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 1,917 public results since 14 March 2024 with the latest data as of 4 November 2024.
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 6.8 - Build: defconfig) has an average run-time of 14 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 0.9%.
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.
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.
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS - 14GB - 0GB Virtual Disk + 4GB Virtual Disk + 1100GB Virtual Disk Ubuntu 24.04 - 5.15.153.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 - Wayland |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
Apple - Apple MacBook Pro - Apple Silicon Fedora Linux Asahi Remix 40 - 6.11.0-400.asahi.fc40.aarch64+16k - Sway 1.9 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6-Core - Gigabyte B550M AORUS ELITE - AMD Starship Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.2.0-26-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9 |
1 System - 2 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G - Gigabyte B450 AORUS ELITE - AMD Renoir Debian 12 - 6.1.0-26-amd64 - Xfce 4.18 |
1 System - 35 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G - ASUS ProArt X670E-CREATOR WIFI - 64GB Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS - 6.11.5-arch1-1 - NVIDIA |
1 System - 192 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i7-4790K - Dell OptiPlex 7020/9020 SFF [OptiPlex v1.0] - Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM Debian - 6.11.4-amd64 - GNOME Shell 47.0 |
4 Systems - 46 Benchmark Results |
2 x AMD EPYC 9755 128-Core - AMD VOLCANO - AMD Device 153a Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.12.0-rc4-amd-pstate-phx - GCC 13.2.0 + Clang 18.1.3 |
4 Systems - 46 Benchmark Results |
2 x AMD EPYC 9755 128-Core - AMD VOLCANO - AMD Device 153a Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.12.0-rc4-amd-pstate-phx - GCC 13.2.0 + Clang 18.1.3 |
1 System - 21 Benchmark Results |
INTEL XEON GOLD 6548N - Intel VMware7 1 440BX - Intel 440BX Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-48-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0 |
1 System - 70 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i7-4790K - Dell OptiPlex 7020/9020 SFF [OptiPlex v1.0] - Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM Debian - 6.11.4-amd64 - GNOME Shell 47.0 |
1 System - 21 Benchmark Results |
INTEL XEON GOLD 6548N - Intel VMware7 1 440BX - Intel 440BX Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-48-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0 |
1 System - 21 Benchmark Results |
AMD EPYC 9374F 32-Core - Intel VMware7 1 440BX - Intel 440BX Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-48-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0 |
1 System - 10 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core - Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX - AMD Device 14d8 Arch Linux - 6.11.5-arch1-1 - GCC 14.2.1 20240910 |
1 System - 21 Benchmark Results |
AMD EPYC 9374F 32-Core - Intel VMware7 1 440BX - Intel 440BX Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-48-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0 |
1 System - 21 Benchmark Results |
INTEL XEON GOLD 6548N - Intel VMware7 1 440BX - Intel 440BX Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-48-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0 |
3 Systems - 413 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS - Framework Laptop 16 - AMD Device 14e8 Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.10.0-061000rc4daily20240621-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0 |
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6 Systems - 59 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Arch rolling - 6.9.8-arch1-1 - X Server 1.21.1.13 + Wayland |
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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Arch rolling - 6.10.0-arch1-1 - X Server 1.21.1.13 + Wayland |
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18 Systems - 442 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.10.0-061000rc2-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0 |
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Intel Core Ultra 7 155H - MTL Swift SFG14-72T Coral_MTH - Intel Device 7e7f Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.10.0-rc2-mtl-patch - GNOME Shell 46.0 |
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2 Systems - 1012 Benchmark Results |
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2 Systems - 95 Benchmark Results
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16 x AMD Ryzen 7 5700G - Intel 440BX - Intel 440BX Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-41-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9
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1 System - 2 Benchmark Results
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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - ASUS TUF GAMING B550-PLUS WIFI II - AMD Starship Fedora 40 - 6.10.9-200.fc40.x86_64 - KDE Plasma 6.1.4
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3 Systems - 111 Benchmark Results
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2 x AMD EPYC 9734 112-Core - AMD Titanite_4G - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-22-generic - GCC 13.2.0
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2 x AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core - AMD Titanite_4G - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.9.0-060900rc1daily20240327-generic - GCC 13.2.0
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2 Systems - 71 Benchmark Results
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AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U - LENOVO ThinkPad X13 Gen 3 21CM0001US - AMD 17h-19h PCIe Root Complex Fedora Linux 39 - 6.5.7-300.fc39.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 45.0
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4 Systems - 158 Benchmark Results
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-Cores - ASUS Pro WS WRX80E-SAGE SE WIFI - AMD Starship Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-15-generic - GNOME Shell 45.0
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73 Systems - 527 Benchmark Results
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2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 - Intel S2600CW - Intel Xeon E7 v4 Arch Linux - 6.9.7-arch1-1 - GCC 14.1.1 20240522
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4 Systems - 62 Benchmark Results
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2 x INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592+ - Quanta Cloud QuantaGrid D54Q-2U S6Q-MB-MPS - Intel Device 1bce Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.6.0-rc5-phx-patched - GNOME Shell 45.0
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76 Systems - 921 Benchmark Results
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Intel Core i9-14900K - ASUS PRIME Z790-P - Intel Device 7a27 SystemRescue 10.01 - 6.1.30-1-lts - X Server 1.21.1.8 |