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

41 Seconds

Average Run Time

1 Minute, 27 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain + Fortran + OpenMPI

Accolades

300k+ 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 24 July 2024.
IS.D7.0%EP.C11.0%BT.C10.9%CG.C10.3%LU.C13.1%FT.C10.2%MG.C11.3%SP.C6.7%SP.B8.9%EP.D10.5%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: BT.C

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 2,305 public results since 28 August 2019 with the latest data as of 26 July 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
13
659740 +/- 46581
100th
23
522339 +/- 22688
100th
17
509655 +/- 12127
99th
18
460831 +/- 4742
98th
11
428117 +/- 18307
97th
31
368499 +/- 4604
96th
17
334796 +/- 2693
95th
16
322356 +/- 31932
95th
12
311867 +/- 3557
95th
5
306145 +/- 5072
94th
7
296126 +/- 1937
94th
4
287349 +/- 13207
93rd
5
268770 +/- 2797
93rd
14
266682 +/- 6121
92nd
40
256957 +/- 3146
91st
3
255832 +/- 2836
89th
13
235494 +/- 1697
89th
20
235184 +/- 2222
88th
9
231929 +/- 10519
88th
25
230308 +/- 20399
88th
5
221330 +/- 3621
85th
31
188917 +/- 8606
83rd
14
180407 +/- 504
82nd
3
171803 +/- 244
82nd
21
168238 +/- 1198
81st
3
162267 +/- 645
80th
19
153144 +/- 11982
80th
4
152790 +/- 149
80th
3
148911 +/- 12367
80th
7
142581 +/- 2220
80th
8
140453 +/- 3105
79th
5
138195 +/- 292
79th
6
137327 +/- 353
78th
3
135924 +/- 3544
78th
6
135803 +/- 2132
77th
22
134902 +/- 3283
77th
4
134237 +/- 945
77th
23
134034 +/- 1302
76th
8
131362 +/- 874
76th
4
130867 +/- 28
Mid-Tier
75th
< 130393
75th
15
128288 +/- 582
74th
3
125726 +/- 93
74th
5
125057 +/- 1060
73rd
4
116742 +/- 17159
73rd
20
116472 +/- 911
72nd
3
113863 +/- 1106
72nd
6
110119 +/- 11870
72nd
7
109153 +/- 869
71st
7
108356 +/- 1074
69th
4
99163 +/- 7313
69th
6
99040 +/- 7751
69th
4
98123 +/- 4052
68th
3
94736 +/- 769
68th
4
94624 +/- 847
68th
17
94392 +/- 3277
65th
3
84319 +/- 489
65th
3
82263 +/- 3204
65th
3
81146 +/- 1312
65th
6
80512 +/- 1030
64th
3
78972 +/- 955
62nd
3
73420 +/- 1592
62nd
5
72952 +/- 1095
62nd
3
72519 +/- 1171
62nd
3
71612 +/- 302
61st
6
70607 +/- 8587
61st
4
68718 +/- 1572
59th
3
66869 +/- 1932
57th
3
60888 +/- 1222
55th
12
53196 +/- 3820
55th
11
52634 +/- 1852
54th
12
50863 +/- 1169
54th
16
50643 +/- 2232
52nd
4
49344 +/- 75
Median
50th
47009
50th
10
45837 +/- 5135
49th
14
45047 +/- 1960
49th
5
44550 +/- 658
49th
10
44401 +/- 853
48th
6
44003 +/- 322
46th
18
41073 +/- 1534
45th
18
40373 +/- 2742
43rd
10
34411 +/- 113
43rd
5
34253 +/- 1736
43rd
10
33478 +/- 292
42nd
4
32519 +/- 49
42nd
5
32418 +/- 85
41st
6
28399 +/- 1733
40th
4
27497 +/- 626
40th
5
27291 +/- 211
38th
9
26300 +/- 173
38th
15
26180 +/- 749
38th
11
26093 +/- 818
38th
12
26000 +/- 917
38th
9
25773 +/- 1344
38th
20
25741 +/- 1024
37th
36
25348 +/- 1723
35th
5
24860 +/- 895
35th
7
24653 +/- 834
35th
5
24555 +/- 878
34th
