NAS Parallel Benchmarks

NPB, NAS Parallel Benchmarks, is a benchmark developed by NASA for high-end computer systems. This test profile currently uses the MPI version of NPB. This test profile offers selecting the different NPB tests/problems and varying problem sizes.

To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite, the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark npb.

Project Site

nas.nasa.gov

Test Created

6 December 2010

Last Updated

14 October 2021

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

43 Seconds

Average Run Time

1 Minute, 26 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain + Fortran + OpenMPI

Accolades

250k+ Downloads + 5k+ Public Benchmark Results

Supported Platforms


Public Result Uploads *Reported Test Completions **Reported Installs **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsNAS Parallel Benchmarks Popularity Statisticspts/npb2010.122011.052011.102012.032012.082013.012013.062013.112014.042014.092015.022015.072015.122016.052016.102017.032017.082018.012018.062018.112019.042019.092020.022020.072020.122021.052021.102022.032022.082023.012023.062023.112024.0440K80K120K160K200K
* Uploading of benchmark result data to OpenBenchmarking.org is always optional (opt-in) via the Phoronix Test Suite for users wishing to share their results publicly.
** Data based on those opting to upload their test results to OpenBenchmarking.org and users enabling the opt-in anonymous statistics reporting while running benchmarks from an Internet-connected platform.
*** Test profile page view reporting began March 2021.
Data updated weekly as of 31 May 2024.
IS.D6.9%EP.C10.9%BT.C10.9%CG.C10.2%LU.C13.1%FT.C10.2%MG.C11.3%SP.C6.9%SP.B8.8%EP.D10.8%Test / Class Option PopularityOpenBenchmarking.org

Revision History

pts/npb-1.4.5   [View Source]   Thu, 14 Oct 2021 14:32:39 GMT
Pull in fixes from skeevy420. Fixes: https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite/pull/552

pts/npb-1.4.4   [View Source]   Sat, 22 May 2021 17:40:59 GMT
Add sp.c, adjust process count per https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/phoronix-test-suite/1257554-how-to-enable-verbose-output#post1257618

pts/npb-1.4.2   [View Source]   Thu, 21 Jan 2021 12:22:20 GMT
Build fix for GCC 10 gfortran/

pts/npb-1.4.1   [View Source]   Sat, 07 Mar 2020 12:22:08 GMT
Add --alow-run-as-root, ended up being missed until now.

pts/npb-1.4.0   [View Source]   Wed, 28 Aug 2019 11:43:04 GMT
Update against upstream NPB 3.4, add new test cases.

pts/npb-1.3.1   [View Source]   Tue, 15 Jan 2019 11:37:52 GMT
Update against upstream NPB 3.1.1

pts/npb-1.3.0   [View Source]   Fri, 09 Nov 2018 12:39:01 GMT
Use physical core count rather than logical cores to avoid MPI breaking on high core count systems with SMT.

pts/npb-1.2.4   [View Source]   Sat, 09 Sep 2017 10:30:50 GMT
ft.B not ft.C size

pts/npb-1.2.3   [View Source]   Sat, 09 Sep 2017 10:15:47 GMT
Update MPI handling, add some larger test sizes

pts/npb-1.2.2   [View Source]   Thu, 25 Aug 2016 13:51:56 GMT
Update CFLAGS handling

pts/npb-1.2.1   [View Source]   Thu, 27 Nov 2014 18:42:33 GMT
MG.B and IS.D do not build / run properly on modern systems.

pts/npb-1.2.0   [View Source]   Tue, 05 Nov 2013 22:57:21 GMT
Working on new version of NPB test that makes use of some of the HPCC test profile MPI improvements and other multi-core/cluster work for better benchmarking. Seems to have MPI rank errors right now though for NPB on this build.

pts/npb-1.1.1   [View Source]   Sun, 10 Jun 2012 19:11:43 GMT
Remove tests not in MPI NPB version.

pts/npb-1.1.0   [View Source]   Sun, 10 Jun 2012 16:56:25 GMT
Switch to the MPI version of NPB benchmarks.

pts/npb-1.0.0   [View Source]   Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:00:08 GMT
Initial import into OpenBenchmarking.org

Suites Using This Test

Multi-Core

HPC - High Performance Computing

CPU Massive

Server CPU Tests

MPI Benchmarks


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4

Test / Class: BT.C

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 2,230 public results since 28 August 2019 with the latest data as of 1 June 2024.

