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: MG.C

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 2,220 public results since 28 August 2019 with the latest data as of 26 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
20
248540 +/- 2445
99th
20
232370 +/- 4150
99th
17
231147 +/- 9840
98th
10
216434 +/- 5390
98th
5
214956 +/- 1818
97th
29
197498 +/- 10908
96th
17
165346 +/- 2590
95th
12
135726 +/- 5735
94th
5
132452 +/- 1272
94th
7
128870 +/- 3570
93rd
13
126594 +/- 1281
93rd
35
124566 +/- 2384
92nd
4
122186 +/- 179
91st
14
120160 +/- 1260
90th
4
117963 +/- 3663
89th
4
116061 +/- 1291
88th
8
108133 +/- 1042
88th
8
105832 +/- 1198
86th
8
101474 +/- 576
85th
4
101421 +/- 669
85th
41
100845 +/- 1504
85th
21
100832 +/- 1054
85th
4
100466 +/- 115
82nd
9
95707 +/- 279
81st
7
93872 +/- 1521
81st
6
93589 +/- 1232
80th
35
89655 +/- 9994
80th
19
88979 +/- 10543
79th
9
86612 +/- 1064
78th
13
85745 +/- 2240
78th
5
84522 +/- 1181
76th
4
81345 +/- 297
76th
6
76972 +/- 4453
Mid-Tier
75th
< 73972
74th
21
69177 +/- 923
73rd
6
63900 +/- 603
73rd
6
63625 +/- 212
71st
21
60243 +/- 606
71st
9
59993 +/- 41
70th
7
59423 +/- 912
69th
3
58076 +/- 2110
69th
5
57877 +/- 626
68th
24
57458 +/- 695
67th
16
57287 +/- 201
67th
3
56930 +/- 4647
67th
20
56730 +/- 781
65th
3
55723 +/- 205
65th
9
55553 +/- 4537
65th
6
55266 +/- 3479
64th
6
53568 +/- 53
64th
3
53408 +/- 364
64th
4
53094 +/- 4
63rd
6
51652 +/- 670
62nd
22
51091 +/- 6008
60th
8
48694 +/- 503
58th
3
46609 +/- 329
56th
11
42191 +/- 765
56th
5
41814 +/- 5739
56th
4
41474 +/- 282
55th
3
37067 +/- 38
51st
3
30182 +/- 225
51st
12
29747 +/- 2065
Median
50th
28836
48th
4
26646 +/- 12
47th
3
25886 +/- 11
46th
11
25600 +/- 1644
46th
10
25359 +/- 978
43rd
15
24369 +/- 1529
43rd
10
24057 +/- 195
42nd
8
23814 +/- 1893
42nd
17
23758 +/- 2530
42nd
12
23593 +/- 411
41st
10
22976 +/- 966
39th
7
21396 +/- 37
39th
8
20879 +/- 493
37th
5
19398 +/- 2797
36th
17
18719 +/- 272
36th
6
18252 +/- 45
33rd
32
16582 +/- 2070
32nd
6
16128 +/- 235
32nd
6
14904 +/- 973
31st
36
14009 +/- 964
31st
15
13939 +/- 934
28th
11
13024 +/- 1054
28th
8
12987 +/- 65
27th
7
12475 +/- 222
27th
5
12469 +/- 130
27th
3
12129 +/- 198
26th
12
11949 +/- 593
26th
10
11906 +/- 412
Low-Tier
25th
< 11697
25th
15
11583 +/- 42
24th
3
11476 +/- 32
24th
11
11168 +/- 872
23rd
9
11066 +/- 382
23rd
11
11042 +/- 189
22nd
5
10816 +/- 355
22nd
15
10713 +/- 136
21st
4
10562 +/- 406
21st
3
10475 +/- 307
20th
9
10269 +/- 54
19th
5
10009 +/- 343
19th
36
9986 +/- 201
18th
9
9865 +/- 540
18th
6
9796 +/- 63
18th
13
9745 +/- 377
17th
3
9605 +/- 13
17th
4
9530 +/- 9
16th
6
9453 +/- 255
16th
8
9382 +/- 7
16th
3
9245 +/- 1162
15th
4
8889 +/- 17
15th
4
8476 +/- 49
15th
7
8406 +/- 1204
14th
3
8350 +/- 19
14th
16
8265 +/- 18
13th
5
8203 +/- 57
13th
15
8101 +/- 881
12th
7
7894 +/- 266
12th
5
7886 +/- 634
12th
4
7877 +/- 35
11th
13
7636 +/- 14
11th
3
7629 +/- 10
10th
18
7319 +/- 13
9th
4
6811 +/- 218
9th
3
6811 +/- 225
8th
9
6691 +/- 8
8th
10
6397 +/- 320
7th
4
6189 +/- 21
7th
5
5943 +/- 26
6th
4
5803 +/- 189
6th
8
5672 +/- 24
5th
3
4786 +/- 25
5th
4
4403 +/- 3
5th
6
4195 +/- 69
3rd
8
2962 +/- 7
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Test / Class: MG.C2220 Results Range From 57 To 437418 Total Mop/s5788051755326301350494379752545612937004178789875379628510503311378112252913127714002514877315752116626917501718376519251320126121000921875722750523625324500125374926249727124527999328874129748930623731498532373333248134122934997735872536747337622138496939371740246541121341996142870943745790180270360450

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 - Test / Class: MG.C) 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 / Class: MG.CRun-Time612182430Min: 1 / Avg: 1.24 / Max: 27

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 / Class: MG.CDeviation246810Min: 0 / Avg: 0.42 / Max: 4

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: MG.C246812141624326496128510152025

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 16-Core, ARMv8 32-Core, ARMv8 64-Core, ARMv8 8-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A72, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 16-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 8-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, Ampere eMAG ARMv8 32-Core, Apple M2

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