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 23 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: LU.C

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 2,676 public results since 28 August 2019 with the latest data as of 28 May 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
24
598693 +/- 9714
100th
19
536214 +/- 26387
99th
30
499452 +/- 17147
99th
19
477391 +/- 5248
98th
12
460477 +/- 5693
97th
36
397859 +/- 7178
96th
4
372552 +/- 3063
96th
14
340088 +/- 10294
95th
6
298780 +/- 8021
94th
47
286606 +/- 3797
94th
9
280820 +/- 3268
93rd
15
272023 +/- 1763
91st
18
264450 +/- 22620
91st
20
263117 +/- 1578
90th
25
260267 +/- 2972
90th
43
260029 +/- 7975
89th
4
258131 +/- 10621
88th
21
255314 +/- 3626
88th
7
254832 +/- 14499
88th
5
253800 +/- 6179
88th
11
253780 +/- 34774
88th
12
253673 +/- 566
87th
8
248030 +/- 2941
86th
12
232267 +/- 874
84th
36
209281 +/- 25770
84th
4
191704 +/- 3941
83rd
6
190167 +/- 173
83rd
4
187322 +/- 2894
82nd
9
184447 +/- 25744
82nd
8
180369 +/- 2328
82nd
4
179539 +/- 1836
80th
8
171670 +/- 2592
80th
9
169843 +/- 2595
80th
3
166232 +/- 355
79th
3
158510 +/- 17417
79th
8
154912 +/- 18012
79th
11
154810 +/- 4991
77th
28
143472 +/- 1480
77th
9
141642 +/- 13127
77th
3
141597 +/- 3461
77th
9
141018 +/- 1284
Mid-Tier
75th
< 139693
74th
8
137244 +/- 2812
74th
4
137188 +/- 415
74th
22
136966 +/- 5139
73rd
3
136224 +/- 211
73rd
15
135839 +/- 630
73rd
20
135177 +/- 1048
72nd
8
134585 +/- 4089
72nd
36
131908 +/- 12125
71st
5
130925 +/- 10944
71st
3
130811 +/- 115
71st
10
128677 +/- 17256
70th
10
124437 +/- 14980
70th
4
124008 +/- 11701
70th
5
122166 +/- 7790
69th
4
119941 +/- 1267
69th
26
115406 +/- 6154
67th
30
106729 +/- 9137
66th
6
104538 +/- 1101
66th
4
104116 +/- 260
65th
8
103146 +/- 13771
65th
4
102546 +/- 1727
65th
8
102307 +/- 596
65th
9
100960 +/- 9270
64th
19
98127 +/- 302
63rd
15
96333 +/- 13220
63rd
9
95478 +/- 11541
63rd
4
95461 +/- 764
62nd
3
89783 +/- 1499
61st
9
87109 +/- 533
61st
4
86851 +/- 608
61st
3
83687 +/- 8551
61st
3
83659 +/- 160
60th
3
80179 +/- 924
60th
5
80000 +/- 7195
59th
5
77943 +/- 10795
59th
3
77907 +/- 312
59th
6
77204 +/- 2767
59th
6
76261 +/- 521
59th
4
74928 +/- 1115
58th
4
74589 +/- 335
58th
5
74363 +/- 151
58th
5
74091 +/- 1060
58th
3
73473 +/- 652
53rd
4
60755 +/- 388
52nd
7
60331 +/- 1281
52nd
4
56916 +/- 323
51st
12
55597 +/- 4302
Median
50th
54685
49th
3
51483 +/- 2758
49th
8
51407 +/- 599
48th
5
49243 +/- 1200
46th
5
47387 +/- 378
46th
11
47235 +/- 5133
46th
15
46934 +/- 2925
46th
7
46125 +/- 1044
43rd
13
44253 +/- 1216
43rd
12
43930 +/- 433
42nd
4
43419 +/- 195
42nd
16
43306 +/- 2282
41st
10
43138 +/- 1386
39th
4
39666 +/- 147
39th
11
39246 +/- 787
38th
3
38594 +/- 820
38th
4
37125 +/- 51
37th
3
35402 +/- 86
36th
5
32693 +/- 2377
36th
6
32572 +/- 3310
35th
8
32293 +/- 143
35th
7
31782 +/- 34
34th
4
31496 +/- 77
34th
3
31214 +/- 1696
34th
14
30995 +/- 318
34th
4
30699 +/- 359
34th
3
30091 +/- 2625
33rd
4
30038 +/- 72
32nd
28
