NTPsec

A-ntpsec-72-hour-stats

Report generated: Thu Jun 8 04:12:43 2023 UTC
Start Time: Mon Jun 5 04:12:41 2023 UTC
End Time: Thu Jun 8 04:12:41 2023 UTC
Report published: Wed Jun 07 21:12:57 2023 PDT
Report Period: 3.0 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 -2.908 -1.240 -0.941 0.007 0.915 1.262 2.048 1.856 2.502 0.577 -0.005 µs -4.072 9.74
Local Clock Frequency Offset -74.188 -70.816 -64.240 -42.099 19.302 32.364 35.187 83.542 103.180 26.177 -33.992 ppb -18.13 54.14

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 0.308 0.452 0.532 0.765 1.057 1.205 1.781 0.525 0.753 0.161 0.775 µs 67.04 307.4

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 109.000 171.000 198.000 275.000 366.000 409.000 592.000 168.000 238.000 51.470 277.489 10e-12 98.21 497.2

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 -2.908 -1.240 -0.941 0.007 0.915 1.262 2.048 1.856 2.502 0.577 -0.005 µs -4.072 9.74

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 -74.188 -70.816 -64.240 -42.099 19.302 32.364 35.187 83.542 103.180 26.177 -33.992 ppb -18.13 54.14
Temp ZONE0 51.540 51.540 51.540 52.616 54.230 54.768 55.306 2.690 3.228 0.792 52.716 °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 7.000 8.000 10.000 12.000 12.000 12.000 4.000 5.000 1.134 9.651 nSat 446 3521
TDOP 0.490 0.520 0.570 0.830 1.260 1.430 1.710 0.690 0.910 0.209 0.861 40.35 165.4

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 104.131.155.175

peer offset 104.131.155.175 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 104.131.155.175 0.459 0.924 1.643 3.180 4.887 5.921 7.841 3.244 4.997 0.986 3.167 ms 18.01 63.32

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 -0.715 0.494 1.015 2.220 3.556 4.827 7.739 2.542 4.333 0.820 2.279 ms 11.68 40.48

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 -12.645 -4.659 -1.886 0.828 3.799 4.702 9.630 5.685 9.361 1.951 0.814 ms -2.789 13.08

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 178.62.68.79

peer offset 178.62.68.79 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 178.62.68.79 -2.048 -0.434 0.442 2.569 5.059 6.598 7.883 4.617 7.032 1.444 2.710 ms 3.605 10.02

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 -0.758 0.955 1.700 2.934 4.328 5.767 15.780 2.628 4.812 1.111 3.027 ms 14.31 92.86

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 0.896 1.174 1.739 2.936 4.331 6.492 10.911 2.592 5.318 0.920 3.025 ms 20.86 91.72

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) -102.659 -101.359 -99.678 -96.903 -94.715 -93.980 -92.960 4.964 7.378 1.547 -97.059 ms -2.593e+05 1.654e+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) -2.909 -1.241 -0.942 0.008 0.916 1.263 2.049 1.858 2.504 0.578 -0.005 µs -4.072 9.736

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 104.131.155.175

peer jitter 104.131.155.175 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 104.131.155.175 0.691 0.727 0.984 2.199 16.859 33.285 34.995 15.875 32.558 6.458 4.839 ms 1.996 8.581

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 0.440 0.641 0.864 1.932 15.548 24.455 37.272 14.684 23.814 5.308 4.247 ms 1.938 8.813

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 0.591 0.958 1.279 3.329 15.985 25.368 37.012 14.706 24.410 5.107 5.230 ms 2.514 10.65

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 178.62.68.79

peer jitter 178.62.68.79 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 178.62.68.79 0.497 0.891 1.044 3.047 16.634 25.760 28.659 15.590 24.869 5.518 5.283 ms 1.85 6.233

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 0.251 0.641 0.877 2.035 15.288 19.816 40.480 14.412 19.175 4.549 3.916 ms 2.133 9.887

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 0.582 0.701 0.925 1.948 14.309 23.838 50.597 13.385 23.137 4.977 3.936 ms 2.554 15.12

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) 0.021 0.065 0.102 0.332 0.990 1.394 2.559 0.887 1.329 0.295 0.414 ms 2.757 9.287

