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Report generated: Wed May 6 09:53:01 2026 UTC
Start Time: Tue May 5 09:53:01 2026 UTC
End Time: Wed May 6 09:53:01 2026 UTC
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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 -5.420 -1.789 -1.172 -0.066 1.160 4.436 6.110 2.332 6.225 0.949 0.004 µs -1.913 11.78
Local Clock Frequency Offset 17.589 17.592 17.598 17.649 17.721 17.747 17.758 0.122 0.155 0.038 17.652 ppm 9.66e+07 4.432e+10

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 0.229 0.300 0.379 0.599 0.935 1.538 2.825 0.556 1.238 0.211 0.629 µs 16.53 80.64

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 0.091 0.145 0.181 0.274 0.710 2.138 2.590 0.529 1.993 0.299 0.350 ppb 5.227 31.56

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 -5.420 -1.789 -1.172 -0.066 1.160 4.436 6.110 2.332 6.225 0.949 0.004 µs -1.913 11.78

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 128.101.101.101

peer offset 128.101.101.101 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 128.101.101.101 -351.480 -345.004 -316.581 36.623 89.207 111.112 159.163 405.788 456.116 124.519 -7.018 µs -6.232 20.88

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 199.102.46.70

peer offset 199.102.46.70 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 199.102.46.70 -283.675 -279.084 -265.532 76.112 99.222 105.105 110.260 364.754 384.189 114.415 34.271 µs -4.611 15.07

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 209.87.233.53

peer offset 209.87.233.53 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 209.87.233.53 -3.942 -1.656 -0.220 1.577 3.614 5.258 6.518 3.834 6.914 1.267 1.599 ms 0.8258 5.694

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 2602:fd53:11e:123::2 (time2.mbix.ca)

peer offset 2602:fd53:11e:123::2 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 2602:fd53:11e:123::2 (time2.mbix.ca) -111.054 -102.580 -83.546 -48.108 -19.495 -7.874 -4.928 64.051 94.706 19.804 -50.299 µs -55.29 239.6

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) -2.639 -2.613 -2.497 -0.387 -0.240 -0.167 -0.159 2.257 2.446 0.720 -0.657 ms -14.84 56.95

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 2607:f388::123:1 (ntp1.doit.wisc.edu)

peer offset 2607:f388::123:1 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 2607:f388::123:1 (ntp1.doit.wisc.edu) -620.775 -500.998 -360.011 -7.421 78.097 195.161 216.098 438.108 696.159 146.065 -61.698 µs -8.486 28.03

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) -5.421 -1.790 -1.173 -0.067 1.161 4.437 6.111 2.334 6.227 0.950 0.004 µs -1.917 11.77

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 128.101.101.101

peer jitter 128.101.101.101 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 128.101.101.101 5.335 7.121 11.693 47.255 356.627 372.251 392.409 344.934 365.130 142.866 154.014 µs 0.5458 1.42

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 199.102.46.70

peer jitter 199.102.46.70 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 199.102.46.70 8.320 10.900 13.842 43.863 356.620 367.090 374.935 342.778 356.190 144.520 159.937 µs 0.5293 1.339

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 209.87.233.53

peer jitter 209.87.233.53 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 209.87.233.53 0.925 1.421 2.399 6.622 29.691 173.289 190.477 27.292 171.868 23.544 11.792 ms 4.813 35.54

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 2602:fd53:11e:123::2 (time2.mbix.ca)

peer jitter 2602:fd53:11e:123::2 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 2602:fd53:11e:123::2 (time2.mbix.ca) 9.943 11.620 15.025 26.119 47.661 70.259 89.061 32.636 58.639 11.164 27.983 µs 9.604 37.04

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) 0.008 0.009 0.014 0.043 0.197 1.289 2.066 0.183 1.280 0.194 0.084 ms 6.24 59.28

