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

21 June 2022

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

1 Second

Average Run Time

33 Minutes, 31 Seconds

Test Dependencies

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

Accolades

400k+ Downloads + 20k+ Public Benchmark Results + Recently Updated Test Profile

Supported Platforms

* 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 current as of 24 June 2022.

Revision History

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

Suites Using This Test

Timed Code Compilation

Multi-Core

CPU Massive

Server CPU Tests

Programmer / Developer System Benchmarks

Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 5.18

Build: defconfig

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 185 public results since 21 June 2022 with the latest data as of 30 June 2022.

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 7773X 64-Core

99th

2 x AMD EPYC 75F3 32-Core

97th

2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core

95th

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core

92nd

28 ^{+/- 1}

2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8380

90th

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core

89th

2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280

86th

2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R

83rd

48 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core

76th

Mid-Tier

75th

> 57

Intel Core i9-10980XE

75th

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core

72nd

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core

69th

60 ^{+/- 2}

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core

68th

AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core

65th

64 ^{+/- 2}

Intel Xeon Gold 6226R

63rd

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core

61st

Intel Core i5-12600K

58th

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core

57th

82 ^{+/- 1}

AMD EPYC 72F3 8-Core

57th

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core

54th

Intel Xeon Silver 4216

51st

84 ^{+/- 1}

Median

50th

AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core

48th

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

47th

105

Intel Core i9-9900K

45th

110

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U

39th

131 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Core i7-5960X

39th

131

AMD Ryzen 7 5700U

36th

137 ^{+/- 5}

Intel Core i7-1280P

33rd

165 ^{+/- 17}

Intel Core i7-9850H

30th

176 ^{+/- 10}

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4-Core

28th

178

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

28th

180 ^{+/- 16}

AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

26th

182

Low-Tier

25th

> 185

Intel Core i3-12100

22nd

209 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

21st

214 ^{+/- 3}

Intel Core i7-1185G7

17th

228 ^{+/- 3}

Intel Core i7-1165G7

16th

231 ^{+/- 9}

Intel Core i3-8100

13th

298 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Core i7-8565U

11th

321 ^{+/- 9}

Intel Core i7-1065G7

8th

344 ^{+/- 6}

Intel Core i3-7100

6th

407

AMD Ryzen 3 3200U

4th

673 ^{+/- 54}

ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core

2nd

3992 ^{+/- 7}

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 5.18 - Build: defconfig) has an average run-time of 10 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 0.2%.

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

ARMv7 32-bit

armv7l

ARMv7 Cortex-A72 4-Core

ARMv8 64-bit

aarch64

ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core

POST DEFENDER ATP 1 System - 19 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-11850H - 32GB - 477GB Ubuntu 20.04 - 4.4.0-19041-Microsoft - 1.1.182
114-ubuntu-zfs200-16C-HT 1 System - 34 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core - QEMU Standard PC - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-40-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
gigabyte-truenas-scale-ubuntu2204-250gbhdd-v6-recommendedcputests-batchbenchmark-setupalltestsyes 1 System - 12 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-2600 - QEMU Standard PC - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-40-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
1275-june-2022 3 Systems - 200 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6 - ASUS P10S-M WS - Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6 Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900rc8daily20201007-generic - X Server 1.20.8
m1 eo june 6 Systems - 26 Benchmark Results	Apple M1 - Apple Mac mini - 8GB Arch Linux ARM - 5.17.0-rc7-asahi-next-20220310-5-2-ARCH - KDE Plasma 5.24.4
Core i5 12600K Kernel Build Optimizations Featured Kernel Comparison	5.19.0-rc4-phx-two - 5.19.0-rc4-phx-three
RL4.18Factory 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	AMD Ryzen 7 5700U - System76 Pangolin - AMD Renoir Rocky Linux 8.6 - 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 3.32.2
RL5.17ML 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	AMD Ryzen 7 5700U - System76 Pangolin - AMD Renoir Rocky Linux 8.6 - 5.17.4-018.el8_5_kernel.1.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 3.32.2
linuxbuild1 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	AMD Ryzen 7 5700U - System76 Pangolin - AMD Renoir Rocky Linux 8.6 - 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 3.32.2
zen1 epyc 4 Systems - 119 Benchmark Results	2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core - Dell 02MJ3T - AMD 17h Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-40-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
3950X Summer 2022 3 Systems - 144 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.11.0-43-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
test-resoult 1 System - 2 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i5-8257U - Apple Mac-E7203C0F68AA0004 - Intel Cannon Point-LP Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.18.7-t2 - GNOME Shell 41.1
undervolting 5 Systems - 3 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-9850H - Dell 0Y8H01 - Intel Cannon Lake PCH Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-121-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.9
114-ubuntu-zfs200-16-optbios 1 System - 53 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC-Rome - QEMU Standard PC - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-40-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
7100 june 2022 2 Systems - 144 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i3-7100 - Gigabyte B250M-DS3H-CF - Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6 Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.8.0-63-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.1

epyc satty 3 Systems - 41 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core - ASRockRack EPYCD8 - AMD Starship Debian 11 - 5.10.0-10-amd64 - GNOME Shell 3.38.6
4700u more june 3 Systems - 27 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 4700U - LENOVO LNVNB161216 - AMD Renoir Pop 22.04 - 5.17.5-76051705-generic - GNOME Shell 42.1
blk-5900x-518 2 Systems - 18 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.17.4-051704-generic - GNOME Shell 42.0
12100 compile 3 Systems - 20 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i3-12100 - ASRock B660M-HDV - Intel Device 7aa7 Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.18.0-051800-generic - GNOME Shell 42.1
eo june 3 Systems - 34 Benchmark Results	2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R - TYAN S7106 - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900rc6-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
3300X June 2022 Featured OpenGL Comparison	AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4-Core - MSI B350M GAMING PRO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.11.0-41-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
tgl fri 3 Systems - 8 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1185G7 - Dell 0DXP1F - Intel Tiger Lake-LP Pop 22.04 - 5.17.5-76051705-generic - GNOME Shell 42.1
zen1 epyc 4 Systems - 119 Benchmark Results	2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core - Dell 02MJ3T - AMD 17h Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-40-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
3800xt june 2 Systems - 33 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core - MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM - AMD Starship Debian 11 - 5.10.0-13-amd64 - X Server 1.20.11
xeon silver satty 2 Systems - 42 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Silver 4216 - TYAN S7100AG2NR - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Debian 11 - 5.10.0-10-amd64 - X Server
3950X Summer 2022 3 Systems - 144 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.11.0-43-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
milan x june 2 Systems - 56 Benchmark Results	2 x AMD EPYC 7773X 64-Core - AMD DAYTONA_X - AMD Starship Ubuntu 21.04 - 5.19.0-rc2-amd-patch - GNOME Shell 3.38.4
icelake vk kernel 4 Systems - 10 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1065G7 - Dell 06CDVY - Intel Ice Lake-LP DRAM Pop 22.04 - 5.17.5-76051705-generic - GNOME Shell 42.1
epyc 72f3 june 4 Systems - 25 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 72F3 8-Core - Supermicro H12SSL-i v1.01 - AMD Starship Ubuntu 21.04 - 5.17.0-051700rc7daily20220310-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.4
12600k june 2022 2 Systems - 27 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i5-12600K - ASUS PRIME Z690-P WIFI D4 - Intel Device 7aa7 Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.19.0-051900rc2daily20220617-generic - GNOME Shell 42.1