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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 -15,146.228 -2.854 -1.681 0.063 1.860 2.935 1,164.785 3.541 5.789 247.294 -6.245 µs -47.13 2426
Local Clock Frequency Offset -22.196 -22.139 -21.978 -21.644 -21.264 -21.061 78.664 0.714 1.078 1.606 -21.587 ppm 61.03 3804

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 0.001 0.225 0.303 0.768 1.636 2.233 362.950 1.333 2.008 3.845 0.935 µs 61.67 4775

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 0.000 1.170 1.555 3.263 7.052 12.255 44,527.864 5.497 11.085 1,121.170 55.104 ppb 27.6 837.8

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 -15,146.228 -2.854 -1.681 0.063 1.860 2.935 1,164.785 3.541 5.789 247.294 -6.245 µs -47.13 2426

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.



Refclock Offset 127.127.20.2 NMEA(2)

peer offset 127.127.20.2 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Refclock Offset 127.127.20.2 NMEA(2) -16.016 -15.936 -15.606 -11.899 -8.185 -7.856 -7.775 7.421 8.080 2.380 -11.898 s 0.001761 1.8

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

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local serial GPS 200 ms; local PPS 20µs.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file.



Refclock Offset 127.127.46.0 GPS(0)

peer offset 127.127.46.0 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Refclock Offset 127.127.46.0 GPS(0) -15.479 -15.397 -15.068 -11.362 -7.648 -7.320 -7.239 7.420 8.077 2.380 -11.361 s 0.001738 1.8

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

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local serial GPS 200 ms; local PPS 20µs.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file.



Refclock Offset 127.127.46.1 GPS(1)

peer offset 127.127.46.1 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Refclock Offset 127.127.46.1 GPS(1) -15.909 -15.827 -15.498 -11.792 -8.078 -7.750 -7.669 7.420 8.077 2.380 -11.791 s 0.001734 1.8

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

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local serial GPS 200 ms; local PPS 20µs.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset NMEA(2)

peer offset NMEA(2) plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset NMEA(2) -25.807 -13.627 -12.860 -10.502 -8.757 -8.106 260.462 4.102 5.521 3.611 -10.561 ms 66.25 4967

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 PPS(0)

peer offset PPS(0) plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset PPS(0) -15,763.413 13.652 14.834 16.500 18.151 19.249 1,312.830 3.317 5.597 250.926 10.291 µs -48.18 2542

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 PPS(1)

peer offset PPS(1) plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset PPS(1) -15,797.763 2.108 3.290 4.955 6.604 7.703 1,301.317 3.314 5.595 250.109 -1.237 µs -48.11 2536

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 PPS(2)

peer offset PPS(2) plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset PPS(2) -15,862.826 -1.882 -0.685 1.005 2.661 3.751 1,297.758 3.346 5.633 250.023 -5.197 µs -47.86 2511

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) -16,183.341 -306.030 -293.204 -269.096 -235.435 -224.106 -0.210 57.769 81.924 91.118 -268.156 ms -167.8 2.932e+04

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(2)

peer offset SHM(2) plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset SHM(2) -17.925 -3.642 -3.106 -1.897 0.002 0.880 275.098 3.107 4.522 3.903 -1.724 ms 65.76 4626

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.



Refclock RMS Jitter 127.127.20.2 NMEA(2)

peer jitter 127.127.20.2 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Refclock RMS Jitter 127.127.20.2 NMEA(2) 3.286 4.623 5.128 6.085 7.148 7.675 8.950 2.021 3.052 0.612 6.102 ms 0.09173 3.804

The RMS Jitter of a local refclock. 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.



Refclock RMS Jitter 127.127.46.0 GPS(0)

peer jitter 127.127.46.0 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Refclock RMS Jitter 127.127.46.0 GPS(0) 5.726 5.817 5.881 6.087 6.320 6.410 6.497 0.439 0.593 0.130 6.089 ms 0.2104 2.906

The RMS Jitter of a local refclock. 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.



Refclock RMS Jitter 127.127.46.1 GPS(1)

peer jitter 127.127.46.1 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Refclock RMS Jitter 127.127.46.1 GPS(1) 5.654 5.743 5.833 6.091 6.311 6.374 6.496 0.478 0.631 0.141 6.089 ms -0.2511 2.798

The RMS Jitter of a local refclock. 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 NMEA(2)

peer jitter NMEA(2) plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter NMEA(2) 0.000 0.130 0.203 0.563 1.390 1.910 12.312 1.187 1.780 0.425 0.650 ms 5.39 98.5

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 PPS(0)

peer jitter PPS(0) plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter PPS(0) 0.000 0.124 0.201 0.662 1.818 2.727 12,775.022 1.617 2.603 236.561 8.203 µs 39.13 1691

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 PPS(1)

peer jitter PPS(1) plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter PPS(1) 0.000 0.123 0.201 0.664 1.818 2.742 12,770.365 1.617 2.619 235.587 8.177 µs 39.09 1688

