Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

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.

Project Site

kernel.org

Test Created

6 December 2010

Last Updated

13 March 2024

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

1 Second

Average Run Time

6 Minutes, 41 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain + BC + Bison + Flex + OpenSSL

Accolades

500k+ Downloads + 30k+ Public Benchmark Results

Supported Platforms

Public Result Uploads *Reported Test Completions **Reported Installs **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsTimed Linux Kernel Compilation Popularity Statisticspts/build-linux-kernel2010.122011.052011.102012.032012.082013.012013.062013.112014.042014.092015.022015.072015.122016.052016.102017.032017.082018.012018.062018.112019.042019.092020.022020.072020.122021.052021.102022.032022.082023.012023.062023.112024.042024.09200K400K600K800K1000K
* Uploading of benchmark result data to OpenBenchmarking.org is always optional (opt-in) via the Phoronix Test Suite for users wishing to share their results publicly.
** Data based on those opting to upload their test results to OpenBenchmarking.org and users enabling the opt-in anonymous statistics reporting while running benchmarks from an Internet-connected platform.
*** Test profile page view reporting began March 2021.
Data updated weekly as of 20 December 2024.
allmodconfig34.7%defconfig65.3%Build Option PopularityOpenBenchmarking.org

Revision History

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.16.0   [View Source]   Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:01:20 GMT
Update against Linux 6.8 upstream.

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.15.0   [View Source]   Mon, 12 Dec 2022 11:27:44 GMT
Update against v6.1 upstream. Also add cpio as possible system dependency - Fixes: https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/issues/263

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.14.0   [View Source]   Tue, 21 Jun 2022 15:21:48 GMT
Update against Linux 5.18 upstream, pull in via https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/pull/227 Closes: https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/pull/227

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.13.0   [View Source]   Mon, 10 Jan 2022 04:59:41 GMT
Update against Linux 5.16 upstream to address build problems on newer distros. Also add allmodconfig run-time option.

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.12.0   [View Source]   Mon, 30 Aug 2021 05:46:09 GMT
Update against Linux 5.14 upstream since prior version used is having build issues on newer distros.

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.11.0   [View Source]   Thu, 04 Mar 2021 07:56:16 GMT
Move to Linux 5.10 LTS series (5.10.20) kernel build.

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.10.2   [View Source]   Tue, 23 Jun 2020 10:33:24 GMT
Add libelf.h as a SystemDependencies, addressing possible build issue outlined in https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite/pull/430

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.10.1   [View Source]   Sat, 25 Apr 2020 09:12:27 GMT
Update against latest Linux 5.4 LTS point release to fix GCC 10 build problems.

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.10.0   [View Source]   Sun, 13 Oct 2019 20:17:06 GMT
Update against latest Linux 5.4 snapshot

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.9.1   [View Source]   Wed, 22 Aug 2018 18:01:51 GMT
Somehow TimesToRun got overrode to 1 on upload...

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.9.0   [View Source]   Wed, 22 Aug 2018 17:59:26 GMT
Update against upstream Linux 4.18, add bison/flex/openssl external dependencies, tweak the def config to avoid libelf dependency.

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.8.0   [View Source]   Tue, 03 Oct 2017 11:48:02 GMT
Update against Linux 4.13 upstream

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.7.0   [View Source]   Wed, 04 Jan 2017 11:36:44 GMT
Update against upstream Linux 4.9.0 kernel

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.6.0   [View Source]   Tue, 03 Nov 2015 11:36:40 GMT
Update against Linux 4.3.0 kernel.

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.5.3   [View Source]   Fri, 05 Dec 2014 22:03:03 GMT
Add bc as external dependency -- not installed by default on Arch.

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.5.2   [View Source]   Thu, 27 Nov 2014 22:12:29 GMT
Simplify make defconfig to better support other architectures.

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.5.1   [View Source]   Thu, 27 Nov 2014 22:07:50 GMT
Fix rc3/rc6 typo in previous commit pre.sh

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.5.0   [View Source]   Thu, 27 Nov 2014 21:41:45 GMT
Update against Linux 3.18-rc6 kernel due to the explicit GNU89 kernel change recently to allow this to work better on GCC5.

