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Report generated: Fri Feb 6 17:33:02 2026 UTC
Start Time: Thu Feb 5 15:09:02 2026 UTC
End Time: Fri Feb 6 17:33:02 2026 UTC
Report Period: 1.1 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 -0.320 -0.234 -0.117 0.189 0.663 1.036 1.139 0.780 1.270 0.254 0.228 ms 0.3618 3.309
Local Clock Frequency Offset 18.346 18.346 18.348 18.377 18.414 18.422 18.422 0.067 0.076 0.021 18.379 ppm 6.844e+08 6.032e+11

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 126.400 128.659 169.006 288.146 399.406 437.815 439.238 230.400 309.156 77.660 282.554 µs 26.29 92.13

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 0.350 0.362 0.388 0.681 1.297 1.433 1.453 0.909 1.071 0.280 0.741 ppb 10.11 31.04

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 -0.320 -0.234 -0.117 0.189 0.663 1.036 1.139 0.780 1.270 0.254 0.228 ms 0.3618 3.309

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 18.346 18.346 18.348 18.377 18.414 18.422 18.422 0.067 0.076 0.021 18.379 ppm 6.844e+08 6.032e+11
Temp /dev/sda 25.000 25.000 25.000 25.000 26.000 26.000 26.000 1.000 1.000 0.375 25.169 °C
Temp /dev/sdb 29.000 29.000 29.000 30.000 30.000 30.000 30.000 1.000 1.000 0.360 29.847 °C
Temp LM0 6.000 7.000 7.000 9.000 11.000 11.000 11.000 4.000 4.000 1.106 8.850 °C
Temp LM1 5.000 5.000 6.000 7.000 9.000 10.000 10.000 3.000 5.000 1.053 7.303 °C
Temp LM2 43.000 43.000 43.000 44.000 45.000 45.000 45.000 2.000 2.000 0.807 44.086 °C
Temp LM3 15.000 15.000 15.000 16.500 17.500 18.000 18.000 2.500 3.000 0.713 16.452 °C
Temp LM4 14.500 15.000 15.000 16.500 17.500 18.000 18.000 2.500 3.000 0.784 16.451 °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.



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 150.254.190.51

peer offset 150.254.190.51 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 150.254.190.51 -1.267 -1.267 -0.959 0.132 1.162 1.454 1.454 2.121 2.721 0.584 0.129 ms -2.836 6.887

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 153.19.250.123

peer offset 153.19.250.123 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 153.19.250.123 -1.188 -1.188 -0.776 0.101 1.009 1.073 1.073 1.785 2.260 0.494 0.107 ms -3.066 7.603

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 193.110.137.171

peer offset 193.110.137.171 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 193.110.137.171 -0.839 -0.839 -0.535 0.274 1.103 1.919 1.919 1.637 2.758 0.499 0.244 ms -1.083 4.592

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 194.146.251.100

peer offset 194.146.251.100 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 194.146.251.100 -0.580 -0.580 -0.457 0.267 1.612 1.970 1.970 2.069 2.550 0.584 0.366 ms -0.4606 2.809

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 194.146.251.101

peer offset 194.146.251.101 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 194.146.251.101 -0.594 -0.594 -0.312 0.240 1.360 3.782 3.782 1.672 4.377 0.705 0.410 ms 0.8198 7.495

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 194.29.130.252

peer offset 194.29.130.252 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 194.29.130.252 -0.536 -0.536 -0.194 0.368 1.568 3.857 3.857 1.763 4.393 0.626 0.448 ms 2.083 13.18

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 195.187.245.55

peer offset 195.187.245.55 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 195.187.245.55 -0.453 -0.453 -0.314 0.198 1.621 2.379 2.379 1.935 2.833 0.594 0.317 ms -0.03278 3.937

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 150.254.190.51

peer jitter 150.254.190.51 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 150.254.190.51 0.201 0.201 0.439 0.969 2.534 2.654 2.654 2.096 2.453 0.627 1.186 ms 4.059 10.28

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 153.19.250.123

peer jitter 153.19.250.123 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 153.19.250.123 0.246 0.246 0.409 1.101 3.396 3.622 3.622 2.987 3.375 0.907 1.352 ms 2.7 6.989

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 193.110.137.171

peer jitter 193.110.137.171 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 193.110.137.171 0.222 0.222 0.253 0.938 2.607 17.535 17.535 2.354 17.313 2.233 1.482 ms 5.228 37.57

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 194.146.251.100

peer jitter 194.146.251.100 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 194.146.251.100 0.353 0.353 0.472 1.069 2.655 2.837 2.837 2.183 2.484 0.705 1.276 ms 3.616 8.764

