     Vendor:         Dell Inc.
     Product:        PowerEdge C6420
     Product Family: PowerEdge

 Additional information from dmidecode 3.2 follows.  WARNING: Use caution when you
 interpret this section. The 'dmidecode' program reads system data which is "intended to
 allow hardware to be accurately determined", but the intent may not be met, as there are
 frequent changes to hardware, firmware, and the "DMTF SMBIOS" standard.
   Memory:
     7x 00AD00B300AD HMA84GR7CJR4N-WM 32 GB 2 rank 2933
     2x 00AD063200AD HMA84GR7CJR4N-WM 32 GB 2 rank 2933
     3x 00AD069D00AD HMA84GR7CJR4N-WM 32 GB 2 rank 2933
     4x Not Specified Not Specified

 BIOS:
    BIOS Vendor:       Dell Inc.
    BIOS Version:      2.13.1
    BIOS Date:         11/03/2021
    BIOS Revision:     2.13

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

Compiler Version Notes

==============================================================================
C               | 619.lbm_s(base, peak) 638.imagick_s(base, peak)
                | 644.nab_s(base)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Intel(R) C Intel(R) 64 Compiler Classic for applications running on Intel(R)
  64, Version 2021.1 Build 20201112_000000
Copyright (C) 1985-2020 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

==============================================================================
C               | 644.nab_s(peak)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Intel(R) oneAPI DPC++/C++ Compiler for applications running on Intel(R) 64,
  Version 2021.1 Build 20201113
Copyright (C) 1985-2020 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

==============================================================================
C               | 619.lbm_s(base, peak) 638.imagick_s(base, peak)
                | 644.nab_s(base)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Intel(R) C Intel(R) 64 Compiler Classic for applications running on Intel(R)
  64, Version 2021.1 Build 20201112_000000
Copyright (C) 1985-2020 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

==============================================================================
C               | 644.nab_s(peak)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Intel(R) oneAPI DPC++/C++ Compiler for applications running on Intel(R) 64,
  Version 2021.1 Build 20201113
Copyright (C) 1985-2020 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

==============================================================================
C++, C, Fortran | 607.cactuBSSN_s(base, peak)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Intel(R) C++ Intel(R) 64 Compiler Classic for applications running on
  Intel(R) 64, Version 2021.1 Build 20201112_000000
Copyright (C) 1985-2020 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.
Intel(R) C Intel(R) 64 Compiler Classic for applications running on Intel(R)
  64, Version 2021.1 Build 20201112_000000
Copyright (C) 1985-2020 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.
Intel(R) Fortran Intel(R) 64 Compiler Classic for applications running on
  Intel(R) 64, Version 2021.1 Build 20201112_000000
Copyright (C) 1985-2020 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

==============================================================================
Fortran         | 603.bwaves_s(base, peak) 649.fotonik3d_s(base, peak)
                | 654.roms_s(base, peak)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Intel(R) Fortran Intel(R) 64 Compiler Classic for applications running on
  Intel(R) 64, Version 2021.1 Build 20201112_000000
Copyright (C) 1985-2020 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

==============================================================================
Fortran, C      | 621.wrf_s(base, peak) 627.cam4_s(base, peak)
                | 628.pop2_s(base, peak)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Intel(R) Fortran Intel(R) 64 Compiler Classic for applications running on
  Intel(R) 64, Version 2021.1 Build 20201112_000000
Copyright (C) 1985-2020 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.
Intel(R) C Intel(R) 64 Compiler Classic for applications running on Intel(R)
  64, Version 2021.1 Build 20201112_000000
Copyright (C) 1985-2020 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc 