28191 +/- 2296
32nd
39
28149 +/- 1184
30th
5
27395 +/- 401
30th
5
27145 +/- 1364
30th
11
27131 +/- 1104
30th
11
27032 +/- 364
29th
4
26651 +/- 81
28th
3
26546 +/- 551
28th
39
26511 +/- 2511
28th
14
26436 +/- 171
27th
17
26104 +/- 437
26th
6
25722 +/- 630
Low-Tier
25th
< 25442
25th
15
25338 +/- 895
24th
9
24790 +/- 329
24th
13
24166 +/- 1353
23rd
13
23623 +/- 1132
22nd
9
22959 +/- 2167
22nd
4
22816 +/- 225
22nd
14
22743 +/- 3269
21st
3
22338 +/- 178
21st
9
21723 +/- 2282
21st
3
21401 +/- 1258
20th
4
21065 +/- 164
20th
5
20968 +/- 2388
20th
13
20928 +/- 508
20th
7
20899 +/- 1436
19th
8
20292 +/- 13
19th
4
20196 +/- 11
18th
3
19575 +/- 9
18th
10
19446 +/- 2089
18th
5
19312 +/- 1594
17th
4
18724 +/- 103
17th
6
18050 +/- 1074
17th
10
17950 +/- 864
16th
4
17585 +/- 157
16th
7
17551 +/- 86
16th
3
17312 +/- 140
15th
16
17298 +/- 256
15th
6
16926 +/- 753
14th
5
16516 +/- 89
14th
8
16424 +/- 485
14th
8
16317 +/- 397
14th
6
16060 +/- 521
14th
4
16045 +/- 134
13th
15
15918 +/- 1169
13th
8
15488 +/- 114
12th
13
15156 +/- 34
12th
19
15151 +/- 277
12th
5
15114 +/- 289
11th
3
15043 +/- 58
11th
4
14685 +/- 86
10th
7
14164 +/- 204
10th
3
14064 +/- 172
9th
9
13634 +/- 385
9th
9
13170 +/- 67
9th
3
12608 +/- 71
8th
4
12511 +/- 370
8th
3
12400 +/- 224
8th
4
12253 +/- 1225
8th
3
11658 +/- 736
8th
6
11655 +/- 836
7th
7
11336 +/- 153
6th
4
9314 +/- 36
6th
7
8782 +/- 1175
6th
4
8168 +/- 13
5th
8
7907 +/- 243
5th
3
7201 +/- 219
3rd
3
2340 +/- 47
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Test / Class: LU.C2638 Results Range From 60 To 658755 Total Mop/s6013234264083958252756659307910492278105452118626131800144974158148171322184496197670210844224018237192250366263540276714289888303062316236329410342584355758368932382106395280408454421628434802447976461150474324487498500672513846527020540194553368566542579716592890606064619238632412645586658760110220330440550

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 - Test / Class: LU.C) has an average run-time of 5 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: LU.CRun-Time20406080100Min: 1 / Avg: 4.42 / Max: 131

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: LU.CDeviation246810Min: 0 / Avg: 0.2 / Max: 3

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: LU.C2468101216243248566496128612182430

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)
Loongson LoongArch 64-bit
loongarch64
Loongson-3A5000LL
Intel / AMD x86 32-bit
i686
(Many Processors)
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
ARMv8 Cortex-A53 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A55 4-Core, 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 4-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 64-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 80-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1 4-Core, 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, Ampere eMAG ARMv8 32-Core, Apple M2

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