| CPU2006 license: | 11 | Test date: | Mar-2009 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test sponsor: | IBM Corporation | Hardware Availability: | May-2009 |
| Tested by: | IBM Corporation | Software Availability: | Mar-2009 |
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | POWER6+ |
| CPU Characteristics: | |
| CPU MHz: | 4200 |
| FPU: | Integrated |
| CPU(s) enabled: | 4 cores, 2 chips, 2 cores/chip, 2 threads/core |
| CPU(s) orderable: | 4 cores |
| Primary Cache: | 64 KB I + 64 KB D on chip per core |
| Secondary Cache: | 4 MB I+D on chip per core |
| L3 Cache: | 32 MB I+D off chip per chip |
| Other Cache: | None |
| Memory: | 32 GB (8x4 GB) DDR2 667 MHz |
| Disk Subsystem: | 1x146 GB SAS 15K RPM |
| Other Hardware: | None |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 |
| Compiler: | IBM XL C/C++ for Linux, V10.1 Updated with the Mar2009 PTF. IBM XL Fortran for Linux, V12.1 Updated with the Mar2009 PTF. |
| Auto Parallel: | No |
| File System: | ext3 |
| System State: | Run Level 3 (Multi-User) |
| Base Pointers: | 32-bit |
| Peak Pointers: | 32/64-bit |
| Other Software: | -Post-Link Optimization for Linux on POWER, Version 5.4.0-21 -MicroQuill SmartHeap 8.1 |
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 | 8 | 1255 | 86.7 | 1255 | 86.6 | 1255 | 86.6 | 8 | 1207 | 90.1 | 1207 | 90.1 | 1206 | 90.1 |
| 416.gamess | 8 | 1909 | 82.1 | 1908 | 82.1 | 1909 | 82.1 | 8 | 1835 | 85.3 | 1837 | 85.3 | 1835 | 85.4 |
| 433.milc | 8 | 2034 | 36.1 | 1965 | 37.4 | 2049 | 35.8 | 8 | 1197 | 61.4 | 1194 | 61.5 | 1196 | 61.4 |
| 434.zeusmp | 8 | 1017 | 71.6 | 1017 | 71.6 | 1020 | 71.4 | 8 | 629 | 116 | 634 | 115 | 651 | 112 |
| 435.gromacs | 8 | 1021 | 56.0 | 1020 | 56.0 | 1021 | 56.0 | 8 | 781 | 73.1 | 782 | 73.1 | 781 | 73.1 |
| 436.cactusADM | 8 | 1225 | 78.1 | 1224 | 78.1 | 1224 | 78.1 | 8 | 814 | 117 | 813 | 118 | 814 | 117 |
| 437.leslie3d | 8 | 1087 | 69.2 | 1087 | 69.2 | 1088 | 69.1 | 4 | 539 | 69.8 | 512 | 73.5 | 538 | 69.9 |
| 444.namd | 8 | 687 | 93.4 | 687 | 93.4 | 686 | 93.6 | 8 | 681 | 94.2 | 681 | 94.2 | 682 | 94.0 |
| 447.dealII | 8 | 758 | 121 | 758 | 121 | 758 | 121 | 8 | 770 | 119 | 744 | 123 | 737 | 124 |
| 450.soplex | 8 | 776 | 86.0 | 787 | 84.8 | 773 | 86.4 | 8 | 776 | 86.0 | 787 | 84.8 | 773 | 86.4 |
| 453.povray | 8 | 605 | 70.4 | 605 | 70.4 | 605 | 70.3 | 8 | 435 | 97.8 | 435 | 98.0 | 435 | 97.7 |
| 454.calculix | 8 | 761 | 86.8 | 756 | 87.4 | 757 | 87.2 | 8 | 648 | 102 | 649 | 102 | 647 | 102 |
| 459.GemsFDTD | 8 | 1769 | 48.0 | 1805 | 47.0 | 1768 | 48.0 | 8 | 1756 | 48.3 | 1777 | 47.8 | 1757 | 48.3 |
| 465.tonto | 8 | 1734 | 45.4 | 1707 | 46.1 | 1734 | 45.4 | 8 | 751 | 105 | 751 | 105 | 750 | 105 |
| 470.lbm | 8 | 1041 | 106 | 1041 | 106 | 1041 | 106 | 8 | 1041 | 106 | 1041 | 106 | 1040 | 106 |
| 481.wrf | 8 | 1125 | 79.4 | 1126 | 79.3 | 1144 | 78.1 | 8 | 917 | 97.4 | 933 | 95.7 | 904 | 98.8 |
| 482.sphinx3 | 8 | 1036 | 150 | 1043 | 150 | 1035 | 151 | 8 | 1004 | 155 | 1002 | 156 | 1006 | 155 |
Submit Notes
The config file option 'submit' was used. Benchmarks bound to a processor using numactl on the submit command.
