Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

This test times how long it takes to build the Linux kernel in a default configuration.

To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite, the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark build-linux-kernel.

Project Site

kernel.org

Test Created

6 December 2010

Last Updated

13 March 2024

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

1 Second

Average Run Time

6 Minutes, 14 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain + BC + Bison + Flex + OpenSSL

Accolades

500k+ Downloads + 30k+ Public Benchmark Results

Supported Platforms

* Uploading of benchmark result data to OpenBenchmarking.org is always optional (opt-in) via the Phoronix Test Suite for users wishing to share their results publicly.
** Data based on those opting to upload their test results to OpenBenchmarking.org and users enabling the opt-in anonymous statistics reporting while running benchmarks from an Internet-connected platform.
*** Test profile page view reporting began March 2021.
Data updated weekly as of 21 April 2024.

Revision History

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.16.0 [View Source] Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:01:20 GMT
Update against Linux 6.8 upstream.

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.15.0 [View Source] Mon, 12 Dec 2022 11:27:44 GMT
Update against v6.1 upstream. Also add cpio as possible system dependency - Fixes: https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/issues/263

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.14.0 [View Source] Tue, 21 Jun 2022 15:21:48 GMT
Update against Linux 5.18 upstream, pull in via https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/pull/227 Closes: https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/pull/227

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.13.0 [View Source] Mon, 10 Jan 2022 04:59:41 GMT
Update against Linux 5.16 upstream to address build problems on newer distros. Also add allmodconfig run-time option.

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.12.0 [View Source] Mon, 30 Aug 2021 05:46:09 GMT
Update against Linux 5.14 upstream since prior version used is having build issues on newer distros.

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.11.0 [View Source] Thu, 04 Mar 2021 07:56:16 GMT
Move to Linux 5.10 LTS series (5.10.20) kernel build.

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.10.2 [View Source] Tue, 23 Jun 2020 10:33:24 GMT
Add libelf.h as a SystemDependencies, addressing possible build issue outlined in https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite/pull/430

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.10.1 [View Source] Sat, 25 Apr 2020 09:12:27 GMT
Update against latest Linux 5.4 LTS point release to fix GCC 10 build problems.

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.10.0 [View Source] Sun, 13 Oct 2019 20:17:06 GMT
Update against latest Linux 5.4 snapshot

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.9.1 [View Source] Wed, 22 Aug 2018 18:01:51 GMT
Somehow TimesToRun got overrode to 1 on upload...

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.9.0 [View Source] Wed, 22 Aug 2018 17:59:26 GMT
Update against upstream Linux 4.18, add bison/flex/openssl external dependencies, tweak the def config to avoid libelf dependency.

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.8.0 [View Source] Tue, 03 Oct 2017 11:48:02 GMT
Update against Linux 4.13 upstream

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.7.0 [View Source] Wed, 04 Jan 2017 11:36:44 GMT
Update against upstream Linux 4.9.0 kernel

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.6.0 [View Source] Tue, 03 Nov 2015 11:36:40 GMT
Update against Linux 4.3.0 kernel.

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.5.3 [View Source] Fri, 05 Dec 2014 22:03:03 GMT
Add bc as external dependency -- not installed by default on Arch.

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.5.2 [View Source] Thu, 27 Nov 2014 22:12:29 GMT
Simplify make defconfig to better support other architectures.

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.5.1 [View Source] Thu, 27 Nov 2014 22:07:50 GMT
Fix rc3/rc6 typo in previous commit pre.sh

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.5.0 [View Source] Thu, 27 Nov 2014 21:41:45 GMT
Update against Linux 3.18-rc6 kernel due to the explicit GNU89 kernel change recently to allow this to work better on GCC5.

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.4.0 [View Source] Sun, 09 Nov 2014 17:00:04 GMT
Update against latest upstream Linux kernel.

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.3.0 [View Source] Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:10:47 GMT
Update against Linux 3.1 vanilla kernel.

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.2.0 [View Source] Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:28:13 GMT
Initial import into OpenBenchmarking.org

Suites Using This Test

Timed Code Compilation

Multi-Core

CPU Massive

Server CPU Tests

Programmer / Developer System Benchmarks

Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 6.8

Build: defconfig

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 350 public results since 14 March 2024 with the latest data as of 22 April 2024.

Below is an overview of the generalized performance for components where there is sufficient statistically significant data based upon user-uploaded results. It is important to keep in mind particularly in the Linux/open-source space there can be vastly different OS configurations, with this overview intended to offer just general guidance as to the performance expectations.

