NTPsec

A-ntpsec-24-hour-stats

Report generated: Sun Oct 1 08:10:34 2023 UTC
Start Time: Sat Sep 30 08:10:33 2023 UTC
End Time: Sun Oct 1 08:10:33 2023 UTC
Report published: Sun Oct 01 01:10:41 AM 2023 PDT
Report Period: 1.0 days

Local Clock Time/Frequency Offsets

local offset plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Local Clock Time Offset -5.147 -1.307 -0.929 0.021 0.865 1.236 3.585 1.794 2.543 0.544 0.000 µs -4.172 11.98
Local Clock Frequency Offset -189.194 -187.943 -186.691 -134.598 -86.838 -84.213 -82.672 99.853 103.730 34.556 -137.548 ppb -138.5 765.6

The time and frequency offsets between the ntpd calculated time and the local system clock. Showing frequency offset (red, in parts per million, scale on right) and the time offset (blue, in μs, scale on left). Quick changes in time offset will lead to larger frequency offsets.

These are fields 3 (time) and 4 (frequency) from the loopstats log file.



Local RMS Time Jitter

local jitter plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Local RMS Time Jitter 0.274 0.390 0.464 0.693 1.002 1.178 2.310 0.538 0.788 0.169 0.708 µs 43.04 183

The RMS Jitter of the local clock offset. In other words, how fast the local clock offset is changing.

Lower is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0μs.

RMS jitter is field 5 in the loopstats log file.



Local RMS Frequency Jitter

local stability plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Local RMS Frequency Jitter 99.000 147.000 174.000 252.000 355.000 409.000 1,303.000 181.000 262.000 64.769 258.269 10e-12 39.48 229.2

The RMS Frequency Jitter (aka wander) of the local clock's frequency. In other words, how fast the local clock changes frequency.

Lower is better. An ideal clock would be a horizontal line at 0ppm.

RMS Frequency Jitter is field 6 in the loopstats log file.



Local Clock Time Offset Histogram

local offset histogram plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Local Clock Offset -5.147 -1.307 -0.929 0.021 0.865 1.236 3.585 1.794 2.543 0.544 0.000 µs -4.172 11.98

The clock offsets of the local clock as a histogram.

The Local Clock Offset is field 3 from the loopstats log file.



Local Temperatures

local temps plot

Local temperatures. These will be site-specific depending upon what temperature sensors you collect data from. Temperature changes affect the local clock crystal frequency and stability. The math of how temperature changes frequency is complex, and also depends on crystal aging. So there is no easy way to correct for it in software. This is the single most important component of frequency drift.

The Local Temperatures are from field 3 from the tempstats log file.



Local Frequency/Temp

local freq temps plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Local Clock Frequency Offset -189.194 -187.943 -186.691 -134.598 -86.838 -84.213 -82.672 99.853 103.730 34.556 -137.548 ppb -138.5 765.6
Temp ZONE0 48.312 48.312 48.312 49.388 50.464 50.464 50.464 2.152 2.152 0.560 49.414 °C

The frequency offsets and temperatures. Showing frequency offset (red, in parts per million, scale on right) and the temperatures.

These are field 4 (frequency) from the loopstats log file, and field 3 from the tempstats log file.



Local GPS

local gps plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
nSats 7.000 8.000 8.000 10.000 12.000 13.000 13.000 4.000 5.000 1.088 9.671 nSat 514.5 4260
TDOP 0.490 0.500 0.570 0.820 1.200 1.380 1.790 0.630 0.880 0.202 0.862 45.38 190

Local GPS. The Time Dilution of Precision (TDOP) is plotted in blue. The number of visible satellites (nSat) is plotted in red.

TDOP is field 3, and nSats is field 4, from the gpsd log file. The gpsd log file is created by the ntploggps program.

TDOP is a dimensionless error factor. Smaller numbers are better. TDOP ranges from 1 (ideal), 2 to 5 (good), to greater than 20 (poor). Some GNSS receivers report TDOP less than one which is theoretically impossible.



Server Offsets

peer offsets plot

The offset of all refclocks and servers. This can be useful to see if offset changes are happening in a single clock or all clocks together.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset 162.159.200.1

peer offset 162.159.200.1 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 162.159.200.1 3.343 3.758 3.928 4.387 6.922 7.898 8.684 2.994 4.140 0.828 4.589 ms 110 609.3

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset 169.229.128.134

peer offset 169.229.128.134 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 169.229.128.134 0.101 1.413 1.563 1.949 4.281 5.869 9.425 2.718 4.456 0.981 2.218 ms 9.099 45.63

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset 173.11.101.155

peer offset 173.11.101.155 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 173.11.101.155 -3.793 -2.318 -1.560 0.650 4.123 6.938 9.413 5.684 9.256 1.764 0.789 ms -0.5978 5.336

