PSTSWM T3E-900 Communication Protocol Performance

Performance Studies using

PSTSWM


SGI/Cray Research T3E-900 Protocol Performance

(transpose LT experiment I-A / O(P) sendrecv transpose 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: SHMEM
Parallel Algorithm: srtrans
(assuming distributed FFT)
Number of Timesteps: 12
Results:

1x16 Processors / Problem T10L16
Runtime Statistics
min(mean-min)/min(median-min)/min(max-min)/min
  4.2686e-02   0.08   0.12   0.17 
Three Fastest
Protocols
1st2nd3rd
  c1   c2   e1 
      Number of Proctocols With
Runtimes Within X% of Min
1%5%25%
  1   6   12 

1x8 Processors / Problem T21L8
Runtime Statistics
min(mean-min)/min(median-min)/min(max-min)/min
  1.4438e-01   0.04   0.04   0.09 
Three Fastest
Protocols
1st2nd3rd
  e1   c1   e2 
      Number of Proctocols With
Runtimes Within X% of Min
1%5%25%
  2   8   12 

1x16 Processors / Problem T21L16
Runtime Statistics
min(mean-min)/min(median-min)/min(max-min)/min
  1.5166e-01   0.04   0.06   0.09 
Three Fastest
Protocols
1st2nd3rd
  c1   e1   a1 
      Number of Proctocols With
Runtimes Within X% of Min
1%5%25%
  4   6   12 

1x32 Processors / Problem T21L32
Runtime Statistics
min(mean-min)/min(median-min)/min(max-min)/min
  1.7359e-01   0.05   0.07   0.09 
Three Fastest
Protocols
1st2nd3rd
  c1   e1   a1 
      Number of Proctocols With
Runtimes Within X% of Min
1%5%25%
  5   6   12 

1x8 Processors / Problem T42L16
Runtime Statistics
min(mean-min)/min(median-min)/min(max-min)/min
  1.5672e+00   0.02   0.02   0.04 
Three Fastest
Protocols
1st2nd3rd
  c1   c2   e1 
      Number of Proctocols With
Runtimes Within X% of Min
1%5%25%
  4   12   12 


Patrick H. Worley / ( worleyph@ornl.gov)
Last Modified Monday, 15-Jul-2002 10:27:55 EDT.