SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2017 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Cisco Systems

Cisco UCS C240 M5 (Intel Xeon Gold 6146,
3.20 GHz)

CPU2006 license: 9019 Test date: Dec-2017
Test sponsor: Cisco Systems Hardware Availability: Aug-2017
Tested by: Cisco Systems Software Availability: Apr-2017
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon Gold 6146
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 4.20 GHz
CPU MHz: 3200
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 24 cores, 2 chips, 12 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 1,2 chips
Primary Cache: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 1 MB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache: 24.75 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 384 GB (24 x 16 GB 2Rx4 PC4-2666V-R)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 1 TB SAS HDD, 7.2K RPM
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (x86_64)
4.4.21-69-default
Compiler: C/C++: Version 17.0.3.191 of Intel C/C++
Compiler for Linux;
Fortran: Version 17.0.3.191 of Intel Fortran
Compiler for Linux
Auto Parallel: Yes
File System: xfs
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
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 48 591 1100 591 1100 591 1100 48 591 1100 591 1100 591 1100
416.gamess 48 701 1340 700 1340 700 1340 48 679 1380 679 1380 679 1380
433.milc 48 405 1090 405 1090 405 1090 48 405 1090 405 1090 405 1090
434.zeusmp 48 294 1490 293 1490 293 1490 48 294 1490 293 1490 293 1490
435.gromacs 48 220 1560 221 1550 220 1550 48 218 1570 219 1570 218 1570
436.cactusADM 48 344 1670 342 1680 342 1680 48 344 1670 342 1680 342 1680
437.leslie3d 48 618 731 616 732 618 730 48 618 730 621 727 620 728
444.namd 48 345 1120 348 1110 345 1110 48 346 1110 344 1120 343 1120
447.dealII 48 261 2100 261 2100 259 2120 48 261 2100 261 2100 259 2120
450.soplex 48 506 792 505 792 505 792 48 481 831 481 832 481 832
453.povray 48 133 1910 135 1900 134 1900 48 115 2220 115 2220 115 2220
454.calculix 48 195 2030 194 2040 195 2030 48 195 2030 194 2040 195 2030
459.GemsFDTD 48 777 655 779 654 778 655 48 777 655 778 654 778 654
465.tonto 48 337 1400 341 1380 339 1390 48 328 1440 326 1450 327 1450
470.lbm 48 512 1290 512 1290 511 1290 48 512 1290 512 1290 511 1290
481.wrf 48 417 1290 410 1310 413 1300 48 417 1290 410 1310 413 1300
482.sphinx3 48 772 1210 773 1210 774 1210 48 772 1210 773 1210 774 1210

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

BIOS Settings:
Intel HyperThreading Technology set to Enabled
CPU performance set to Enterprise
Power Performance Tuning set to OS
SNC set to Enabled
IMC Interleaving set to 1-way Interleave
Patrol Scrub set to Disabled
 Sysinfo program /home/cpu2006-1.2/config/sysinfo.rev6993
 Revision 6993 of 2015-11-06 (b5e8d4b4eb51ed28d7f98696cbe290c1)
 running on linux-nvug Thu Dec  7 14:45:13 2017

 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) Gold 6146 CPU @ 3.20GHz
       2 "physical id"s (chips)
       48 "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 : 12
       siblings  : 24
       physical 0: cores 0 1 2 3 8 9 10 11 18 19 24 27
       physical 1: cores 0 1 2 3 4 9 10 16 18 19 25 26
    cache size : 25344 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       394862792 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    SuSE-release:
       SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x86_64)
       VERSION = 12
       PATCHLEVEL = 2
       # This file is deprecated and will be removed in a future service pack or
       release.
       # Please check /etc/os-release for details about this release.
    os-release:
       NAME="SLES"
       VERSION="12-SP2"
       VERSION_ID="12.2"
       PRETTY_NAME="SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2"
       ID="sles"
       ANSI_COLOR="0;32"
       CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:suse:sles:12:sp2"

 uname -a:
    Linux linux-nvug 4.4.21-69-default #1 SMP Tue Oct 25 10:58:20 UTC 2016
    (9464f67) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 run-level 3 Dec 7 06:24

 SPEC is set to: /home/cpu2006-1.2
    Filesystem     Type  Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sda2      xfs   644G  141G  503G  22% /
 Additional information from dmidecode:

    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.

   BIOS Cisco Systems, Inc. C240M5.3.1.1d.0.0615170707 06/15/2017
   Memory:
    24x 0xCE00 M393A2G40EB2-CTD 16 GB 2 rank 2666 MHz

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/home/cpu2006-1.2/lib/ia32:/home/cpu2006-1.2/lib/intel64:/home/cpu2006-1.2/sh10.2"

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Intel Core i7-4790 CPU + 32GB RAM
 memory using Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.2
 Transparent Huge Pages enabled with:
 echo always > /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled
 Filesystem page cache cleared with:
 shell invocation of 'sync; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches' prior to run
 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 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=3 

C++ benchmarks:

 -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=3 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=3 

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 icc -m64 

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

 icpc -m64 
450.soplex:  icpc -m32 -L/opt/intel/compilers_and_libraries_2017/linux/lib/ia32 

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 
450.soplex:  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
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:  basepeak = yes 
470.lbm:  basepeak = yes 
482.sphinx3:  basepeak = yes 

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -fno-alias   -auto-ilp32   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=3 
447.dealII:  basepeak = yes 
450.soplex:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -qopt-malloc-options=3   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=3 
453.povray:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -unroll4   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=3 

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:  -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -qopt-prefetch 
416.gamess:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -unroll2   -inline-level=0   -scalar-rep- 
434.zeusmp:  basepeak = yes 
437.leslie3d:  Same as 410.bwaves 
459.GemsFDTD:  Same as 410.bwaves 
465.tonto:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -unroll4   -auto   -inline-calloc   -qopt-malloc-options=3 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:  -prof-gen(pass 1)   -prof-use(pass 2)   -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -qopt-prefetch   -auto-ilp32   -qopt-mem-layout-trans=3 
436.cactusADM:  basepeak = yes 
454.calculix:  basepeak = yes 
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-ic17.0-official-linux64-revF.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Cisco-Platform-Settings-V1.2-revH.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic17.0-official-linux64-revF.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Cisco-Platform-Settings-V1.2-revH.xml.