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ntpviz.gant-dodd.uk

Report generated: Wed Dec 10 00:06:02 2025 UTC
Start Time: Wed Dec 3 00:06:01 2025 UTC
End Time: Wed Dec 10 00:06:01 2025 UTC
Report Period: 7.0 days

Server Hardware:

Access policy: Use of this server is by invitation only with one exception: while the server is a member of the NTP Pool use may be made of this server for time synchronisation through the NTP Pool subject to their Terms of Service for End-Users. Go to www.pool.ntp.org/en/use.html for more information.

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 -1,144.047 -640.062 -448.815 14.673 377.673 632.080 1,684.469 826.488 1,272.142 273.894 -7.175 µs -3.897 12.74
Local Clock Frequency Offset -15.484 -15.476 -15.322 -15.000 -14.561 -14.469 -14.468 0.761 1.008 0.232 -14.984 ppm -2.812e+05 1.843e+07

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 60.539 65.873 84.574 201.178 533.075 774.158 977.435 448.501 708.285 150.500 236.775 µs 3.562 12.31

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 8.859 10.038 11.208 18.402 30.011 37.138 44.209 18.803 27.100 6.097 19.120 ppb 16.97 58.82

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 -1,144.047 -640.062 -448.815 14.673 377.673 632.080 1,684.469 826.488 1,272.142 273.894 -7.175 µs -3.897 12.74

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 -15.484 -15.476 -15.322 -15.000 -14.561 -14.469 -14.468 0.761 1.008 0.232 -14.984 ppm -2.812e+05 1.843e+07
Temp CASE0 11.000 11.000 11.500 13.000 15.000 15.000 15.000 3.500 4.000 1.085 13.221 °C
Temp ZONE0 38.946 39.920 40.407 42.842 45.277 46.738 53.069 4.870 6.818 1.594 42.833 °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 193.67.79.202

peer offset 193.67.79.202 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 193.67.79.202 -16.337 -13.981 -1.256 -0.743 -0.340 -0.180 -0.099 0.917 13.800 1.799 -1.042 ms -15.34 113.1

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 2001:8b0:0:23::205 (ntp2.aa.net.uk)

peer offset 2001:8b0:0:23::205 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 2001:8b0:0:23::205 (ntp2.aa.net.uk) -14.615 -7.369 -1.035 -0.406 0.039 0.163 0.310 1.074 7.532 1.127 -0.543 ms -16.06 154

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 2001:8b0:6461:1a:746e:2d70:6167:316c (ntp-gal.gant-dodd.uk)

peer offset 2001:8b0:6461:1a:746e:2d70:6167:316c plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 2001:8b0:6461:1a:746e:2d70:6167:316c (ntp-gal.gant-dodd.uk) -572.764 -419.297 -297.571 109.915 429.183 696.764 756.722 726.754 1,116.061 232.451 82.043 µs -2.195 5.475

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 2606:4700:f1::1 (time.cloudflare.com)

peer offset 2606:4700:f1::1 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 2606:4700:f1::1 (time.cloudflare.com) -10.539 -10.539 -2.008 -0.734 -0.096 0.030 0.030 1.912 10.569 1.373 -0.956 ms -16.05 109.2

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 2606:4700:f1::123 (time.cloudflare.com)

peer offset 2606:4700:f1::123 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 2606:4700:f1::123 (time.cloudflare.com) -7.616 -7.616 -1.062 -0.495 -0.153 -0.117 -0.117 0.909 7.500 1.363 -0.778 ms -13.24 73.56

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 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:10 (ntp1.time.nl)

peer offset 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:10 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:10 (ntp1.time.nl) -11.516 -7.062 -0.818 -0.195 0.886 5.689 9.577 1.704 12.751 1.679 -0.243 ms -6.416 40.28

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 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:15 (ntppool1.time.nl)

peer offset 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:15 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:15 (ntppool1.time.nl) -28.764 -13.495 -2.690 -0.259 5.123 10.309 19.956 7.813 23.804 3.443 -0.082 ms -5.847 43.18

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 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 193.67.79.202

peer jitter 193.67.79.202 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 193.67.79.202 0.046 0.054 0.088 0.267 7.697 13.506 14.641 7.610 13.452 2.472 1.310 ms 1.232 7.529

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 2001:8b0:0:23::205 (ntp2.aa.net.uk)

peer jitter 2001:8b0:0:23::205 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 2001:8b0:0:23::205 (ntp2.aa.net.uk) 0.062 0.094 0.120 0.287 11.013 13.628 16.485 10.892 13.534 3.345 1.743 ms 1.141 5.868

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 2001:8b0:6461:1a:746e:2d70:6167:316c (ntp-gal.gant-dodd.uk)

peer jitter 2001:8b0:6461:1a:746e:2d70:6167:316c plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 2001:8b0:6461:1a:746e:2d70:6167:316c (ntp-gal.gant-dodd.uk) 19.117 22.138 36.611 106.576 255.775 390.194 448.208 219.164 368.056 75.344 127.450 µs 3.709 11.95

