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 13 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 275 public results since 14 March 2024 with the latest data as of 15 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

97th

2 x AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core

95th

28 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores

94th

29 ^{+/- 1}

INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592

90th

2 x Intel Xeon Max 9480

88th

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7965WX 24-Cores

85th

40 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core

84th

AMD EPYC 8534P 64-Core

80th

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core

78th

48 ^{+/- 1}

Mid-Tier

75th

> 49

Intel Core i9-14900K

75th

49 ^{+/- 1}

2 x AMD EPYC 7302 16-Core

71st

51 ^{+/- 2}

2 x AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core

70th

52 ^{+/- 2}

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core

69th

52 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-Cores

65th

54 ^{+/- 1}

2 x Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4

61st

59 ^{+/- 1}

ARMv8 Neoverse-V2 72-Core

59th

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core

56th

67 ^{+/- 6}

Intel Core i9-10980XE

53rd

75 ^{+/- 1}

Median

50th

AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core

49th

91 ^{+/- 3}

Intel Xeon E E-2488

47th

92 ^{+/- 1}

ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 128-Core

46th

94 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Xeon Silver 4216

37th

129

Intel Core Ultra 7 155H

32nd

142 ^{+/- 2}

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

31st

147 ^{+/- 1}

AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core

30th

152

Intel Core i7-1280P

27th

168 ^{+/- 2}

AMD Ryzen 7 7840U

26th

170 ^{+/- 6}

Low-Tier

25th

> 170

Intel Core i7-5960X

23rd

208 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U

20th

231 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

19th

241 ^{+/- 25}

AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

18th

259 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Xeon Silver 4112

14th

388 ^{+/- 24}

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 23 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%.

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

dual-epyc-7551-kernel compile-benchmark-memory-channel-tdp-250w-cli-2024-04-14 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	2 x AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core - Supermicro Super Server H11DSi-NT v2.00 - AMD 17h Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.8.6-060806-generic - X Server 1.21.1.4
extra Featured Processor Comparison	INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592+ - Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H
extra Featured Processor Comparison	INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592+ - Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H
build-linux-kernel-1150-defconfig 3 Systems - 38 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-Core - MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Pop 22.04 - 6.8.0-76060800daily20240311-generic - GNOME Shell 42.5
build_kernel 2 Systems - 1 Benchmark Result	Intel Core i3-10110U - MSI MS-14D1 - Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP ALT 10.2 - 6.1.79-un-def-alt1 - MATE 1.26.1
2 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 - QIYIDA X99-H9 - Intel Xeon E7 v3 Debian 12 - 6.1.0-20-amd64 - X Server 1.21.1.7
ddr-2666 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	Intel Core i7-13700KF - ASRock Z690 Pro RS - Intel Device 7aa7 Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-27-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9
13700kf-kernel-build 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	Intel Core i7-13700KF - ASRock Z690 Pro RS - Intel Device 7aa7 Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-27-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9
test-oldserver-defconfig-throttle-on 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	AMD Turion II Neo N54L - HP ProLiant MicroServer - AMD RS880 Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-27-generic - Xfce
dddd 2 Systems - 219 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS - Framework Laptop 16 - AMD Device 14e8 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.7.0-060700-generic - GNOME Shell 45.2
test 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	AMD E-300 APU - SAMSUNG NP-RV415-CD3BR - AMD 14h Root Complex Linuxmint 21.3 - 5.15.0-91-generic - Cinnamon 6.0.4
linux3 1 System - 2 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 8-Core - MSI MAG X670E TOMAHAWK WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Arch rolling - 6.8.4-arch1-1 - KDE Plasma 6.0.3
2024-0411-FT-HW-Batch-run 1 System - 2 Benchmark Results	8 x Intel Core i7-6700 - QEMU Standard PC - Intel 82G33 Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.15.0-102-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.9
20240411-FTHW-New 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	8 x Intel Core i7-6700 - QEMU Standard PC - Intel 82G33 Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.15.0-102-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.9
20240411 1 System - 2 Benchmark Results	8 x Intel Core i7-6700 - QEMU Standard PC - Intel 82G33 Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.15.0-102-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.9

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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