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.4.0   [View Source]   Sun, 09 Nov 2014 17:00:04 GMT
Update against latest upstream Linux kernel.

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.3.0   [View Source]   Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:10:47 GMT
Update against Linux 3.1 vanilla kernel.

pts/build-linux-kernel-1.2.0   [View Source]   Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:28:13 GMT
Initial import into OpenBenchmarking.org

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Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 6.8

Build: allmodconfig

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 1,139 public results since 14 March 2024 with the latest data as of 20 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.

Component
Percentile Rank
# Compatible Public Results
Seconds (Average)
2 x AMD EPYC 9655 96-Core
100th
9
117 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 9575F 64-Core
99th
7
124 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon 6980P
96th
26
133 +/- 6
2 x AMD EPYC 9755 128-Core
96th
25
134 +/- 14
2 x AMD EPYC 9965 192-Core
95th
5
140 +/- 3
Intel Xeon 6980P
93rd
13
173 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon 6780E
93rd
7
176 +/- 2
2 x INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592
90th
15
188 +/- 4
AMD EPYC 9655 96-Core
89th
15
190 +/- 3
2 x AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core
87th
24
194 +/- 11
2 x Intel Xeon 6766E
87th
7
194 +/- 2
2 x AMD EPYC 9534 64-Core
85th
6
197 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core
84th
8
199 +/- 4
AMD EPYC 9755 128-Core
83rd
21
201 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 9575F 64-Core
83rd
10
201 +/- 5
AMD EPYC 9655P 96-Core
83rd
22
203 +/- 11
2 x AMD EPYC 9634 84-Core
81st
3
210 +/- 3
2 x AMD EPYC 9754 128-Core
79th
15
219 +/- 17
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H
79th
10
222 +/- 3
2 x AMD EPYC 9374F 32-Core
78th
4
231 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8468
76th
6
237 +/- 1
Mid-Tier
75th
> 239
2 x AMD EPYC 9734 112-Core
75th
8
240 +/- 3
2 x Intel Xeon Max 9468
75th
4
247
2 x INTEL XEON GOLD 6548Y
74th
3
248 +/- 18
AMD EPYC 9965 192-Core
74th
7
249 +/- 1
Intel Xeon 6780E
73rd
10
252 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon Max 9480
73rd
16
256 +/- 37
ARMv8 Neoverse-V2 72-Core
72nd
12
267 +/- 26
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8462Y
71st
4
272 +/- 1
Intel Xeon 6766E
70th
10
276 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores
70th
10
276 +/- 6
AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core
68th
13
301 +/- 18
INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592
65th
22
317 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX 96-Cores
64th
5
325 +/- 36
AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core
64th
12
325 +/- 18
ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 128-Core
63rd
7
345 +/- 20
AMD EPYC 9754 128-Core
62nd
9
347 +/- 15
2 x AMD EPYC 9224 24-Core
62nd
4
350 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H
60th
16
366 +/- 3
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
58th
4
376
Intel Xeon Max 9480
58th
9
382 +/- 8
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X 32-Cores
57th
7
389 +/- 32
AMD EPYC 8534P 64-Core
57th
8
401 +/- 8
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core
57th
4
402 +/- 6
2 x AMD EPYC 9184X 16-Core
55th
4
423
Intel Xeon Max 9468
55th
6
428
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y
54th
5
435 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 8534PN 64-Core
54th
7
439 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7965WX 24-Cores
53rd
13
467 +/- 10
Intel Xeon Platinum 8462Y
52nd
4
483 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core
52nd
3
490 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 9124 16-Core
52nd
3
497
Median
50th
561
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
50th
10
578 +/- 15
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core
50th
33
584 +/- 23
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-Cores
48th
4
597 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Platinum 8380
46th
3
613
2 x AMD EPYC 7303 16-Core
46th
4
622 +/- 74
Intel Xeon Gold 6421N
46th
3
625 +/- 2
Intel Xeon Gold 6414U
45th
4
633 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core
45th
15
648 +/- 29
Intel Core i9-14900K
44th
12
682 +/- 49
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core
43rd
6
703 +/- 25
AMD EPYC 4564P 16-Core
41st
24
714 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 4584PX 16-Core
41st
11
715 +/- 3
Intel Core i9-13900K
39th
3
736
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core
39th
8
739 +/- 17
