PSTSWM T3E-900 Communication Protocol Performance

Performance Studies using

PSTSWM


SGI/Cray Research T3E-900 Protocol Performance

(distributed LT experiment A / exchange sum algorithm)

Date/Person: May 8, 1998 / P. Worley
Platform: T3E-900 at National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (mcurie.nersc.gov):
   532 450-MHz DEC Alpha EV5 RISC processors
Environment: UNICOS/mk 2.0.2.28
mpt 1.2.0.2
Cray CF90 Version 3.0.2.1
Code Version: 6.3
Compilation Options: -dp -Oscalar3 -Wl,-Dstreams=on
Math Library: libsci
Communication Library: MPI
Parallel Algorithm: exchsum
Number of Timesteps: 12
Results:

1x16 Processors / Problem T21L2
Runtime Statistics
min(mean-min)/min(median-min)/min(max-min)/min
  4.1092e-02   0.19   0.25   0.40 
Three Fastest
Protocols
1st2nd3rd
  a0   a6   a1 
      Number of Proctocols With
Runtimes Within X% of Min
1%5%25%
  2   5   13 

1x32 Processors / Problem T42L1
Runtime Statistics
min(mean-min)/min(median-min)/min(max-min)/min
  7.8755e-02   0.18   0.25   0.34 
Three Fastest
Protocols
1st2nd3rd
  a0   a6   a2 
      Number of Proctocols With
Runtimes Within X% of Min
1%5%25%
  2   6   12 

1x8 Processors / Problem T42L2
Runtime Statistics
min(mean-min)/min(median-min)/min(max-min)/min
  1.8951e-01   0.08   0.13   0.15 
Three Fastest
Protocols
1st2nd3rd
  c2   c3   c1 
      Number of Proctocols With
Runtimes Within X% of Min
1%5%25%
  3   12   25 

1x16 Processors / Problem T85L1
Runtime Statistics
min(mean-min)/min(median-min)/min(max-min)/min
  3.3482e-01   0.10   0.16   0.18 
Three Fastest
Protocols
1st2nd3rd
  c1   c2   c5 
      Number of Proctocols With
Runtimes Within X% of Min
1%5%25%
  2   11   25 

1x32 Processors / Problem T85L2
Runtime Statistics
min(mean-min)/min(median-min)/min(max-min)/min
  5.9852e-01   0.12   0.18   0.23 
Three Fastest
Protocols
1st2nd3rd
  a6   a1   a0 
      Number of Proctocols With
Runtimes Within X% of Min
1%5%25%
  5   10   25 

1x8 Processors / Problem T85L4
Runtime Statistics
min(mean-min)/min(median-min)/min(max-min)/min
  1.8929e+00   0.06   0.09   0.10 
Three Fastest
Protocols
1st2nd3rd
  c2   c4   c3 
      Number of Proctocols With
Runtimes Within X% of Min
1%5%25%
  5   12   25 


Patrick H. Worley / ( worleyph@ornl.gov)
Last Modified Monday, 15-Jul-2002 10:24:44 EDT.