General Notes
kernel release 2.6.27.19-5-ppc64.
See flags file for details on following settings.
ulimit -s (stack) set to 1048576.
System configured with libhugetlbfs library for application access to large
Large pages reserved as follows by root user:
echo 530 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
Environment variables set before executing benchmarks.
export HUGETLB_VERBOSE=0
export HUGETLB_MORECORE=yes
export XLFRTEOPTS=intrinthds=1
IBM Post-Link optimization tool was used for these benchmarks, with options
433.milc : "-imullX" (instrumentation phase), "-O4 -omullX" (optimizatio
435.gromacs : same as 433.milc
436.cactusADM : same as 433.milc
482.sphinx3 : same as 433.milc
453.povray : "-imullX" (instrumentation phase), "-O4 -omullX -see 1 -ihf -1" (optimization phase)
465.tonto : "-O4" (optimization phase)
Base Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks:
| xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 |
C++ benchmarks:
| xlC |
Fortran benchmarks:
| xlf95 |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 xlf95 |
Base Portability Flags
| 410.bwaves: | -qfixed |
| 416.gamess: | -qfixed |
| 434.zeusmp: | -qfixed |
| 435.gromacs: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 436.cactusADM: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 437.leslie3d: | -qfixed |
| 454.calculix: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 481.wrf: | -DNOUNDERSCORE |
| 482.sphinx3: | -qchars=signed |
Base Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qnoenablevmx -lhugetlbfs |
C++ benchmarks:
| -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qrtti -qnoenablevmx -qstaticlink -Wl,--whole-archive /usr/lib/libhugetlbfs.a -Wl,--no-whole-archive |
Fortran benchmarks:
| -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qsmallstack=dynlenonheap -qalias=nostd -qnoenablevmx -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qnoenablevmx -qsmallstack=dynlenonheap -qalias=nostd -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT |
Base Other Flags
C benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads |
C++ benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads |
Fortran benchmarks:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| -qipa=noobject -qipa=threads |
Peak Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks:
| xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 |
C++ benchmarks:
| xlC |
Fortran benchmarks:
| xlf95 |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| xlc -qlanglvl=extc99 xlf95 |
Peak Portability Flags
| 410.bwaves: | -qfixed |
| 416.gamess: | -qfixed |
| 434.zeusmp: | -qfixed |
| 435.gromacs: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 436.cactusADM: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 437.leslie3d: | -qfixed |
| 454.calculix: | -qfixed -qextname |
| 481.wrf: | -DNOUNDERSCORE |
| 482.sphinx3: | -qchars=signed |
Peak Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| 433.milc: | -Wl,-q -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qnoenablevmx -lhugetlbfs |
| 470.lbm: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O3 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT -q64 |
| 482.sphinx3: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O4 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -lhugetlbfs |
C++ benchmarks:
| 444.namd: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 |
| 447.dealII: | -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qrtti -qnoenablevmx -qstaticlink -Wl,--whole-archive /usr/lib/libsmartheap.a -Wl,--no-whole-archive |
| 450.soplex: | basepeak = yes |
| 453.povray: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -lsmartheap |
Fortran benchmarks:
| 410.bwaves: | -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qsmallstack=dynlenonheap -lhugetlbfs |
| 416.gamess: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qalias=nostd -qnoenablevmx |
| 434.zeusmp: | -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O3 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qxlf90=nosignedzero -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT |
| 437.leslie3d: | -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qsmallstack=dynlenonheap -qnoenablevmx -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT |
| 459.GemsFDTD: | -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT -q64 |
| 465.tonto: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -q64 -lsmartheap64 -lxlf90_r |
Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:
| 435.gromacs: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -lhugetlbfs |
| 436.cactusADM: | -Wl,-q -qpdf1(pass 1) -qpdf2(pass 2) -O2 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qnostrict -lhugetlbfs |
| 454.calculix: | -O4 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -B/usr/share/libhugetlbfs/ -tl -Wl,--hugetlbfs-link=BDT |
| 481.wrf: | -O5 -qarch=pwr6 -qtune=pwr6 -qnoenablevmx -q64 -lhugetlbfs |