4
24456 +/- 16
34th
40
24404 +/- 954
34th
6
24282 +/- 381
32nd
12
23932 +/- 317
31st
9
23619 +/- 1573
31st
6
22860 +/- 295
31st
4
22839 +/- 192
30th
16
22597 +/- 202
29th
4
22292 +/- 51
28th
3
20414 +/- 150
28th
6
20085 +/- 15
27th
4
19778 +/- 331
27th
11
19620 +/- 1036
27th
8
19489 +/- 441
26th
8
19138 +/- 133
26th
18
19134 +/- 191
Low-Tier
25th
< 19057
25th
13
18984 +/- 253
25th
5
18889 +/- 141
24th
8
18824 +/- 54
24th
3
18792 +/- 57
23rd
3
18556 +/- 32
23rd
6
18540 +/- 134
23rd
3
18415 +/- 1490
23rd
8
18309 +/- 443
23rd
10
18215 +/- 2233
23rd
4
18173 +/- 163
22nd
4
17893 +/- 278
22nd
6
17531 +/- 1121
22nd
3
17414 +/- 335
21st
7
16431 +/- 802
21st
15
16340 +/- 186
20th
3
16123 +/- 41
20th
3
16060 +/- 864
20th
4
15967 +/- 38
19th
15
15654 +/- 1105
19th
6
15428 +/- 103
19th
3
15407 +/- 79
18th
4
15320 +/- 40
17th
4
14928 +/- 117
17th
4
14827 +/- 661
17th
9
14497 +/- 987
16th
5
14397 +/- 475
16th
5
14261 +/- 272
15th
7
14200 +/- 1460
15th
4
14195 +/- 698
15th
13
14166 +/- 59
15th
20
14100 +/- 186
14th
4
13516 +/- 23
13th
3
13363 +/- 9
13th
7
13003 +/- 156
12th
9
12888 +/- 112
12th
4
12672 +/- 57
11th
6
11963 +/- 592
11th
3
11872 +/- 589
11th
3
11630 +/- 432
11th
3
11568 +/- 533
11th
4
11548 +/- 40
11th
3
11507 +/- 151
11th
4
11436 +/- 1494
10th
7
11066 +/- 214
9th
3
10313 +/- 21
9th
9
10260 +/- 197
9th
4
9499 +/- 40
8th
7
8648 +/- 1151
8th
4
8528 +/- 180
7th
8
7625 +/- 177
6th
9
7372 +/- 628
6th
3
6384 +/- 91
5th
4
4108 +/- 8
4th
3
3069 +/- 165
3rd
3
1118 +/- 108
2nd
3
1085 +/- 26
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Test / Class: BT.C2305 Results Range From 85 To 744414 Total Mop/s85149722985944746596337452089407104294119181134068148955163842178729193616208503223390238277253164268051282938297825312712327599342486357373372260387147402034416921431808446695461582476469491356506243521130536017550904565791580678595565610452625339640226655113670000684887699774714661729548744435120240360480600

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 - Test / Class: BT.C) has an average run-time of 8 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: BT.CRun-Time4080120160200Min: 1 / Avg: 7.91 / Max: 207

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: BT.CDeviation246810Min: 0 / Avg: 0.17 / 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: BT.C2468101214162432486496128612182430

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)
MIPS 64-bit
mips64
Loongson-3A R4
Loongson LoongArch 64-bit
loongarch64
Loongson-3A5000, Loongson-3A5000LL, Loongson-3A6000
Intel / AMD x86 32-bit
i686
(Many Processors)
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
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 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, Apple M2, Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core

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