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

31 Seconds

Average Run Time

1 Minute, 37 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/npb2010.122011.052011.102012.032012.082013.012013.062013.112014.042014.092015.022015.072015.122016.052016.102017.032017.082018.012018.062018.112019.042019.092020.022020.072020.122021.052021.102022.032022.082023.012023.062023.112024.042024.0980K160K240K320K400K
* 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 17 January 2025.
IS.D7.2%EP.C10.9%BT.C11.1%CG.C10.7%LU.C13.1%FT.C9.7%MG.C11.2%SP.C6.9%SP.B9.0%EP.D10.2%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 2,554 public results since 28 August 2019 with the latest data as of 18 January 2025.

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
7
779629 +/- 19214
100th
15
663618 +/- 44326
100th
26
522319 +/- 22416
100th
20
509078 +/- 11991
99th
3
484328 +/- 16880
98th
19
460355 +/- 5054
98th
12
427670 +/- 17524
97th
31
368499 +/- 4604
96th
18
352467 +/- 23484
95th
17
334796 +/- 2693
94th
16
322356 +/- 31932
94th
15
312060 +/- 19154
94th
5
306145 +/- 5072
93rd
9
295844 +/- 1769
93rd
4
287349 +/- 13207
92nd
5
268770 +/- 2797
92nd
17
266758 +/- 5899
91st
40
256957 +/- 3146
90th
3
255832 +/- 2836
88th
14
235527 +/- 1635
88th
20
235184 +/- 2222
87th
10
232135 +/- 9939
87th
25
230308 +/- 20399
87th
5
221330 +/- 3621
84th
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
78th
22
134902 +/- 3283
77th
4
134237 +/- 945
77th
23
134034 +/- 1302
76th
8
131362 +/- 874
76th
4
130867 +/- 28
76th
15
128288 +/- 582
Mid-Tier
75th
< 127936
75th
3
125726 +/- 93
75th
5
125057 +/- 1060
73rd
4
116742 +/- 17159
73rd
20
116472 +/- 911
73rd
3
113863 +/- 1106
73rd
6
110119 +/- 11870
73rd
7
109153 +/- 869
72nd
7
108356 +/- 1074
71st
4
99163 +/- 7313
71st
6
99040 +/- 7751
70th
4
98123 +/- 4052
69th
3
94736 +/- 769
69th
4
94624 +/- 847
69th
17
94392 +/- 3277
67th
3
84319 +/- 489
67th
3
82263 +/- 3204
67th
3
81146 +/- 1312
67th
6
80512 +/- 1030
66th
5
80364 +/- 61
66th
3
78972 +/- 955
63rd
3
73420 +/- 1592
63rd
5
72952 +/- 1095
63rd
3
72519 +/- 1171
63rd
16
72007 +/- 5382
63rd
3
71612 +/- 302
63rd
6
70607 +/- 8587
62nd
4
68718 +/- 1572
60th
3
66869 +/- 1932
59th
3
60888 +/- 1222
58th
15
55979 +/- 1662
56th
12
53196 +/- 3820
56th
11
52634 +/- 1852
55th
5
52398 +/- 725
55th
16
51216 +/- 1184
54th
19
50446 +/- 2075
54th
7
50025 +/- 81
53rd
4
49344 +/- 75
Median
50th
46025
50th
10
45837 +/- 5135
50th
14
45047 +/- 1960
49th
5
44550 +/- 658
49th
10
44401 +/- 853
49th
8
44076 +/- 304
47th
20
41126 +/- 1455
46th
20
40428 +/- 2599
45th
6
36416 +/- 403
44th
12
35272 +/- 171
44th
10
35032 +/- 453
43rd
13
34397 +/- 102
43rd
5
34253 +/- 1736
42nd
13
33571 +/- 309
42nd
15
32563 +/- 2188
41st
7
32444 +/- 83
41st
7
32020 +/- 624
41st
7
31225 +/- 487
39th
9
27654 +/- 1769
39th
8
27204 +/- 199
37th
9
26300 +/- 173
37th
9
26155 +/- 3007
37th
16
26118 +/- 764
37th
12
26020 +/- 820
37th
14
25836 +/- 941
36th
23
25650 +/- 976
36th
36
25348 +/- 1723
36th
11
25345 +/- 1534
34th
7
25047 +/- 797
34th
9
24875 +/- 846
33rd
5
24555 +/- 878
33rd
4
24456 +/- 16
32nd
8
24404 +/- 393
32nd
42
24390 +/- 931
31st
12
23932 +/- 317
30th
9
23619 +/- 1573
29th
6
22860 +/- 295
29th
4
22839 +/- 192
29th
16
22597 +/- 202
28th
4
22292 +/- 51
27th
4
20393 +/- 130
27th
4
20326 +/- 2697
27th
6
20085 +/- 15
26th
5
19721 +/- 314
26th
11
19620 +/- 1036
26th
8
19489 +/- 441
Low-Tier
25th
< 19360
25th
20
19133 +/- 181
24th
11
19116 +/- 117
24th
15
18964 +/- 240
24th
5
18889 +/- 141
23rd
8
18824 +/- 54
23rd
3
18792 +/- 57
23rd
5
18746 +/- 69
22nd
3
18556 +/- 32
22nd
6
18540 +/- 134
21st
3
18415 +/- 1490
21st
8
18309 +/- 443
21st
10
18215 +/- 2233
21st
6
18146 +/- 133
21st
4
17893 +/- 278
20th
6
17531 +/- 1121
20th
5
17418 +/- 79
20th
3
17414 +/- 335
19th
7
16431 +/- 802
19th
15
16340 +/- 186
19th
3
16123 +/- 41
18th
3
16060 +/- 864
18th
4
15967 +/- 38
18th
15
15654 +/- 1105
17th
6
15428 +/- 103
17th
3
15407 +/- 79
17th
4
15320 +/- 40
16th
4
14928 +/- 117
16th
4
14827 +/- 661
15th
11
14418 +/- 900
15th
5
14397 +/- 475
15th
8
14296 +/- 1379
15th
5
14261 +/- 272
14th
4
14195 +/- 698
14th
13
14166 +/- 59
14th
20
14100 +/- 186
13th
4
13516 +/- 23
12th
3
13363 +/- 9
12th
7
13003 +/- 156
12th
9
12888 +/- 112
11th
4
12672 +/- 57
10th
6
11963 +/- 592
10th
3
11872 +/- 589
10th
3
11630 +/- 432
10th
3
11568 +/- 533
10th
4
11548 +/- 40
10th
3
11507 +/- 151
10th
4
11436 +/- 1494
10th
7
11066 +/- 214
9th
3
10313 +/- 21
9th
9
10260 +/- 197
8th
4
9499 +/- 40
8th
7
8648 +/- 1151
7th
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
Detailed Performance Overview
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Test / Class: BT.C2554 Results Range From 85 To 804397 Total Mop/s85161723225948346644338052096607112694128781144868160955177042193129209216225303241390257477273564289651305738321825337912353999370086386173402260418347434434450521466608482695498782514869530956547043563130579217595304611391627478643565659652675739691826707913724000740087756174772261788348804435120240360480600

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: 7.68 / 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: 0.19 / 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, 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, AmpereOne 192-Core, AmpereOne 72-Core, Apple M2, Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core

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