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 updated weekly as of 25 December 2024.

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 579 public results since 21 August 2022 with the latest data as of 11 December 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)

2000GB KINGSTON SFYRD2000G

96th

3.9

2000GB Samsung SSD 990 PRO 2TB

94th

4.0 ^{+/- 0.4}

1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus

85th

4.6 ^{+/- 0.1}

2000GB Samsung SSD 980 PRO 2TB

81st

5.1 ^{+/- 0.7}

1024GB Micron_2550_MTFDKBA1T0TGE

81st

5.2

1000GB Western Digital WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0

76th

5.4 ^{+/- 0.4}

Mid-Tier

75th

> 5.4

2 x Samsung SSD 980 PRO

74th

5.4 ^{+/- 0.1}

2000GB Corsair Force MP600

73rd

5.5

2000GB Western Digital WDS200T1X0E-00AFY0

71st

5.5

512GB SAMSUNG MZVLQ512HBLU-00B00

67th

5.9

512GB Micron MTFDKBA512TFK

66th

5.9

1024GB Micron_3400_MTFDKBA1T0TFH

66th

6.0

1024GB SK hynix PC711 HFS001TDE9X073N

63rd

6.1

Micron 2300 NVMe

61st

6.6

250GB Western Digital WDS250G3X0C-00SJG0

60th

6.7 ^{+/- 0.1}

Kioxia KBG40ZNS256G NVMe

59th

6.7

Samsung SSD 980 PRO

59th

6.7 ^{+/- 0.6}

500GB Seagate FireCuda 520 SSD ZP500GM30002

58th

6.8 ^{+/- 0.1}

251GB APPLE SSD AP0256Z

57th

6.9

3841GB Micron_9300_MTFDHAL3T8TDP

56th

6.9 ^{+/- 0.1}

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN750 SE

55th

7.0

1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB

54th

7.1 ^{+/- 0.1}

128GB Toshiba THNSN5128GPU7

53rd

7.1 ^{+/- 0.1}

251GB APPLE SSD AP0256Q

52nd

7.2

480GB MR408i-o Gen11

51st

7.2

Median

50th

7.2

480GB PERC H755 Front

49th

7.3

Kioxia KXG60PNV512G NVMe

48th

7.3 ^{+/- 0.1}

Samsung SSD 970 PRO

46th

7.5

Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus

46th

7.5 ^{+/- 0.3}

Samsung SSD 970 EVO

46th

7.5 ^{+/- 0.9}

480GB SAMSUNG MZ7KM480

40th

7.8

256GB SK hynix HFM256GDHTNI-87A0B

34th

8.0 ^{+/- 0.1}

SK hynix PC401 NVMe

33rd

8.2 ^{+/- 0.1}

Toshiba KBG40ZPZ512G NVMe

32nd

8.3

256GB TS256GMTS800

30th

8.6

7682GB INTEL SSDPF2KX076TZ

29th

8.7 ^{+/- 0.7}

PNY CS3030 500GB SSD

27th

9.1 ^{+/- 0.1}

280GB INTEL SSDPED1D280GA

26th

9.4 ^{+/- 1.3}

256GB TOSHIBA RD400

26th

9.5 ^{+/- 0.2}

Low-Tier

25th

> 9.7

240GB Corsair Force MP500

23rd

10.4

256GB PCIe SSD

20th

10.4

500GB HGST HTS725050A7

17th

11.0 ^{+/- 0.9}

128GB BIWIN SSD

15th

11.5 ^{+/- 0.1}

2 x 52GB P33AF3T8

12th

12.3 ^{+/- 0.5}

128GB SAMSUNG SSD PM80

12th

12.6 ^{+/- 0.6}

6000GB PERC H750 Adp

10th

13.1 ^{+/- 0.1}

256GB CORSAIR FORCE LX

7th

18.2

128GB SF128

3rd

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 0.7%.

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-A53 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A55 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A73 2-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A78E 6-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1, Apple, Apple M1, Apple M2, Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A72 6-Core, Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core, Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 8-Core

Ubuntu 20.04 Benchmarks 1 System - 5 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-10875H - Dell Precision 7750 0GHYP6 - Intel Comet Lake PCH Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.15.0-126-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.9
5.15.0-126-generic + Ubuntu 20.04 Tests 1 System - 5 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-10875H - Dell Precision 7750 0GHYP6 - Intel Comet Lake PCH Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.15.0-126-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.9
Intel Core i7-10875H + Intel UHD 8GB + Dell Precision 7750 0GHYP6 (1.35.1 BIOS) 1 System - 4 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-10875H - Dell Precision 7750 0GHYP6 - Intel Comet Lake PCH Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.15.0-126-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.9
Intel Core i7-10875H On Ubuntu 20.04 1 System - 7 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-10875H - Dell Precision 7750 0GHYP6 - Intel Comet Lake PCH Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.15.0-126-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.9
Ubuntu 20.04 Benchmarks 1 System - 6 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-10875H - Dell Precision 7750 0GHYP6 - Intel Comet Lake PCH Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.15.0-126-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.9
Ubuntu 20.04 Performance 1 System - 6 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-10875H - Dell Precision 7750 0GHYP6 - Intel Comet Lake PCH Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.15.0-126-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.9
Dell Precision 7750 0GHYP6 (1.35.1 BIOS) On Ubuntu 20.04 1 System - 8 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-10875H - Dell Precision 7750 0GHYP6 - Intel Comet Lake PCH Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.15.0-126-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.9
5.15.0-126-generic + Ubuntu 20.04 Tests 1 System - 8 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-10875H - Dell Precision 7750 0GHYP6 - Intel Comet Lake PCH Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.15.0-126-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.9
Ubuntu 20.04 Performance 1 System - 6 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-10875H - Dell Precision 7750 0GHYP6 - Intel Comet Lake PCH Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.15.0-126-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.9
testresult2 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK - AMD Starship ManjaroLinux 24.2.0 - 6.13.0-rc1-1-MANJARO - KDE Plasma 6.2.4
5.15.0-126-generic + Ubuntu 20.04 Tests 1 System - 4 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-10875H - Dell Precision 7750 0GHYP6 - Intel Comet Lake PCH Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.15.0-126-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.9
dell 3 Systems - 28 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i5 650 - Dell 0XC7MM - Intel Core DRAM Ubuntu 18.04 - 4.15.0-20-generic - GNOME Shell 3.28.1
./disco 3 Systems - 4 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-9700 - MSI B365M PRO-VDH - 16GB AlmaLinux 9.4 - 5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 40.10
DISK 3 Systems - 5 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-9700 - Oracle VirtualBox v1.2 - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC AlmaLinux 9.5 - 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 40.10
Virtualization Benchmarks 3 Systems - 5 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1355U - QEMU Standard PC - Intel 82G33 Debian 12 - 6.1.0-22-amd64 - GCC 12.2.0

Unpacking The Linux Kernel

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Test Maintainer

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Performance Metrics

Unpacking The Linux Kernel 5.19

linux-5.19.tar.xz

Tested CPU Architectures

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5.15.0-126-generic + Ubuntu 20.04 Tests

Intel Core i7-10875H + Intel UHD 8GB + Dell Precision 7750 0GHYP6 (1.35.1 BIOS)

Intel Core i7-10875H On Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 Benchmarks

Ubuntu 20.04 Performance

Dell Precision 7750 0GHYP6 (1.35.1 BIOS) On Ubuntu 20.04

5.15.0-126-generic + Ubuntu 20.04 Tests

Ubuntu 20.04 Performance

testresult2

5.15.0-126-generic + Ubuntu 20.04 Tests

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