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

21 January 2021

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

35 Seconds

Average Run Time

2 Minutes, 17 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain + Fortran + OpenMPI

Accolades

200k+ Downloads + 5k+ Public Benchmark Results + Recently Updated Test Profile

Supported Platforms

* 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.
Data current as of Tue, 26 Jan 2021 11:28:34 GMT.

Revision History

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

CPU Massive

Server CPU Tests

MPI Benchmarks

HPC - High Performance Computing

Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4

Test / Class: IS.D

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 225 public results since 28 August 2019 with the latest data as of 25 January 2021.

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

# Matching Public Results

Total Mop/s (Average)

2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core

97th

4218 ^{+/- 102}

2 x AMD EPYC 7F52 16-Core

89th

2397 ^{+/- 146}

AMD EPYC 7702 64-Core

83rd

2035 ^{+/- 70}

2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core

82nd

2028 ^{+/- 34}

2 x AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core

78th

1955 ^{+/- 68}

Mid-Tier

75th

< 1876

AMD EPYC 7F52 16-Core

73rd

1690 ^{+/- 131}

AMD EPYC 7302 16-Core

72nd

1685 ^{+/- 2}

Intel Xeon Gold 6226R

66th

1560 ^{+/- 93}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core

61st

1486 ^{+/- 12}

AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core

51st

1306 ^{+/- 42}

Median

50th

1296

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core

38th

1133 ^{+/- 24}

Low-Tier

25th

< 803

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core

24th

780 ^{+/- 24}

Intel Core i7-10700T

22nd

755 ^{+/- 7}

Intel Core i9-10885H

17th

714 ^{+/- 2}

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core

14th

648 ^{+/- 3}

Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

11th

534 ^{+/- 5}

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 - Test / Class: IS.D) 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.

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.4%.

2990wx-2021-amd 6 Systems - 78 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core - ASUS ROG ZENITH EXTREME - AMD 17h Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.8.0-34-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
EPYC 7601 1P 3 Systems - 99 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core - TYAN B8026T70AE24HR - AMD 17h Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-58-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Linux 5.11 Schedutil vs. Performance 2 Systems - 220 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.11.0-rc4-max-boost-inv-patch - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
Xeon Gold Weekend 3 Systems - 58 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Gold 6226R - Supermicro X11SPL-F v1.02 - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900rc6daily20200921-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Linux 5.11 Featured Kernel Comparison	5.10.9-051009-generic - 5.11.0-051100rc4daily20210121-generic - 5.11.0-rc4-max-boost-inv-patch
EPYC 7F52 Weekend 3 Systems - 54 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7F52 16-Core - Supermicro H11DSi-NT v2.00 - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.10.3-051003-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.1
10700T Friday 4 Systems - 30 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-10700T - Logic Supply RXM-181 - Intel Comet Lake PCH Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.8.0-38-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
7601 2P Updated Tests 3 Systems - 36 Benchmark Results	2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core - Dell 02MJ3T - AMD 17h Ubuntu 19.10 - 5.9.0-050900rc6daily20200922-generic - GNOME Shell 3.34.1
10885h npb and more 4 Systems - 27 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-10885H - HP 8736 - Intel Comet Lake PCH Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.6.0-1042-oem - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
3990X Thu 4 Systems - 37 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core - System76 Thelio Major - AMD Starship Pop 20.10 - 5.8.0-7625-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
TR 3970X Thu 3 Systems - 23 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core - ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.11.0-rc1-phx - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
EPYC 7551 c 3 Systems - 21 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core - GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 - AMD 17h Debian 10 - 4.19.0-10-amd64 - GCC 8.3.0

10700T Friday 4 Systems - 30 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-10700T - Logic Supply RXM-181 - Intel Comet Lake PCH Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.8.0-38-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
TR 3970X Thu 3 Systems - 23 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core - ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.11.0-rc1-phx - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
Amazon Graviton2 vs. AMD EPYC 7742 3 Systems - 143 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core - AMD DAYTONA_X - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-31-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.1
Big Threadripper 2 Systems - 475 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core - ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME - AMD Starship Ubuntu 19.10 - 5.3.0-18-generic - GNOME Shell 3.34.1
Pop OS 20.04 vs. Ubuntu 20.04 Benchmarks 2 Systems - 269 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core - System76 Thelio Major - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-29-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.1
Xeon Gold Weekend 3 Systems - 58 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Gold 6226R - Supermicro X11SPL-F v1.02 - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900rc6daily20200921-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
3990X Thu 4 Systems - 37 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core - System76 Thelio Major - AMD Starship Pop 20.10 - 5.8.0-7625-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
Threadripper 3970X Ubuntu 20.04 LTS vs. Windows WSL/WSL2 3 Systems - 173 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core - 64GB - 931GB Ubuntu 20.04 - 4.4.0-19041-Microsoft - GCC 9.3.0
5950x-new-tests 5 Systems - 40 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.11.0-rc4-max-boost-inv-patch - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
epyc-7702-t 4 Systems - 39 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7702 64-Core - ASRockRack EPYCD8 - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.11.0-rc4-max-boost-inv-patch - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
Xeon E3 1280 v5 Featured Kernel Comparison	Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 - MSI Z170A SLI PLUS - Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-42-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
Threadripper 3990X distros 2 Systems - 124 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core - System76 Thelio Major - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-12-generic - GNOME Shell 3.34.3