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Report generated: Sun Jun 7 04:45:02 2026 UTC
Start Time: Sun May 31 04:45:01 2026 UTC
End Time: Sun Jun 7 04:45:01 2026 UTC
Report Period: 7.0 days

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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 -1,989.000 -560.000 -209.000 0.000 214.000 574.000 2,197.000 423.000 1,134.000 164.612 1.031 ns -3.547 29.19
Local Clock Frequency Offset -18.053 -18.006 -17.952 -17.858 -17.736 -17.712 -17.663 0.215 0.294 0.072 -17.851 ppm -1.523e+07 3.775e+09

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 0.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 18.000 60.000 268.000 17.000 59.000 11.342 4.182 ns 4.879 58.37

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 3.000 6.000 27.000 366.000 699.000 1,910.000 360.000 696.000 140.595 79.115 10e-12 2.479 18.54

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 -1,989.000 -560.000 -209.000 0.000 214.000 574.000 2,197.000 423.000 1,134.000 164.612 1.031 ns -3.547 29.19

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 2001:559:2be:3::1001

peer offset 2001:559:2be:3::1001 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 2001:559:2be:3::1001 -1.700 0.173 0.325 0.629 1.013 3.483 3.847 0.688 3.310 0.576 0.727 ms 4.856 24.5

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 23.159.16.194

peer offset 23.159.16.194 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 23.159.16.194 0.039 0.429 0.598 1.023 3.436 4.093 9.680 2.838 3.664 0.964 1.450 ms 4.257 21.79

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 2600:2600::199 (ntp2.wiktel.com)

peer offset 2600:2600::199 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 2600:2600::199 (ntp2.wiktel.com) -959.809 -869.989 -736.988 -412.458 -169.297 -19.430 147.860 567.691 850.559 169.950 -422.571 µs -53.06 227.4

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 2600:2600::99 (ntp1.wiktel.com)

peer offset 2600:2600::99 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 2600:2600::99 (ntp1.wiktel.com) -623.215 -507.336 -380.154 -55.613 189.664 322.436 512.019 569.818 829.772 168.723 -66.412 µs -7.159 20.63

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 2600:4040:e0eb:ea00::cbb9:201a

peer offset 2600:4040:e0eb:ea00::cbb9:201a plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 2600:4040:e0eb:ea00::cbb9:201a -2,666.476 -835.085 -573.840 -188.432 263.850 515.717 610.039 837.690 1,350.802 278.082 -164.921 µs -9.083 29.05

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) -2,317.473 -827.803 -589.040 -180.743 196.605 303.075 416.125 785.645 1,130.878 248.822 -180.183 µs -10.84 35.6

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 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) -1,990.000 -561.000 -210.000 -1.000 215.000 575.000 2,198.000 425.000 1,136.000 165.071 1.009 ns -3.551 29.03

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 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 2001:559:2be:3::1001

peer jitter 2001:559:2be:3::1001 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 2001:559:2be:3::1001 6.486 10.203 13.774 29.331 67.754 114.322 3,025.411 53.980 104.119 162.376 44.780 µs 12.6 206.8

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 23.159.16.194

peer jitter 23.159.16.194 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 23.159.16.194 0.015 0.030 0.044 0.139 1.774 6.453 14.590 1.730 6.423 1.133 0.429 ms 4.081 36.47

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 2600:2600::199 (ntp2.wiktel.com)

peer jitter 2600:2600::199 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 2600:2600::199 (ntp2.wiktel.com) 4.087 7.135 10.050 26.994 61.816 83.462 202.550 51.766 76.327 17.169 30.336 µs 4.616 21.8

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 2600:2600::99 (ntp1.wiktel.com)

peer jitter 2600:2600::99 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 2600:2600::99 (ntp1.wiktel.com) 7.138 9.265 14.236 31.079 65.303 90.812 194.977 51.067 81.547 17.208 34.638 µs 5.856 24.81

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 2600:4040:e0eb:ea00::cbb9:201a

peer jitter 2600:4040:e0eb:ea00::cbb9:201a plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 2600:4040:e0eb:ea00::cbb9:201a 0.010 0.018 0.026 0.061 0.412 2.441 18.075 0.386 2.423 0.703 0.173 ms 15.14 358.7

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) 6.109 11.105 16.223 45.372 183.114 356.681 3,387.775 166.891 345.576 139.337 70.658 µs 15.64 340.2

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.