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 PPS(2)

peer jitter PPS(2) plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter PPS(2) 0.000 0.125 0.206 0.672 1.838 2.768 12,530.599 1.632 2.643 234.872 8.171 µs 39.02 1685

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) 0.000 1.624 2.681 9.852 22.974 31.053 293.676 20.293 29.430 6.815 10.929 ms 4.906 138.6

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(2)

peer jitter SHM(2) plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter SHM(2) 0.000 0.196 0.271 0.586 1.288 1.858 14.183 1.016 1.662 0.416 0.668 ms 7.45 150.2

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 -22.196 -22.139 -21.978 -21.644 -21.264 -21.061 78.664 0.714 1.078 1.606 -21.587 ppm 61.03 3804
Local Clock Time Offset -15,146.228 -2.854 -1.681 0.063 1.860 2.935 1,164.785 3.541 5.789 247.294 -6.245 µs -47.13 2426
Local RMS Frequency Jitter 0.000 1.170 1.555 3.263 7.052 12.255 44,527.864 5.497 11.085 1,121.170 55.104 ppb 27.6 837.8
Local RMS Time Jitter 0.001 0.225 0.303 0.768 1.636 2.233 362.950 1.333 2.008 3.845 0.935 µs 61.67 4775
Refclock Offset 127.127.20.2 NMEA(2) -16.016 -15.936 -15.606 -11.899 -8.185 -7.856 -7.775 7.421 8.080 2.380 -11.898 s 0.001761 1.8
Refclock Offset 127.127.46.0 GPS(0) -15.479 -15.397 -15.068 -11.362 -7.648 -7.320 -7.239 7.420 8.077 2.380 -11.361 s 0.001738 1.8
Refclock Offset 127.127.46.1 GPS(1) -15.909 -15.827 -15.498 -11.792 -8.078 -7.750 -7.669 7.420 8.077 2.380 -11.791 s 0.001734 1.8
Refclock RMS Jitter 127.127.20.2 NMEA(2) 3.286 4.623 5.128 6.085 7.148 7.675 8.950 2.021 3.052 0.612 6.102 ms 0.09173 3.804
Refclock RMS Jitter 127.127.46.0 GPS(0) 5.726 5.817 5.881 6.087 6.320 6.410 6.497 0.439 0.593 0.130 6.089 ms 0.2104 2.906
Refclock RMS Jitter 127.127.46.1 GPS(1) 5.654 5.743 5.833 6.091 6.311 6.374 6.496 0.478 0.631 0.141 6.089 ms -0.2511 2.798
Server Jitter NMEA(2) 0.000 0.130 0.203 0.563 1.390 1.910 12.312 1.187 1.780 0.425 0.650 ms 5.39 98.5
Server Jitter PPS(0) 0.000 0.124 0.201 0.662 1.818 2.727 12,775.022 1.617 2.603 236.561 8.203 µs 39.13 1691
Server Jitter PPS(1) 0.000 0.123 0.201 0.664 1.818 2.742 12,770.365 1.617 2.619 235.587 8.177 µs 39.09 1688
Server Jitter PPS(2) 0.000 0.125 0.206 0.672 1.838 2.768 12,530.599 1.632 2.643 234.872 8.171 µs 39.02 1685
Server Jitter SHM(0) 0.000 1.624 2.681 9.852 22.974 31.053 293.676 20.293 29.430 6.815 10.929 ms 4.906 138.6
Server Jitter SHM(2) 0.000 0.196 0.271 0.586 1.288 1.858 14.183 1.016 1.662 0.416 0.668 ms 7.45 150.2
Server Offset NMEA(2) -25.807 -13.627 -12.860 -10.502 -8.757 -8.106 260.462 4.102 5.521 3.611 -10.561 ms 66.25 4967
Server Offset PPS(0) -15,763.413 13.652 14.834 16.500 18.151 19.249 1,312.830 3.317 5.597 250.926 10.291 µs -48.18 2542
Server Offset PPS(1) -15,797.763 2.108 3.290 4.955 6.604 7.703 1,301.317 3.314 5.595 250.109 -1.237 µs -48.11 2536
Server Offset PPS(2) -15,862.826 -1.882 -0.685 1.005 2.661 3.751 1,297.758 3.346 5.633 250.023 -5.197 µs -47.86 2511
Server Offset SHM(0) -16,183.341 -306.030 -293.204 -269.096 -235.435 -224.106 -0.210 57.769 81.924 91.118 -268.156 ms -167.8 2.932e+04
Server Offset SHM(2) -17.925 -3.642 -3.106 -1.897 0.002 0.880 275.098 3.107 4.522 3.903 -1.724 ms 65.76 4626
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.
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 FIsher-Pearson moment of skewness. There are other different ways to calculate Skewness Wikipedia describes Skewness best: "The qualitative interpretation of the skew is complicated and unintuitive."
A normal distribution has a skewness of zero.
Kurtosis, Kurt:
The kurtosis of a random variable X is the fourth standardized moment and is a dimension-less ratio. ntpviz uses standard Kurtosis. There are other different ways to calculate 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".
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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