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 3,582 public results since 12 December 2022 with the latest data as of 28 January 2025.
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 17 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 |
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core - MSI X399 SLI PLUS - AMD 17h Debian 12 - 6.1.0-29-amd64 - GCC 12.2.0 |
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1 System - 15 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core 2 6700 - Gigabyte G41M-Combo - Intel 4 DRAM + ICH7 Debian 12 - 6.1.0-29-amd64 - GCC 12.2.0 |
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2 Systems - 3 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS - Win element M600 - AMD Device 14e8 Ubuntu 24.10 - 6.12.9zh - X Server |
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2 Systems - 3 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS - Win element M600 - AMD Device 14e8 Ubuntu 24.10 - 6.12.9zh - X Server |
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1 System - 2 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS - Win element M600 - AMD Device 14e8 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.6.0-rc7+ - GNOME Shell 45.0 |
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1 System - 17 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core 2 Duo E8300 - Gigabyte G41M-Combo - Intel 4 DRAM + ICH7 Debian 12 - 6.1.0-29-amd64 - GCC 12.2.0 |
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1 System - 17 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 - Gigabyte G41M-Combo - Intel 4 DRAM + ICH7 Debian 12 - 6.1.0-29-amd64 - GCC 12.2.0 |
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1 System - 20 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 - Gigabyte G41M-Combo - Intel 4 DRAM + ICH7 Debian 12 - 6.1.0-29-amd64 - GCC 12.2.0 |
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1 System - 19 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 - Gigabyte G41M-Combo - Intel 4 DRAM + ICH7 Debian 12 - 6.1.0-29-amd64 - GCC 12.2.0 |
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1 System - 19 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 - Gigabyte G41M-Combo - Intel 4 DRAM + ICH7 Debian 12 - 6.1.0-29-amd64 - GCC 12.2.0 |
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1 System - 8 Benchmark Results |
AMD Athlon - VIA VT8366 - VIA VT8366 Debian 12 - 6.1.0-15-686 - GCC 12.2.0 |
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5 Systems - 286 Benchmark Results |
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5 Systems - 286 Benchmark Results
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6 Systems - 286 Benchmark Results
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Intel Core i7-1260P - 40GB - 0GB Virtual Disk + 275GB Virtual Disk + 1100GB Virtual Disk Arch Linux - 5.15.90.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 - X Server + Wayland
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1 System - 20 Benchmark Results
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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 - 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 9684X 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 7 5700G - ASUS TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS - AMD Renoir Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.7.0-060700-generic - GNOME Shell 45.0 |
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 |
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 |
Featured Kernel Comparison |
AMD EPYC 8534P 64-Core - AMD Cinnabar - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-15-generic - GNOME Shell |
2 Systems - 831 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H - MTL Coral_MTH - Intel Device 7e7f Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.7.0-060700rc5-generic - GNOME Shell 45.1 |
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 |
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 - 98 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores - System76 Thelio Major - AMD Device 14a4 Pop 22.04 - 6.7.0-060700-generic - GNOME Shell 42.5 |
Featured Processor Comparison |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-9-generic - GNOME Shell 45.0 |