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 1,579 public results since 14 March 2024 with the latest data as of 16 September 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.
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.
Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.8%.
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.
2 Systems - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD EPYC 7B13 - Google Compute Engine c2d-standard-4 - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Debian 12 - 6.1.0-25-cloud-amd64 - GCC 12.2.0 |
1 System - 2 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - ASUS TUF GAMING B550-PLUS WIFI II - AMD Starship Fedora 40 - 6.10.9-200.fc40.x86_64 - KDE Plasma 6.1.4 |
2 Systems - 35 Benchmark Results |
AMD Phenom II X4 910e - ASUS M4A89GTD-PRO - AMD RS880 Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.158-2-pve - 1.3.255 |
1 System - 35 Benchmark Results |
Intel Xeon L5609 - Dell PowerEdge R510 00HDP0 - Intel 5500 I Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.8.12-1-pve - 1.3.255 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Garuda Soaring - 6.10.9-zen1-2-zen - KDE Plasma 6.1.5 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Garuda Soaring - 6.10.9-zen1-2-zen - KDE Plasma 6.1.5 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING - AMD Starship Arch rolling - 6.10.9-arch1-2 - KDE Plasma 6.1.5 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING - AMD Starship Arch rolling - 6.10.9-arch1-2 - KDE Plasma 6.1.5 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core - ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 - AMD RD9x0 Arch Linux - 6.10.9-1-cachyos-bore - KDE Plasma 6.1.5 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core - ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 - AMD RD9x0 Arch Linux - 6.10.9-1-cachyos - KDE Plasma 6.1.5 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core - ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 - AMD RD9x0 Arch Linux - 6.10.9-arch1-2 - KDE Plasma 6.1.5 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS - ASUS PN53 - 32GB Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS - 6.6.47 - GCC 9.4.0 |
38 Systems - 8 Benchmark Results |
Intel Atom Z3735G - AMI Aptio CRB - Intel Atom Z36xxx Debian 12 - 6.1.0-11-amd64 - LXDE 0.10.1 |
1 System - 36 Benchmark Results |
2 x Intel Xeon - Google Compute Engine - 128GB Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS - 6.1.75+ - GCC 9.4.0 |
1 System - 36 Benchmark Results |
Intel Xeon Platinum 8255C - Tencent Cloud CVM v3.0 - 128GB Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS - 5.4.241-19-0017.1_plus - GCC 9.4.0 |
3 Systems - 413 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U - Framework Laptop 13 - AMD Device 14e8 Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.10.0-061000rc4daily20240621-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0 |
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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Arch rolling - 6.9.8-arch1-1 - X Server 1.21.1.13 + Wayland |
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6 Systems - 59 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Arch rolling - 6.10.0-3-cachyos - X Server 1.21.1.13 + Wayland |
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Intel Core Ultra 7 155H - MTL Swift SFG14-72T Coral_MTH - Intel Device 7e7f Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.10.0-rc2-mtl-patch - GNOME Shell 46.0 |
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18 Systems - 442 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 6-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.10.0-061000rc2-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0 |
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2 x AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core - AMD Titanite_4G - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.9.0-060900rc1daily20240327-generic - GCC 13.2.0 |
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2 Systems - 71 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U - LENOVO ThinkPad X13 Gen 3 21CM0001US - AMD 17h-19h PCIe Root Complex Fedora Linux 39 - 6.5.7-300.fc39.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 45.0 |
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2 Systems - 1012 Benchmark Results |
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4 Systems - 158 Benchmark Results
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-Cores - ASUS Pro WS WRX80E-SAGE SE WIFI - AMD Starship Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-15-generic - GNOME Shell 45.0
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4 Systems - 62 Benchmark Results
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2 x INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592+ - Quanta Cloud QuantaGrid D54Q-2U S6Q-MB-MPS - Intel Device 1bce Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.6.0-rc5-phx-patched - GNOME Shell 45.0
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3 Systems - 111 Benchmark Results
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2 x AMD EPYC 9734 112-Core - AMD Titanite_4G - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-22-generic - GCC 13.2.0
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2 Systems - 95 Benchmark Results
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16 x AMD Ryzen 7 5700G - Intel 440BX - Intel 440BX Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-41-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9
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76 Systems - 921 Benchmark Results
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Intel Core i9-14900K - ASUS PRIME Z790-P - Intel Device 7a27 SystemRescue 10.01 - 6.1.30-1-lts - X Server 1.21.1.8
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2 Systems - 28 Benchmark Results
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AMD EPYC 7413 24-Core - GIGABYTE MZ32-AR0-00 v01000100 - AMD Starship Rocky Linux 9.3 - 5.14.0-362.24.1.el9_3.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 40.10
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73 Systems - 527 Benchmark Results
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2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 - Intel S2600CW - Intel Xeon E7 v4 Arch Linux - 6.9.7-arch1-1 - GCC 14.1.1 20240522 |