BSMBench: a flexible and scalable supercomputer benchmark from computational particle physics
Abstract
Lattice Quantum ChromoDynamics (QCD), and by extension its parent field, Lattice Gauge Theory (LGT), make up a significant fraction of supercomputing cycles worldwide. As such, it would be irresponsible not to evaluate machines' suitability for such applications. To this end, a benchmark has been developed to assess the performance of LGT applications on modern HPC platforms. Distinct from previous QCD-based benchmarks, this allows probing the behaviour of a variety of theories, which allows varying the ratio of demands between on-node computations and inter-node communications. The results of testing this benchmark on various recent HPC platforms are presented, and directions for future development are discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1401.3733,
title = {BSMBench: a flexible and scalable supercomputer benchmark from computational particle physics},
author = {Ed Bennett and Luigi Del Debbio and Kirk Jordan and Biagio Lucini and Agostino Patella and Claudio Pica and Antonio Rago},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.3733},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
6 pages, 5 figures; version as presented at High Performance Computing and Simulation, HPCS 2016