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, 30 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 13 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.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: FT.C

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 2,069 public results since 28 August 2019 with the latest data as of 19 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
15
238502 +/- 5200
100th
11
232995 +/- 7382
100th
13
230807 +/- 16627
99th
20
225350 +/- 6792
98th
6
179391 +/- 8125
98th
4
171154 +/- 4448
98th
7
142074 +/- 2376
97th
27
126663 +/- 1938
96th
12
125629 +/- 1385
95th
13
123767 +/- 2015
95th
10
122140 +/- 2543
93rd
39
117373 +/- 3591
92nd
19
114662 +/- 4379
92nd
12
113779 +/- 6001
90th
9
105720 +/- 7286
90th
4
104411 +/- 473
89th
4
102364 +/- 2623
87th
8
98887 +/- 1190
87th
4
98626 +/- 4197
86th
6
97852 +/- 3269
86th
3
96209 +/- 3091
85th
4
91581 +/- 260
85th
35
91422 +/- 9490
85th
6
89861 +/- 1817
83rd
5
82523 +/- 1439
83rd
7
80411 +/- 9214
82nd
6
78995 +/- 519
81st
9
77669 +/- 6194
81st
9
76926 +/- 1396
81st
6
75837 +/- 9122
80th
4
74014 +/- 455
80th
4
73541 +/- 8281
79th
10
70543 +/- 778
78th
6
68483 +/- 438
78th
19
68090 +/- 8777
77th
6
67902 +/- 811
76th
19
64292 +/- 373
Mid-Tier
75th
< 62961
75th
21
61936 +/- 611
75th
6
61848 +/- 293
73rd
14
60613 +/- 464
72nd
18
57498 +/- 1070
70th
6
54998 +/- 364
69th
21
53027 +/- 5181
69th
4
52772 +/- 4785
68th
33
49086 +/- 4812
66th
5
48045 +/- 88
64th
4
45142 +/- 313
64th
9
44828 +/- 1430
63rd
9
44339 +/- 3522
63rd
5
44149 +/- 193
62nd
6
42342 +/- 921
62nd
4
41507 +/- 251
62nd
3
41112 +/- 1105
57th
10
34865 +/- 637
56th
3
32992 +/- 728
56th
3
32255 +/- 193
55th
8
30313 +/- 1097
54th
10
29129 +/- 2148
51st
11
26017 +/- 1743
Median
50th
25207
49th
13
24212 +/- 1707
49th
16
24163 +/- 1450
49th
10
24031 +/- 155
49th
12
23992 +/- 397
46th
7
22396 +/- 653
45th
3
21795 +/- 48
45th
12
21756 +/- 643
45th
3
21730 +/- 104
41st
10
20175 +/- 765
41st
10
19983 +/- 1122
40th
8
19205 +/- 449
39th
4
18534 +/- 202
39th
7
18202 +/- 16
38th
8
18114 +/- 56
36th
10
16451 +/- 144
34th
10
14143 +/- 127
33rd
15
13765 +/- 642
33rd
17
13595 +/- 830
32nd
10
13508 +/- 974
32nd
11
13109 +/- 176
31st
7
12949 +/- 164
30th
6
12893 +/- 430
30th
9
12789 +/- 163
28th
36
12210 +/- 477
27th
9
12055 +/- 73
27th
6
12031 +/- 93
26th
7
11710 +/- 1582
26th
9
11679 +/- 887
Low-Tier
25th
< 11678
25th
4
11566 +/- 101
24th
16
11390 +/- 217
23rd
13
10952 +/- 141
23rd
3
10804 +/- 54
23rd
5
10789 +/- 252
22nd
6
10635 +/- 279
21st
4
10292 +/- 27
21st
3
10185 +/- 9
21st
3
10117 +/- 677
20th
6
9651 +/- 930
20th
8
9591 +/- 72
18th
16
9172 +/- 210
18th
3
9007 +/- 43
18th
4
8883 +/- 22
15th
15
8291 +/- 829
15th
10
8273 +/- 488
15th
4
8122 +/- 340
14th
8
8045 +/- 46
14th
3
8039 +/- 46
14th
7
8011 +/- 965
12th
4
7476 +/- 491
12th
6
7473 +/- 427
12th
13
7460 +/- 33
11th
8
7377 +/- 10
10th
18
7333 +/- 160
10th
4
7247 +/- 960
9th
9
6990 +/- 158
9th
4
6936 +/- 58
9th
3
6784 +/- 2
8th
9
6562 +/- 267
8th
3
6436 +/- 158
8th
4
6349 +/- 629
6th
6
5595 +/- 118
5th
4
5374 +/- 246
5th
4
5272 +/- 538
5th
4
4722 +/- 28
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Test / Class: FT.C2068 Results Range From 5 To 249257 Total Mop/s54991997714963199492493529921349073989344879498655485159837648236980974795797818476789753947399972510471110969711468311966912465512964113462713961314459914958515457115955716454316952917451517950118448718947319445919944520443120941721440321938922437522936123434723933324431924930570140210280350

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 - Test / Class: FT.C) has an average run-time of 3 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: FT.CRun-Time306090120150Min: 1 / Avg: 2.92 / Max: 167

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.5%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsTest / Class: FT.CDeviation246810Min: 0 / Avg: 0.46 / Max: 6

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: FT.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 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

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