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

4 March 2021

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

1 Second

Average Run Time

33 Minutes, 55 Seconds

Test Dependencies

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

Accolades

400k+ Downloads + 20k+ Public Benchmark Results

Supported Platforms

Public Result UploadsTest Completions*Reported Installs*OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsTimed Linux Kernel Compilation Popularity Statisticspts/build-linux-kernel2011.052011.092012.012012.052012.092013.012013.052013.092014.012014.052014.092015.012015.052015.092016.012016.052016.092017.012017.052017.092018.012018.052018.092019.012019.052019.092020.012020.052020.092021.012021.0540K80K120K160K200K
* 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.
Data current as of Tue, 11 May 2021 07:36:26 GMT.

Revision History

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

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Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 5.10.20

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 793 public results since 4 March 2021 with the latest data as of 10 May 2021.

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
# Matching Public Results
Seconds (Average)
2 x AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core
100th
11
21 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core
99th
8
21
2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core
99th
6
22
2 x AMD EPYC 75F3 32-Core
96th
10
23 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8380
95th
8
25 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core
94th
7
26
2 x AMD EPYC 7513 32-Core
93rd
5
26 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core
92nd
13
27 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7443 24-Core
92nd
3
28 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
89th
8
29
2 x AMD EPYC 7453 28-Core
88th
4
29 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core
88th
8
29 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX 32-Cores
88th
6
30 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core
87th
8
31 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7702 64-Core
86th
6
32 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7F52 16-Core
85th
4
32
2 x AMD EPYC 73F3 16-Core
85th
5
32 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 75F3 32-Core
83rd
10
33
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5218R
82nd
3
33 +/- 2
2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core
82nd
11
34 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 7543 32-Core
80th
5
37 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core
79th
3
37
AMD EPYC 74F3 24-Core
78th
5
41
Mid-Tier
75th
> 45
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
75th
4
45
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core
71st
4
48
AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core
70th
3
49
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
70th
56
49 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core
69th
14
50 +/- 5
AMD EPYC 73F3 16-Core
67th
5
51
Intel Core i9-10980XE
65th
12
53 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24-Core
63rd
3
55
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
62nd
25
57 +/- 4
AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core
61st
3
57
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16-Core
58th
3
59
Ampere Altra ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 160-Core
58th
4
60 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core
57th
4
62
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core
56th
7
64 +/- 2
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
55th
3
66
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
54th
3
68
Intel Core i9-10900K
54th
8
69 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core
52nd
3
71
Median
50th
74
Intel Core i9-11900K
49th
19
76 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core
49th
19
79 +/- 6
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 0
46th
3
84 +/- 6
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core
45th
15
87 +/- 7
AMD EPYC 72F3 8-Core
44th
6
88 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core
41st
15
95 +/- 9
Intel Core i9-9900KS
41st
3
95
AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
41st
3
95
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
41st
3
95 +/- 2
Intel Core i9-9900K
40th
3
100
Intel Core i5-11600K
40th
5
102 +/- 9
Intel Xeon E-2288G
38th
4
108
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G
36th
7
112 +/- 6
Intel Core i5-10600K
36th
7
112 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT 6-Core
36th
3
114
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
35th
5
116 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core
34th
9
117 +/- 8
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G
33rd
8
119 +/- 11
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Eight-Core
33rd
4
119 +/- 15
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3
32nd
3
123 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X 6-Core
31st
7
125 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-8086K
31st
3
125
Intel Core i7-8700K
30th
3
126
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core
28th
3
144 +/- 4
Intel Core i7-7740K
27th
3
146
Intel Core i7-10700T
27th
10
147 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
27th
3
147 +/- 12
Low-Tier
25th
> 153
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4-Core
25th
3
160
Intel Core i5-8400
24th
4
173 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-6800K
23rd
3
175 +/- 2
Intel Core i5-9400F
23rd
3
175
Intel Core i3-10100
23rd
3
192
Intel Core i7-9750H
22nd
3
194
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
20th
5
213 +/- 20
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
20th
3
216
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3
20th
3
217 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
20th
6
225 +/- 32
Intel Core i5-7600K
18th
3
254
Intel Core i5-2500K
18th
9
255 +/- 17
Intel Core i3-8100
15th
3
270
Intel Core i5-4670
13th
4
281 +/- 16
Intel Core i5-6500
13th
4
287 +/- 15
Intel Core i7-3770K
13th
4
288 +/- 16
Intel Core i7-8550U
10th
3
313 +/- 4
Intel Core i7-2700K
10th
3
313 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
10th
3
314
Intel Core i7-8565U
9th
3
331 +/- 17
Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5
8th
3
346
Intel Core i3-7100
6th
3
420 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
5th
3
598 +/- 3
Intel Core i7-5600U
4th
4
608
Intel Core i3-4130
4th
3
625 +/- 5
ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core
1st
4
4935 +/- 283
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Time To Compile789 Results Range From 20 To 8038 Seconds2018134250366482598611471308146916301791195221132274243525962757291830793240340135623723388440454206436745284689485050115172533354945655581659776138629964606621678269437104726574267587774879098070130260390520650

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 5.10.20 - Time To Compile) has an average run-time of 8 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.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMinutesTime Required To Complete BenchmarkTime To CompileRun-Time20406080100Min: 1 / Avg: 8.22 / Max: 107

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 1%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsTime To CompileDeviation246810Min: 0 / Avg: 0.98 / Max: 5

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.

AMDIntelOpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Core Scaling To BaseTimed Linux Kernel Compilation CPU Core ScalingTime To Compile468121624326412848121620

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