PC GAMESS benchmarks and scalability on various eight-core systems


Number of cores used

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Using all 16 logical processors

Test 1, Paxville MP 2.67 GHz, CPU time and relative speedup

6978.6

100%

3565.3

196%

2428.5

287%

1858.3

376%

1519.7

459%

1295.8

539%

1136.7

614%

1018.6

685%

 

Test 1, Tulsa 3.4 GHz, CPU time and relative speedup

4557.9

100%

2298.8

198%

1566.1

291%

1187.6

384%

965.6

472%

813.5

560%

706.5

645%

625.8

728%

 

Test 1, Opteron 885 2.6 GHz, CPU time and relative speedup

4095.7

100%

2053.6

199%

1389.4

295%

1082.6

378%

876.8

467%

740.9

553%

651.1

629%

564.1

726%

 

Test 1, Clovertown (1) 2.67 GHz , CPU time and relative speedup

3003.0

100%

1558.9

193%

1056.4

284%

829.0

362%

695.7

432%

609.4

493%

557.3

539%

522.7

575%

 

Test 1, Clovertown (2) 2.67 GHz, CPU time and relative speedup

2990.6

100%

1548.0

193%

1047.2

286%

799.1

374%

663.2

451%

567.9

527%

507.7

589%

463.0

646%

 

Test 2, Paxville MP 2.67 GHz, Wall clock time and relative speedup

518.6

100%

375.6

138%

346.0

150%

306.2

169%

289.6

179%

282.3

184%

283.9

183%

278.4

186%

 

Test 2, Tulsa 3.4 GHz, Wall clock time and relative speedup

338.6

100%

237.8

142%

203.3

167%

184.4

184%

175.9

192%

168.2

201%

163.3

207%

161.3

210%

 

Test 2, Opteron 885 2.6 GHz, Wall clock time and relative speedup

296.4

100%

183.5

162%

153.7

193%

136.4

217%

125.4

236%

126.1

235%

127.7

232%

126.4

235%

 

Test 2, Clovertown (1) 2.67 GHz , Wall clock time and relative speedup

188.9

100%

149.9

126%

120.3

157%

115.3

164%

108.2

175%

110.2

171%

110.6

171%

115.3

164%

 

Test 2, Clovertown (2) 2.67 GHz, Wall clock time and relative speedup

183.0

100%

129.6

141%

111.5

164%

108.2

169%

103.9

176%

101.1

181%

99.6

184%

98.8

185%

 

Test 3, Paxville MP 2.67 GHz, CPU time and relative speedup

11805.0

100%

5917.6

199%

4001.6

295%

3043.0

388%

2458.9

480%

2087.3

566%

1821.4

648%

1617.9

730%

 

Test 3, Tulsa 3.4 GHz, CPU time and relative speedup

8524.8

100%

4253.5

200%

2881.2

296%

2175.1

392%

1744.4

489%

1481.5

575%

1287.1

662%

1142.3

746%

 

Test 3, Opteron 885 2.6 GHz, CPU time and relative speedup

7367.4

100%

3696.4

199%

2493.8

295%

1877.1

392%

1513.0

487%

1273.7

578%

1103.6

668%

964.7

764%

 

Test 3, Clovertown (1) 2.67 GHz, CPU time and relative speedup

5561.9

100%

2761.4

201%

1862.8

299%

1412.4

394%

1143.2

487%

971.2

573%

847.0

657%

754.0

738%

 

Test 3, Clovertown (2) 2.67 GHz, CPU time and relative speedup

5546.9

100%

2726.1

203%

1846.5

300%

1397.8

397%

1131.1

490%

952.9

582%

830.7

668%

751.1

739%

 

Test 4, Paxville MP 2.67 GHz, Wall clock time and relative speedup

1577.7

100%

834.9

189%

739.9

213%

544.3

290%

422.9

373%

358.3

440%

310.1

509%

283.3

557%

227.3

694%

Test 4, Tulsa 3.4 GHz, Wall clock time and relative speedup

1184.1

100%

621.6

190%

471.8

251%

386.8

306%

307.9

385%

263.7

449%

228.1

519%

204.4

579%

169.1

700%

Test 4, Opteron 885 2.6 GHz, Wall clock time and relative speedup

1072.9

100%

562.6

191%

458.0

234%

345.5

311%

278.6

385%

234.9

457%

203.2

528%

184.3

582%

 

