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 1,272 public results since 14 March 2024 with the latest data as of 5 February 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: allmodconfig) has an average run-time of 47 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.
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 - 21 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 6-Core - MSI B550-A PRO - AMD Renoir openSUSE 20250125 - 6.13.0-7.g1513344-default - Sway 1.10 |
1 System - 92 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core - Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-51-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0 |
1 System - 37 Benchmark Results |
4 x Intel Xeon - OpenStack Foundation Nova v27.1.1 - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-130-generic - 1.3.255 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core - MSI MAG X670E TOMAHAWK WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-51-generic - KDE Plasma 5.27.11 |
1 System - 35 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i7-1165G7 - System76 Lemur Pro - 40GB Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS - 6.12.9 - GCC 9.4.0 |
1 System - 35 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS - Framework FRANMZCP07 - 94GB Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS - 6.12.9 - GCC 9.4.0 |
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 |
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 |
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 - 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 Threadripper PRO 3995WX 64-Cores - ASUS Pro WS WRX80E-SAGE SE WIFI - AMD Starship Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-51-generic - KDE Plasma 5.27.11 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
4 x Intel Xeon E7450 - HP ProLiant DL580 G5 - Intel 7300 MCH Debian GNU - 6.8.12-5-pve - GCC 12.2.0 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 6-Core - MSI PRO B650M-P - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.12.3-061203-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9 |
1 System - 35 Benchmark Results |
Intel N150 - AZW EQ - Intel Alder Lake-N PCH Kali 2024.4 - 6.11.2-amd64 - Xfce 4.20 |
Featured Graphics Comparison |
2 Systems - 3 Benchmark Results |
POWER8E - PowerNV 8247-22L - 256GB Fedora Linux 40 - 6.10.11-200.fc40.ppc64le - GCC 14.2.1 20240912 |
Featured Kernel Comparison |
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 |
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 |
18 Systems - 442 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.10.0-061000rc2-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0 |
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 |
3 Systems - 111 Benchmark Results |
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 |
Featured Kernel Comparison |
2 x AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core - AMD Titanite_4G - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.8.0-060800-generic - GCC 13.2.0 |
73 Systems - 527 Benchmark Results |
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 |
4 Systems - 158 Benchmark Results |
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 |
1 System - 47 Benchmark Results |
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 |
1 System - 48 Benchmark Results |
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 |
2 Systems - 37 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - ASRock X570 Steel Legend - AMD Starship EndeavourOS rolling - 6.9.9-arch1-1 - KDE Plasma 6.1.2 |
Featured Kernel Comparison |
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 |
76 Systems - 921 Benchmark Results |
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 |
3 Systems - 119 Benchmark Results |
AMD EPYC 8534P 64-Core - AMD Cinnabar - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-15-generic - GNOME Shell |