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, 47 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-kernel2010.122011.042011.082011.122012.042012.082012.122013.042013.082013.122014.042014.082014.122015.042015.082015.122016.042016.082016.122017.042017.082017.122018.042018.082018.122019.042019.082019.122020.042020.082020.122021.0450K100K150K200K250K
* 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 26 July 2021.

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 1,337 public results since 4 March 2021 with the latest data as of 27 July 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
# Compatible Public Results
Seconds (Average)
2 x AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core
99th
26
21 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core
99th
15
21 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core
98th
6
22
2 x AMD EPYC 75F3 32-Core
95th
11
23 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7663 56-Core
95th
6
23 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7643 48-Core
95th
3
23 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8380
95th
29
24 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core
93rd
12
26 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7443 24-Core
92nd
7
26 +/- 2
2 x AMD EPYC 7513 32-Core
91st
5
26 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 74F3 24-Core
91st
7
27 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core
91st
21
27 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
88th
8
29
AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core
87th
12
29 +/- 3
2 x AMD EPYC 7453 28-Core
87th
14
29 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX 32-Cores
86th
6
30 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core
85th
9
31 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7343 16-Core
84th
7
31 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7702 64-Core
83rd
6
32 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7643 48-Core
83rd
3
32 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 73F3 16-Core
83rd
6
32 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7F52 16-Core
82nd
4
32
Intel Xeon Platinum 8380
81st
9
32 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 75F3 32-Core
80th
11
33
AMD EPYC 7543 32-Core
80th
28
33 +/- 3
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5218R
80th
3
33 +/- 2
2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core
79th
11
34 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core
78th
5
36 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7443 24-Core
77th
3
39 +/- 3
AMD EPYC 74F3 24-Core
77th
10
41
Mid-Tier
75th
> 42
AMD EPYC 7453 28-Core
75th
9
43 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
73rd
4
45
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core
70th
4
48
AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core
69th
3
49
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
68th
77
50 +/- 4
AMD EPYC 7343 16-Core
67th
3
50 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core
66th
15
51 +/- 6
AMD EPYC 73F3 16-Core
66th
6
51
Intel Core i9-10980XE
64th
12
53 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
64th
55
53 +/- 6
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24-Core
63rd
3
55
AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core
61st
3
57
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16-Core
60th
3
59
Ampere Altra ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 160-Core
59th
4
60 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core
59th
4
62
Intel Core i9-7980XE
57th
3
63
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core
57th
23
65 +/- 6
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
56th
3
66
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
55th
3
68
Intel Core i9-10900K
54th
8
69 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core
53rd
3
71
Intel Core i7-11700K
52nd
3
73 +/- 4
Median
50th
75
Intel Core i9-11900K
50th
24
77 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core
50th
39
77 +/- 8
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core
46th
32
86 +/- 5
AMD EPYC 72F3 8-Core
45th
7
88 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core
45th
3
89 +/- 2
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 0
44th
7
90 +/- 7
AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
42nd
3
95
Intel Core i7-7900X
42nd
3
95 +/- 3
Intel Core i9-9900KS
42nd
3
95
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core
42nd
16
95 +/- 9
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
41st
12
98 +/- 8
Intel Core i9-9900K
41st
3
100
Intel Core i5-11600K
41st
5
102 +/- 9
Intel Xeon E-2288G
39th
4
108
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G
38th
7
112 +/- 6
Intel Core i5-10600K
38th
7
112 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT 6-Core
37th
3
114
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
36th
7
116 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core
35th
18
118 +/- 7
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Eight-Core
35th
4
119 +/- 15
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3
34th
3
123 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G
34th
10
124 +/- 15
Intel Core i7-11800H
33rd
3
125 +/- 13
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X 6-Core
33rd
7
125 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-8086K
33rd
3
125
Intel Core i7-8700K
33rd
3
126
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Eight-Core
31st
3
135 +/- 20
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core
31st
6
136 +/- 9
AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS
30th
3
140 +/- 12
AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
30th
6
141 +/- 10
Intel Core i7-7740K
30th
3
146
Intel Core i7-10700T
29th
10
147 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
28th
17
152 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-9850H
28th
4
152 +/- 13
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4-Core
26th
3
160
Intel Core i5-8400
26th
4
173 +/- 1
Low-Tier
25th
> 174
Intel Core i7-6800K
25th
3
175 +/- 2
Intel Core i5-9400F
25th
3
175
Intel Core i7-7700K
25th
4
179 +/- 5
Intel Core i7-9750H
24th
4
189 +/- 9
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3
24th
3
191 +/- 3
AMD Opteron 6380
24th
3
191 +/- 1
Intel Core i3-10100
24th
3
192
Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6
22nd
4
201 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
22nd
7
204 +/- 22
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
21st
5
207
Intel Core i7-4960X
21st
3
212 +/- 3
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
20th
5
216
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3
20th
3
217 +/- 4
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5
20th
4
222
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
20th
6
225 +/- 32
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5
19th
6
237
Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
18th
3
246
Intel Core i7-4770K
18th
7
249 +/- 4
Intel Core i5-7600K
17th
3
254
Intel Core i5-2500K
17th
9
255 +/- 17
Intel Core i3-8100
15th
3
270
Intel Core i5-4670
14th
4
281 +/- 16
Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4
14th
3
283 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-6500
13th
4
287 +/- 15
Intel Core i7-3770K
13th
4
288 +/- 16
Intel Core i7-2700K
12th
6
304 +/- 11
Intel Core i7-8550U
11th
3
313 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
11th
3
314
Intel Core i7-8565U
10th
5
321 +/- 19
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
10th
6
327 +/- 34
Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5
10th
3
346
AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core
9th
3
370 +/- 8
Intel Core i3-7100
8th
3
420 +/- 2
Intel Core i5-7200U
7th
4
486 +/- 53
AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
6th
3
598 +/- 3
Intel Core i7-5600U
6th
4
608
Intel Core i3-4130
6th
3
625 +/- 5
Intel Core i3-5005U
4th
3
895 +/- 27
Intel Pentium Dual T2310
2nd
4
2754 +/- 381
ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core
1st
5
5124 +/- 489
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Time To Compile1327 Results Range From 18 To 8038 Seconds18179340501662823984114513061467162817891950211122722433259427552916307732383399356037213882404342044365452646874848500951705331549256535814597561366297645866196780694171027263742475857746790780682004006008001000

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: 8.29 / Max: 105

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: 1.01 / 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.

IntelAMDOpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Core Scaling To BaseTimed Linux Kernel Compilation CPU Core ScalingTime To Compile2468121624324864128510152025

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