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

30 August 2021

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

1 Second

Average Run Time

33 Minutes, 36 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-kernel2010.122011.042011.082011.122012.042012.082012.122013.042013.082013.122014.042014.082014.122015.042015.082015.122016.042016.082016.122017.042017.082017.122018.042018.082018.122019.042019.082019.122020.042020.082020.122021.042021.0850K100K150K200K250K
* 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 21 October 2021.

Revision History

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 5.14

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 596 public results since 30 August 2021 with the latest data as of 21 October 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
10
19 +/- 2
2 x AMD EPYC 75F3 32-Core
99th
8
21
2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core
97th
8
24 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core
96th
6
24
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX 64-Cores
93rd
3
25
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8380
93rd
10
25 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core
91st
3
28
AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core
90th
6
30
AMD EPYC 75F3 32-Core
90th
8
31
2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core
89th
3
31 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7543 32-Core
87th
10
32
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
87th
4
32
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core
85th
4
37 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 74F3 24-Core
84th
6
39 +/- 3
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
83rd
3
45
AMD EPYC 7F52 16-Core
80th
4
48 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
78th
38
49 +/- 3
Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 256-Core
76th
3
50
Mid-Tier
75th
> 51
Intel Core i9-10980XE
75th
3
51
AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core
74th
4
51 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core
74th
3
53 +/- 1
Ampere Altra ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 160-Core
73rd
6
54 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core
71st
5
56 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
70th
20
57 +/- 7
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24-Core
69th
3
58 +/- 2
Intel Core i9-7960X
69th
3
60 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16-Core
67th
4
62 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
67th
3
63 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core
64th
3
69 +/- 10
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core
63rd
5
73 +/- 1
Intel Core i9-10900K
61st
3
74 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
61st
6
74 +/- 1
Intel Core i9-11900K
57th
28
77 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 72F3 8-Core
57th
3
77
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core
55th
8
81 +/- 10
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
52nd
27
85 +/- 4
Median
50th
87
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core
49th
9
90 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
44th
23
99 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core
44th
6
99 +/- 13
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
41st
6
105 +/- 2
Intel Core i5-10600K
40th
3
112 +/- 1
Intel Xeon E-2288G
38th
4
118
AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT 6-Core
38th
4
118 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
36th
5
123 +/- 5
Intel Core i7-8700K
35th
4
126 +/- 11
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Eight-Core
35th
3
127 +/- 9
Intel Core i7-10700T
32nd
4
153 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
31st
3
157
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
30th
5
167 +/- 21
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4-Core
30th
3
167
Intel Core i5-8400
29th
4
180
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2620 0
27th
3
186 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
27th
4
188 +/- 6
Low-Tier
25th
> 203
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3
24th
3
208 +/- 1
Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6
24th
3
208
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5
21st
4
222
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
21st
3
226
Intel Core i7-1165G7
20th
11
232 +/- 28
Intel Core i7-4770K
19th
4
244 +/- 16
Intel Core i5-7600K
19th
4
264
Intel Core i3-8100
17th
3
281
Intel Core i7-1065G7
17th
4
284 +/- 9
Intel Core i7-8550U
17th
4
285 +/- 5
Intel Core i7-8565U
16th
5
292 +/- 15
AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core
14th
4
335 +/- 2
Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5
13th
3
357 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
11th
6
593 +/- 3
ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core
4th
33
4949 +/- 291
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Time To Compile594 Results Range From 17 To 6115 Seconds1713926138350562774987199311151237135914811603172518471969209122132335245725792701282329453067318933113433355536773799392140434165428744094531465347754897501951415263538555075629575158735995611790180270360450

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 5.14 - 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.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMinutesTime Required To Complete BenchmarkTime To CompileRun-Time306090120150Min: 1 / Avg: 10.94 / Max: 170

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.7%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsTime To CompileDeviation246810Min: 0 / Avg: 0.66 / Max: 4

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 Compile46812162432641.39582.79164.18745.58326.979

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