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, 10 Seconds

Test Dependencies

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

Accolades

400k+ Downloads + 30k+ Public Benchmark Results

Supported Platforms

allmodconfig26.7%defconfig73.3%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 6.1

Build: defconfig

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 1,746 public results since 12 December 2022 with the latest data as of 19 July 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 9374F 32-Core
99th
9
20
2 x AMD EPYC 9534 64-Core
98th
3
21
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8468
98th
3
22
AMD EPYC 9554 64-Core
97th
5
24
AMD EPYC 9474F 48-Core
96th
3
24
AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core
96th
7
24 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8460Y
95th
3
25
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y
94th
3
27
AMD EPYC 9374F 32-Core
94th
6
27
2 x AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core
94th
6
28 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Platinum 8468
92nd
6
30
2 x AMD EPYC 7513 32-Core
92nd
5
31 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Platinum 8462Y
91st
4
32
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
90th
4
34
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6338
90th
6
34 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6342
89th
9
35 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7713P 64-Core
88th
8
37 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core
87th
6
38 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H
87th
4
38
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-Cores
86th
3
39
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core
86th
6
39 +/- 5
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6346
85th
6
41
AMD EPYC 7543 32-Core
84th
3
42
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core
83rd
8
44 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 7513 32-Core
82nd
7
45 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core
81st
19
46 +/- 2
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6248R
80th
9
47 +/- 6
Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y
78th
3
48
Intel Core i9-13900K
78th
31
48 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core
76th
132
50 +/- 6
Mid-Tier
75th
> 51
AMD EPYC 7443P 24-Core
75th
4
51 +/- 8
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
75th
6
52 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 7413 24-Core
74th
3
53
Intel Xeon Gold 6338
74th
5
53 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138
73rd
3
53
2 x Intel Xeon Silver 4314
73rd
3
55 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core
71st
8
56 +/- 8
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX 16-Cores
69th
3
58
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
67th
6
60 +/- 2
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4
67th
5
61 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 12-Core
66th
20
62 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX 16-Cores
66th
3
62
Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 256-Core
65th
4
63
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
65th
50
63 +/- 9
Intel Core i9-10980XE
64th
6
64 +/- 3
AMD EPYC 7343 16-Core
64th
5
64 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core
64th
4
64 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Gold 6346
62nd
5
68 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7551P 32-Core
62nd
4
68 +/- 4
Intel Core i9-12900K
60th
19
71 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core
60th
4
71
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
60th
3
71 +/- 1
ARMv8 Neoverse-V1 64-Core
59th
3
72 +/- 6
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core
59th
10
72 +/- 7
Intel Core i5-13600K
58th
6
75 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
57th
27
76 +/- 6
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 8-Core
56th
14
78
Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4
56th
3
79
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 8-Core
54th
14
81 +/- 9
Intel Core i9-10900K
54th
3
83 +/- 4
Intel Core i5-12600K
54th
3
83
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
51st
3
92
AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
51st
3
93
Median
50th
93
Intel Core i9-11900K
50th
5
94 +/- 13
Intel Core i5-13400
50th
4
96
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-Core
50th
9
96 +/- 10
Intel Core i9-10850K
48th
4
100
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core
47th
16
101 +/- 15
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 6-Core
47th
23
102 +/- 6
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core
47th
6
102 +/- 14
AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core
47th
3
102 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
47th
4
104 +/- 5
2 x Intel Xeon Silver 4208
46th
5
106 +/- 12
2 x
44th
3
112 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS
44th
3
112 +/- 11
Intel Core i7-11700B
43rd
4
115 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-12400
42nd
10
120 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core
40th
8
126 +/- 18
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
40th
5
127 +/- 12
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2
40th
4
128 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 7 6800U
39th
5
131 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
38th
12
135 +/- 16
Intel Core i9-9900K
37th
3
137 +/- 16
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core
36th
16
140 +/- 14
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core
35th
24
144 +/- 16
Intel Core i7-5960X
35th
3
144 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core
35th
4
145 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core
33rd
7
155 +/- 23
Intel Core i9-9900T
33rd
3
157 +/- 23
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
32nd
9
161 +/- 17
AMD EPYC 7251 8-Core
30th
4
172 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
30th
3
174 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
28th
4
181
Intel Core i7-9850H
28th
3
181
AMD Ryzen 7 4800U
27th
4
187 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-10700T
27th
3
190
Intel Core i5-9600K
27th
7
191 +/- 21
AMD Opteron 6386 SE
26th
3
203 +/- 2
Low-Tier
25th
> 211
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
24th
3
227 +/- 9
Intel Core i7-1185G7
24th
4
228 +/- 10
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core
24th
3
231 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core
23rd
3
244 +/- 28
Intel Core i7-8700
20th
49
253 +/- 11
Intel Core i7-8809G
20th
3
253
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
19th
4
258 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
19th
4
261 +/- 11
Intel Core i7-1165G7
19th
6
261 +/- 34
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
18th
4
272 +/- 12
Intel Core i7-6700
17th
6
299 +/- 29
Intel Core i7-7700HQ
16th
3
310 +/- 26
Intel Core i5-4690K
16th
3
312 +/- 20
Intel Core i7-6700K
16th
3
314 +/- 44
Intel Core i7-3770
15th
7
341 +/- 30
Intel Core i7-1065G7
14th
4
367 +/- 35
Intel Core i7-2600
13th
4
376 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-8565U
13th
4
381 +/- 16
Intel Core i7-4700MQ
12th
4
401 +/- 49
Intel Core i5-8265U
11th
3
447 +/- 60
Intel Core i5-6500T
9th
5
518 +/- 30
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
8th
5
548 +/- 12
Apple M2
7th
3
612 +/- 16
Intel Core i5-6260U
6th
4
702 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-6200U
5th
3
871 +/- 95
Intel Core i5-3320M
5th
3
964 +/- 88
Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core
3rd
5
1369 +/- 164
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Build: defconfig1700 Results Range From 17 To 13054 Seconds172785398001061132215831844210523662627288831493410367139324193445447154976523754985759602062816542680370647325758678478108836986308891915294139674993510196104571071810979112401150111762120231228412545128061306730060090012001500

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 6.1 - Build: defconfig) has an average run-time of 13 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-Time306090120150Min: 1 / Avg: 12 / Max: 135

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.8%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsBuild: defconfigDeviation48121620Min: 0 / Avg: 0.81 / Max: 13

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: defconfig24681012163248642.785.568.3411.1213.9

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 Z
s390x
(Many Processors)
RISC-V 64-bit
riscv64
SiFive RISC-V
IBM POWER (PowerPC) 64-bit
ppc64le
POWER9 22-Core, POWER9 4-Core, POWER9 44-Core, POWER9 8-Core
Intel / AMD x86 32-bit
i686
(Many Processors)
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
ARMv8, ARMv8 Cortex-A53 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 256-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 80-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 96-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1 64-Core, Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 256-Core, Apple M1, Apple M1 Pro, Apple M2, Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A72 6-Core, Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core, Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 6-Core

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