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 194.146.251.101

peer jitter 194.146.251.101 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 194.146.251.101 0.248 0.248 0.390 1.222 3.972 4.331 4.331 3.581 4.083 1.011 1.434 ms 2.793 8.279

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 194.29.130.252

peer jitter 194.29.130.252 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 194.29.130.252 0.325 0.325 0.392 0.920 2.161 2.911 2.911 1.769 2.586 0.561 1.081 ms 4.566 13.23

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 195.187.245.55

peer jitter 195.187.245.55 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 195.187.245.55 0.194 0.194 0.305 1.490 3.318 4.610 4.610 3.013 4.416 1.035 1.426 ms 1.867 4.699

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 18.346 18.346 18.348 18.377 18.414 18.422 18.422 0.067 0.076 0.021 18.379 ppm 6.844e+08 6.032e+11
Local Clock Time Offset -0.320 -0.234 -0.117 0.189 0.663 1.036 1.139 0.780 1.270 0.254 0.228 ms 0.3618 3.309
Local RMS Frequency Jitter 0.350 0.362 0.388 0.681 1.297 1.433 1.453 0.909 1.071 0.280 0.741 ppb 10.11 31.04
Local RMS Time Jitter 126.400 128.659 169.006 288.146 399.406 437.815 439.238 230.400 309.156 77.660 282.554 µs 26.29 92.13
Server Jitter 150.254.190.51 0.201 0.201 0.439 0.969 2.534 2.654 2.654 2.096 2.453 0.627 1.186 ms 4.059 10.28
Server Jitter 153.19.250.123 0.246 0.246 0.409 1.101 3.396 3.622 3.622 2.987 3.375 0.907 1.352 ms 2.7 6.989
Server Jitter 193.110.137.171 0.222 0.222 0.253 0.938 2.607 17.535 17.535 2.354 17.313 2.233 1.482 ms 5.228 37.57
Server Jitter 194.146.251.100 0.353 0.353 0.472 1.069 2.655 2.837 2.837 2.183 2.484 0.705 1.276 ms 3.616 8.764
Server Jitter 194.146.251.101 0.248 0.248 0.390 1.222 3.972 4.331 4.331 3.581 4.083 1.011 1.434 ms 2.793 8.279
Server Jitter 194.29.130.252 0.325 0.325 0.392 0.920 2.161 2.911 2.911 1.769 2.586 0.561 1.081 ms 4.566 13.23
Server Jitter 195.187.245.55 0.194 0.194 0.305 1.490 3.318 4.610 4.610 3.013 4.416 1.035 1.426 ms 1.867 4.699
Server Offset 150.254.190.51 -1.267 -1.267 -0.959 0.132 1.162 1.454 1.454 2.121 2.721 0.584 0.129 ms -2.836 6.887
Server Offset 153.19.250.123 -1.188 -1.188 -0.776 0.101 1.009 1.073 1.073 1.785 2.260 0.494 0.107 ms -3.066 7.603
Server Offset 193.110.137.171 -0.839 -0.839 -0.535 0.274 1.103 1.919 1.919 1.637 2.758 0.499 0.244 ms -1.083 4.592
Server Offset 194.146.251.100 -0.580 -0.580 -0.457 0.267 1.612 1.970 1.970 2.069 2.550 0.584 0.366 ms -0.4606 2.809
Server Offset 194.146.251.101 -0.594 -0.594 -0.312 0.240 1.360 3.782 3.782 1.672 4.377 0.705 0.410 ms 0.8198 7.495
Server Offset 194.29.130.252 -0.536 -0.536 -0.194 0.368 1.568 3.857 3.857 1.763 4.393 0.626 0.448 ms 2.083 13.18
Server Offset 195.187.245.55 -0.453 -0.453 -0.314 0.198 1.621 2.379 2.379 1.935 2.833 0.594 0.317 ms -0.03278 3.937
Temp /dev/sda 25.000 25.000 25.000 25.000 26.000 26.000 26.000 1.000 1.000 0.375 25.169 °C
Temp /dev/sdb 29.000 29.000 29.000 30.000 30.000 30.000 30.000 1.000 1.000 0.360 29.847 °C
Temp LM0 6.000 7.000 7.000 9.000 11.000 11.000 11.000 4.000 4.000 1.106 8.850 °C
Temp LM1 5.000 5.000 6.000 7.000 9.000 10.000 10.000 3.000 5.000 1.053 7.303 °C
Temp LM2 43.000 43.000 43.000 44.000 45.000 45.000 45.000 2.000 2.000 0.807 44.086 °C
Temp LM3 15.000 15.000 15.000 16.500 17.500 18.000 18.000 2.500 3.000 0.713 16.452 °C
Temp LM4 14.500 15.000 15.000 16.500 17.500 18.000 18.000 2.500 3.000 0.784 16.451 °C
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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