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.
OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 4,169 public results since 13 October 2019 with the latest data as of 27 February 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.
Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 5.4 - Time To Compile) has an average run-time of 11 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 1.3%.
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.
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
Intel Core i5-7600 - ASRock Z270M Extreme4 - Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6 Pop 20.10 - 5.8.0-7642-generic - X Server 1.20.9 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core - 26GB - 2 x 275GB Virtual Disk Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.72-microsoft-standard-WSL2 - X Server |
2 Systems - 95 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.11.0-051100-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.1 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
Intel Core i7-2600K - Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P - 24GB Debian 10 - 5.9.0-0.bpo.5-amd64 - GCC 8.3.0 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 0 - IBM 00Y8362 - 126GB CentOS Linux 7 - 3.10.0-1160.el7.x86_64 - GCC 4.8.5 20150623 |
4 Systems - 5 Benchmark Results |
AMD model unknown - ASUS M2A-MX - AMD RS690 + SB600 Arch Linux - 5.5.14-1-ck - GCC 9.2.1 20200130 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 - Dell 0FGCC7 - Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 Debian testing - 5.10.0-1-amd64 - GCC 10.2.1 20210110 |
1 System - 4 Benchmark Results |
Intel Xeon Gold 6278C - OpenStack Foundation Nova - 1 x 8192 MB RAM QEMU CentOS Linux 7 - 3.10.0-957.27.2.el7.x86_64 - GCC 4.8.5 20150623 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
2 x Intel Core - Fedora OpenStack Nova - 1 x 8192 MB RAM CentOS Linux 7 - 3.10.0-957.27.2.el7.x86_64 - GCC 4.8.5 20150623 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
2 x Intel Xeon (Cascadelake) - QEMU Standard PC - Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC CentOS Linux 7 - 3.10.0-1127.el7.x86_64 - GCC 4.8.5 20150623 |
1 System - 25 Benchmark Results |
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2698R v4 - HP ProLiant DL360 Gen9 - Intel Xeon E7 v4 Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-65-generic - GCC 9.3.0 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
Intel Core i7-10700K - ASRock Z490 Phantom Gaming 4 - Intel Comet Lake PCH Shared SRAM CentOS Linux 8 - 4.18.0-240.10.1.el8_3.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 3.32.2 |
3 Systems - 268 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i5-2520M - HP 161C - Intel 2nd Generation Core DRAM Ubuntu 18.04 - 4.18.0-20-generic - GNOME Shell 3.28.3 |
16 Systems - 119 Benchmark Results |
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8259L - ASRockRack EP2C621D16-4LP - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 19.10 - 5.3.0-64-generic - GNOME Shell 3.34.1 |
2 Systems - 535 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U - LENOVO LNVNB161216 - AMD Renoir Root Complex Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900rc7daily20201002-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4 |
12 Systems - 593 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i5-10600K - ASUS PRIME Z490M-PLUS - Intel Comet Lake PCH Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.8.0-050800daily20200622-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.2 |
11 Systems - 217 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4 |
4 Systems - 9 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i7-3615QM - Apple Mac-C3EC7CD22292981F - Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM Gentoo 2.6 - 5.7.6-gentoo-x86_64 - MATE 1.24.0 |
Featured Processor Comparison |
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.7.0-999-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.1 |
8 Systems - 360 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24-Core - Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7 - AMD 17h Ubuntu 19.10 - 5.4.0-999-generic - GNOME Shell 3.34.1 |
3 Systems - 174 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i9-10900K - Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER - Intel Comet Lake PCH Fedora 32 - 5.8.11-200.fc32.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 3.36.6 |
3 Systems - 301 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i5-10600K - ASUS PRIME Z490M-PLUS - Intel Comet Lake PCH Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-40-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.3 |
Featured Kernel Comparison |
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.11.0-sched - GNOME Shell 3.38.2 |
Featured Processor Comparison |
Intel Core i9-10980XE - Gigabyte X299X DESIGNARE 10G - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 19.10 - 5.3.0-23-generic - GNOME Shell 3.34.1 |