Lenovo ThinkSystem SR860 V3 Sets 16 World Records with SPEChpc 2021 Benchmark Results

The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR860 V3 has set 16 new 4-sockets performance world records with the SPEChpc_2021_tny_base, SPEChpc_2021_tny_peak, SPEChpc_2021_sml_base and SPEChpc_2021_sml_peak metric from the SPEChpc 2021 Benchmark, 8 using pure MPI the other 8 using MPI+OpenMP as node-level parallelization model.

This document summarizes the SPEChpc 2021 benchmark result for the ThinkSystem SR860 V3 that was published on November 1, 2023. The document lists the result, summarizes the major components of the configuration under test, and provides the link to the relevant benchmark organization’s web site for details about the result.

Thinksystem SR860 V3 rear

The ThinkSystem SR860 V3 has set 16×4-sockets performance world records with the SPEChpc_2021_tny_base, SPEChpc_2021_tny_peak, SPEChpc_2021_sml_base and SPEChpc_2021_sml_peak metric from the SPEChpc 2021 Benchmark.

These benchmark results, published in SPEC reports on November 1, 2023, demonstrate that the ThinkSystem SR860 V3 continues the company’s leadership with outstanding performance for the server industry.

The SR860 V3, using pure MPI as node-level parallelization model, has achieved both the best 1-node 4-CPU Base and Peak MPI score, and the best 1-node Base and Peak MPI scores, as follows:

SPEChpc_2021_tny_base = 13.7 (2 records)
SPEChpc_2021_tny_peak = 13.7 (2 records)
SPEChpc_2021_sml_base = 1.4 (2 records)
SPEChpc_2021_sml_peak = 1.4 (2 records)

The SR860 V3, using MPI+OpenMP as node-level parallelization model, has achieved both the best 1-node 4-CPU Base and Peak MPI score, and the best 1-node Base and Peak MPI scores, as follows:

SPEChpc_2021_tny_base = 17.2 (2 records)
SPEChpc_2021_tny_peak = 17.6 (2 records)
SPEChpc_2021_sml_base = 1.88 (2 records)
SPEChpc_2021_sml_peak = 1.89 (2 records)

The SPEChpc 2021 Benchmark suite is the industry standard to evaluate hardware-based accelerator devices and the performance of parallel computing workloads.

In order to support heterogeneity system architecture, the SPEChpc 2021 benchmark supports multiple programming models:

Pure MPI
MPI+OpenMP
MPI+OpenACC
MPI+OpenMP with target offload

By properly configuring the CPU based system according to NUMA architecture, the MPI+OpenMP can reduce communication needs and memory consumption in some sub-benchmark of SPEChpc 2021, hence the performance improvement.

ThinkSystem SR860 V3 server was configured as follows:

4 Xeon Platinum 8490H processors (60 cores, 1.90GHz)
2TB memory (32x64GB RDIMMs at 4,800MHz)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6

The results are current as of November 1, 2023.

View details of results, see following SPEC web pages:

About ThinkSystem SR860 V3
The mission-critical server provides the speed and reliability user require today with the scalability and workload versatility you’ll need to manage the growth of data for tomorrow. Purpose-built to deliver scalability in an industry-standard x86 platform, it is for mission critical workloads such as SAP HANA in-memory computing, transactional databases, analytics, big data, and enterprise resource planning tasks.

It is a 4-socket server that features a 4U rack design, providing technology advances, including 4th Gen Xeon Scalable processors, 4,800MHz DDR5 memory, large internal storage, and PCIe Gen 5 slots with support for up to 8 high-performance GPUs, offering adaptability to match system configurations to projected workloads. The system has the capability to scale from 2 to 4x4th Gen Xeon Scalable processor family CPUs that offers a simple ‘pay as you grow’ upgrade for both processors and memory, resulting in system performance to handle growing next-gen workloads.

Server reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) are crucial issues for modern enterprise IT shops that deliver mission-critical applications and services, and application delivery failures can be ostly per hour of system downtime. Xeon Scalable processors running on ThinkSystem servers continue to be at the top of the industry in regards to RAS features. For further information on the importance of RAS and a list of the key RAS features of the firm’s ThinkSystem servers with Xeon Scalable processors, read RAS Features of the Lenovo ThinkSystem Intel Servers.

Resources:
Lenovo ThinkSystem SR860 V3 Server product guide
Lenovo ThinkSystem SR860 V3 DS