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

12 December 2022

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

1 Second

Average Run Time

5 Minutes, 57 Seconds

Test Dependencies

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

Accolades

400k+ 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-kernel2010.122011.052011.102012.032012.082013.012013.062013.112014.042014.092015.022015.072015.122016.052016.102017.032017.082018.012018.062018.112019.042019.092020.022020.072020.122021.052021.102022.032022.082023.012023.062023.1160K120K180K240K300K
* 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 3 December 2023.
allmodconfig28.8%defconfig71.2%Build Option PopularityOpenBenchmarking.org

Revision History

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 5.18

Build: defconfig

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 1,602 public results since 21 June 2022 with the latest data as of 2 December 2023.

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 9634 84-Core
100th
5
18
2 x AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core
99th
14
19 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 9554 64-Core
99th
11
19 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 9374F 32-Core
97th
6
21 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7773X 64-Core
96th
29
21 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core
95th
22
22 +/- 2
2 x AMD EPYC 7663 56-Core
94th
3
22
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H
94th
4
22 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 9634 84-Core
93rd
5
23
AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core
93rd
16
23 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core
92nd
18
23 +/- 2
2 x AMD EPYC 7643 48-Core
92nd
7
23
2 x AMD EPYC 75F3 32-Core
92nd
11
23 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 9554 64-Core
92nd
13
24 +/- 2
2 x AMD EPYC 7543 32-Core
90th
3
25 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core
89th
6
26
2 x AMD EPYC 74F3 24-Core
89th
3
26
AMD EPYC 7773X 64-Core
86th
14
28 +/- 2
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8380
86th
24
28 +/- 2
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8362
86th
8
29 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core
86th
15
29 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 9374F 32-Core
86th
5
29 +/- 2
Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H
85th
4
29 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core
84th
14
31 +/- 3
AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core
83rd
13
32 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core
82nd
4
33 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7643 48-Core
82nd
6
33
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6342
82nd
6
33 +/- 2
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
80th
6
34
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-Cores
78th
10
36 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 75F3 32-Core
78th
7
37 +/- 4
AMD EPYC 7543 32-Core
78th
4
37 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Platinum 8380
76th
13
39 +/- 3
Mid-Tier
75th
> 39
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core
75th
51
40 +/- 4
AMD EPYC 74F3 24-Core
75th
3
40
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6346
74th
6
40 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core
74th
7
40 +/- 2
Intel Xeon Platinum 8362
70th
3
44 +/- 4
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8260
68th
3
47 +/- 2
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
68th
3
48 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core
67th
7
49
Intel Xeon Gold 6342
66th
6
51 +/- 3
Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 256-Core
65th
6
51 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core
65th
3
51 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
65th
72
52 +/- 7
Intel Core i7-13700K
65th
3
52 +/- 2
Intel Core i9-10980XE
63rd
5
57
Intel Core i9-12900K
59th
49
60 +/- 8
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core
59th
13
61 +/- 8
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core
58th
5
63
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24-Core
58th
5
63 +/- 4
AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core
57th
3
64 +/- 2
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
56th
3
66
Intel Xeon Gold 6346
56th
5
66 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
56th
27
66 +/- 7
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 8-Core
54th
17
68 +/- 3
Intel Core i7-12700K
52nd
9
70 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core
52nd
14
70 +/- 7
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16-Core
52nd
3
72
Median
50th
74
Intel Core i9-10900K
49th
3
76
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3945WX 12-Cores
49th
3
77 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-Core
48th
13
80 +/- 7
AMD EPYC 72F3 8-Core
47th
6
83 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core
47th
4
83
Intel Core i5-12600K
47th
24
83 +/- 12
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
46th
4
84 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
45th
3
86
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core
45th
11
86 +/- 8
Intel Core i9-11900K
45th
6
87 +/- 4
Intel Core i5-13400
45th
4
88
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core
