SPEC® CFP2006 Result

IBM Corporation

IBM System x3250 M4 (Intel Xeon E3-1230)

SPECfp®2006 = 61.5

SPECfp_base2006 = 59.7

CPU2006 license:	11	Test date:	Oct-2011
Test sponsor:	IBM Corporation	Hardware Availability:	Oct-2011
Tested by:	IBM Corporation	Software Availability:	Aug-2011

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon E3-1230
CPU Characteristics:	Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.60 GHz
CPU MHz:	3200
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	4 cores, 1 chip, 4 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable:	1 chip
Primary Cache:	32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache:	256 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache:	8 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	8 GB (2 x 4 GB 2Rx8 PC3-10600E-9, ECC)
Disk Subsystem:	1 x 146 GB SAS, 15000 RPM
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Release 6.1, Kernel 2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64
Compiler:	C/C++/Fortran: Version 12.1.0.225 of Intel Compiler XE Build 20110803
Auto Parallel:	Yes
File System:	ext4
System State:	Run level 3 (multi-user)
Base Pointers:	64-bit
Peak Pointers:	32/64-bit
Other Software:	None

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	145	94.0	146	93.3	146	93.4	146	93.4	145	93.5	145	93.5
416.gamess	581	33.7	579	33.8	580	33.7	516	37.9	516	38.0	518	37.8
433.milc	134	68.3	134	68.3	134	68.3	133	69.2	133	69.2	132	69.3
434.zeusmp	92.8	98.0	92.8	98.0	92.8	98.0	92.8	98.0	92.8	98.0	92.8	98.0
435.gromacs	194	36.9	195	36.6	193	37.0	194	36.9	195	36.6	193	37.0
436.cactusADM	64.8	184	66.4	180	65.2	183	64.8	184	66.4	180	65.2	183
437.leslie3d	140	67.1	140	67.1	141	66.9	140	67.1	140	67.1	141	66.9
444.namd	327	24.6	327	24.6	327	24.6	321	25.0	321	25.0	321	25.0
447.dealII	207	55.4	207	55.4	207	55.2	207	55.4	207	55.4	207	55.2
450.soplex	207	40.2	210	39.7	210	39.6	207	40.2	210	39.7	210	39.6
453.povray	117	45.4	116	45.7	115	46.1	98.8	53.8	98.7	53.9	98.6	53.9
454.calculix	188	43.9	188	43.8	191	43.1	183	45.2	183	45.2	181	45.5
459.GemsFDTD	193	54.9	193	55.0	193	54.9	189	56.1	189	56.2	189	56.1
465.tonto	266	37.0	240	41.0	240	41.0	215	45.7	212	46.3	213	46.3
470.lbm	116	119	116	119	116	119	116	119	116	119	116	119
481.wrf	138	80.8	138	80.8	138	80.8	138	80.8	138	80.8	138	80.8
482.sphinx3	280	69.5	271	71.8	280	69.5	279	69.9	278	70.2	276	70.6

Platform Notes

BIOS Settings:
Turbo Mode enabled in BIOS
C-State enabled in BIOS

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
KMP_AFFINITY = "granularity=fine,scatter"
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/root/SPECcpu12.1/smartheap:/root/SPECcpu12.1/ic12.1-libs/ia32/:/root/SPECcpu12.1/ic12.1-libs/intel64"
OMP_NUM_THREADS = "4"

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Core i7-860 CPU + 8GB memory
 using RHEL5.5 with binutils-2.17.50.0.6-14.el5
 Stack size set to unlimited using "ulimit -s unlimited"
 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

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:	-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 -ansi-alias
470.lbm:	basepeak = yes
482.sphinx3:	-xAVX -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -unroll2 -ansi-alias -parallel

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:	basepeak = yes
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 -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -opt-prefetch -parallel -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) -unroll2 -inline-level=0 -opt-prefetch -parallel
465.tonto:	-xAVX(pass 2) -prof-gen(pass 1) -ipo(pass 2) -O3(pass 2) -no-prec-div(pass 2) -prof-use(pass 2) -inline-calloc -opt-malloc-options=3 -auto -unroll4

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:	basepeak = yes
436.cactusADM:	basepeak = yes
454.calculix:	-xAVX -ipo -O3 -no-prec-div -auto-ilp32 -ansi-alias
481.wrf:	basepeak = yes

The flags files that were used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.1-linux64.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-platform-linux64-revB.20111206.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic12.1-linux64.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/IBM-platform-linux64-revB.20111206.xml.