SPEC® CFP2006 Result

Copyright 2006-2016 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Dell Inc.

PowerEdge R930 (Intel Xeon E7-8855 v4, 2.10 GHz)

CPU2006 license: 55 Test date: Apr-2016
Test sponsor: Dell Inc. Hardware Availability: Jun-2016
Tested by: Dell Inc. Software Availability: Mar-2016
Benchmark results graph
Hardware
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E7-8855 v4
CPU Characteristics: Intel Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.80 GHz
CPU MHz: 2100
FPU: Integrated
CPU(s) enabled: 56 cores, 4 chips, 14 cores/chip, 2 threads/core
CPU(s) orderable: 2,4 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: 35 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory: 512 GB (32 x 16 GB 2Rx4 PC4-2133P-R, running at
1333 MHz)
Disk Subsystem: 1 x 480 GB SAS SSD
Other Hardware: None
Software
Operating System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
3.12.49-11-default
Compiler: C/C++: Version 16.0.2.181 of Intel C++ Studio XE
for Linux;
Fortran: Version 16.0.2.181 of Intel Fortran
Studio XE for Linux
Auto Parallel: No
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 112 1123 1360 1121 1360 1124 1350 112 1123 1360 1121 1360 1124 1350
416.gamess 112 1161 1890 1159 1890 1157 1890 112 1130 1940 1129 1940 1128 1940
433.milc 112 796 1290 798 1290 796 1290 112 796 1290 798 1290 796 1290
434.zeusmp 112 561 1820 562 1820 564 1810 112 561 1820 562 1820 564 1810
435.gromacs 112 357 2240 360 2220 358 2230 112 338 2370 339 2360 340 2350
436.cactusADM 112 690 1940 690 1940 690 1940 112 690 1940 690 1940 690 1940
437.leslie3d 112 1201 877 1201 876 1202 876 112 1201 877 1201 876 1202 876
444.namd 112 594 1510 597 1510 601 1500 112 593 1520 590 1520 592 1520
447.dealII 112 446 2870 444 2880 445 2880 112 446 2870 444 2880 445 2880
450.soplex 112 1008 927 1009 926 1009 926 56 482 969 477 978 481 970
453.povray 112 246 2420 245 2440 244 2440 112 206 2900 209 2850 204 2920
454.calculix 112 325 2850 324 2850 324 2850 112 325 2850 324 2850 324 2850
459.GemsFDTD 112 1498 793 1499 793 1498 793 112 1498 793 1499 793 1498 793
465.tonto 112 621 1780 621 1780 622 1770 112 587 1880 588 1870 589 1870
470.lbm 112 977 1580 979 1570 978 1570 112 977 1580 979 1570 978 1570
481.wrf 112 807 1550 801 1560 801 1560 112 807 1550 801 1560 801 1560
482.sphinx3 112 1458 1500 1455 1500 1459 1500 112 1458 1500 1455 1500 1459 1500

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:
 Snoop Mode set to Cluster on Die
 Virtualization Technology disabled
 System Profile set to custom
 CPU Performance set to Hardware P States
 C States set to Autonomous
 C1E disabled
 Energy Efficient Turbo disabled
 Uncore Frequency set to Dynamic
 Energy Efficiency Policy set to Balanced Performance
 Memory Patrol Scrub disabled
 Sysinfo program /root/ic16.0_Sept12_2015/config/sysinfo.rev6914
 $Rev: 6914 $ $Date:: 2014-06-25 #$ e3fbb8667b5a285932ceab81e28219e1
 running on bdx-perf03 Thu Apr 28 10:07:36 2016

 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 E7-8855 v4 @ 2.10GHz
       4 "physical id"s (chips)
       112 "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 : 14
       siblings  : 28
       physical 0: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 1: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 2: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
       physical 3: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
    cache size : 17920 KB

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       529321536 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 /usr/bin/lsb_release -d
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    SuSE-release:
       SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x86_64)
       VERSION = 12
       PATCHLEVEL = 1
       # 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-SP1"
       VERSION_ID="12.1"
       PRETTY_NAME="SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1"
       ID="sles"
       ANSI_COLOR="0;32"
       CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:suse:sles:12:sp1"

 uname -a:
    Linux bdx-perf03 3.12.49-11-default #1 SMP Wed Nov 11 20:52:43 UTC 2015
    (8d714a0) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 run-level 3 Apr 27 11:18

 SPEC is set to: /root/ic16.0_Sept12_2015
    Filesystem     Type  Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sda3      xfs   368G   36G  332G  10% /
 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 Dell Inc. 2.0.1 04/20/2016
   Memory:
    32x 00AD00B300AD HMA42GR7MFR4N-TF 16 GB 2 rank 2133 MHz, configured at 1333
    MHz
    64x Not Specified Not Specified

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

General Notes

Environment variables set by runspec before the start of the run:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/root/ic16.0_Sept12_2015/libs/32:/root/ic16.0_Sept12_2015/libs/64:/root/ic16.0_Sept12_2015/sh"

 Binaries compiled on a system with 1x Intel Core i7-4790K CPU + 32GB
 memory using RedHat EL 7.2 glibc 2.17
 Transparent Huge Pages enabled with:
 echo always > /sys/kernel/mm/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 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

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

C++ benchmarks:

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

Fortran benchmarks:

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

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 -xCORE-AVX2   -ipo   -O3   -no-prec-div   -opt-prefetch   -auto-p32   -ansi-alias   -opt-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_2016/linux/compiler/lib/ia32_lin 

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

Fortran benchmarks:

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

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:  -xCORE-AVX2(pass 2)   -prof-gen:threadsafe(pass 1)   -ipo(pass 2)   -O3(pass 2)   -no-prec-div(pass 2)   -par-num-threads=1(pass 1)   -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:  basepeak = yes 

The flags files that were used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic16.0-official-linux64.html,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Default-Platform-Flags.html.

You can also download the XML flags sources by saving the following links:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Intel-ic16.0-official-linux64.xml,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/Default-Platform-Flags.xml.

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