Below is an overview of the generalized performance for components where there is sufficient statistically significant data based upon user-uploaded results. It is important to keep in mind particularly in the Linux/open-source space there can be vastly different OS configurations, with this overview intended to offer just general guidance as to the performance expectations.

Component
Percentile Rank
# Compatible Public Results
Total Mop/s (Average)
100th
13
659740 +/- 46581
100th
23
522339 +/- 22688
100th
17
509655 +/- 12127
98th
18
460831 +/- 4742
98th
11
428117 +/- 18307
97th
31
368499 +/- 4604
96th
17
334796 +/- 2693
95th
16
322356 +/- 31932
94th
12
311867 +/- 3557
94th
5
306145 +/- 5072
94th
7
296126 +/- 1937
94th
4
287349 +/- 13207
93rd
5
268770 +/- 2797
93rd
14
266682 +/- 6121
92nd
40
256957 +/- 3146
91st
3
255832 +/- 2836
89th
13
235494 +/- 1697
89th
20
235184 +/- 2222
88th
9
231929 +/- 10519
88th
25
230308 +/- 20399
88th
5
221330 +/- 3621
84th
31
188917 +/- 8606
82nd
14
180407 +/- 504
82nd
3
171803 +/- 244
81st
21
168238 +/- 1198
81st
3
162267 +/- 645
80th
19
153144 +/- 11982
80th
4
152790 +/- 149
79th
3
148911 +/- 12367
79th
7
142581 +/- 2220
79th
8
140453 +/- 3105
78th
5
138195 +/- 292
78th
6
137327 +/- 353
77th
3
135924 +/- 3544
77th
6
135803 +/- 2132
77th
22
134902 +/- 3283
76th
4
134237 +/- 945
76th
23
134034 +/- 1302
Mid-Tier
75th
< 133198
75th
8
131362 +/- 874
75th
4
130867 +/- 28
74th
15
128288 +/- 582
73rd
3
125726 +/- 93
73rd
5
125057 +/- 1060
72nd
4
116742 +/- 17159
72nd
20
116472 +/- 911
71st
3
113863 +/- 1106
71st
6
110119 +/- 11870
71st
7
109153 +/- 869
70th
7
108356 +/- 1074
68th
6
99040 +/- 7751
68th
4
98123 +/- 4052
67th
3
94736 +/- 769
67th
4
94624 +/- 847
67th
17
94392 +/- 3277
64th
3
84319 +/- 489
64th
3
82263 +/- 3204
64th
3
81146 +/- 1312
64th
6
80512 +/- 1030
63rd
3
78972 +/- 955
61st
3
73420 +/- 1592
61st
5
72952 +/- 1095
61st
3
72519 +/- 1171
60th
3
71612 +/- 302
60th
6
70607 +/- 8587
60th
4
68718 +/- 1572
57th
3
66869 +/- 1932
56th
3
60888 +/- 1222
54th
12
53196 +/- 3820
53rd
11
52634 +/- 1852
53rd
16
50643 +/- 2232
53rd
10
50580 +/- 1067
51st
4
49344 +/- 75
Median
50th
48617
49th
10
45837 +/- 5135
48th
14
45047 +/- 1960
48th
5
44550 +/- 658
47th
10
44401 +/- 853
45th
15
40967 +/- 1682
44th
15
40265 +/- 3009
42nd
8
34426 +/- 123
42nd
5
34253 +/- 1736
42nd
10
33478 +/- 292
41st
4
32519 +/- 49
40th
4
29518 +/- 42
38th
7
26446 +/- 176
38th
12
26427 +/- 616
38th
8
26422 +/- 710
38th
9
26300 +/- 173
37th
10
26230 +/- 822
37th
17
26159 +/- 1598
37th
36
25348 +/- 1723
35th
5
24555 +/- 878
34th
4
24456 +/- 16
34th
37
24428 +/- 991
33rd
4
24039 +/- 64
32nd
12
23932 +/- 317
32nd
9
23619 +/- 1573
31st
6
22860 +/- 295
31st
4
22839 +/- 192
30th
16
22597 +/- 202
29th
4
22292 +/- 51
28th
6
20085 +/- 15
27th
11
19620 +/- 1036
27th
8
19489 +/- 441
26th
7
19149 +/- 139
26th
15
19137 +/- 211
26th
10
19028 +/- 276
Low-Tier
25th
< 18943
25th
5
18889 +/- 141
25th
8
18824 +/- 54
25th
3
18792 +/- 57
24th
3
18556 +/- 32
24th
6
18540 +/- 134
23rd
3
18415 +/- 1490
23rd
8
18309 +/- 443
23rd
10
18215 +/- 2233
23rd
4
17893 +/- 278
22nd
6
17531 +/- 1121
22nd
3
17414 +/- 335
21st
7
16431 +/- 802
21st
15
16340 +/- 186
21st
3
16123 +/- 41
20th
3
16060 +/- 864
20th
4
15967 +/- 38
19th
15
15654 +/- 1105
19th
6
15428 +/- 103
19th
3
15407 +/- 79
19th
4
15320 +/- 40
18th
4
14928 +/- 117
18th
4
14827 +/- 661
17th
9
14497 +/- 987
17th
5
14397 +/- 475
16th
5
14261 +/- 272
16th
4
14195 +/- 698
16th
13
14166 +/- 59
15th
20
14100 +/- 186
15th
6
14072 +/- 1556
14th
4
13516 +/- 23
14th
3
13363 +/- 9
13th
7
13003 +/- 156
13th
9
12888 +/- 112
12th
4
12672 +/- 57
11th
6
11963 +/- 592
11th
3
11872 +/- 589
11th
3
11630 +/- 432
11th
3
11568 +/- 533
11th
4
11548 +/- 40
11th
3
11507 +/- 151
11th
4
11436 +/- 1494
11th
7
11066 +/- 214
10th
3
10313 +/- 21
9th
9
10260 +/- 197
9th
4
9499 +/- 40
8th
7
8648 +/- 1151
8th
4
8528 +/- 180
7th
8
7625 +/- 177
7th
9
7372 +/- 628
6th
3
6384 +/- 91
5th
4
4108 +/- 8
4th
3
3069 +/- 165
3rd
3
1118 +/- 108
3rd
3
1085 +/- 26
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Test / Class: BT.C2224 Results Range From 85 To 744414 Total Mop/s85149722985944746596337452089407104294119181134068148955163842178729193616208503223390238277253164268051282938297825312712327599342486357373372260387147402034416921431808446695461582476469491356506243521130536017550904565791580678595565610452625339640226655113670000684887699774714661729548744435110220330440550