Test 4, Clovertown (1) 2.67 GHz , Wall clock time and relative speedup

724.5

100%

384.4

188%

291.8

248%

233.3

311%

188.8

384%

162.6

446%

143.1

506%

129.7

559%

 

Test 4, Clovertown (2) 2.67 GHz, Wall clock time and relative speedup

716.9

100%

374.5

191%

281.6

255%

225.6

318%

181.1

396%

155.9

460%

138.5

518%

122.7

584%

 

Test 5, Paxville MP 2.67 GHz, CPU time and relative speedup

14346.6

100%

7644.5

188%

5444.3

264%

4366.6

329%

3782.0

379%

3403.9

421%

3188.9

450%

3047.0

471%

 

Test 5, Tulsa 3.4 GHz, CPU time and relative speedup

9227.0

100%

4860.0

190%

3449.3

268%

2783.2

332%

2381.1

388%

2140.4

431%

1967.0

469%

1854.5

496%

 

Test 5, Opteron 885 2.6 GHz, CPU time and relative speedup

8593.0

100%

4467.1

192%

3141.2

274%

2470.8

348%

2124.5

404%

1861.4

462%

1710.5

502%

1497.2

574%

 

Test 5, Clovertown (1) 2.67 GHz , CPU time and relative speedup

6046.8

100%

3247.3

186%

2357.4

257%

1978.7

306%

1792.1

337%

1680.5

360%

1670.7

362%

1676.4

361%

 

Test 5, Clovertown (2) 2.67 GHz, CPU time and relative speedup

6016.9

100%

3158.8

190%

2297.2

262%

1871.8

321%

1638.5

367%

1490.8

404%

1433.2

420%

1385.1

434%

 

Test 6, Paxville MP 2.67 GHz, CPU time and relative speedup

37031.3

100%

18804.6

197%

12726.0

291%

9712.1

381%

7894.0

469%

6694.9

553%

5844.6

636%

5218.1

710%

 

Test 6, Tulsa 3.4 GHz, CPU time and relative speedup

26400.4

100%

13332.4

198%

9010.0

293%

6888.0

383%

5590.3

472%

4738.2

557%

4130.5

639%

3683.7

717%

 

Test 6, Opteron 885 2.6 GHz, CPU time and relative speedup

22360.3

100%

11251.8

199%

7627.3

293%

5810.5

385%

4712.6

474%

3980.9

562%

3474.8

643%

3047.3

734%

 

Test 6, Clovertown (1) 2.67 GHz , CPU time and relative speedup

17150.9

100%

8704.2

197%

5899.1

291%

4515.3

380%

3676.6

466%

3138.8

546%

2783.8

616%

2523.5

680%

 

Test 6, Clovertown (2) 2.67 GHz, CPU time and relative speedup

17065.9

100%

8651.3

197%

5866.8

291%

4472.6

382%

3633.4

470%

3086.5

553%

2714.5

629%

2467.2

692%

 

Standard MP4(SDTQ) benchmark, Paxville MP 2.67 GHz, Wall clock time and relative speedup

16756.1

100%

8709.4

192%

6033.0

278%

4798.8

349%

4013.6

417%

3462.3

484%

3160.5

530%

2895.7

579%

 

Standard MP4(SDTQ) benchmark, Tulsa 3.4 GHz, Wall clock time and relative speedup

11019.5

100%

5743.3

192%

3967.8

278%

3084.4

357%

2546.5

433%

2211.7

498%

1949.7

565%

1773.3

621%

 

Standard MP4(SDTQ) benchmark, Opteron 885 2.6 GHz, Wall clock time and relative speedup

11336.7

100%

5834.8

194%

3987.7

284%

3060.3

370%

2542.0

446%

2235.8

507%

2042.4

555%

1846.3

614%

 

Standard MP4(SDTQ) benchmark, Clovertown (1) 2.67 GHz , Wall clock time and relative speedup

5866.0

100%

3110.5

189%

2252.7

260%

1807.7

325%

1543.3

380%

1342.7

437%

1220.5

481%

1125.5

521%

 

Standard MP4(SDTQ) benchmark, Clovertown (2) 2.67 GHz, Wall clock time and relative speedup

5809.0

100%

3086.2

188%

2202.1

264%

1761.9

330%

1480.2

392%

1276.9

455%

1152.1

504%

1059.0

549%

 