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 2607:f388::123:1 (ntp1.doit.wisc.edu)

peer jitter 2607:f388::123:1 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 2607:f388::123:1 (ntp1.doit.wisc.edu) 7.581 9.954 13.314 39.690 361.349 390.633 402.026 348.035 380.679 143.928 148.657 µs 0.5046 1.406

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) 0.095 0.185 0.267 0.576 1.188 1.932 5.227 0.921 1.747 0.348 0.644 µs 6.71 45.96

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 17.589 17.592 17.598 17.649 17.721 17.747 17.758 0.122 0.155 0.038 17.652 ppm 9.66e+07 4.432e+10
Local Clock Time Offset -5.420 -1.789 -1.172 -0.066 1.160 4.436 6.110 2.332 6.225 0.949 0.004 µs -1.913 11.78
Local RMS Frequency Jitter 0.091 0.145 0.181 0.274 0.710 2.138 2.590 0.529 1.993 0.299 0.350 ppb 5.227 31.56
Local RMS Time Jitter 0.229 0.300 0.379 0.599 0.935 1.538 2.825 0.556 1.238 0.211 0.629 µs 16.53 80.64
Server Jitter 128.101.101.101 5.335 7.121 11.693 47.255 356.627 372.251 392.409 344.934 365.130 142.866 154.014 µs 0.5458 1.42
Server Jitter 199.102.46.70 8.320 10.900 13.842 43.863 356.620 367.090 374.935 342.778 356.190 144.520 159.937 µs 0.5293 1.339
Server Jitter 209.87.233.53 0.925 1.421 2.399 6.622 29.691 173.289 190.477 27.292 171.868 23.544 11.792 ms 4.813 35.54
Server Jitter 2602:fd53:11e:123::2 (time2.mbix.ca) 9.943 11.620 15.025 26.119 47.661 70.259 89.061 32.636 58.639 11.164 27.983 µs 9.604 37.04
Server Jitter 2606:4700:f1::1 (time.cloudflare.com) 0.008 0.009 0.014 0.043 0.197 1.289 2.066 0.183 1.280 0.194 0.084 ms 6.24 59.28
Server Jitter 2607:f388::123:1 (ntp1.doit.wisc.edu) 7.581 9.954 13.314 39.690 361.349 390.633 402.026 348.035 380.679 143.928 148.657 µs 0.5046 1.406
Server Jitter PPS(0) 0.095 0.185 0.267 0.576 1.188 1.932 5.227 0.921 1.747 0.348 0.644 µs 6.71 45.96
Server Offset 128.101.101.101 -351.480 -345.004 -316.581 36.623 89.207 111.112 159.163 405.788 456.116 124.519 -7.018 µs -6.232 20.88
Server Offset 199.102.46.70 -283.675 -279.084 -265.532 76.112 99.222 105.105 110.260 364.754 384.189 114.415 34.271 µs -4.611 15.07
Server Offset 209.87.233.53 -3.942 -1.656 -0.220 1.577 3.614 5.258 6.518 3.834 6.914 1.267 1.599 ms 0.8258 5.694
Server Offset 2602:fd53:11e:123::2 (time2.mbix.ca) -111.054 -102.580 -83.546 -48.108 -19.495 -7.874 -4.928 64.051 94.706 19.804 -50.299 µs -55.29 239.6
Server Offset 2606:4700:f1::1 (time.cloudflare.com) -2.639 -2.613 -2.497 -0.387 -0.240 -0.167 -0.159 2.257 2.446 0.720 -0.657 ms -14.84 56.95
Server Offset 2607:f388::123:1 (ntp1.doit.wisc.edu) -620.775 -500.998 -360.011 -7.421 78.097 195.161 216.098 438.108 696.159 146.065 -61.698 µs -8.486 28.03
Server Offset PPS(0) -5.421 -1.790 -1.173 -0.067 1.161 4.437 6.111 2.334 6.227 0.950 0.004 µs -1.917 11.77
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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