Unpacking The Linux Kernel Benchmark

This test measures how long it takes to extract the .tar.xz Linux kernel source tree package.

To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite, the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark unpack-linux.

* 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 current as of 26 November 2022.

Revision History

pts/unpack-linux-1.2.0 [View Source] Sun, 21 Aug 2022 19:54:25 GMT
Update against Linux 5.19 package.

pts/unpack-linux-1.1.1 [View Source] Fri, 02 Mar 2018 11:15:46 GMT
Initial Windows support

pts/unpack-linux-1.1.0 [View Source] Wed, 07 Feb 2018 09:16:44 GMT
Update against linux 4.15, use .tar.xz.

pts/unpack-linux-1.0.0 [View Source] Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:26:58 GMT
Initial import into OpenBenchmarking.org

Performance Metrics

Unpacking The Linux Kernel 5.19

linux-5.19.tar.xz

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 233 public results since 21 August 2022 with the latest data as of 25 November 2022.

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)

1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus

88th

4.6 ^{+/- 0.1}

2000GB Samsung SSD 980 PRO 2TB

82nd

5.1 ^{+/- 0.6}

Mid-Tier

75th

> 5.4

1000GB Western Digital WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0

75th

5.4 ^{+/- 0.4}

2000GB Corsair Force MP600

70th

5.5

2000GB Western Digital WDS200T1X0E-00AFY0

67th

5.5

512GB SAMSUNG MZVLQ512HBLU-00B00

60th

5.9

512GB Micron MTFDKBA512TFK

57th

5.9

1024GB Micron_3400_MTFDKBA1T0TFH

57th

6.0

1024GB SK hynix PC711 HFS001TDE9X073N

55th

6.1

Micron 2300 NVMe

51st

6.6

Median

50th

6.6

Kioxia KBG40ZNS256G NVMe

48th

6.7

500GB Seagate FireCuda 520 SSD ZP500GM30002

47th

6.8 ^{+/- 0.1}

251GB APPLE SSD AP0256Z

45th

6.9

3841GB Micron_9300_MTFDHAL3T8TDP

44th

6.9 ^{+/- 0.1}

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN750 SE

43rd

7.0

Samsung SSD 980 PRO

41st

7.0

128GB Toshiba THNSN5128GPU7

38th

7.1 ^{+/- 0.1}

251GB APPLE SSD AP0256Q

37th

7.2

Samsung SSD 970 PRO

33rd

7.5

Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus

33rd

7.5 ^{+/- 0.3}

Samsung SSD 970 EVO

31st

7.7 ^{+/- 0.8}

Low-Tier

25th

> 7.8

256GB SK hynix HFM256GDHTNI-87A0B

23rd

8.0 ^{+/- 0.1}

SK hynix PC401 NVMe

21st

8.2 ^{+/- 0.1}

Toshiba KBG40ZPZ512G NVMe

19th

8.3

256GB TS256GMTS800

16th

8.6

7682GB INTEL SSDPF2KX076TZ

16th

8.7 ^{+/- 0.7}

PNY CS3030 500GB SSD

14th

9.1 ^{+/- 0.1}

280GB INTEL SSDPED1D280GA

10th

10.6 ^{+/- 0.1}

128GB BIWIN SSD

7th

11.5 ^{+/- 0.1}

256GB CORSAIR FORCE LX

6th

18.2

128GB SF128

2nd

34.1 ^{+/- 0.4}

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Unpacking The Linux Kernel 5.19 - linux-5.19.tar.xz) has an average run-time of 2 minutes. By default this test profile is set to run at least 4 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 0.3%.

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)

ARMv8 64-bit

aarch64

ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1, Apple M1, Apple M2

aaaaa 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	Intel Core i7-9700 - Oracle VirtualBox v1.2 - 3072MB AlmaLinux 9.1 - 5.14.0-70.26.1.el9_0.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 40.10
linux_disktest 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	Intel Core i5-10210U - Intel 440BX - Intel 440BX openSUSE Leap 15.4 - 5.14.21-150400.24.33-default - Xfce 4.16
Dell XPS 4 Systems - 32 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 5 4500U - ASUS UX434IQ v1.0 - AMD Renoir Root Complex Fedora 32 - 5.6.18-300.fc32.x86_64 - Cinnamon 4.4.8
eptc-7f32 3 Systems - 270 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core - ASRockRack EPYCD8 - AMD Starship Debian 11 - 5.10.0-10-amd64 - GNOME Shell 3.38.6
eptc-7f32 2 Systems - 270 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core - ASRockRack EPYCD8 - AMD Starship Debian 11 - 5.10.0-10-amd64 - GNOME Shell 3.38.6
zen 1 epyc 2 Systems - 334 Benchmark Results	2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core - Dell 02MJ3T - AMD 17h Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-40-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
zen 1 epyc 2 Systems - 334 Benchmark Results	2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core - Dell 02MJ3T - AMD 17h Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-40-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
i9 13600K DDR5 1 System - 922 Benchmark Results
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Linux 2 Systems - 303 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core - ASRock X670E PG Lightning - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 22.10 - 5.19.0-23-generic - GNOME Shell 43.0
xeon ok2 2 Systems - 141 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 - MSI X99A RAIDER - Intel Xeon E7 v4 Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900rc6daily20200926-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.2
hpz420-16030-unpack-linux 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	Intel Xeon E5-1603 0 - HP 1589 - Intel Xeon E5 Debian 11 - 5.10.0-19-amd64 - KDE Plasma 5.20.5
w2145alma 4 Systems - 105 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon W-2145 - ASUS WS C422 DC - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers AlmaLinux 8.6 - 4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5.x86_64 - GCC 8.5.0 20210514
w2145alma 4 Systems - 105 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon W-2145 - ASUS WS C422 DC - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers AlmaLinux 8.6 - 4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5.x86_64 - GCC 8.5.0 20210514
w2145alma 4 Systems - 105 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon W-2145 - ASUS WS C422 DC - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers AlmaLinux 8.6 - 4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5.x86_64 - GCC 8.5.0 20210514
w2145alma 4 Systems - 105 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon W-2145 - ASUS WS C422 DC - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers AlmaLinux 8.6 - 4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5.x86_64 - GCC 8.5.0 20210514

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