Component

Percentile Rank

# Compatible Public Results

Seconds (Average)

2 x INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592

99th

2 x AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core

96th

2 x AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core

95th

27 ^{+/- 3}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores

94th

29 ^{+/- 1}

2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H

91st

30 ^{+/- 1}

INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592

90th

2 x Intel Xeon Max 9480

87th

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7965WX 24-Cores

84th

40 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core

83rd

Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H

83rd

40 ^{+/- 1}

AMD EPYC 8534P 64-Core

79th

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core

77th

48 ^{+/- 1}

Mid-Tier

75th

> 49

Intel Core i9-14900K

75th

50 ^{+/- 2}

2 x AMD EPYC 7302 16-Core

72nd

51 ^{+/- 2}

2 x AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core

71st

52 ^{+/- 2}

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core

70th

52 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-Cores

67th

54 ^{+/- 1}

2 x Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4

63rd

59 ^{+/- 1}

ARMv8 Neoverse-V2 72-Core

61st

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core

59th

67 ^{+/- 6}

Intel Core i9-10980XE

57th

75 ^{+/- 1}

AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core

53rd

91 ^{+/- 3}

Intel Xeon E E-2488

52nd

92 ^{+/- 1}

Median

50th

ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 128-Core

50th

94 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Xeon Silver 4216

43rd

129

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

37th

147 ^{+/- 1}

AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core

36th

152

Intel Core i7-1280P

33rd

168 ^{+/- 2}

AMD Ryzen 7 7840U

33rd

170 ^{+/- 6}

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U

29th

200 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Core i7-5960X

28th

208 ^{+/- 1}

Low-Tier

25th

> 228

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U

25th

231 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

24th

241 ^{+/- 25}

AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

23rd

254 ^{+/- 11}

Intel Core i7-1185G7

19th

322 ^{+/- 13}

Intel Core i7-1165G7

19th

326 ^{+/- 3}

Intel Xeon Silver 4112

16th

388 ^{+/- 24}

Intel Core i7-8565U

11th

450 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Core i7-1065G7

9th

497 ^{+/- 1}

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 6.8 - Build: defconfig) has an average run-time of 21 minutes. By default this test profile is set to run at least 3 times but may increase if the standard deviation exceeds pre-defined defaults or other calculations deem additional runs necessary for greater statistical accuracy of the result.

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.7%.

Does It Scale Well With Increasing Cores?

Yes, based on the automated analysis of the collected public benchmark data, this test / test settings does generally scale well with increasing CPU core counts. Data based on publicly available results for this test / test settings, separated by vendor, result divided by the reference CPU clock speed, grouped by matching physical CPU core count, and normalized against the smallest core count tested from each vendor for each CPU having a sufficient number of test samples and statistically significant data.

Tested CPU Architectures

This benchmark has been successfully tested on the below mentioned architectures. The CPU architectures listed is where successful OpenBenchmarking.org result uploads occurred, namely for helping to determine if a given test is compatible with various alternative CPU architectures.

CPU Architecture

Kernel Identifier

Verified On

Intel / AMD x86 64-bit

x86_64

(Many Processors)

RISC-V 64-bit

riscv64

rv64imafdcvsu

ARMv8 64-bit

aarch64

ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 128-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-V2 72-Core

