John The Ripper

This is a benchmark of John The Ripper, which is a password cracker.

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

Project Site

openwall.com

Source Repository

github.com

Test Created

6 December 2010

Last Updated

17 March 2023

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

25 Seconds

Average Run Time

2 Minutes, 27 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain + OpenSSL

Accolades

300k+ Downloads + 20k+ Public Benchmark Results

Supported Platforms


Public Result Uploads *Reported Test Completions **Reported Installs **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsJohn The Ripper Popularity Statisticspts/john-the-ripper2010.122011.052011.102012.032012.082013.012013.062013.112014.042014.092015.022015.072015.122016.052016.102017.032017.082018.012018.062018.112019.042019.092020.022020.072020.122021.052021.102022.032022.082023.012023.062023.112024.04500K1000K1500K2000K2500K
* 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 16 August 2024.
MD518.8%WPA PSK19.1%Blowfish26.0%HMAC-SHA51216.4%bcrypt19.7%Test Option PopularityOpenBenchmarking.org

Revision History

pts/john-the-ripper-1.8.0   [View Source]   Fri, 17 Mar 2023 13:47:27 GMT
Update against John The Ripper Git due to no official releases in several years... Build fixes.

pts/john-the-ripper-1.7.2   [View Source]   Mon, 10 Feb 2020 11:53:21 GMT
pts-core now handles K to numeric conversion so drop this faulty result-definition handling for certain cases of dynamic K.

pts/john-the-ripper-1.7.1   [View Source]   Sat, 08 Feb 2020 10:14:09 GMT
Fix for MD5 test run (JtR appending K to result, update parser) and Cygwin fix for Windows.

pts/john-the-ripper-1.7.0   [View Source]   Fri, 21 Jun 2019 19:56:15 GMT
Update against upstream JtR 1.9.0-jumbo-1.

pts/john-the-ripper-1.6.2   [View Source]   Sat, 07 Apr 2018 20:53:08 GMT
Use gmake on BSDs

pts/john-the-ripper-1.6.1   [View Source]   Sat, 24 Mar 2018 18:01:13 GMT
Disable the configure native-tests to avoid some odd AVX-related build errors being reported on Linux systems

pts/john-the-ripper-1.6.0   [View Source]   Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:30:09 GMT
Update against JTR 1.8.0-jumbo-1, prep initial Windows support.

pts/john-the-ripper-1.5.1   [View Source]   Sun, 10 Aug 2014 12:14:29 GMT
Support for building John The Ripper on non-x86 architectures. Change submitted by Michael Schloh.

pts/john-the-ripper-1.5.0   [View Source]   Fri, 10 Jan 2014 14:09:42 GMT
Update against upstream John The Ripper 1.8.0.

pts/john-the-ripper-1.4.1   [View Source]   Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:14:38 GMT
Disable the cache share since the latest JTR upstream version seems to have issues with the parsing when using the PTS cache share.

pts/john-the-ripper-1.4.0   [View Source]   Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:11:49 GMT
Update against John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 upstream plus use openssl-development external dependency.

pts/john-the-ripper-1.3.0   [View Source]   Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:45:27 GMT
Set the OMPFLAGS on make.

pts/john-the-ripper-1.2.0   [View Source]   Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:26:09 GMT
Update against John The Ripper 1.7.9 upstream.

pts/john-the-ripper-1.1.0   [View Source]   Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:09:59 GMT
Update against upstream John 1.7.8.

pts/john-the-ripper-1.0.1   [View Source]   Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:53:59 GMT
Initial import into OpenBenchmarking.org

