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, 22 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 22 April 2024.
IS.D6.7%EP.C11.1%BT.C10.9%CG.C10.1%LU.C13.0%FT.C10.5%MG.C11.3%SP.C6.6%SP.B8.9%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: EP.D

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 2,132 public results since 28 August 2019 with the latest data as of 27 April 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
11
23301 +/- 1319
100th
13
21417 +/- 1283
100th
15
20530 +/- 1101
99th
14
16345 +/- 264
98th
10
11630 +/- 641
98th
9
11485 +/- 914
97th
7
10892 +/- 215
96th
7
10550 +/- 158
94th
24
10147 +/- 438
93rd
48
9839 +/- 1354
92nd
25
9232 +/- 236
89th
7
8856 +/- 114
89th
9
8747 +/- 134
86th
3
8147 +/- 75
86th
39
8093 +/- 853
86th
7
7597 +/- 169
86th
5
7569 +/- 442
81st
38
6253 +/- 269
79th
8
5578 +/- 809
79th
6
5448 +/- 165
77th
3
5321 +/- 60
77th
26
5250 +/- 133
76th
20
5211 +/- 298
76th
10
5093 +/- 293
Mid-Tier
75th
< 5028
75th
4
4985 +/- 82
74th
10
4851 +/- 59
72nd
21
4667 +/- 426
71st
8
4630 +/- 223
71st
15
4602 +/- 19
70th
4
4471 +/- 20
70th
9
4443 +/- 611
70th
10
4301 +/- 32
69th
3
4097 +/- 146
69th
5
4026 +/- 16
68th
9
3997 +/- 11
68th
5
3975 +/- 33
68th
11
3878 +/- 45
67th
4
3867 +/- 359
67th
19
3737 +/- 121
65th
10
3351 +/- 25
65th
3
3346 +/- 15
64th
5
3295 +/- 4
62nd
4
3217 +/- 235
62nd
25
3198 +/- 104
62nd
9
3118 +/- 416
58th
6
2911 +/- 5
57th
29
2844 +/- 389
55th
22
2656 +/- 219
53rd
4
2396 +/- 13
53rd
5
2394 +/- 100
52nd
6
2383 +/- 12
52nd
11
2379 +/- 13
52nd
5
2378 +/- 24
51st
5
2336 +/- 5
Median
50th
2228
50th
3
2216 +/- 38
49th
5
2146 +/- 27
48th
8
2017 +/- 138
48th
5
1967 +/- 4
47th
16
1849 +/- 52
46th
5
1816 +/- 6
46th
11
1785 +/- 49
44th
5
1644 +/- 15
44th
6
1639 +/- 16
43rd
9
1592 +/- 219
43rd
5
1575 +/- 11
42nd
8
1566 +/- 142
42nd
6
1540 +/- 26
42nd
3
1520 +/- 32
41st
4
1489 +/- 103
41st
20
1445 +/- 22
40th
7
1413 +/- 4
39th
5
1343 +/- 61
39th
9
1340 +/- 34
37th
6
1191 +/- 2
37th
6
1190 +/- 14
36th
5
1158 +/- 4
36th
7
1149 +/- 54
35th
4
1095 +/- 89
33rd
12
1010 +/- 12
32nd
9
949 +/- 11
30th
5
863 +/- 7
29th
8
841 +/- 123
29th
3
830 +/- 8
29th
10
824 +/- 101
27th
4
800 +/- 12
27th
11
799 +/- 30
27th
6
795 +/- 48
Low-Tier
25th
< 735
25th
3
693 +/- 30
25th
10
691 +/- 17
25th
7
689 +/- 17
23rd
3
660 +/- 2
22nd
6
630 +/- 11
22nd
6
602 +/- 22
21st
11
591 +/- 19
21st
7
588 +/- 4
21st
5
581 +/- 3
20th
10
568 +/- 15
19th
8
565 +/- 7
19th
4
554 +/- 35
17th
13
527 +/- 3
17th
4
527 +/- 3
16th
9
509 +/- 9
15th
11
498 +/- 70
15th
3
491 +/- 8
14th
7
485 +/- 4
14th
3
482 +/- 4
14th
8
474 +/- 16
13th
3
451 +/- 3
12th
3
403 +/- 10
11th
3
380 +/- 6
11th
4
378 +/- 2
10th
8
375 +/- 55
8th
8
282 +/- 1
8th
4
277 +/- 40
8th
4
274 +/- 22
6th
5
231 +/- 4
5th
4
212 +/- 4
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Test / Class: EP.D2132 Results Range From 10 To 25984 Total Mop/s105301050157020902610313036504170469052105730625067707290781083308850937098901041010930114501197012490130101353014050145701509015610161301665017170176901821018730192501977020290208102133021850223702289023410239302445024970254902601080160240320400

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 - Test / Class: EP.D) has an average run-time of 10 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: EP.DRun-Time20406080100Min: 1 / Avg: 9.5 / Max: 100

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.7%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsTest / Class: EP.DDeviation3691215Min: 0 / Avg: 0.68 / Max: 7

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: EP.D2468121624324864961281326395265

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-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 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, Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core

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