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

5 Minutes, 27 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-kernel2010.122011.052011.102012.032012.082013.012013.062013.112014.042014.092015.022015.072015.122016.052016.102017.032017.082018.012018.062018.112019.042019.092020.022020.072020.122021.052021.102022.032022.082023.012023.062023.112024.042024.0960K120K180K240K300K
* 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 5 October 2024.
allmodconfig35.1%defconfig64.9%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
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Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 6.8

Build: defconfig

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 1,733 public results since 14 March 2024 with the latest data as of 5 October 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 Intel Xeon 6980P
99th
20
24 +/- 1
Intel Xeon 6980P
98th
8
26 +/- 1
2 x INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592
98th
15
26 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core
96th
8
27 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core
96th
21
28 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core
95th
5
28 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores
95th
16
28 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 9534 64-Core
95th
6
29
2 x AMD EPYC 9634 84-Core
94th
3
29 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 9374F 32-Core
94th
4
30
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX 96-Cores
93rd
5
30 +/- 2
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H
93rd
10
30 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8468
92nd
6
31 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8462Y
92nd
4
32 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 9354 32-Core
92nd
3
32 +/- 3
2 x Intel Xeon Max 9468
91st
3
32
2 x AMD EPYC 9754 128-Core
91st
14
32 +/- 1
2 x INTEL XEON GOLD 6548Y
90th
3
33 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core
90th
10
33 +/- 3
2 x Intel Xeon Max 9480
90th
16
34 +/- 3
2 x AMD EPYC 9734 112-Core
89th
8
34 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon 6780E
89th
6
34 +/- 1
INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592
88th
19
35
AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core
87th
10
36 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon 6766E
86th
6
37 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X 32-Cores
86th
4
37 +/- 3
Intel Xeon 6780E
84th
8
39 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 9224 24-Core
84th
4
39 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7965WX 24-Cores
83rd
13
40 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H
83rd
13
40 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core
82nd
5
41 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Max 9480
82nd
7
41 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 9184X 16-Core
81st
4
42
Intel Xeon 6766E
81st
8
43 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y
80th
5
43 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Max 9468
80th
4
43
AMD EPYC 8534P 64-Core
79th
7
45 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Platinum 8462Y
79th
4
45
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
78th
4
46
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core
78th
59
47 +/- 3
AMD EPYC 8534PN 64-Core
78th
6
47 +/- 1
Mid-Tier
75th
> 48
2 x AMD EPYC 9124 16-Core
74th
4
49
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core
74th
4
50 +/- 4
2 x AMD EPYC 7302 16-Core
73rd
12
51 +/- 2
2 x AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core
73rd
6
52 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core
71st
24
53 +/- 4
Intel Core i9-14900K
71st
30
53 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-Cores
71st
4
54 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
70th
4
54 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core
68th
9
57 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7303 16-Core
68th
4
57 +/- 7
Intel Xeon Gold 6421N
68th
3
57 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-14700K
67th
3
58 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 4564P 16-Core
66th
24
58
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core
66th
9
58 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 4584PX 16-Core
65th
12
59 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4
65th
6
59 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Gold 6414U
65th
4
59 +/- 1
Intel Core i9-13900KF
65th
4
59 +/- 3
ARMv8 Neoverse-V2 72-Core
64th
5
60 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-13700KF
62nd
4
62 +/- 3
Intel Core i9-13900K
62nd
14
62 +/- 7
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D 12-Core
61st
10
69 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core
61st
25
70 +/- 3
AMD EPYC 4484PX 12-Core
60th
16
71 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-13700K
60th
5
71 +/- 3
Intel Core i9-10980XE
58th
4
75 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 4464P 12-Core
56th
18
77 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 12-Core
56th
10
77 +/- 2
