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

4 March 2021

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

1 Second

Average Run Time

34 Minutes, 5 Seconds

Test Dependencies

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

Accolades

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

Supported Platforms

* 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.
Data current as of Fri, 05 Mar 2021 10:07:18 GMT.

Revision History

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

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Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 5.10.20

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 123 public results since 4 March 2021 with the latest data as of 6 March 2021.

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

# Matching Public Results

Seconds (Average)

2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core

99th

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core

94th

2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280

91st

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core

87th

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core

83rd

AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core

81st

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core

77th

Mid-Tier

75th

> 51

Intel Core i9-10980XE

70th

AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core

66th

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core

62nd

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16-Core

57th

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core

57th

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core

53rd

Median

50th

Intel Core i9-10900K

48th

Intel Xeon E-2288G

45th

108

Intel Core i5-10600K

44th

116

Intel Core i7-8700K

38th

126

Intel Core i7-10700T

35th

147 ^{+/- 6}

Intel Core i3-10100

31st

192

Intel Core i7-9750H

27th

194

Low-Tier

25th

> 196

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

25th

196

AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

23rd

204 ^{+/- 4}

Intel Core i7-1165G7

18th

268 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Core i7-8550U

14th

313 ^{+/- 4}

Intel Core i7-1065G7

11th

323 ^{+/- 10}

Intel Core i7-8565U

11th

331 ^{+/- 17}

AMD Ryzen 3 3200U

8th

598 ^{+/- 3}

Intel Core i7-5600U

5th

608

ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core

2nd

5076 ^{+/- 33}

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 5.10.20 - Time To Compile) has an average run-time of 9 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 1.1%.

5950x_stable_pbo 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE - AMD Starship Fedora 33 - 5.10.19-200.fc33.x86_64 - KDE Plasma 5.20.5
kernel.test 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core - MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS - 48GB Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS - 5.11.1-1-MANJARO - amdgpudrmfb
cortex 4 Systems - 10 Benchmark Results	ARMv8 Cortex-A72 - BCM2835 Raspberry Pi 400 Rev 1.0 - 4096MB Debian 10 - 5.4.51-v8+ - LXDE 0.10.0
Core i9 10980XE Linux 5.12 Featured Kernel Comparison	5.11.3-051103-generic - 5.12.0-051200rc1daily20210305-generic
test 1 System - 3 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-4790 - FUJITSU D3222-A1 - Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM ManjaroLinux 20.2.1 - 5.11.1-1-MANJARO - Xfce 4.16
3900X test 3 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core - ASUS TUF GAMING X570-PLUS - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.11.0-rc1-phx - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
EPYC 7F72 March 3 Systems - 20 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core - ASRockRack EPYCD8 - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.8.0-44-generic - X Server 1.20.8
10600k build 4 Systems - 15 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i5-10600K - ASUS PRIME Z490M-PLUS - Intel Comet Lake PCH Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900daily20201012-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
kernel zstd 7 Systems - 12 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core - System76 Thelio Major - AMD Starship Pop 20.10 - 5.8.0-7630-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.2
8500u 4 Systems - 15 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-8550U - Dell 0H0VG3 - Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6 Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.8.0-43-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.2
epyc-7742-2p-extra 4 Systems - 11 Benchmark Results	2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core - Supermicro H11DSi-NT v2.00 - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.8.0-44-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
zstd + builds 3 Systems - 11 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-10700T - Logic Supply RXM-181 - Intel Comet Lake PCH openSUSE 20210302 - 5.10.16-1-default - KDE Plasma 5.21.1

zstd kernel cascade lake x 7 Systems - 13 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-10980XE - ASRock X299 Steel Legend - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.11.0-rc2-phx - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
Xeon Platinum build tests and more 3 Systems - 16 Benchmark Results	2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 - GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 21.04 - 5.11.0-051100rc7daily20210209-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.2
10700T openSUSE 2 Systems - 78 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-10700T - Logic Supply RXM-181 - Intel Comet Lake PCH openSUSE 15.2 - 5.3.18-lp152.63-default - KDE Plasma 5.18.6
10900k new stuff 3 Systems - 27 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-10900K - Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER - Intel Comet Lake PCH Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.11.0-051100rc2daily20210106-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
zstd build tests 2950X 3 Systems - 13 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16-Core - MSI MEG X399 CREATION - AMD 17h Debian 10 - 5.8.1-050801-generic - GNOME Shell 3.30.2
1700-thurs 4 Systems - 41 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core - MSI B350 TOMAHAWK - AMD 17h Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.11.0-rc1-phx - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
cortex 4 Systems - 10 Benchmark Results	ARMv8 Cortex-A72 - BCM2835 Raspberry Pi 400 Rev 1.0 - 4096MB Debian 10 - 5.4.51-v8+ - LXDE 0.10.0
Aventinus 2 Systems - 81 Benchmark Results	2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core - Supermicro H11DSi-NT v2.00 - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.8.0-44-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
zstd + kernel build 3900XT 2 Systems - 11 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core - MSI MEG X570 GODLIKE - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.11.0-rc1-phx - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
openSUSE Leap 15.3 Benchmarks 3 Systems - 70 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-10700T - Logic Supply RXM-181 - Intel Comet Lake PCH openSUSE 20210302 - 5.10.16-1-default - KDE Plasma 5.21.1
3970X kernel zstd 4 Systems - 13 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core - ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.11.0-rc6-phx - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
3900X test 3 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core - ASUS TUF GAMING X570-PLUS - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.11.0-rc1-phx - GNOME Shell 3.36.4