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 3,569 public results since 12 December 2022 with the latest data as of 16 December 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 6.1 - Build: defconfig) has an average run-time of 16 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 - 20 Benchmark Results |
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 - ASUS Z10PE-D16 WS - Intel Xeon E7 v4 Debian 11 - 5.10.0-13-amd64 - KDE Plasma |
1 System - 20 Benchmark Results |
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 - ASUS Z10PE-D16 WS - Intel Xeon E7 v4 Debian 11 - 5.10.0-13-amd64 - KDE Plasma |
2 Systems - 8 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i7-12700H - LENOVO LNVNB161216 - Intel Alder Lake PCH Ubuntu 24.10 - 6.11.0-12-generic - KDE Plasma 6.1.5 |
1 System - 8 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i7-12700H - LENOVO LNVNB161216 - Intel Alder Lake PCH openSUSE Tumbleweed 20241204 - 6.11.8-1-default - KDE Plasma 6.2.4 |
1 System - 21 Benchmark Results |
ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 - GIGABYTE MP32-AR1-00 v01010101 - Ampere Computing LLC Altra PCI Root Complex A Debian 12 - 6.1.0-26-arm64 - GCC 12.2.0 |
1 System - 16 Benchmark Results |
ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 - GIGABYTE MP32-AR1-00 v01010101 - Ampere Computing LLC Altra PCI Root Complex A Debian 12 - 6.1.0-26-arm64 - GCC 12.2.0 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G - Gigabyte A520I AC - AMD Renoir Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-49-lowlatency - GNOME Shell 46.0 |
2 Systems - 2 Benchmark Results |
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8171M - Microsoft Virtual Machine - 16GB Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS - 5.4.0-196-generic - GCC 9.4.0 + Clang 10.0.0-4ubuntu1 |
1 System - 16 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core Duo T2600 - PhoenixAward 945GM v6.0 - Intel Mobile 945GSE MCH + ICH7-M Debian 12 - 6.1.0-27-686 - GCC 12.2.0 |
3 Systems - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core - MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS - AMD Starship Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-56-generic - GNOME Shell 42.5 |
1 System - 17 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core Ultra 7 258V - ASUS UX5406SA v1.0 - Intel Device a87f Debian 12 - 6.1.0-27-amd64 - GCC 12.2.0 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
Intel Core i9-9980HK - Gigabyte Z270N-Gaming 5 - Intel Device 3e20 + Z270 Ubuntu 24.10 - 6.11.0-9-generic - GNOME Shell 47.0 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
Intel Core i9-9980HK - Gigabyte Z270N-Gaming 5 - Intel Device 3e20 + Z270 Ubuntu 24.10 - 6.11.0-9-generic - GNOME Shell 47.0 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
Intel Core i9-9980HK - Gigabyte Z270N-Gaming 5 - Intel Device 3e20 + Z270 Ubuntu 24.10 - 6.11.0-9-generic - GNOME Shell 47.0 |
1 System - 17 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U - HP 8895 - AMD Renoir Debian 12 - 6.1.0-25-amd64 - GCC 12.2.0 |
2 Systems - 3 Benchmark Results |
POWER8E - PowerNV 8247-22L - 256GB Fedora Linux 40 - 6.10.11-200.fc40.ppc64le - GCC 14.2.1 20240912 |
12 Systems - 69 Benchmark Results |
2 x AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core - AMD Titanite_4G - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 23.04 - 6.2.0-23-generic - GNOME Shell 44.0 |
5 Systems - 396 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 23.04 - 6.2.0-060200rc8daily20230213-generic - GNOME Shell 43.2 |
5 Systems - 96 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO - AMD Device 14d8 EndeavourOS rolling - 6.1.7-arch1-1 - KDE Plasma 5.26.5 |
2 Systems - 286 Benchmark Results |
ARMv8 Cortex-A72 - BCM2835 Raspberry Pi 400 Rev 1.0 - Broadcom BCM2711 Debian 11 - 5.15.84-v8+ - LXDE |
6 Systems - 162 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G - ASUS TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS - AMD Renoir Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.7.0-060700-generic - GNOME Shell 45.0 |
Featured Processor Comparison |
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U - LENOVO 21CM0001US - AMD Device 14b5 Ubuntu 22.10 - 6.3.0-060300rc5daily20230403-generic - GNOME Shell 43.1 |
3 Systems - 273 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U - PHX Ray_PEU - AMD Device 14e8 Ubuntu 23.04 - 6.2.0-24-generic - KDE Plasma 5.27.4 |
2 Systems - 244 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core - ASRockRack B650D4U-2L2T/BCM - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.6.0-060600rc1daily20230913-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9 |
2 Systems - 361 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core - MSI Creator TRX40 - AMD Starship Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.19.0-051900rc7-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2 |
Featured Kernel Comparison |
AMD EPYC 8534P 64-Core - AMD Cinnabar - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-15-lowlatency - GNOME Shell |
2 Systems - 831 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U - Framework FRANMDCP07 - AMD Device 14e8 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.7.0-060700rc5-generic - GNOME Shell 45.1 |
2 Systems - 98 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores - System76 Thelio Major - AMD Device 14a4 Pop 22.04 - 6.6.6-76060606-generic - GNOME Shell 42.5 |
4 Systems - 286 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i7-2630QM - ASUS G73Sw v1.0 - Intel 2nd Generation Core DRAM ManjaroLinux 22.0.5 - 6.2.8-1-MANJARO - Cinnamon 5.6.8 |
2 Systems - 608 Benchmark Results |
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