Fortran benchmarks:

 ifort 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 ifort   icc 

Benchmarks using Fortran, C, and C++:

 icpc   icc   ifort 

Base Portability Flags

603.bwaves_s:  -DSPEC_LP64 
607.cactuBSSN_s:  -DSPEC_LP64 
619.lbm_s:  -DSPEC_LP64 
621.wrf_s:  -DSPEC_LP64   -DSPEC_CASE_FLAG   -convert big_endian 
627.cam4_s:  -DSPEC_LP64   -DSPEC_CASE_FLAG 
628.pop2_s:  -DSPEC_LP64   -DSPEC_CASE_FLAG   -convert big_endian   -assume byterecl 
638.imagick_s:  -DSPEC_LP64 
644.nab_s:  -DSPEC_LP64 
649.fotonik3d_s:  -DSPEC_LP64 
654.roms_s:  -DSPEC_LP64 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -m64   -std=c11   -xCORE-AVX512   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -ffinite-math-only   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4   -qopenmp   -DSPEC_OPENMP   -mbranches-within-32B-boundaries 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -m64   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -DSPEC_OPENMP   -xCORE-AVX512   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -ffinite-math-only   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4   -qopenmp   -nostandard-realloc-lhs   -mbranches-within-32B-boundaries   -L/usr/local/jemalloc64-5.0.1/lib   -ljemalloc 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -m64   -std=c11   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -xCORE-AVX512   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -ffinite-math-only   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4   -qopenmp   -DSPEC_OPENMP   -mbranches-within-32B-boundaries   -nostandard-realloc-lhs   -L/usr/local/jemalloc64-5.0.1/lib   -ljemalloc 

Benchmarks using Fortran, C, and C++:

 -m64   -std=c11   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -xCORE-AVX512   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -ffinite-math-only   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4   -qopenmp   -DSPEC_OPENMP   -mbranches-within-32B-boundaries   -nostandard-realloc-lhs   -L/usr/local/jemalloc64-5.0.1/lib   -ljemalloc 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icc 
644.nab_s:  icx 

Fortran benchmarks:

 ifort 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 ifort   icc 

Benchmarks using Fortran, C, and C++:

 icpc   icc   ifort 

Peak Portability Flags

Same as Base Portability Flags

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

619.lbm_s:  basepeak = yes 
638.imagick_s:  basepeak = yes 
644.nab_s:  -m64   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -xCORE-AVX512   -Ofast   -ffast-math   -flto   -mfpmath=sse   -funroll-loops   -fiopenmp   -DSPEC_OPENMP   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4   -fimf-accuracy-bits=14:sqrt   -mbranches-within-32B-boundaries   -L/usr/local/jemalloc64-5.0.1/lib   -ljemalloc 

Fortran benchmarks:

603.bwaves_s:  basepeak = yes 
649.fotonik3d_s:  -m64   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -DSPEC_SUPPRESS_OPENMP   -DSPEC_OPENMP   -ipo   -xCORE-AVX512   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -ffinite-math-only   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4   -qopenmp   -nostandard-realloc-lhs   -mbranches-within-32B-boundaries   -L/usr/local/jemalloc64-5.0.1/lib   -ljemalloc 
654.roms_s:  basepeak = yes 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

621.wrf_s:  -m64   -std=c11   -Wl,-z,muldefs   -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -ipo   -xCORE-AVX512   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -ffinite-math-only   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4   -DSPEC_SUPPRESS_OPENMP   -qopenmp   -DSPEC_OPENMP   -mbranches-within-32B-boundaries   -nostandard-realloc-lhs   -L/usr/local/jemalloc64-5.0.1/lib   -ljemalloc 
627.cam4_s:  basepeak = yes 
628.pop2_s:  basepeak = yes 

Benchmarks using Fortran, C, and C++:

607.cactuBSSN_s:  basepeak = yes 

The flags files that were used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2017/flags/Intel-ic2021-official-linux64_revA.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2017/flags/Dell-Platform-Flags-PowerEdge-Intel-ICX-rev1.4.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2017/flags/Intel-ic2021-official-linux64_revA.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2017/flags/Dell-Platform-Flags-PowerEdge-Intel-ICX-rev1.4.xml.