Standard MCQDPT2 benchmark, Paxville MP 2.67 GHz, Wall clock time and relative speedup

 

 

 

225720.9

100%

 

 

 

128530.0

176%

 

Standard MCQDPT2 benchmark, Tulsa 3.4 GHz, Wall clock time and relative speedup

 

 

 

163308.9

100%

 

 

 

90468.9

181%

 

Standard MCQDPT2 benchmark, Opteron 885 2.6 GHz, Wall clock time and relative speedup

 

 

 

198130.8

100%

 

 

 

105777.2

187%

 

Standard MCQDPT2 benchmark, Clovertown (1) 2.67 GHz , Wall clock time and relative speedup

 

 

 

118047.6

100%

 

 

 

65072.6

181%

 

Standard MCQDPT2 benchmark, Clovertown (2) 2.67 GHz, Wall clock time and relative speedup

 

 

 

116082.6

100%

 

 

 

63588.1

183%

 

 


OS and hardware description


Intel dual-core Xeon MP 7020 (Paxville MP) 2.67 GHz, 667 MHz FSB, 1 MB L2 cache per core, four-processor (eight CPU cores), SR4850HW4 platform (Harwich), Intel E8501 chipset, 8x1GB DDR2 400 Mhz RAM, 200 GB RAID 0 volume, Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition x64 SP 2 RC

Intel dual-core Xeon MP 7140M (Tulsa) 3.4 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 1 MB L2 cache per core, 16 MB shared L3 cache per processor, four-processor (eight CPU cores), H800T platform (Harwich), Intel E8501 chipset, 32 GB DDR2 400 Mhz RAM, 300 GB RAID 0 volume, Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition x64 SP 2 RC

AMD dual-core Opteron 885 2.6 GHz rev. E, four-processor (eight CPU cores), Tyan 4882 platform, 16 GB DDR 400 MHz ECC registered RAM (dual channel), 74GB Seagate Cheetah 10K SCSI Drive, Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition x64

Clovertown (1): Intel Quad-core Xeon X5355 (Clovertown) 2.67 GHz, dual-processor (eight CPU cores), 1333 MHz FSB, Blade SBXD132 baseboard with Intel 5000P chipset, 8x1024 MB FB DDR2 667 MHz RAM, 120 GB SCSI HDD, Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition x64 SP 2 RC

Clovertown (2): Intel Quad-core Xeon X5355 (Clovertown) 2.67 GHz, dual-processor (eight CPU cores), 1333 MHz FSB, SuperMicro X7DB8+ baseboard with Blackford chipset, 16x1024 MB FB DDR2 667 MHz RAM, 120 GB SATA HDD, Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition x64 SP 2 RC




Tests description


Test 1, single-point direct DFT (B3LYP) energy plus gradient for medium-size system (623 basis functions). View image

Test 2, single-point semiempirical (PM3) energy plus gradient for large system (540 atoms, 2160 basis functions). View image

Test 3, single-point direct MP2 energy for medium-size system (623 basis functions, the same system as one used for Test 1). View image

Test 4, single-point two-state MCQDPT2 energy with ISA energy denominators shift for small model system. View image

Test 5, single-point direct CASSCF(12,12) for medium-size system (retinal molecule, cc-pVDZ, 565 Cartesian basis functions) using ALDET code. View image

Test 6, single-point direct CIS energy plus gradient of first excited state of medium-size system (porphyrin molecule, cc-pVTZ (aug-cc on Nitrogens), 1130 Cartesian basis functions, D2h group). View image

More data on standard MP4(SDTQ) benchmark

More data on standard MCQDPT2 benchmark

Test comments


Tests 2, 4, as well as standard MCQDPT2 and MP4 benchmarks were run in multithreaded mode, other tests were run in standard parallel mode using dynamic load balancing over p2p interface. Standard MCQDPT2 benchmark used all logical processors of each allotted core running on HTT-enabled processors. Note that test 2 does not scale well mainly due to limitations of the PC GAMESS' semiempirical code, while test 4 would scale much better for larger job. CPU or Wall clock times are given on master node in seconds.


We are grateful to Konstantin Abaturov and Vitaliy Lugovoy (Kraftway Moscow) for providing access to hardware.

Copyright © 2007 by Alex A. Granovsky

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