44th
12
93 +/- 10
Intel Xeon W-1370P
43rd
3
94 +/- 12
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core
42nd
6
100 +/- 11
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
42nd
8
100 +/- 6
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8-Core
40th
8
105 +/- 12
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core
40th
18
106 +/- 9
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
40th
11
107 +/- 6
Intel Core i7-12700H
39th
3
109 +/- 16
AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS
37th
3
112 +/- 7
Intel Core i7-11700K
37th
5
112 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
37th
18
113 +/- 5
Intel Core i9-9900K
36th
6
115 +/- 9
Intel Core i5-11600K
36th
3
116
Intel Core i5-10600K
35th
4
119
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core
33rd
17
124 +/- 8
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
32nd
4
126 +/- 11
Intel Core i7-5960X
31st
4
131
AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT 6-Core
29th
3
137 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core
29th
14
139 +/- 18
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
29th
5
141 +/- 17
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
29th
9
141 +/- 21
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core
28th
3
144 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
28th
17
148 +/- 21
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
27th
3
150 +/- 6
Intel Core i7-8700K
27th
8
155 +/- 14
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core
26th
4
156 +/- 18
AMD Ryzen 7 4800U
26th
8
160 +/- 17
Low-Tier
25th
> 164
Intel Core i7-10700T
23rd
4
175 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-9850H
23rd
4
176 +/- 10
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4-Core
22nd
3
178
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
22nd
4
180 +/- 3
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2620 0
22nd
3
180
AMD Ryzen 5 5560U
21st
5
182 +/- 23
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2643 0
21st
3
183 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U
21st
3
187 +/- 28
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2420 0
21st
3
188
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
20th
13
189 +/- 22
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U
20th
4
192 +/- 23
2 x Intel Xeon L5640
19th
10
202 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-5820K
19th
3
202 +/- 21
Intel Core i3-12100
18th
3
209 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
18th
3
214 +/- 3
Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6
18th
3
221
Intel Core i7-1185G7
17th
5
227 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-1165G7
16th
6
235 +/- 22
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5
16th
8
244 +/- 9
Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
15th
6
255 +/- 7
Intel Core i7-4790
15th
5
257 +/- 37
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3
14th
3
263 +/- 5
Intel Core i7-6700K
13th
4
273 +/- 17
Intel Core i3-8100
11th
5
300 +/- 3
Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4
10th
4
312
Intel Core i7-8565U
10th
4
322 +/- 7
Intel Core i7-1065G7
9th
5
343 +/- 6
Apple M1
9th
6
355 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-8250U
7th
5
410 +/- 39
Intel Core i5-10210U
7th
4
411 +/- 42
Intel Core i3-7100
7th
7
415 +/- 10
Apple M2
7th
3
416 +/- 8
AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
3rd
3
673 +/- 54
Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core
2nd
3
1090 +/- 7
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Build: defconfig1602 Results Range From 16 To 7736 Seconds161713264816367919461101125614111566172118762031218623412496265128062961311632713426358137363891404642014356451146664821497651315286544155965751590660616216637165266681683669917146730174567611776630060090012001500

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 5.18 - Build: defconfig) has an average run-time of 9 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: defconfigRun-Time1530456075Min: 1 / Avg: 8.31 / Max: 80

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.7%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsBuild: defconfigDeviation246810Min: 0 / Avg: 0.67 / Max: 4

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.

IntelAMDOpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Core Scaling To BaseTimed Linux Kernel Compilation CPU Core ScalingBuild: defconfig468101216243248641282.745.488.2210.9613.7

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)
IBM POWER (PowerPC) 64-bit
ppc64le
POWER9 22-Core
Intel / AMD x86 32-bit
i686
(Many Processors)
ARMv7 32-bit
armv7l
ARMv7 Cortex-A72 4-Core
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
ARMv8, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 2-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-X1, ARMv8 Cortex-X1C, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 80-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N2 4-Core, Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 128-Core, Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 256-Core, Apple M1, Apple M2, HUAWEI Kunpeng 920, Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core, Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 6-Core, Snapdragon

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