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
38th
4
742 +/- 69
AMD EPYC 4484PX 12-Core
35th
16
908 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core
35th
9
909 +/- 62
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D 12-Core
35th
5
912
Intel Core i9-10980XE
34th
4
944 +/- 1
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
33rd
3
953
AMD EPYC 4464P 12-Core
32nd
18
983 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core
31st
4
995 +/- 10
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 12-Core
31st
9
996 +/- 18
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core
30th
11
1003 +/- 5
AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core
29th
3
1027 +/- 11
Intel Core i5-14600K
29th
5
1036
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
28th
19
1072 +/- 103
Intel Core i5-13600K
28th
3
1094
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core
26th
10
1158 +/- 50
Low-Tier
25th
> 1224
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 8-Core
25th
5
1288 +/- 10
AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
24th
4
1305 +/- 7
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
24th
8
1307 +/- 33
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 8-Core
23rd
6
1311 +/- 87
AMD EPYC 4364P 8-Core
23rd
10
1312 +/- 13
AMD EPYC 4344P 8-Core
22nd
10
1331 +/- 8
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core
22nd
5
1334
Intel Xeon E E-2488
20th
11
1382 +/- 100
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 6-Core
20th
10
1417 +/- 26
Intel Core i5-12600K
20th
3
1418 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
18th
5
1449
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
17th
4
1600 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-14500
17th
4
1619
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
17th
7
1634 +/- 210
AMD EPYC 4244P 6-Core
16th
14
1726 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 6-Core
14th
10
1773 +/- 31
Intel Core i5-13400
14th
3
1778
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
13th
5
1829 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core
13th
7
1848 +/- 20
Intel Core i5-14400F
12th
5
1853
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core
12th
5
1855
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F 6-Core
11th
4
1875
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
11th
7
1937 +/- 124
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
10th
3
2050 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
10th
4
2063 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2687W 0
9th
6
2077 +/- 2
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
9th
4
2100 +/- 76
Intel Core i7-1280P
8th
4
2412
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U
8th
5
2473 +/- 289
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core
7th
5
2549 +/- 64
AMD EPYC 4124P 4-Core
7th
8
2587 +/- 19
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
5th
8
2887 +/- 140
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
5th
3
2891 +/- 166
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2650 0
5th
4
2904 +/- 3
Intel Core i3-14100
4th
5
2920
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
4th
3
3292 +/- 4
Intel Core i7-4790K
3rd
5
4736 +/- 487
Detailed Performance Overview
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Build: allmodconfig1128 Results Range From 114 To 34931 Seconds1148111508220529023599429649935690638770847781847891759872105691126611963126601335714054147511544816145168421753918236189331963020327210242172122418231152381224509252062590326600272972799428691293883008530782314793217632873335703426734964160320480640800

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 6.8 - Build: allmodconfig) has an average run-time of 46 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.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMinutesTime Required To Complete BenchmarkBuild: allmodconfigRun-Time60120180240300Min: 6 / Avg: 45.65 / Max: 345

Does It Scale Well With Increasing Cores?

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.

AMDIntelOpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Core Scaling To BaseTimed Linux Kernel Compilation CPU Core ScalingBuild: allmodconfig681012141624326496128192510152025

Tested CPU Architectures

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.

CPU Architecture
Kernel Identifier
Verified On
Intel / AMD x86 64-bit
x86_64
(Many Processors)
RISC-V 64-bit
riscv64
rv64imafdcvsu
IBM POWER (PowerPC) 64-bit
ppc64le
POWER8E
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 128-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-V2 72-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-V2 96-Core, AmpereOne 192-Core

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