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset 216.218.254.202

peer offset 216.218.254.202 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 216.218.254.202 1.829 2.036 2.194 2.485 5.353 6.145 7.232 3.159 4.109 0.942 2.799 ms 16.15 67.84

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset 52.10.183.132

peer offset 52.10.183.132 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 52.10.183.132 3.459 3.609 4.083 5.451 7.989 9.102 11.066 3.907 5.492 1.157 5.626 ms 70.45 337.4

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset 66.220.9.122

peer offset 66.220.9.122 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 66.220.9.122 0.807 1.275 2.104 2.492 5.409 6.431 7.242 3.304 5.156 0.983 2.765 ms 13.88 57.37

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset SHM(0)

peer offset SHM(0) plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset SHM(0) -135.875 -134.367 -132.871 -130.165 -128.289 -127.282 -126.259 4.582 7.085 1.393 -130.345 ms -8.467e+05 8.012e+07

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset SHM(1)

peer offset SHM(1) plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset SHM(1) -5.148 -1.308 -0.930 0.022 0.866 1.237 3.586 1.796 2.545 0.545 0.000 µs -4.172 11.97

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitters

peer jitters plot

The RMS Jitter of all refclocks and servers. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter 162.159.200.1

peer jitter 162.159.200.1 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 162.159.200.1 0.087 0.158 0.371 1.090 7.637 14.396 42.929 7.266 14.238 4.677 2.452 ms 4.868 42.17

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter 169.229.128.134

peer jitter 169.229.128.134 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 169.229.128.134 0.139 0.197 0.264 1.187 7.459 13.169 20.783 7.195 12.972 2.992 2.269 ms 2.449 14.02

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter 173.11.101.155

peer jitter 173.11.101.155 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 173.11.101.155 0.663 0.743 1.183 2.943 9.305 15.199 32.179 8.122 14.456 3.369 3.933 ms 4.958 37

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter 216.218.254.202

peer jitter 216.218.254.202 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 216.218.254.202 0.187 0.221 0.313 1.208 8.043 11.751 35.955 7.730 11.530 4.118 2.599 ms 4.206 33.91

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter 52.10.183.132

peer jitter 52.10.183.132 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 52.10.183.132 0.271 0.308 0.470 1.237 8.614 14.226 24.838 8.144 13.919 3.284 2.560 ms 2.536 14.7

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter 66.220.9.122

peer jitter 66.220.9.122 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 66.220.9.122 0.079 0.170 0.304 1.277 7.727 14.808 25.741 7.423 14.637 3.013 2.343 ms 2.689 16.24

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter SHM(0)

peer jitter SHM(0) plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter SHM(0) 0.030 0.070 0.105 0.318 0.952 1.343 2.509 0.847 1.274 0.281 0.397 ms 2.854 9.714

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter SHM(1)

peer jitter SHM(1) plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter SHM(1) 0.105 0.251 0.341 0.664 1.276 1.626 5.481 0.935 1.375 0.307 0.719 µs 8.778 49.38