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 - Test / Class: BT.C) has an average run-time of 8 minutes. By default this test profile is set to run at least 3 times but may increase if the standard deviation exceeds pre-defined defaults or other calculations deem additional runs necessary for greater statistical accuracy of the result.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMinutesTime Required To Complete BenchmarkTest / Class: BT.CRun-Time4080120160200Min: 1 / Avg: 7.99 / Max: 207

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.2%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsTest / Class: BT.CDeviation246810Min: 0 / Avg: 0.15 / Max: 2

Does It Scale Well With Increasing Cores?

Yes, based on the automated analysis of the collected public benchmark data, this test / test settings does generally scale well with increasing CPU core counts. Data based on publicly available results for this test / test settings, separated by vendor, result divided by the reference CPU clock speed, grouped by matching physical CPU core count, and normalized against the smallest core count tested from each vendor for each CPU having a sufficient number of test samples and statistically significant data.

IntelAMDOpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Core Scaling To BaseNAS Parallel Benchmarks CPU Core ScalingTest / Class: BT.C24681012141624326496128612182430

Tested CPU Architectures

This benchmark has been successfully tested on the below mentioned architectures. The CPU architectures listed is where successful OpenBenchmarking.org result uploads occurred, namely for helping to determine if a given test is compatible with various alternative CPU architectures.

CPU Architecture
Kernel Identifier
Verified On
Intel / AMD x86 64-bit
x86_64
(Many Processors)
MIPS 64-bit
mips64
Loongson-3A R4
Loongson LoongArch 64-bit
loongarch64
Loongson-3A5000, Loongson-3A5000LL, Loongson-3A6000
Intel / AMD x86 32-bit
i686
(Many Processors)
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
ARMv8 Cortex-A57 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A72, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 6-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 128-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 64-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 80-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1, ARMv8 Neoverse-V2 72-Core, ARMv8 rev 0 8-Core, Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 128-Core, Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 160-Core, Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 256-Core, Ampere Altra ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 160-Core, Apple M2, Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core

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