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: BT.C

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 2,138 public results since 28 August 2019 with the latest data as of 18 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
13
659740 +/- 46581
100th
23
522339 +/- 22688
100th
15
510787 +/- 11886
98th
18
460831 +/- 4742
98th
8
430129 +/- 21490
97th
31
368499 +/- 4604
96th
14
335953 +/- 871
95th
14
323156 +/- 34221
95th
12
311867 +/- 3557
94th
5
306145 +/- 5072
94th
7
296126 +/- 1937
93rd
5
268770 +/- 2797
93rd
14
266682 +/- 6121
92nd
40
256957 +/- 3146
89th
13
235494 +/- 1697
89th
20
235184 +/- 2222
88th
6
230900 +/- 13162
88th
25
230308 +/- 20399
88th
5
221330 +/- 3621
84th
31
188917 +/- 8606
83rd
11
180446 +/- 568
82nd
21
168238 +/- 1198
80th
19
153144 +/- 11982
80th
7
142581 +/- 2220
79th
8
140453 +/- 3105
79th
5
138195 +/- 292
78th
6
137327 +/- 353
77th
3
135924 +/- 3544
77th
6
135803 +/- 2132
77th
22
134902 +/- 3283
77th
4
134237 +/- 945
77th
23
134034 +/- 1302
Mid-Tier
75th
< 131519
75th
8
131362 +/- 874
75th
4
130867 +/- 28
75th
15
128288 +/- 582
73rd
5
125057 +/- 1060
72nd
4
116742 +/- 17159
72nd
20
116472 +/- 911
71st
3
113863 +/- 1106
71st
6
110119 +/- 11870
71st
7
109153 +/- 869
71st
7
108356 +/- 1074
68th
5
98378 +/- 8474
68th
4
98123 +/- 4052
68th
3
94736 +/- 769
67th
17
94392 +/- 3277
65th
3
82263 +/- 3204
64th
3
81146 +/- 1312
64th
6
80512 +/- 1030
64th
3
78972 +/- 955
61st
3
73420 +/- 1592
61st
5
72952 +/- 1095
61st
3
72519 +/- 1171
61st
3
71612 +/- 302
61st
6
70607 +/- 8587
60th
4
68718 +/- 1572
58th
3
66869 +/- 1932
56th
3
60888 +/- 1222
54th
12
53196 +/- 3820
54th
11
52634 +/- 1852
53rd
16
50643 +/- 2232
53rd
10
50580 +/- 1067
51st
4
49344 +/- 75
Median
50th
48701
49th
10
45837 +/- 5135
48th
14
45047 +/- 1960
48th
10
44401 +/- 853
45th
12
40993 +/- 2916
45th
15
40967 +/- 1682
43rd
8
34426 +/- 123
43rd
5
34253 +/- 1736
42nd
10
33478 +/- 292
42nd
4
32519 +/- 49
39th
7
26446 +/- 176
39th
12
26427 +/- 616
38th
8
26422 +/- 710
38th
9
26300 +/- 173
38th
10
26230 +/- 822
38th
17
26159 +/- 1598
37th
36
25348 +/- 1723
35th
5
24555 +/- 878
35th
4
24456 +/- 16
35th
37
24428 +/- 991
33rd
12
23932 +/- 317
32nd
9
23619 +/- 1573
32nd
6
22860 +/- 295
31st
16
22597 +/- 202
29th
6
20085 +/- 15
28th
11
19620 +/- 1036
28th
8
19489 +/- 441
27th
7
19149 +/- 139
27th
15
19137 +/- 211
27th
10
19028 +/- 276
26th
5
18889 +/- 141
26th
8
18824 +/- 54
26th
3
18792 +/- 57
Low-Tier
25th
< 18788
25th
3
18556 +/- 32
25th
6
18540 +/- 134
24th
3
18415 +/- 1490
24th
8
18309 +/- 443
24th
10
18215 +/- 2233
24th
4
17893 +/- 278
23rd
6
17531 +/- 1121
23rd
3
17414 +/- 335
22nd
7
16431 +/- 802
22nd
15
16340 +/- 186
21st
3
16123 +/- 41
21st
3
16060 +/- 864
21st
4
15967 +/- 38
20th
15
15654 +/- 1105
20th
6
15428 +/- 103
20th
3
15407 +/- 79
19th
4
15320 +/- 40
19th
4
14928 +/- 117
18th
4
14827 +/- 661
18th
9
14497 +/- 987
17th
5
14397 +/- 475
17th
5
14261 +/- 272
16th
4
14195 +/- 698
16th
13
14166 +/- 59
16th
19
14123 +/- 160
15th
6
14072 +/- 1556
15th
4
13516 +/- 23
14th
3
13363 +/- 9
14th
7
13003 +/- 156
13th
9
12888 +/- 112
13th
4
12672 +/- 57
12th
6
11963 +/- 592
12th
3
11872 +/- 589
12th
3
11630 +/- 432
12th
3
11568 +/- 533
12th
4
11548 +/- 40
11th
3
11507 +/- 151
11th
4
11436 +/- 1494
11th
7
11066 +/- 214
10th
3
10313 +/- 21
10th
9
10260 +/- 197
9th
4
9499 +/- 40
9th
4
8790 +/- 290
9th
7
8648 +/- 1151
8th
4
8528 +/- 180
7th
8
7625 +/- 177
7th
9
7372 +/- 628
6th
3
6384 +/- 91
5th
4
4108 +/- 8
4th
3
3069 +/- 165
3rd
3
1118 +/- 108
3rd
3
1085 +/- 26
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Test / Class: BT.C2138 Results Range From 85 To 744414 Total Mop/s85149722985944746596337452089407104294119181134068148955163842178729193616208503223390238277253164268051282938297825312712327599342486357373372260387147402034416921431808446695461582476469491356506243521130536017550904565791580678595565610452625339640226655113670000684887699774714661729548744435100200300400500

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 9 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: 8.21 / 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: 0.15 / 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.C24681012141624326496128612182430

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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