Intel Core i9-13900HX
55th
3
78 +/- 9
Intel Core i5-14600K
55th
5
80
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
54th
30
81 +/- 9
Intel Core i5-13600K
54th
7
83 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core
54th
4
83
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core
53rd
9
87 +/- 3
ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 128-Core
52nd
5
90 +/- 8
AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core
51st
4
91 +/- 3
Median
50th
93
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 8-Core
49th
6
95 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
49th
15
95 +/- 9
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 8-Core
49th
7
96 +/- 8
Intel Xeon E E-2488
48th
11
98 +/- 8
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core
48th
13
98 +/- 7
AMD EPYC 4364P 8-Core
48th
10
98 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
48th
6
99 +/- 5
AMD EPYC 4344P 8-Core
47th
10
100 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 6-Core
44th
9
105 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
43rd
5
108
Intel Core i9-11900KF
43rd
4
110 +/- 5
Intel Core i5-14500
43rd
5
112 +/- 12
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
42nd
16
116 +/- 16
POWER8E
40th
4
121 +/- 12
Intel Core i5-14400F
38th
8
127 +/- 8
AMD EPYC 4244P 6-Core
38th
14
127
AMD Ryzen AI 9 365
37th
10
129 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
37th
4
129
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 6-Core
37th
8
130 +/- 5
Intel Core i5-13400
36th
6
131 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
35th
60
134 +/- 17
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
35th
5
134
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core
35th
8
134 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F 6-Core
33rd
10
138 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
32nd
9
141 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core
30th
7
145 +/- 13
AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
30th
4
152
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
29th
5
153 +/- 8
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U
29th
12
154 +/- 21
Intel Core Ultra 7 165U
29th
13
154 +/- 1
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
29th
25
154 +/- 20
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2687W 0
26th
6
163
Low-Tier
25th
> 168
Intel Core i5-11400
25th
3
170 +/- 22
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core
23rd
9
184 +/- 13
AMD EPYC 4124P 4-Core
23rd
11
185 +/- 2
Intel Core i5-11400H
22nd
3
188 +/- 21
Intel Core i7-1280P
22nd
10
189 +/- 23
Intel Core i7-8700K
22nd
3
194 +/- 7
Intel Core i3-14100
20th
5
206
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
20th
6
206 +/- 26
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
20th
10
206 +/- 19
Intel Core i7-5960X
20th
4
208 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2650 0
18th
4
225
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
18th
5
230 +/- 20
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
17th
3
232 +/- 1
Intel Core Ultra 7 256V
17th
7
240 +/- 13
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
17th
7
244 +/- 28
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
17th
6
248 +/- 30
AMD Ryzen 5 5625U
16th
4
255 +/- 26
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
15th
12
275 +/- 17
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
13th
5
323 +/- 32
Intel Core i7-1165G7
13th
4
326 +/- 3
Intel Core i7-1185G7
13th
10
328 +/- 14
Intel Xeon Silver 4112
10th
16
387 +/- 22
AMD EPYC 3151 4-Core
10th
3
405 +/- 31
Intel Core i7-8565U
8th
4
450 +/- 1
AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core
8th
5
463 +/- 6
Intel Core i7-1065G7
7th
4
497 +/- 1
AMD Phenom II X3 720
3rd
3
964 +/- 7
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Build: defconfig1699 Results Range From 17 To 9969 Seconds172174176178171017121714171617181720172217241726172817301732173417361738174017421744174617481750175217541756175817601762176417661768177017721774177617781780178217841786178817901792179417961798171001730060090012001500

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 6.8 - Build: defconfig) has an average run-time of 15 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-Time4080120160200Min: 1 / Avg: 14.18 / Max: 242

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: 0.84 / Max: 14

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: defconfig468121416243264961.73.45.16.88.5

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
SiFive RISC-V, Spacemit X60, rv64imafdc, rv64imafdcvsu
IBM POWER (PowerPC) 64-bit
ppc64le
POWER8E
Intel / AMD x86 32-bit
i686
(Many Processors)
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
ARMv8 Cortex-A53 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A72, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 16-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A73 2-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 128-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1, ARMv8 Neoverse-V2 72-Core, AmpereOne, AmpereOne 192-Core

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