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BoxClusterML Benchmarks


VASP

System Config #node #CPU #Core Message Passing Device Time Elapsed (sec) VASP Ver. Compiler Math Library
CPU: Intel Xeon E3110 3.0GHz x 1 /node
Memory: DDR2-667 2G /node
HDD: 250GB SATA x 2 for Host node, x1 for Client
OS: CentOS 4.6 HPC Systems Edition
4 4 8 GbE 20.238 4.6.28 ifc9.1 MKL 9.1
2 2 4 GbE 28.228 4.6.28 ifc9.1 MKL 9.1
1 1 2 SMP 43.592 4.6.28 ifc9.1 MKL 9.1
1 1 1 - 66.915 4.6.28 ifc9.1 MKL 9.1

LS-DYNA / Model: neon_refined_revised

System Config #of
Total Cores
#of
cores
#of
node
Elapsed
Time (sec)
Speed Up
factor
OS:CentOS 4.6 64bit (BoxCluster original configuration)
HP-MPI: hpmpi-2.02.05.01-20070708r
LS-DYNA Ver. : mpp971_s_R3.1_Intel_linux86-64_hpmpi
8 2 4 1410 4.88
4 1 4 2001 3.44
4 2 2 2493 2.76
2 1 2 3886 1.77
2 2 1 4616 1.49
1 1 1 6883 1.00

The result of 8core configuration is listed on www.topcrunch.org with neon_refined_revised model.

HPL

System Config #of
Nodes
#of
cores
Matrix size Result
OpenMPI 1.2.4
OS: RedHat ELWS 4.6 (x86_64)
ICC: 9.1.052
IFORT: 9.1.052
MKL: 9.1enh023
1 4 31000 N 37.9 Gflops
4 16 60000 N 127.8 Gflops

STAR-CD

System #
Node
#
CPU
#
Core
Time(sec) benchmark name
aclass ahmed asmo engine interior sbend
Core2 Extreme QX9650 (Yorkfield) 3.00GHz/6MBx2(L2)
BoxClusterML
STAR-CD v3.26.059
4 4 16 CPU 502 55 50 26 51 47
Elapsed 540 66 63 32 60 71
4 4 8 CPU 558 83 85 45 82 84
Elapsed 587 96 91 54 97 99
4 4 4 CPU 871 161 192 90 167 156
Elapsed 909 175 201 97 176 171
2 2 2 CPU 1,745 331 482 179 320 311
Elapsed 1,759 342 491 190 331 323
1 1 1 CPU 3,490 703 1,110 374 632 629
Elapsed 3,490 703 1,110 374 632 629
Core2 Duo E6850 3.0GHz/4M(L2)
BoxClusterMLx2
STAR-CD v3.26.019
8 8 16 CPU 333          
Elapsed 426          
4 4 8 CPU 660 182 144 54 102 212
Elapsed 707 263 169 63 118 238

FLUENT

System Config Ver. #of
Nodes
#of
CPUs
#of
cores
Small Class Job Medium Class Job Large Class Job
FL5S1 FL5S2 FL5S3 FL5M1 FL5M2 FL5M3 FL5L1 FL5L2 FL5L3
(rate) (rate) (rate) (rate) (rate) (rate) (rate) (rate) (rate)
Core2 Extreme QX9650
3.00GHz/6MBx2(L2)
8GBx4node
BoxClusterML
6.3.26 1 1 1 4,120 5,363 2,267 952 1,680 418 249 171 32
2 2 2 6,211 8,438 4,414 1,716 3,040 585 455 347 64
4 4 4 8,205 11,676 7,909 2,713 5,503 915 876 674 122
4 4 8 9,643 14,546 10,634 4,651 9,024 1,271 1,544 1,094 198
4 4 16 12,308 14,281 12,993 6,912 13,714 1,203 2,667 1,752 295
Core2 Duo E6850
3.00GHz/4MB(L2)
4GB x8node
BoxClusterMLx2
6.3.26 1 1 1 3,554 4,275 2,051 876 1,562 393 209 160  
1 1 2 6,330 6,021 3,383 1,472 2,566 636 368 268  
2 2 4 8,268 8,462 6,185 2,425 4,763 936 716 537  
4 4 8 9,526 13,671 10,082 4,359 8,252 1,343 1,391 1,055 192
8 8 16 12,135 11,551 12,152 6,198 13,981 1,753 2,591 2,031 371