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) 0.113 0.304 0.402 0.729 1.328 1.640 3.140 0.926 1.336 0.288 0.781 µs 11.11 37.15

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 -74.188 -70.816 -64.240 -42.099 19.302 32.364 35.187 83.542 103.180 26.177 -33.992 ppb -18.13 54.14
Local Clock Time Offset -2.908 -1.240 -0.941 0.007 0.915 1.262 2.048 1.856 2.502 0.577 -0.005 µs -4.072 9.74
Local RMS Frequency Jitter 109.000 171.000 198.000 275.000 366.000 409.000 592.000 168.000 238.000 51.470 277.489 10e-12 98.21 497.2
Local RMS Time Jitter 0.308 0.452 0.532 0.765 1.057 1.205 1.781 0.525 0.753 0.161 0.775 µs 67.04 307.4
Server Jitter 104.131.155.175 0.691 0.727 0.984 2.199 16.859 33.285 34.995 15.875 32.558 6.458 4.839 ms 1.996 8.581
Server Jitter 169.229.128.134 0.440 0.641 0.864 1.932 15.548 24.455 37.272 14.684 23.814 5.308 4.247 ms 1.938 8.813
Server Jitter 173.11.101.155 0.591 0.958 1.279 3.329 15.985 25.368 37.012 14.706 24.410 5.107 5.230 ms 2.514 10.65
Server Jitter 178.62.68.79 0.497 0.891 1.044 3.047 16.634 25.760 28.659 15.590 24.869 5.518 5.283 ms 1.85 6.233
Server Jitter 216.218.254.202 0.251 0.641 0.877 2.035 15.288 19.816 40.480 14.412 19.175 4.549 3.916 ms 2.133 9.887
Server Jitter 66.220.9.122 0.582 0.701 0.925 1.948 14.309 23.838 50.597 13.385 23.137 4.977 3.936 ms 2.554 15.12
Server Jitter SHM(0) 0.021 0.065 0.102 0.332 0.990 1.394 2.559 0.887 1.329 0.295 0.414 ms 2.757 9.287
Server Jitter SHM(1) 0.113 0.304 0.402 0.729 1.328 1.640 3.140 0.926 1.336 0.288 0.781 µs 11.11 37.15
Server Offset 104.131.155.175 0.459 0.924 1.643 3.180 4.887 5.921 7.841 3.244 4.997 0.986 3.167 ms 18.01 63.32
Server Offset 169.229.128.134 -0.715 0.494 1.015 2.220 3.556 4.827 7.739 2.542 4.333 0.820 2.279 ms 11.68 40.48
Server Offset 173.11.101.155 -12.645 -4.659 -1.886 0.828 3.799 4.702 9.630 5.685 9.361 1.951 0.814 ms -2.789 13.08
Server Offset 178.62.68.79 -2.048 -0.434 0.442 2.569 5.059 6.598 7.883 4.617 7.032 1.444 2.710 ms 3.605 10.02
Server Offset 216.218.254.202 -0.758 0.955 1.700 2.934 4.328 5.767 15.780 2.628 4.812 1.111 3.027 ms 14.31 92.86
Server Offset 66.220.9.122 0.896 1.174 1.739 2.936 4.331 6.492 10.911 2.592 5.318 0.920 3.025 ms 20.86 91.72
Server Offset SHM(0) -102.659 -101.359 -99.678 -96.903 -94.715 -93.980 -92.960 4.964 7.378 1.547 -97.059 ms -2.593e+05 1.654e+07
Server Offset SHM(1) -2.909 -1.241 -0.942 0.008 0.916 1.263 2.049 1.858 2.504 0.578 -0.005 µs -4.072 9.736
TDOP 0.490 0.520 0.570 0.830 1.260 1.430 1.710 0.690 0.910 0.209 0.861 40.35 165.4
Temp ZONE0 51.540 51.540 51.540 52.616 54.230 54.768 55.306 2.690 3.228 0.792 52.716 °C
nSats 7.000 7.000 8.000 10.000 12.000 12.000 12.000 4.000 5.000 1.134 9.651 nSat 446 3521
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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