MOLECULAR DYNAMICS PERFORMANCE GUIDE - Digital Research Alliance of CANADA

BENCHMARK DETAILS

ID=94

  • Dataset: 6n4o
  • Software: GROMACS.mpi (gromacs/2021.2-gomkl-2020.a-avx512)
  • Resource: 1280 tasks, 1 cores, nodes, 0 GPUs, no NVLink
  • CPU: Xeon Gold 6148 (Skylake), 2.4 GHz
  • GPU: None
  • Simulation speed: 53.027 ns/day
  • Efficiency: 9.5 %
  • Site: Niagara
  • Date: Dec. 15, 2021, 5:32 p.m.
  • Submission script:

  • Notes:

    #!/bin/bash
    #SBATCH --nodes=16 --ntasks=1280 --time=0:30:0

    export OMP_NUM_THREADS="1"
    module load CCEnv StdEnv/2020 gcc/9.3.0 openmpi/4.0.3 gromacs/2021.2
    srun gmx_mpi mdrun -s topol.tpr -cpi state.cpi

    grep Brand md.log
    grep "The number of OpenMP threads" md.log
    grep "MPI pro" md.log
    echo ntasks=$SLURM_TASKS_PER_NODE

  • Simulation input file:

    title = benchmark
    ; Run parameters
    integrator = md
    nsteps = 400000
    dt = 0.001
    ; Output control
    nstxout = 0
    nstvout = 0
    nstfout = 0
    nstenergy = 10000
    nstlog = 10000
    nstxout-compressed = 50000
    compressed-x-grps = System
    ; Bond parameters
    continuation = yes
    constraint_algorithm = lincs
    constraints = h-bonds

    ; Neighborsearching
    cutoff-scheme = Verlet
    ns_type = grid
    nstlist = 10
    rcoulomb = 0.8
    rvdw = 0.8
    DispCorr = Ener ; anaytic VDW correction
    ; Electrostatics
    coulombtype = PME
    pme_order = 4
    fourier-nx = 144
    fourier-ny = 144
    fourier-nz = 144
    ; Temperature coupling is on
    tcoupl = V-rescale
    tc-grps = system
    tau_t = 0.1
    ref_t = 300
    ; Pressure coupling is on
    pcoupl = Parrinello-Rahman
    pcoupltype = isotropic
    tau_p = 2.0
    ref_p = 1.0
    compressibility = 4.5e-5
    ; Periodic boundary conditions
    pbc = xyz
    ; Velocity generation
    gen_vel = no