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 2606:4700:f1::1 (time.cloudflare.com)

peer jitter 2606:4700:f1::1 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 2606:4700:f1::1 (time.cloudflare.com) 0.115 0.115 0.168 0.471 5.529 10.113 10.113 5.361 9.997 1.883 1.144 ms 1.789 8.339

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 2606:4700:f1::123 (time.cloudflare.com)

peer jitter 2606:4700:f1::123 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 2606:4700:f1::123 (time.cloudflare.com) 0.169 0.169 0.173 0.428 3.386 7.016 7.016 3.212 6.847 1.604 1.208 ms 1.252 5.284

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 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:10 (ntp1.time.nl)

peer jitter 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:10 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:10 (ntp1.time.nl) 0.163 0.180 0.219 0.932 13.804 14.823 14.937 13.585 14.643 3.487 2.536 ms 1.38 5.484

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 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:15 (ntppool1.time.nl)

peer jitter 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:15 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:15 (ntppool1.time.nl) 0.103 0.147 0.199 2.715 15.982 17.902 32.223 15.783 17.755 4.683 4.304 ms 1.67 7.607

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 -15.484 -15.476 -15.322 -15.000 -14.561 -14.469 -14.468 0.761 1.008 0.232 -14.984 ppm -2.812e+05 1.843e+07
Local Clock Time Offset -1,144.047 -640.062 -448.815 14.673 377.673 632.080 1,684.469 826.488 1,272.142 273.894 -7.175 µs -3.897 12.74
Local RMS Frequency Jitter 8.859 10.038 11.208 18.402 30.011 37.138 44.209 18.803 27.100 6.097 19.120 ppb 16.97 58.82
Local RMS Time Jitter 60.539 65.873 84.574 201.178 533.075 774.158 977.435 448.501 708.285 150.500 236.775 µs 3.562 12.31
Server Jitter 193.67.79.202 0.046 0.054 0.088 0.267 7.697 13.506 14.641 7.610 13.452 2.472 1.310 ms 1.232 7.529
Server Jitter 2001:8b0:0:23::205 (ntp2.aa.net.uk) 0.062 0.094 0.120 0.287 11.013 13.628 16.485 10.892 13.534 3.345 1.743 ms 1.141 5.868
Server Jitter 2001:8b0:6461:1a:746e:2d70:6167:316c (ntp-gal.gant-dodd.uk) 19.117 22.138 36.611 106.576 255.775 390.194 448.208 219.164 368.056 75.344 127.450 µs 3.709 11.95
Server Jitter 2606:4700:f1::1 (time.cloudflare.com) 0.115 0.115 0.168 0.471 5.529 10.113 10.113 5.361 9.997 1.883 1.144 ms 1.789 8.339
Server Jitter 2606:4700:f1::123 (time.cloudflare.com) 0.169 0.169 0.173 0.428 3.386 7.016 7.016 3.212 6.847 1.604 1.208 ms 1.252 5.284
Server Jitter 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:10 (ntp1.time.nl) 0.163 0.180 0.219 0.932 13.804 14.823 14.937 13.585 14.643 3.487 2.536 ms 1.38 5.484
Server Jitter 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:15 (ntppool1.time.nl) 0.103 0.147 0.199 2.715 15.982 17.902 32.223 15.783 17.755 4.683 4.304 ms 1.67 7.607
Server Offset 193.67.79.202 -16.337 -13.981 -1.256 -0.743 -0.340 -0.180 -0.099 0.917 13.800 1.799 -1.042 ms -15.34 113.1
Server Offset 2001:8b0:0:23::205 (ntp2.aa.net.uk) -14.615 -7.369 -1.035 -0.406 0.039 0.163 0.310 1.074 7.532 1.127 -0.543 ms -16.06 154
Server Offset 2001:8b0:6461:1a:746e:2d70:6167:316c (ntp-gal.gant-dodd.uk) -572.764 -419.297 -297.571 109.915 429.183 696.764 756.722 726.754 1,116.061 232.451 82.043 µs -2.195 5.475
Server Offset 2606:4700:f1::1 (time.cloudflare.com) -10.539 -10.539 -2.008 -0.734 -0.096 0.030 0.030 1.912 10.569 1.373 -0.956 ms -16.05 109.2
Server Offset 2606:4700:f1::123 (time.cloudflare.com) -7.616 -7.616 -1.062 -0.495 -0.153 -0.117 -0.117 0.909 7.500 1.363 -0.778 ms -13.24 73.56
Server Offset 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:10 (ntp1.time.nl) -11.516 -7.062 -0.818 -0.195 0.886 5.689 9.577 1.704 12.751 1.679 -0.243 ms -6.416 40.28
Server Offset 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:15 (ntppool1.time.nl) -28.764 -13.495 -2.690 -0.259 5.123 10.309 19.956 7.813 23.804 3.443 -0.082 ms -5.847 43.18
Temp CASE0 11.000 11.000 11.500 13.000 15.000 15.000 15.000 3.500 4.000 1.085 13.221 °C
Temp ZONE0 38.946 39.920 40.407 42.842 45.277 46.738 53.069 4.870 6.818 1.594 42.833 °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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