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Summary


Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Local Clock Frequency Offset -189.194 -187.943 -186.691 -134.598 -86.838 -84.213 -82.672 99.853 103.730 34.556 -137.548 ppb -138.5 765.6
Local Clock Time Offset -5.147 -1.307 -0.929 0.021 0.865 1.236 3.585 1.794 2.543 0.544 0.000 µs -4.172 11.98
Local RMS Frequency Jitter 99.000 147.000 174.000 252.000 355.000 409.000 1,303.000 181.000 262.000 64.769 258.269 10e-12 39.48 229.2
Local RMS Time Jitter 0.274 0.390 0.464 0.693 1.002 1.178 2.310 0.538 0.788 0.169 0.708 µs 43.04 183
Server Jitter 162.159.200.1 0.087 0.158 0.371 1.090 7.637 14.396 42.929 7.266 14.238 4.677 2.452 ms 4.868 42.17
Server Jitter 169.229.128.134 0.139 0.197 0.264 1.187 7.459 13.169 20.783 7.195 12.972 2.992 2.269 ms 2.449 14.02
Server Jitter 173.11.101.155 0.663 0.743 1.183 2.943 9.305 15.199 32.179 8.122 14.456 3.369 3.933 ms 4.958 37
Server Jitter 216.218.254.202 0.187 0.221 0.313 1.208 8.043 11.751 35.955 7.730 11.530 4.118 2.599 ms 4.206 33.91
Server Jitter 52.10.183.132 0.271 0.308 0.470 1.237 8.614 14.226 24.838 8.144 13.919 3.284 2.560 ms 2.536 14.7
Server Jitter 66.220.9.122 0.079 0.170 0.304 1.277 7.727 14.808 25.741 7.423 14.637 3.013 2.343 ms 2.689 16.24
Server Jitter SHM(0) 0.030 0.070 0.105 0.318 0.952 1.343 2.509 0.847 1.274 0.281 0.397 ms 2.854 9.714
Server Jitter SHM(1) 0.105 0.251 0.341 0.664 1.276 1.626 5.481 0.935 1.375 0.307 0.719 µs 8.778 49.38
Server Offset 162.159.200.1 3.343 3.758 3.928 4.387 6.922 7.898 8.684 2.994 4.140 0.828 4.589 ms 110 609.3
Server Offset 169.229.128.134 0.101 1.413 1.563 1.949 4.281 5.869 9.425 2.718 4.456 0.981 2.218 ms 9.099 45.63
Server Offset 173.11.101.155 -3.793 -2.318 -1.560 0.650 4.123 6.938 9.413 5.684 9.256 1.764 0.789 ms -0.5978 5.336
Server Offset 216.218.254.202 1.829 2.036 2.194 2.485 5.353 6.145 7.232 3.159 4.109 0.942 2.799 ms 16.15 67.84
Server Offset 52.10.183.132 3.459 3.609 4.083 5.451 7.989 9.102 11.066 3.907 5.492 1.157 5.626 ms 70.45 337.4
Server Offset 66.220.9.122 0.807 1.275 2.104 2.492 5.409 6.431 7.242 3.304 5.156 0.983 2.765 ms 13.88 57.37
Server Offset SHM(0) -135.875 -134.367 -132.871 -130.165 -128.289 -127.282 -126.259 4.582 7.085 1.393 -130.345 ms -8.467e+05 8.012e+07
Server Offset SHM(1) -5.148 -1.308 -0.930 0.022 0.866 1.237 3.586 1.796 2.545 0.545 0.000 µs -4.172 11.97
TDOP 0.490 0.500 0.570 0.820 1.200 1.380 1.790 0.630 0.880 0.202 0.862 45.38 190
Temp ZONE0 48.312 48.312 48.312 49.388 50.464 50.464 50.464 2.152 2.152 0.560 49.414 °C
nSats 7.000 8.000 8.000 10.000 12.000 13.000 13.000 4.000 5.000 1.088 9.671 nSat 514.5 4260
Summary as CSV file


Glossary:

frequency offset:
The difference between the ntpd calculated frequency and the local system clock frequency (usually in parts per million, ppm)
jitter, dispersion:
The short term change in a value. NTP measures Local Time Jitter, Refclock Jitter, and Server Jitter in seconds. Local Frequency Jitter is in ppm or ppb.
kurtosis, Kurt:
The kurtosis of a random variable X is the fourth standardized moment and is a dimension-less ratio. ntpviz uses the Pearson's moment coefficient of kurtosis. A normal distribution has a kurtosis of three. NIST describes a kurtosis over three as "heavy tailed" and one under three as "light tailed".
ms, millisecond:
One thousandth of a second = 0.001 seconds, 1e-3 seconds
mu, mean:
The arithmetic mean: the sum of all the values divided by the number of values. The formula for mu is: "mu = (∑xi) / N". Where xi denotes the data points and N is the number of data points.
ns, nanosecond:
One billionth of a second, also one thousandth of a microsecond, 0.000000001 seconds and 1e-9 seconds.
percentile:
The value below which a given percentage of values fall.
ppb, parts per billion:
Ratio between two values. These following are all the same: 1 ppb, one in one billion, 1/1,000,000,000, 0.000,000,001, 1e-9 and 0.000,000,1%
ppm, parts per million:
Ratio between two values. These following are all the same: 1 ppm, one in one million, 1/1,000,000, 0.000,001, and 0.000,1%
‰, parts per thousand:
Ratio between two values. These following are all the same: 1 ‰. one in one thousand, 1/1,000, 0.001, and 0.1%
refclock:
Reference clock, a local GPS module or other local source of time.
remote clock:
Any clock reached over the network, LAN or WAN. Also called a peer or server.
time offset:
The difference between the ntpd calculated time and the local system clock's time. Also called phase offset.
σ, sigma:
Sigma denotes the standard deviation (SD) and is centered on the arithmetic mean of the data set. The SD is simply the square root of the variance of the data set. Two sigma is simply twice the standard deviation. Three sigma is three times sigma. Smaller is better.
The formula for sigma is: "σ = √[ ∑(xi-mu)^2 / N ]". Where xi denotes the data points and N is the number of data points.
skewness, Skew:
The skewness of a random variable X is the third standardized moment and is a dimension-less ratio. ntpviz uses the Pearson's moment coefficient of skewness. Wikipedia describes it best: "The qualitative interpretation of the skew is complicated and unintuitive."
A normal distribution has a skewness of zero.
upstream clock:
Any server or reference clock used as a source of time.
µs, us, microsecond:
One millionth of a second, also one thousandth of a millisecond, 0.000,001 seconds, and 1e-6 seconds.



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