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 0.000 1.000 2.000 39.000 205.000 1,415.000 38.000 205.000 43.534 11.345 ns 8.212 139

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 -18.053 -18.006 -17.952 -17.858 -17.736 -17.712 -17.663 0.215 0.294 0.072 -17.851 ppm -1.523e+07 3.775e+09
Local Clock Time Offset -1,989.000 -560.000 -209.000 0.000 214.000 574.000 2,197.000 423.000 1,134.000 164.612 1.031 ns -3.547 29.19
Local RMS Frequency Jitter 0.000 3.000 6.000 27.000 366.000 699.000 1,910.000 360.000 696.000 140.595 79.115 10e-12 2.479 18.54
Local RMS Time Jitter 0.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 18.000 60.000 268.000 17.000 59.000 11.342 4.182 ns 4.879 58.37
Server Jitter 2001:559:2be:3::1001 6.486 10.203 13.774 29.331 67.754 114.322 3,025.411 53.980 104.119 162.376 44.780 µs 12.6 206.8
Server Jitter 23.159.16.194 0.015 0.030 0.044 0.139 1.774 6.453 14.590 1.730 6.423 1.133 0.429 ms 4.081 36.47
Server Jitter 2600:2600::199 (ntp2.wiktel.com) 4.087 7.135 10.050 26.994 61.816 83.462 202.550 51.766 76.327 17.169 30.336 µs 4.616 21.8
Server Jitter 2600:2600::99 (ntp1.wiktel.com) 7.138 9.265 14.236 31.079 65.303 90.812 194.977 51.067 81.547 17.208 34.638 µs 5.856 24.81
Server Jitter 2600:4040:e0eb:ea00::cbb9:201a 0.010 0.018 0.026 0.061 0.412 2.441 18.075 0.386 2.423 0.703 0.173 ms 15.14 358.7
Server Jitter 2606:4700:f1::1 (time.cloudflare.com) 6.109 11.105 16.223 45.372 183.114 356.681 3,387.775 166.891 345.576 139.337 70.658 µs 15.64 340.2
Server Jitter SHM(0) 0.000 0.000 1.000 2.000 39.000 205.000 1,415.000 38.000 205.000 43.534 11.345 ns 8.212 139
Server Offset 2001:559:2be:3::1001 -1.700 0.173 0.325 0.629 1.013 3.483 3.847 0.688 3.310 0.576 0.727 ms 4.856 24.5
Server Offset 23.159.16.194 0.039 0.429 0.598 1.023 3.436 4.093 9.680 2.838 3.664 0.964 1.450 ms 4.257 21.79
Server Offset 2600:2600::199 (ntp2.wiktel.com) -959.809 -869.989 -736.988 -412.458 -169.297 -19.430 147.860 567.691 850.559 169.950 -422.571 µs -53.06 227.4
Server Offset 2600:2600::99 (ntp1.wiktel.com) -623.215 -507.336 -380.154 -55.613 189.664 322.436 512.019 569.818 829.772 168.723 -66.412 µs -7.159 20.63
Server Offset 2600:4040:e0eb:ea00::cbb9:201a -2,666.476 -835.085 -573.840 -188.432 263.850 515.717 610.039 837.690 1,350.802 278.082 -164.921 µs -9.083 29.05
Server Offset 2606:4700:f1::1 (time.cloudflare.com) -2,317.473 -827.803 -589.040 -180.743 196.605 303.075 416.125 785.645 1,130.878 248.822 -180.183 µs -10.84 35.6
Server Offset SHM(0) -1,990.000 -561.000 -210.000 -1.000 215.000 575.000 2,198.000 425.000 1,136.000 165.071 1.009 ns -3.551 29.03
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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