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

44 Seconds

Average Run Time

1 Minute, 31 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/npb2010.122011.052011.102012.032012.082013.012013.062013.112014.042014.092015.022015.072015.122016.052016.102017.032017.082018.012018.062018.112019.042019.092020.022020.072020.122021.052021.102022.032022.082023.012023.062023.1140K80K120K160K200K
* 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 17 March 2024.
IS.D6.7%EP.C11.1%BT.C10.9%CG.C10.1%LU.C13.0%FT.C10.6%MG.C11.3%SP.C6.5%SP.B9.0%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 2,538 public results since 28 August 2019 with the latest data as of 19 March 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
20
600255 +/- 9333
100th
17
534362 +/- 27362
99th
28
501346 +/- 16124
99th
19
477391 +/- 5248
98th
6
464972 +/- 4720
97th
36
397859 +/- 7178
96th
4
372552 +/- 3063
96th
12
336012 +/- 2883
96th
6
298780 +/- 8021
95th
47
286606 +/- 3797
94th
7
281226 +/- 3657
93rd
13
272519 +/- 1340
92nd
14
266379 +/- 25515
92nd
14
263972 +/- 1007
91st
25
260267 +/- 2972
90th
43
260029 +/- 7975
89th
21
255314 +/- 3626
89th
7
254832 +/- 14499
88th
5
253800 +/- 6179
88th
12
253673 +/- 566
87th
8
248030 +/- 2941
86th
6
232546 +/- 1223
85th
36
209281 +/- 25770
84th
4
191704 +/- 3941
84th
6
190167 +/- 173
83rd
4
187322 +/- 2894
83rd
9
184447 +/- 25744
82nd
8
180369 +/- 2328
82nd
4
179539 +/- 1836
81st
8
171670 +/- 2592
81st
9
169843 +/- 2595
80th
3
158510 +/- 17417
80th
8
154912 +/- 18012
80th
11
154810 +/- 4991
78th
28
143472 +/- 1480
77th
9
141642 +/- 13127
77th
3
141597 +/- 3461
77th
9
141018 +/- 1284
Mid-Tier
75th
< 139251
75th
6
138564 +/- 1647
74th
22
136966 +/- 5139
74th
10
136250 +/- 228
73rd
6
135834 +/- 3990
73rd
20
135177 +/- 1048
72nd
36
131908 +/- 12125
72nd
10
128677 +/- 17256
72nd
4
124008 +/- 11701
71st
5
122166 +/- 7790
70th
26
115406 +/- 6154
68th
30
106729 +/- 9137
67th
6
104538 +/- 1101
67th
4
104116 +/- 260
66th
4
102546 +/- 1727
66th
8
102307 +/- 596
66th
7
102135 +/- 14551
66th
9
100960 +/- 9270
65th
19
98127 +/- 302
64th
15
96333 +/- 13220
64th
9
95478 +/- 11541
64th
4
95461 +/- 764
63rd
9
87109 +/- 533
63rd
4
86851 +/- 608
62nd
3
83687 +/- 8551
62nd
3
83659 +/- 160
61st
3
80179 +/- 924
61st
5
80000 +/- 7195
61st
5
77943 +/- 10795
61st
3
77907 +/- 312
61st
6
77204 +/- 2767
60th
6
76261 +/- 521
60th
4
74928 +/- 1115
60th
4
74589 +/- 335
59th
5
74363 +/- 151
59th
5
74091 +/- 1060
59th
3
73473 +/- 652
53rd
4
60755 +/- 388
53rd
7
60331 +/- 1281
52nd
4
56916 +/- 323
52nd
12
55597 +/- 4302
Median
50th
53531
50th
3
51483 +/- 2758
49th
8
51407 +/- 599
48th
5
49243 +/- 1200
47th
11
47235 +/- 5133
47th
15
46934 +/- 2925
47th
7
46125 +/- 1044
44th
13
44253 +/- 1216
44th
12
43930 +/- 433
43rd
13
43805 +/- 2252
43rd
4
43419 +/- 195
42nd
10
43138 +/- 1386
41st
4
39666 +/- 147
40th
10
39193 +/- 809
40th
3
38594 +/- 820
38th
3
35402 +/- 86
37th
5
32693 +/- 2377
37th
6
32572 +/- 3310
36th
8
32293 +/- 143
36th
7
31782 +/- 34
35th
4
31496 +/- 77
35th
3
31214 +/- 1696
35th
14
30995 +/- 318
35th
3
30091 +/- 2625
33rd
28
28191 +/- 2296
33rd
39
28149 +/- 1184
31st
5
27395 +/- 401
31st
5
27145 +/- 1364
31st
11
27131 +/- 1104
31st
11
27032 +/- 364
30th
3
26546 +/- 551
30th
39
26511 +/- 2511
29th
14
26436 +/- 171
28th
17
26104 +/- 437
27th
6
25722 +/- 630
26th
15
25338 +/- 895
Low-Tier
25th
< 24846
25th
9
24790 +/- 329
25th
13
24166 +/- 1353
24th
13
23623 +/- 1132
23rd
9
22959 +/- 2167
23rd
4
22816 +/- 225
23rd
14
22743 +/- 3269
22nd
3
22338 +/- 178
22nd
9
21723 +/- 2282
22nd
3
21401 +/- 1258
21st
4
21065 +/- 164
21st
5
20968 +/- 2388
21st
13
20928 +/- 508
21st
7
20899 +/- 1436
20th
8
20292 +/- 13
20th
4
20196 +/- 11
19th
3
19575 +/- 9
19th
10
19446 +/- 2089
19th
5
19312 +/- 1594
18th
4
18724 +/- 103
18th
6
18050 +/- 1074
18th
10
17950 +/- 864
17th
4
17585 +/- 157
17th
7
17551 +/- 86
16th
3
17312 +/- 140
16th
16
17298 +/- 256
15th
6
16926 +/- 753
15th
5
16516 +/- 89
15th
8
16424 +/- 485
15th
8
16317 +/- 397
14th
6
16060 +/- 521
14th
4
16045 +/- 134
14th
15
15918 +/- 1169
13th
8
15488 +/- 114
12th
18
15160 +/- 282
12th
13
15156 +/- 34
12th
5
15114 +/- 289
12th
3
15043 +/- 58
11th
4
14685 +/- 86
10th
7
14164 +/- 204
10th
3
14064 +/- 172
10th
9
13634 +/- 385
9th
9
13170 +/- 67
9th
3
12608 +/- 71
9th
4
12511 +/- 370
9th
3
12400 +/- 224
8th
4
12253 +/- 1225
8th
3
11658 +/- 736
8th
6
11655 +/- 836
8th
7
11336 +/- 153
7th
4
9481 +/- 422
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.C2537 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: 4.5 / 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: 0.21 / 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.C24681012162432486496128612182430

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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