Suites Using This Test

Cryptography

C/C++ Compiler Tests

Multi-Core

CPU Massive

Server CPU Tests


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

John The Ripper 2023.03.14

Test: Blowfish

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 2,085 public results since 17 March 2023 with the latest data as of 15 August 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
Real C/S (Average)
100th
22
422752 +/- 11274
100th
8
384670 +/- 28853
99th
18
349551 +/- 27404
99th
25
329004 +/- 27424
98th
11
255206 +/- 12537
97th
4
211449
96th
13
198700 +/- 6433
96th
4
190209
95th
23
180031 +/- 3922
95th
10
179327 +/- 13964
93rd
9
166385 +/- 3793
92nd
18
164834 +/- 3001
92nd
6
162312 +/- 1435
90th
7
128424 +/- 8322
90th
3
126056 +/- 1625
90th
5
118094 +/- 443
89th
3
109863 +/- 329
88th
16
106219 +/- 6883
87th
15
105299 +/- 1060
87th
13
104401 +/- 7515
87th
13
100811 +/- 9372
86th
14
94300 +/- 356
85th
9
90152 +/- 1245
85th
3
89937 +/- 1191
84th
6
87769 +/- 1225
84th
7
86974 +/- 481
84th
3
86246 +/- 441
84th
4
85659 +/- 16
83rd
12
82268 +/- 1700
82nd
3
80408 +/- 246
82nd
12
77043 +/- 2472
82nd
3
76685 +/- 1526
81st
6
75964 +/- 745
81st
4
69752 +/- 119
80th
7
67744 +/- 476
80th
5
67384 +/- 530
79th
3
63395 +/- 1039
79th
5
60337 +/- 11
79th
3
58834 +/- 270
78th
6
56975 +/- 39
78th
3
55968 +/- 19
77th
3
54835 +/- 1137
77th
5
54046 +/- 3385
77th
3
50105 +/- 579
76th
6
48574 +/- 157
Mid-Tier
75th
< 47590
74th
33
46166 +/- 1353
73rd
10
45126 +/- 657
73rd
4
44905 +/- 1152
73rd
20
44685 +/- 4152
72nd
3
44232 +/- 991
72nd
3
43651 +/- 691
72nd
5
43621 +/- 390
72nd
23
43573 +/- 1279
70th
3
40419 +/- 35
69th
3
38808 +/- 590
69th
5
38478 +/- 5250
67th
39
35111 +/- 656
64th
7
32578 +/- 2841
64th
24
32348 +/- 663
64th
17
32189 +/- 891
63rd
9
31462 +/- 918
62nd
4
29601 +/- 2651
62nd
5
29599 +/- 258
61st
5
28691 +/- 438
61st
3
28014 +/- 13
61st
3
25483 +/- 617
60th
17
23847 +/- 321
59th
14
23367 +/- 159
58th
4
23226 +/- 35
57th
8
21960 +/- 421
57th
19
21800 +/- 636
57th
3
21721 +/- 1130
56th
4
20499 +/- 372
55th
4
19840 +/- 1091
55th
4
19513 +/- 2288
55th
3
18846 +/- 5
54th
5
18816 +/- 55
54th
6
18798 +/- 1181
54th
4
18736 +/- 194
54th
8
18692 +/- 2687
54th
13
18566 +/- 669
53rd
5
17576 +/- 95
53rd
8
17572 +/- 1233
51st
10
15797 +/- 85
Median
50th
15787
50th
3
15093 +/- 37
50th
7
14819 +/- 836
49th
5
13880 +/- 533
48th
4
13745 +/- 1000
48th
4
13636 +/- 243
48th
20
13324 +/- 1694
48th
4
13237 +/- 162
47th
3
12293 +/- 1287
47th
3
11971 +/- 247
46th
4
11804 +/- 31
45th
9
11014 +/- 59
45th
3
10103 +/- 68
45th
5
10002 +/- 78
44th
3
9405 +/- 24
44th
3
9138 +/- 66
42nd
7
7074 +/- 281
41st
5
6886 +/- 315
41st
4
6844 +/- 678
40th
3
5989 +/- 25
40th
3
5847 +/- 56
39th
3
5363 +/- 648
39th
3
5242 +/- 185
39th
3
5227 +/- 402
38th
3
5038 +/- 219
37th
4
4101 +/- 507
34th
3
2566 +/- 108
34th
12
2565 +/- 321
Low-Tier
25th
< 1533
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Test: Blowfish2050 Results Range From 43 To 439251 Real C/S438828176132639835183439685275361538703237910887893966781054631142481230331318181406031493881581731669581757431845281933132020982108832196682284532372382460232548082635932723782811632899482987333075183163033250883338733426583514433602283690133777983865833953684041534129384217234305084392932004006008001000

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (John The Ripper 2023.03.14 - Test: Blowfish) has an average run-time of 2 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: BlowfishRun-Time3691215Min: 2 / Avg: 2.1 / Max: 7

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.4%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsTest: BlowfishDeviation3691215Min: 0 / Avg: 0.37 / Max: 9

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 BaseJohn The Ripper CPU Core ScalingTest: Blowfish246812163248566496192510152025

Notable Instruction Set Usage

Notable instruction set extensions supported by this test, based on an automatic analysis by the Phoronix Test Suite / OpenBenchmarking.org analytics engine.

Instruction Set
Support
Instructions Detected
SSE2 (SSE2)
Used by default on supported hardware.
 
PSHUFD MOVDQA CVTSI2SD MULSD ADDSD
SSE 4.2 (SSE4_2)
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since at least 2010.
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).

 
POPCNT CRC32
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Sandy Bridge (2011).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).

 
VZEROUPPER VINSERTF128 VEXTRACTF128 VPERM2F128 VBROADCASTSS VBROADCASTSD
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Excavator (2016).

 
VPBROADCASTB VPERM2I128 VPBROADCASTD VEXTRACTI128 VPBROADCASTQ VPERMQ VINSERTI128 VPBROADCASTW VPSRLVQ VPGATHERDQ VPGATHERDD VPGATHERQQ VPSLLVD VPERMD VPSLLVQ
Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (AVX512)
Used by default on supported hardware.
 
(ZMM REGISTER USE)
The test / benchmark does honor compiler flag changes.
Last automated analysis: 18 March 2023

This test profile binary relies on the shared libraries libcrypto.so.3, libgmp.so.10, libm.so.6, libz.so.1, libcrypt.so.1, libbz2.so.1.0, libgomp.so.1, libc.so.6.

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-3A6000-HV
Intel / AMD x86 32-bit
i686
(Many Processors)
ARMv7 32-bit
armv7l
ARMv7, ARMv7 Cortex-A7 4-Core, ARMv7 rev 2
ARMv8 64-bit
arm64
ARM Neoverse-N1 r3p1
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
ARMv8, ARMv8 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A53 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A55 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 16-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A78E 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-X1, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 128-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 160-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 64-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1 64-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-V2, ARMv8 Neoverse-V2 72-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-V2 96-Core, AmpereOne, Apple, Apple M1, Apple M2, Phytium D2000, Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core

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