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.
OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 517 public results since 12 December 2022 with the latest data as of 7 February 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.
Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 6.1 - Build: defconfig) has an average run-time of 12 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 0.6%.
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.
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.
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core - Gigabyte B450 I AORUS PRO WIFI-CF - AMD Starship Linuxmint 21.1 - 5.15.0-58-generic - Cinnamon 5.6.7 |
9 Systems - 46 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core - MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II - AMD Starship Arch rolling - 6.1.8-zen1-1-zen - Budgie 10.6.4 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX - ASUS G713QM v1.0 - AMD Renoir Fedora 37 - 6.1.9-200.fc37.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 43.2 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX - ASUS G713QM v1.0 - AMD Renoir Fedora 37 - 6.1.9-200.fc37.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 43.2 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 - Apple Mac-F22C86C8 v1.0 - NVIDIA MCP79 Debian - 5.19.0-2-amd64 - GNOME Shell 43.2 |
1 System - 15 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core - ASRock X570 Steel Legend - AMD Starship Garuda Soaring - 6.1.9-lqx1-1-lqx - KDE Plasma 5.26.5 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
Intel Core i7-6700 - Dell 0JCTF8 - Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 EndeavourOS rolling - 5.15.91-1-lts - Xfce 4.18 |
1 System - 4 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U - LENOVO LNVNB161216 - AMD Renoir EndeavourOS rolling - 6.1.9-arch1-1 - Xfce 4.18 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - MSI MPG B550I GAMING EDGE MAX WIFI - AMD Starship Debian - 6.1.0-3-amd64 - KDE Plasma 5.26.90 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - MSI MPG B550I GAMING EDGE MAX WIFI - AMD Starship Debian - 6.1.0-3-amd64 - KDE Plasma 5.26.90 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 - Apple Mac-F22C86C8 v1.0 - NVIDIA MCP79 Debian - 6.1.8 - GNOME Shell 43.2 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
2 x Intel Xeon E5520 - HP 0AE8h - Intel 5520 I Fedora Linux 36 - 6.1.6-100.fc36.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 42.6 |
8 Systems - 574 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core - ASRock B550 Pro4 - AMD Starship Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-58-generic - GNOME Shell 42.5 |
74 Systems - 23 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G - ASUS PRIME B350M-E - AMD Device 15d0 Ubuntu 18.04 - 4.17.0-999-generic - GCC 8.1.0 |
1 System - 15 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core - ASRock X570 Steel Legend - AMD Starship Garuda Soaring - 6.0.11-x64v2-rt14-xanmod1-1-rt - KDE Plasma 5.26.5 |
3 Systems - 110 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i7-10700T - Logic Supply RXM-181 - Intel Comet Lake PCH Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-52-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2 |
2 Systems - 89 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core - MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM - AMD Starship Debian 11 - 5.10.0-20-amd64 - X Server 1.20.11 |
3 Systems - 149 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 22.10 - 6.2.0-rc1-phx - GNOME Shell 43.1 |
2 Systems - 133 Benchmark Results |
2 x AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core - AMD Titanite_4G - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 22.10 - 5.19.0-26-generic - GNOME Shell 43.0 |
2 Systems - 33 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i7-8565U - Dell 0KTW76 - Intel Cannon Point-LP Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.19.0-rc6-phx-retbleed - GNOME Shell 42.2 |
2 Systems - 343 Benchmark Results |
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 - GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 21.04 - 5.11.0-49-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.4 |
3 Systems - 28 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G - ASUS PRIME B450M-A - AMD Raven Ubuntu 19.10 - 5.3.0-46-generic - GNOME Shell 3.34.1 |
2 Systems - 361 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core - MSI Creator TRX40 - AMD Starship Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.19.0-051900rc7-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2 |
2 Systems - 33 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i7-8565U - Dell 0KTW76 - Intel Cannon Point-LP Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.19.0-rc6-phx-retbleed - GNOME Shell 42.2 |
2 Systems - 70 Benchmark Results |
2 x AMD EPYC 7773X 64-Core - AMD DAYTONA_X - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 6.1.0-rc8-phx - X Server |
3 Systems - 13 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core - ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME - AMD Starship Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.19.0-051900rc7-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2 |
3 Systems - 13 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i9-10980XE - ASRock X299 Steel Legend - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.19.0-051900rc7-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2 |
2 Systems - 146 Benchmark Results |
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R - TYAN S7106 - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 20.04 - 6.1.0-phx - GNOME Shell 3.36.9 |
2 Systems - 15 Benchmark Results |
2 x AMD EPYC 9374F 32-Core - AMD Titanite_4G - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-47-generic - GNOME Shell 42.4 |
22 Systems - 17 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i9-11980HK - 50GB - 2 x 275GB Virtual Disk Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.10.102.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 - X Server |