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 14 May 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

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Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 6.8

Build: defconfig

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 500 public results since 14 March 2024 with the latest data as of 14 May 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 ^{+/- 2}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores

95th

28 ^{+/- 1}

2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H

91st

30 ^{+/- 1}

2 x Intel Xeon Max 9480

88th

35 ^{+/- 4}

INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592

88th

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7965WX 24-Cores

83rd

40 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H

82nd

40 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Xeon Max 9480

81st

41 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core

81st

41 ^{+/- 1}

AMD EPYC 8534P 64-Core

77th

2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280

76th

Mid-Tier

75th

> 47

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core

75th

48 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Core i9-14900K

73rd

50 ^{+/- 2}

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

67th

54 ^{+/- 1}

2 x AMD EPYC 7303 16-Core

64th

57 ^{+/- 7}

2 x Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4

63rd

59 ^{+/- 1}

ARMv8 Neoverse-V2 72-Core

62nd

60 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core

58th

71 ^{+/- 7}

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core

58th

71 ^{+/- 3}

Intel Core i9-10980XE

56th

75 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 12-Core

55th

76 ^{+/- 1}

AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core

51st

91 ^{+/- 3}

Median

50th

Intel Xeon E E-2488

50th

92 ^{+/- 1}

ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 128-Core

48th

94 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Core i9-11900KF

44th

113 ^{+/- 1}

POWER8E

42nd

121 ^{+/- 12}

Intel Xeon Silver 4216

41st

129

AMD Ryzen 5 7600 6-Core

40th

130 ^{+/- 3}

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

35th

147 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Core Ultra 7 155H

34th

151 ^{+/- 22}

AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core

34th

152

Intel Core Ultra 7 165U

33rd

154 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Core i7-1280P

30th

168 ^{+/- 2}

AMD Ryzen 7 7840U

29th

170 ^{+/- 6}

Intel Core i5-11400H

27th

188 ^{+/- 21}

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U

26th

200 ^{+/- 1}

Low-Tier

25th

> 201

Intel Core i7-5960X

24th

208 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U

23rd

223 ^{+/- 15}

AMD Ryzen 7 5700U

21st

241 ^{+/- 34}

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

21st

248 ^{+/- 30}

AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

21st

254 ^{+/- 11}

Intel Core i7-1185G7

17th

322 ^{+/- 13}

Intel Core i7-1165G7

16th

326 ^{+/- 3}

Intel Xeon Silver 4112

14th

388 ^{+/- 24}

Intel Core i7-8565U

10th

450 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Core i7-1065G7

8th

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 17 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 1%.

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

IBM POWER (PowerPC) 64-bit

ppc64le

POWER8E

ARMv8 64-bit

aarch64

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

Intel Core Ultra 7 155H 1 System - 458 Benchmark Results
rok1 Featured Processor Comparison	rk1-rok-emmc - Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76
rk1-mainline-nvme 1 System - 489 Benchmark Results	rk1-mainline-nvme - Turing Machines RK1 - 32GB Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.7.0 - 1.3.255
rk1-mainline-nvme 3 Systems - 489 Benchmark Results	ARMv8 Cortex-A76 - Turing Machines RK1 - 32GB Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.7.0 - 1.3.255
rk1-mainline-emmc-run 1 System - 205 Benchmark Results	rk1-mainline-emmc - Turing Machines RK1 - 32GB Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.7.0 - 1.3.255
core-i3-4150 1 System - 7 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i3-4150 - HP 1998 - Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM Debian 12 - 6.1.0-18-amd64 - GCC 12.2.0
core-i3-4150 1 System - 5 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i3-4150 - HP 1998 - Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM Debian 12 - 6.1.0-18-amd64 - GCC 12.2.0
trey 1 System - 2 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U - LENOVO 21CRS13705 - AMD 17h-19h PCIe Root Complex Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-31-generic - Cinnamon 6.0.4
kernel-built-6.1 1 System - 2 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 5700G - ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING - AMD Renoir Debian 12 - 6.1.0-21-amd64 - KDE Plasma 5.27.5
kernel-built-6.6 1 System - 2 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 5700G - ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING - AMD Renoir Debian 12 - 6.6.13+bpo-amd64 - KDE Plasma 5.27.5
kernel-built-61c 1 System - 2 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 5700G - ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING - AMD Renoir Debian 12 - 6.1.0-21-amd64 - KDE Plasma 5.27.5
kernel-built-61b 1 System - 2 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 5700G - ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING - AMD Renoir Debian 12 - 6.1.0-21-amd64 - KDE Plasma 5.27.5
kernel-built-6.1 1 System - 2 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 5700G - ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING - AMD Renoir Debian 12 - 6.1.0-21-amd64 - KDE Plasma 5.27.5
allmod 2 Systems - 1 Benchmark Result	AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core - ASUS TUF GAMING B650M-PLUS WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Arch rolling - 6.8.4-arch1-1 - KDE Plasma
kernel-built-6.6 1 System - 2 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 5700G - ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING - AMD Renoir Debian 12 - 6.6.13+bpo-amd64 - KDE Plasma 5.27.5

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
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
cpuall_v2 2 Systems - 28 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7413 24-Core - GIGABYTE MZ32-AR0-00 v01000100 - AMD Starship Rocky Linux 9.3 - 5.14.0-362.24.1.el9_3.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 40.10
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
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
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
2024-03-17-1450 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
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
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 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
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
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
ddddx 4 Systems - 158 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-Cores - ASUS Pro WS WRX80E-SAGE SE WIFI - AMD Starship Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-15-generic - GNOME Shell 45.0
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
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

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Project Site

Test Created

Last Updated

Test Maintainer

Test Type

Average Install Time

Average Run Time

Test Dependencies

Accolades

Supported Platforms

Revision History

Suites Using This Test

Performance Metrics

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 6.8

Build: defconfig

Does It Scale Well With Increasing Cores?

Tested CPU Architectures

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