ThinkSystem SR950 Sets World Record with New 3-Socket SPECompG Result

The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 server has set a new 3-socket performance world record with the SPECompG_base2012 metric of the SPEC OMP2012 Benchmark.

This new benchmark result, published in a new SPEC report on April 2, 2019, demonstrate that the ThinkSystem SR950 continues Lenovo’s leadership with outstanding performance for the server industry.

The SPEC OMP2012 Benchmark suite is the industry standard to evaluate performance using applications based on the OpenMP 3.1 standard for shared-memory parallel processing and includes 14 scientific and engineering application codes, covering everything from computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to molecular modeling to image manipulation.

The ThinkSystem SR950 has achieved the following score (1):

• SPECompG_base2012 = 34.8

This result is the best 3-socket performance in the industry.

The SR950 was configured as follows:

Results referenced are current as of April 2, 2019.

(1) The new Lenovo result is described on this page:
https://www.spec.org/omp2012/results/res2019q2/omp2012-20190312-00163.html

To view all SPEC OMP2012 results, go to
https://www.spec.org/omp2012/results/

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The SPEC OMP benchmark is designed for measuring performance using applications based on the OpenMP 3.1 standard for shared-memory parallel processing. The benchmark also includes an optional metric which includes power measurement.

The benchmark includes 14 scientific and engineering application codes, covering everything from computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to molecular modeling to image manipulation. The optional energy consumption measurements are based on the SPEC Power and Performance Benchmark Methodology, which provides details on how to integrate a power metric into standardized benchmarks.

SPEC OMP focuses on compute intensive performance, which means an emphasis of the performance of the following hardware and software:

• Processor
• Memory architecture
• Parallel support libraries
• Compilers

For more information about SPEC OMP 2012, go to
https://www.spec.org/omp2012/

To learn more about solutions for high performance applications that use shared-memory parallel processing, please contact your Lenovo Sales Representative.

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To learn more about the Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 server, visit the SR950 product web page.