MOLECULAR DYNAMICS PERFORMANCE GUIDE - Digital Research Alliance of CANADA

SOFTWARE DETAILS

ID=43, GROMACS.cuda.mpi

  • Module/Version: gromacs/2024.4
  • Toolchain/Version: gofbc/2023a
  • CPU instruction set: avx512
  • Example job submission script:

    #!/bin/bash
    #SBATCH --mem-per-cpu=2000 -c16 --ntasks=2 --gpus-per-node=2 --nodes=1 --time=1:0:0

    export OMP_NUM_THREADS="${SLURM_CPUS_PER_TASK:-1}"
    module load StdEnv/2023 gcc/12.3 openmpi/4.1.5 cuda/12.2 gromacs/2024.4
    srun gmx_mpi mdrun -s topol.tpr

  • Benchmark submission script:
      

    #!/bin/bash
    #SBATCH --mem-per-cpu=2000 -c16 --ntasks=2 --gpus-per-node=2 --nodes=1 --time=1:0:0

    export OMP_NUM_THREADS="${SLURM_CPUS_PER_TASK:-1}"
    module load StdEnv/2023 gcc/12.3 openmpi/4.1.5 cuda/12.2 gromacs/2024.4
    srun gmx_mpi mdrun -s topol.tpr -cpt 0

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