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 2,375 public results since 13 March 2024 with the latest data as of 19 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 6.8 - 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 0.8%.
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.
2 Systems - 136 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i7-12700K - ASRock Z690 PG Velocita - 2 x 16GB DDR5-6400MT Fedora 40 - 6.12.9-200.fc41.x86_64 - Wayland |
3 Systems - 136 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i7-12700K - ASRock Z690 PG Velocita - 2 x 16GB DDR5-6400MT Fedora 40 - 6.12.9-200.fc41.x86_64 - Wayland |
2 Systems - 136 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i7-12700K - ASRock Z690 PG Velocita - 2 x 16GB DDR5-6400MT Fedora 40 - 6.12.9-200.fc41.x86_64 - Wayland |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core - Gigabyte X870E AORUS MASTER - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.12.3-061203-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
Intel Core i5-8600K - Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5-CF - Intel 8th Gen Core ManjaroLinux 24.0.0 - 6.12.4-1-MANJARO - KDE Plasma 6.0.4 |
2 Systems - 2 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core - ASUS PRIME A320M-K - AMD Starship Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.17.0-051700-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core - Gigabyte X870E AORUS MASTER - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.12.3-061203-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
Intel Core i5-12450HX - LENOVO LOQ 15IAX9 LNVNB161216 - Intel Alder Lake-S PCH cachyos rolling - 6.12.9-3-cachyos - KDE Plasma 6.2.5 |
1 System - 2 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i9-10900KF - Alienware 0N43JM - Intel Comet Lake PCH Pop 22.04 - 6.9.3-76060903-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8-Core - 64GB - 0GB Virtual Disk + 17GB Virtual Disk + 1100GB Virtual Disk Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.6.36.6-microsoft-standard-WSL2 - Wayland |
3 Systems - 17 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D 6-Core - ASUS PRIME B650-PLUS - AMD Raphael Arch rolling - 6.12.9-arch1-1 - Sway 1.10 |
2 Systems - 17 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core - MSI X570-A PRO - AMD Starship Arch rolling - 6.12.9-arch1-1 - KDE Plasma 6.2.5 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
Intel Core i5-14400F - ASRock B760 Pro RS/D4 WiFi - 64GB Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS - 6.9.3-76060903-generic - NVIDIA |
1 System - 17 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D 6-Core - ASUS PRIME B650-PLUS - AMD Raphael Arch rolling - 6.12.9-arch1-1 - Sway 1.10 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS - Shenzhen Meigao Electronic Equipment EliteMini HPBSD v1.0 - AMD Device 14e8 Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-51-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0 |
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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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6 Systems - 59 Benchmark Results |
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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3 Systems - 413 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U - Framework Laptop 13 - AMD Device 14e8 Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.10.0-061000rc4daily20240621-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0 |
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18 Systems - 442 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 6-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 - 95 Benchmark Results |
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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2 Systems - 1012 Benchmark Results |
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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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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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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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1 System - 47 Benchmark Results
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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Arch rolling - 6.10.0-3-cachyos - X Server 1.21.1.13 + Wayland
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1 System - 48 Benchmark Results
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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Arch rolling - 6.10.0-3-cachyos - X Server 1.21.1.13 + Wayland
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3 Systems - 11 Benchmark Results
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AMD Ryzen 7 8700F 8-Core - Gigabyte A620M H - AMD Device 14e8 Arch rolling - 6.11.3-arch1-1 - GNOME Shell 47.0
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2 x Intel Xeon Max 9480 - Supermicro SYS-221H-TNR X13DEM v1.10 - Intel Device 1bce Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.8.0-060800-generic - 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 |