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

21 June 2022

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

1 Second

Average Run Time

33 Minutes, 30 Seconds

Test Dependencies

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

Accolades

400k+ Downloads + 20k+ Public Benchmark Results

Supported Platforms

Public Result Uploads *Reported Test Completions **Reported Installs **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsTimed Linux Kernel Compilation Popularity Statisticspts/build-linux-kernel2010.122011.042011.082011.122012.042012.082012.122013.042013.082013.122014.042014.082014.122015.042015.082015.122016.042016.082016.122017.042017.082017.122018.042018.082018.122019.042019.082019.122020.042020.082020.122021.042021.082021.122022.042022.0850K100K150K200K250K
* 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 current as of 30 September 2022.
defconfig66.6%allmodconfig33.4%Build Option PopularityOpenBenchmarking.org

Revision History

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

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Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 5.18

Build: defconfig

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 844 public results since 21 June 2022 with the latest data as of 2 October 2022.

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 AMD EPYC 7773X 64-Core
98th
11
21 +/- 2
2 x AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core
98th
15
21 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core
97th
12
23 +/- 2
2 x AMD EPYC 75F3 32-Core
96th
7
23
2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core
94th
6
26
AMD EPYC 7773X 64-Core
91st
9
28 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core
91st
10
29 +/- 2
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8380
91st
14
29 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core
90th
10
30 +/- 3
AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core
89th
7
31 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core
88th
4
33 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
87th
6
34
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-Cores
85th
10
36 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Platinum 8380
85th
5
38
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core
83rd
15
40 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core
83rd
7
40 +/- 2
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
79th
3
48 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core
78th
5
49
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core
76th
3
51 +/- 1
Mid-Tier
75th
> 52
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
75th
44
52 +/- 7
Intel Core i9-10980XE
73rd
5
57
Intel Core i9-12900K
70th
44
61 +/- 8
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core
70th
11
62 +/- 8
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core
69th
5
63
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24-Core
69th
5
63 +/- 4
AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core
67th
3
64 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
66th
20
66 +/- 6
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
66th
3
66
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 8-Core
63rd
10
68
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core
61st
10
70 +/- 7
Intel Core i7-12700K
61st
6
71 +/- 4
Intel Core i9-10900K
58th
3
76
Intel Core i5-12600K
57th
18
77 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 72F3 8-Core
55th
4
82
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core
54th
4
83
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
53rd
4
84 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core
52nd
11
86 +/- 8
AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
52nd
3
86
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-Core
52nd
3
87 +/- 1
Intel Core i9-11900K
52nd
6
87 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core
51st
11
93 +/- 10
Median
50th
94
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
49th
5
100 +/- 8
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core
48th
6
102 +/- 6
Intel Core i5-12400
46th
4
106 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
46th
9
107 +/- 6
Intel Core i9-9900K
44th
4
112 +/- 3
Intel Core i7-11700K
44th
3
113 +/- 6
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
43rd
16
114 +/- 5
Intel Core i5-11600K
42nd
3
116
Intel Core i5-10600K
41st
4
119
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core
39th
13
124 +/- 8
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
38th
4
126 +/- 11
Intel Core i7-5960X
37th
4
131
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
36th
4
134 +/- 7
Intel Core i7-8700K
34th
3
139 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
34th
13
140 +/- 15
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core
32nd
4
147 +/- 9
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
32nd
3
150 +/- 6
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core
31st
4
156 +/- 18
AMD Ryzen 7 4800U
29th
7
166 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-10700T
27th
4
175 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-9850H
27th
4
176 +/- 10
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4-Core
26th
3
178
Low-Tier
25th
> 180
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2620 0
25th
3
180
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
25th
4
180 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
24th
13
189 +/- 22
Intel Core i7-5820K
22nd
3
202 +/- 21
2 x Intel Xeon L5640
22nd
10
202 +/- 1
Intel Core i3-12100
21st
3
209 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
21st
3
214 +/- 3
Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6
20th
3
221
Intel Core i7-1185G7
19th
5
227 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-1165G7
18th
6
235 +/- 22
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5
17th
8
244 +/- 9
Intel Core i7-4790
17th
3
251 +/- 27
Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
16th
6
255 +/- 7
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3
15th
3
263 +/- 5
Intel Core i3-8100
11th
4
298 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-8565U
9th
4
322 +/- 7
Intel Core i7-1065G7
8th
5
343 +/- 6
Apple M1
8th
6
355 +/- 1
Intel Core i3-7100
6th
7
415 +/- 10
Apple M2
6th
3
416 +/- 8
Intel Core i5-8250U
5th
4
426 +/- 16
AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
3rd
3
673 +/- 54
ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core
1st
5
4230 +/- 565
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Build: defconfig779 Results Range From 19 To 5241 Seconds1912422933443954464975485996410691174127913841489159416991804190920142119222423292434253926442749285429593064316932743379348435893694379939044009411442194324442945344639474448494954505951645269100200300400500

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 5.18 - Build: defconfig) has an average run-time of 9 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 BenchmarkBuild: defconfigRun-Time1428425670Min: 2 / Avg: 8.63 / Max: 73

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.5%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsBuild: defconfigDeviation246810Min: 0 / Avg: 0.53 / Max: 3

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.

IntelAMDOpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Core Scaling To BaseTimed Linux Kernel Compilation CPU Core ScalingBuild: defconfig46812162432641282.85.68.411.214

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)
IBM POWER (PowerPC) 64-bit
ppc64le
POWER9 22-Core
Intel / AMD x86 32-bit
i686
(Many Processors)
ARMv7 32-bit
armv7l
ARMv7 Cortex-A72 4-Core
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
ARMv8, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 80-Core, Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 256-Core, Apple M1, Apple M2, Snapdragon

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