DellCPUTest1_22042024_1843hrs 1 System - 18 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Gold 5416S - Dell 075K3T - Intel Device 1bce Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-105-generic - 1.3.255
linuxcompile Featured Kernel Comparison	6.8.2-arch2-1 - 6.8.7-arch1-1
2024-04-22-0351 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	Intel Xeon Platinum 8375C - Amazon EC2 c6i.4xlarge - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Amazon Linux 2023.4.20240416 - 6.6.28-cloudrock_performance - GCC 11.4.1 20230605
2024-04-21-1140 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	Intel Xeon Platinum 8375C - Amazon EC2 c6i.4xlarge - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Amazon Linux 2023.4.20240416 - 6.6.28-cloudrock - GCC 11.4.1 20230605
2024-04-21-0428 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	Intel Xeon Platinum 8375C - Amazon EC2 c6i.4xlarge - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Amazon Linux 2023.4.20240416 - 6.1.84-99.169.amzn2023.x86_64 - GCC 11.4.1 20230605
2024-04-21-1140 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	Intel Xeon Platinum 8375C - Amazon EC2 c6i.4xlarge - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Amazon Linux 2023.4.20240416 - 6.6.28-cloudrock - GCC 11.4.1 20230605
2024-04-21-0428 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	Intel Xeon Platinum 8375C - Amazon EC2 c6i.4xlarge - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Amazon Linux 2023.4.20240416 - 6.1.84-99.169.amzn2023.x86_64 - GCC 11.4.1 20230605
ddggg 2 Systems - 126 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1165G7 - Dell XPS 13 9310 0GG9PT - Intel Tiger Lake-LP Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-21-generic - GNOME Shell 45.0
1 1 System - 3 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS - Framework FRANMZCP07 - AMD Device 14e8 Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-1020-oem - KDE Plasma 5.24.7
1 Featured Kernel Comparison	6.5.0-26-generic - 6.5.0-28-generic
pentium-iii-933 1 System - 5 Benchmark Results	Intel Pentium III - Award Software - Intel 82815 815 and MCH + LPC Debian 12 - 6.1.0-15-686-pae - GCC 12.2.0
res 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS - ASUS GA402RK v1.0 - AMD 17h-19h PCIe Root Complex Arch rolling - 6.8.4-arch1-1-suspend - KDE Plasma 6.0.4
ddddss 2 Systems - 107 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1185G7 - Dell XPS 13 9310 0DXP1F - Intel Tiger Lake-LP Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.7.0-060700rc5-generic - GNOME Shell 45.1
68perf1st 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	Intel Core i7-8700K - ASUS ROG MAXIMUS X HERO - Intel 8th Gen Core Debian 12 - 6.5.10 - KDE Plasma 5.27.5
682nd 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	Intel Core i7-8700K - ASUS ROG MAXIMUS X HERO - Intel 8th Gen Core Debian 12 - 6.5.10 - KDE Plasma 5.27.5

cpuall_v2 2 Systems - 28 Benchmark Results	Intel 0000% - ASUS Pro WS W790E-SAGE SE - Intel Alder Lake-S PCH Fedora 39 - 6.7.7-200.fc39.x86_64 - OpenCL 3.0 + OpenCL 1.2 Intel FPGA SDK for OpenCL 20.3 + OpenCL 3.0 LINUX + OpenCL 1.2 Intel FPGA SDK for OpenCL 20.3
xeon emr 4 Systems - 62 Benchmark Results	2 x INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592+ - Quanta Cloud QuantaGrid D54Q-2U S6Q-MB-MPS - Intel Device 1bce Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.6.0-rc5-phx-patched - GNOME Shell 45.0
2024-03-17-1450 8 Systems - 33 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7 870 - ASUS BM5275 - Intel Core DMI SystemRescue 10.01 - 6.1.30-1-lts - X Server 1.21.1.8
df2888 3 Systems - 177 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon E E-2488 - Supermicro Super Server X13SCL-F v0123456789 - Intel Device 7a27 Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.2.0-26-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9
kdlkf 3 Systems - 119 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 8534P 64-Core - AMD Cinnabar - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-15-generic - GNOME Shell
blk 68 4 Systems - 2 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores - System76 Thelio Major - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-25-generic - GNOME Shell 45.2
dggg 2 Systems - 63 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-10980XE - ASRock X299 Steel Legend - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-18-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
icelake march 2 Systems - 108 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1065G7 - Dell 06CDVY - Intel Ice Lake-LP DRAM Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.7.0-060700rc5-generic - GNOME Shell 45.1
fggg 4 Systems - 70 Benchmark Results	Intel Core Ultra 7 155H - MTL Swift SFG14-72T Coral_MTH - Intel Device 7e7f Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.8.0-060800rc1daily20240126-generic - GNOME Shell 45.2
ble 2 Systems - 30 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-5960X - Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF - Intel Xeon E7 v3 Debian 12 - 6.1.0-11-amd64 - GCC 12.2.0
2024-03-28-1013 8 Systems - 25 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-14900K - ASUS PRIME Z790-P - Intel Device 7a27 SystemRescue 10.01 - 6.1.30-1-lts - X Server 1.21.1.8
blk 68 4 Systems - 2 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.7.0-060700-generic - GNOME Shell 45.2
dlld 2 Systems - 7 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1280P - MSI Prestige 14Evo A12M MS-14C6 - Intel Alder Lake PCH Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.7.0-060700-generic - GNOME Shell 45.2
2024-03-28-1658 76 Systems - 921 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-14900K - ASUS PRIME Z790-P - Intel Device 7a27 SystemRescue 10.01 - 6.1.30-1-lts - X Server 1.21.1.8
blk 68 ryzen 3 Systems - 2 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX - ASUS ROG Strix G513QY_G513QY G513QY v1.0 - AMD Renoir Ubuntu 22.10 - 5.19.0-46-generic - GNOME Shell 43.0