SPEC® CFP2006 Result

IBM Corporation

IBM System x3755 (AMD Opteron 8216)

SPECfp®2006 = 11.7

SPECfp_base2006 = 11.0

CPU2006 license:	11	Test date:	Jul-2007
Test sponsor:	IBM Corporation	Hardware Availability:	Oct-2006
Tested by:	IBM Corporation	Software Availability:	Mar-2007

Hardware
CPU Name:	AMD Opteron 8216
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz:	2400
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	8 cores, 4 chips, 2 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable:	1, 2, 3, 4 chips
Primary Cache:	64 KB I + 64 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache:	1 MB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache:	None
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	32 GB (16 x 2GB DDR2-5300 ECC)
Disk Subsystem:	1 x 36 GB SAS, 15000 RPM
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	SLES 10 (x86_64), 2.6.16.21-0.8-smp
Compiler:	QLogic PathScale Compiler Suite, Release 3.0
Auto Parallel:	No
File System:	ext3
System State:	Multi-user, run level 3
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	908	15.0	908	15.0	909	15.0	857	15.9	857	15.9	858	15.8
416.gamess	1622	12.1	1614	12.1	1618	12.1	1425	13.7	1423	13.8	1425	13.7
433.milc	1023	8.98	1020	9.00	1014	9.05	975	9.41	972	9.44	972	9.44
434.zeusmp	939	9.69	941	9.67	941	9.67	924	9.85	926	9.82	924	9.85
435.gromacs	668	10.7	668	10.7	668	10.7	589	12.1	588	12.1	588	12.1
436.cactusADM	1105	10.8	1104	10.8	1109	10.8	1026	11.6	1027	11.6	1033	11.6
437.leslie3d	907	10.4	909	10.3	910	10.3	907	10.4	909	10.3	910	10.3
444.namd	767	10.5	767	10.5	766	10.5	723	11.1	723	11.1	723	11.1
447.dealII	758	15.1	758	15.1	758	15.1	644	17.8	646	17.7	643	17.8
450.soplex	1084	7.69	1084	7.69	1083	7.70	957	8.72	956	8.72	957	8.72
453.povray	380	14.0	380	14.0	380	14.0	347	15.3	344	15.5	345	15.4
454.calculix	1301	6.34	1298	6.36	1299	6.35	1203	6.86	1203	6.86	1202	6.86
459.GemsFDTD	1047	10.1	1046	10.1	1046	10.1	1058	10.0	1060	10.0	1057	10.0
465.tonto	762	12.9	762	12.9	761	12.9	762	12.9	762	12.9	761	12.9
470.lbm	1062	12.9	1088	12.6	1104	12.4	1062	12.9	1088	12.6	1104	12.4
481.wrf	854	13.1	853	13.1	851	13.1	854	13.1	853	13.1	851	13.1
482.sphinx3	1653	11.8	1655	11.8	1653	11.8	1653	11.8	1655	11.8	1653	11.8

General Notes

 taskset utility used to bind CPU(s) to processes
DSPEC_CPU_TABLE_WORKAROUND was used for portability when compiling 447.dealII
due to compilation being performed on SLES 9 SP3

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

pathcc

C++ benchmarks:

pathCC

Fortran benchmarks:

pathf95

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

pathcc pathf95

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
436.cactusADM:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -fno-second-underscore
437.leslie3d:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
444.namd:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
447.dealII:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -DSPEC_CPU_TABLE_WORKAROUND
450.soplex:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
453.povray:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
454.calculix:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
459.GemsFDTD:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
465.tonto:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
470.lbm:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
481.wrf:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX -fno-second-underscore
482.sphinx3:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

-Ofast

C++ benchmarks:

-Ofast

Fortran benchmarks:

-Ofast -OPT:malloc_alg=1

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

-Ofast -OPT:malloc_alg=1

Base Other Flags

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

pathcc

C++ benchmarks:

pathCC

Fortran benchmarks:

pathf95

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

pathcc pathf95

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
436.cactusADM:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -fno-second-underscore
437.leslie3d:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
444.namd:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
447.dealII:	-DSPEC_CPU_TABLE_WORKAROUND
453.povray:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
454.calculix:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
459.GemsFDTD:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
465.tonto:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
470.lbm:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
481.wrf:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX -fno-second-underscore
482.sphinx3:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:	-Ofast -CG:cflow=off -LNO:prefetch=1 -OPT:malloc_alg=1
470.lbm:	basepeak = yes
482.sphinx3:	basepeak = yes

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:	-fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -Ofast -fno-exceptions
447.dealII:	-Ofast -INLINE:aggressive=on -LNO:opt=0 -OPT:alias=disjoint -m32 -fno-exceptions
450.soplex:	-fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -m32 -O3 -OPT:IEEE_arith=3 -CG:load_exe=0 -CG:movnti=1 -LNO:minvariant=off -LNO:prefetch=1 -fno-exceptions
453.povray:	-fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -Ofast -fno-fast-math

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:	-fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -O3 -OPT:Ofast -OPT:IEEE_arith=3 -LNO:blocking=off -LNO:ignore_feedback=off
416.gamess:	-fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -O2 -OPT:Ofast -OPT:ro=3 -OPT:unroll_size=256
434.zeusmp:	-Ofast -CG:local_fwd_sched=on -LNO:blocking=off -LNO:interchange=off -LNO:fu=10 -LNO:full_unroll_outer=on
437.leslie3d:	basepeak = yes
459.GemsFDTD:	-Ofast -LNO:fission=2 -LNO:prefetch=0
465.tonto:	basepeak = yes

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:	-O3 -OPT:rsqrt=2 -OPT:ro=3
436.cactusADM:	-fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -O3 -LNO:prefetch=3 -LNO:prefetch_ahead=5 -LNO:ou_prod_max=10 -LNO:full_unroll=5 -ipa
454.calculix:	-Ofast -LNO:simd=0 -WOPT:mem_opnds=on
481.wrf:	basepeak = yes

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks:

-IPA:max_jobs=2

C++ benchmarks:

-IPA:max_jobs=2

Fortran benchmarks:

-IPA:max_jobs=2

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

-IPA:max_jobs=2

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/CPU2006_flags.20090714.13.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/CPU2006_flags.20090714.13.xml.