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Report generated: Sun Dec 22 05:15:04 2024 UTC
Start Time: Sat Dec 21 05:15:04 2024 UTC
End Time: Sun Dec 22 05:15:04 2024 UTC
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 -320.815 -320.815 -179.857 5.258 244.512 389.353 389.353 424.369 710.168 135.536 13.900 µs -3.178 7.931
Local Clock Frequency Offset 24.153 24.153 24.160 24.189 24.229 24.232 24.232 0.069 0.079 0.022 24.190 ppm 1.376e+09 1.531e+12

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 97.816 97.816 102.302 130.994 213.523 227.879 227.879 111.221 130.063 35.872 144.186 µs 37.37 149.7

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 6.601 6.601 7.157 12.051 20.698 22.689 22.689 13.541 16.088 4.276 13.124 ppb 15.59 50.5

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 -320.815 -320.815 -179.857 5.258 244.512 389.353 389.353 424.369 710.168 135.536 13.900 µs -3.178 7.931

The clock offsets of the local clock as a histogram.

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



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 130.207.244.240

peer offset 130.207.244.240 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 130.207.244.240 -91.423 -91.423 -40.789 185.508 400.685 504.997 504.997 441.474 596.420 126.705 183.677 µs 1.417 3.972

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 18.26.4.105

peer offset 18.26.4.105 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 18.26.4.105 -297.591 -297.591 -277.598 -70.312 142.577 195.206 195.206 420.175 492.797 113.068 -74.420 µs -9.647 27.63

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 192.5.41.41

peer offset 192.5.41.41 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 192.5.41.41 -1.252 -1.252 -1.185 -0.966 -0.762 -0.665 -0.665 0.422 0.587 0.133 -0.972 ms -598 5174

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 2001:470:0:2c8::2 (clock.nyc.he.net)

peer offset 2001:470:0:2c8::2 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 2001:470:0:2c8::2 (clock.nyc.he.net) -458.071 -458.071 -412.671 -176.427 6.111 53.873 53.873 418.782 511.944 116.815 -198.963 µs -28.03 101.7

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 2604:a880:2:d1::116:d001 (itchy.podsix.net)

peer offset 2604:a880:2:d1::116:d001 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 2604:a880:2:d1::116:d001 (itchy.podsix.net) -0.506 -0.506 -0.374 0.311 1.158 1.546 1.546 1.532 2.051 0.377 0.328 ms 0.4472 4.698

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 2610:20:6f15:15::26 (time-e-g.nist.gov)

peer offset 2610:20:6f15:15::26 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 2610:20:6f15:15::26 (time-e-g.nist.gov) -410.195 -410.195 -268.403 -41.537 309.921 467.525 467.525 578.324 877.720 171.592 -25.146 µs -4.485 10.76

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 130.207.244.240

peer jitter 130.207.244.240 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 130.207.244.240 41.660 41.660 49.322 100.904 320.128 723.727 723.727 270.806 682.067 108.972 123.543 µs 4.176 20.44

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 18.26.4.105

peer jitter 18.26.4.105 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 18.26.4.105 14.796 14.796 24.147 68.417 219.826 321.618 321.618 195.679 306.822 60.975 81.950 µs 3.052 10.64

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 192.5.41.41

peer jitter 192.5.41.41 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 192.5.41.41 0.046 0.046 0.054 0.139 26.444 26.507 26.507 26.389 26.461 7.837 2.727 ms 0.4636 3.972

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 2001:470:0:2c8::2 (clock.nyc.he.net)

peer jitter 2001:470:0:2c8::2 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 2001:470:0:2c8::2 (clock.nyc.he.net) 17.434 17.434 26.668 56.948 110.456 184.736 184.736 83.788 167.302 29.976 64.116 µs 6.434 23.25

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 2604:a880:2:d1::116:d001 (itchy.podsix.net)

peer jitter 2604:a880:2:d1::116:d001 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 2604:a880:2:d1::116:d001 (itchy.podsix.net) 26.367 26.367 63.588 131.379 407.320 561.507 561.507 343.732 535.140 100.759 157.928 µs 3.809 13.38

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.



Server Jitter 2610:20:6f15:15::26 (time-e-g.nist.gov)

peer jitter 2610:20:6f15:15::26 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 2610:20:6f15:15::26 (time-e-g.nist.gov) 0.035 0.035 0.066 0.212 1.650 1.770 1.770 1.584 1.735 0.418 0.345 ms 2.228 7.556

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 24.153 24.153 24.160 24.189 24.229 24.232 24.232 0.069 0.079 0.022 24.190 ppm 1.376e+09 1.531e+12
Local Clock Time Offset -320.815 -320.815 -179.857 5.258 244.512 389.353 389.353 424.369 710.168 135.536 13.900 µs -3.178 7.931
Local RMS Frequency Jitter 6.601 6.601 7.157 12.051 20.698 22.689 22.689 13.541 16.088 4.276 13.124 ppb 15.59 50.5
Local RMS Time Jitter 97.816 97.816 102.302 130.994 213.523 227.879 227.879 111.221 130.063 35.872 144.186 µs 37.37 149.7
Server Jitter 130.207.244.240 41.660 41.660 49.322 100.904 320.128 723.727 723.727 270.806 682.067 108.972 123.543 µs 4.176 20.44
Server Jitter 18.26.4.105 14.796 14.796 24.147 68.417 219.826 321.618 321.618 195.679 306.822 60.975 81.950 µs 3.052 10.64
Server Jitter 192.5.41.41 0.046 0.046 0.054 0.139 26.444 26.507 26.507 26.389 26.461 7.837 2.727 ms 0.4636 3.972
Server Jitter 2001:470:0:2c8::2 (clock.nyc.he.net) 17.434 17.434 26.668 56.948 110.456 184.736 184.736 83.788 167.302 29.976 64.116 µs 6.434 23.25
Server Jitter 2604:a880:2:d1::116:d001 (itchy.podsix.net) 26.367 26.367 63.588 131.379 407.320 561.507 561.507 343.732 535.140 100.759 157.928 µs 3.809 13.38
Server Jitter 2610:20:6f15:15::26 (time-e-g.nist.gov) 0.035 0.035 0.066 0.212 1.650 1.770 1.770 1.584 1.735 0.418 0.345 ms 2.228 7.556
Server Offset 130.207.244.240 -91.423 -91.423 -40.789 185.508 400.685 504.997 504.997 441.474 596.420 126.705 183.677 µs 1.417 3.972
Server Offset 18.26.4.105 -297.591 -297.591 -277.598 -70.312 142.577 195.206 195.206 420.175 492.797 113.068 -74.420 µs -9.647 27.63
Server Offset 192.5.41.41 -1.252 -1.252 -1.185 -0.966 -0.762 -0.665 -0.665 0.422 0.587 0.133 -0.972 ms -598 5174
Server Offset 2001:470:0:2c8::2 (clock.nyc.he.net) -458.071 -458.071 -412.671 -176.427 6.111 53.873 53.873 418.782 511.944 116.815 -198.963 µs -28.03 101.7
Server Offset 2604:a880:2:d1::116:d001 (itchy.podsix.net) -0.506 -0.506 -0.374 0.311 1.158 1.546 1.546 1.532 2.051 0.377 0.328 ms 0.4472 4.698
Server Offset 2610:20:6f15:15::26 (time-e-g.nist.gov) -410.195 -410.195 -268.403 -41.537 309.921 467.525 467.525 578.324 877.720 171.592 -25.146 µs -4.485 10.76
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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