SPEC® CFP2006 Result

IBM Corporation

IBM System x3950 X6
(Intel Xeon E7-8890 v2, 2.80 GHz)

SPECfp®_rate2006 = 3340

SPECfp_rate_base2006 = 3270

CPU2006 license:	11	Test date:	May-2014
Test sponsor:	IBM Corporation	Hardware Availability:	Jun-2014
Tested by:	IBM Corporation	Software Availability:	Nov-2013

Hardware
CPU Name:	Intel Xeon E7-8890 v2
CPU Characteristics:	Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.40 GHz
CPU MHz:	2800
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	120 cores, 8 chips, 15 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable:	4,6,8 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:	37.5 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	2 TB (128 x 16 GB 2Rx4 PC3L-12800R-11, ECC, running at 1333 MHz)
Disk Subsystem:	1 x 400 GB SATA, SSD
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5 (Santiago) 2.6.32-431.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
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	240	1200	2720	1212	2690	1207	2700	240	1200	2720	1212	2690	1207	2700
416.gamess	240	1187	3960	1176	4000	1181	3980	240	1159	4060	1158	4060	1149	4090
433.milc	240	845	2610	846	2600	845	2610	240	846	2600	845	2610	845	2610
434.zeusmp	240	595	3670	598	3650	600	3640	240	595	3670	598	3650	600	3640
435.gromacs	240	363	4720	364	4710	364	4710	240	358	4790	358	4780	359	4770
436.cactusADM	240	729	3930	731	3920	734	3910	240	729	3930	731	3920	734	3910
437.leslie3d	240	1267	1780	1264	1780	1275	1770	120	572	1970	569	1980	570	1980
444.namd	240	581	3310	584	3300	592	3250	240	577	3340	581	3310	591	3260
447.dealII	240	413	6650	415	6620	413	6650	240	413	6650	415	6620	413	6650
450.soplex	240	1156	1730	1158	1730	1154	1730	120	560	1790	543	1840	546	1830
453.povray	240	235	5440	234	5460	236	5410	240	201	6350	203	6300	199	6410
454.calculix	240	519	3820	524	3780	524	3780	240	519	3820	524	3780	524	3780
459.GemsFDTD	240	1539	1650	1537	1660	1537	1660	240	1539	1650	1537	1660	1537	1660
465.tonto	240	609	3880	611	3860	612	3860	240	585	4040	589	4010	591	3990
470.lbm	240	1009	3270	1005	3280	1006	3280	240	1009	3270	1005	3280	1006	3280
481.wrf	240	832	3220	830	3230	830	3230	240	834	3220	830	3230	827	3240
482.sphinx3	240	1517	3080	1517	3080	1518	3080	240	1517	3080	1517	3080	1518	3080

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"

Platform Notes

 Operating Mode set to Maximum Perfomance in BIOS
 Memory Data Scrambling Disabled
 Patrol Scrub Disabled
 Sysinfo program /cpu2006.1.2_14_aug2013/config/sysinfo.rev6818
 $Rev: 6818 $ $Date:: 2012-07-17 #$ e86d102572650a6e4d596a3cee98f191
 running on x3950x6 Thu May  8 09:44:03 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 E7-8890 v2 @ 2.80GHz
       8 "physical id"s (chips)
       240 "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 : 15
       siblings  : 30
       physical 0: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 1: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 2: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 3: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 4: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 5: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 6: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 7: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
    cache size : 38400 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       2117446648 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 /usr/bin/lsb_release -d
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5 (Santiago)

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    redhat-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5 (Santiago)
    system-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5 (Santiago)
    system-release-cpe: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6server:ga:server

 uname -a:
    Linux x3950x6 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Nov 10 22:19:54 EST 2013
    x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 run-level 3 May 7 20:21

 SPEC is set to: /cpu2006.1.2_14_aug2013
    Filesystem                     Type  Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/mapper/vg_x3950x6-lv_root ext4  357G  7.5G  331G   3% /

 Additional information from dmidecode:
   BIOS IBM -[A8E107JUS-1.00]- 05/02/2014
   Memory:
    64x Hynix HMT42GR7AFR4A-PB 16 GB 1333 MHz 2 rank
    64x NO DIMM Unknown
    64x Samsung M393B2G70QH0-YK0 16 GB 1333 MHz 2 rank

 (End of data from sysinfo program)
Memory speed from dmidecode lists the downclocked speed of the run.

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/cpu2006.1.2_14_aug2013/libs/32:/cpu2006.1.2_14_aug2013/libs/64:/cpu2006.1.2_14_aug2013/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

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
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 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:	-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-malloc-options=3
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-A.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-A.xml.