7X performance results - final report : ASCI Red vs Red Storm.

Dinge, Dennis C. (Cray Inc., Albuquerque, NM) ; Davis, Michael E. (Cray Inc., Albuquerque, NM) ; Haskell, Karen H. ; Ballance, Robert A. ; Gardiner, Thomas Anthony ; Stevenson, Joel O. ; Noe, John P.

Sandia National Laboratories

关键词: Testing;    99 General And Miscellaneous//Mathematics, Computing, And Information Science;    Computers;    Storms;    Performance Testing;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1013786
RP-ID  :  SAND2011-0068
RP-ID  :  AC04-94AL85000
RP-ID  :  1013786

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The goal of the 7X performance testing was to assure Sandia National Laboratories, Cray Inc., and the Department of Energy that Red Storm would achieve its performance requirements which were defined as a comparison between ASCI Red and Red Storm. Our approach was to identify one or more problems for each application in the 7X suite, run those problems at multiple processor sizes in the capability computing range, and compare the results between ASCI Red and Red Storm. The first part of this report describes the two computer systems, the applications in the 7X suite, the test problems, and the results of the performance tests on ASCI Red and Red Storm. During the course of the testing on Red Storm, we had the opportunity to run the test problems in both single-core mode and dual-core mode and the second part of this report describes those results. Finally, we reflect on lessons learned in undertaking a major head-to-head benchmark comparison.