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 2,360 public results since 13 March 2024 with the latest data as of 16 January 2025.
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 14 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.
1 System - 17 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 - Gigabyte G41M-Combo - Intel 4 DRAM + ICH7 Debian 12 - 6.1.0-29-amd64 - GCC 12.2.0 |
2 Systems - 8 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i5-10210U - Google Kindred - Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP Arch Linux - 5.10.133 - KDE Plasma 5.26.4 |
2 Systems - 7 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 3 5425U - GMKtec - AMD Renoir ManjaroLinux 24.2.1 - 6.11.11-1-MANJARO - KDE Plasma 6.2.4 |
2 Systems - 7 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i5-10210U - Google Kindred - Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP Arch Linux - 5.10.133 - KDE Plasma 5.26.4 |
1 System - 4 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i7-14700K - ASRock Z690 Extreme - Intel Alder Lake-S PCH ManjaroLinux 24.1.2 - 6.11.2-4-MANJARO - KDE Plasma 6.1.5 |
1 System - 3 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i7-14700K - ASRock Z690 Extreme - Intel Alder Lake-S PCH ManjaroLinux 24.1.2 - 6.11.2-4-MANJARO - KDE Plasma 6.1.5 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6132 - Supermicro X11DDW-L v1.10 - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Debian GNU - 6.11.0-2-pve - GCC 12.2.0 |
2 Systems - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD EPYC 7542 32-Core - GIGABYTE MZ22-G20-00 v01000100 - AMD Starship Debian 12 - 6.11.0-2-pve - GCC 12.2.0 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K - ASRock Z890I Nova WiFi - Intel Device ae7f Fedora Linux 41 - 6.12.8-200.fc41.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 47.2 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
Intel Core i9-12900K - MSI PRO Z690-A WIFI - Intel Alder Lake-S PCH Fedora Linux 41 - 6.12.8-200.fc41.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 47.2 |
1 System - 20 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 - Gigabyte G41M-Combo - Intel 4 DRAM + ICH7 Debian 12 - 6.1.0-29-amd64 - GCC 12.2.0 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 6-Core - MSI PRO B650M-P - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.12.3-061203-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9 |
8 Systems - 21 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core - Gigabyte AB350M-DS3H V2-CF - AMD Starship Ubuntu 24.10 - 6.11.0-13-generic - GNOME Shell 47.0 |
2 Systems - 5 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 3 5425U - GMKtec - AMD Renoir ManjaroLinux 24.2.1 - 6.11.11-1-MANJARO - KDE Plasma 6.2.4 |
2 Systems - 4 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 3 5425U - GMKtec - AMD Renoir ManjaroLinux 24.2.1 - 6.11.11-1-MANJARO - KDE Plasma 6.2.4 |
3 Systems - 413 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS - Framework Laptop 16 - 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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18 Systems - 442 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i5-14400F - ASUS PRIME Z790-P WIFI - Intel Raptor Lake-S PCH Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.10.0-061000rc2-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0 |
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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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2 Systems - 95 Benchmark Results |
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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2 Systems - 1012 Benchmark Results |
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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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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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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
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1 System - 47 Benchmark Results
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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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1 System - 48 Benchmark Results
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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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2 x Intel Xeon Max 9480 - Supermicro SYS-221H-TNR X13DEM v1.10 - Intel Device 1bce Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.9.0-060900rc2-generic - GNOME Shell 45.0
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3 Systems - 11 Benchmark Results
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AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 - ASUS M5606WA v1.0 - AMD Device 1507 Arch rolling - 6.11.0-1-mainline-um5606-dirty - GNOME Shell 47.0
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2 Systems - 37 Benchmark Results
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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - ASRock X570 Steel Legend - AMD Starship EndeavourOS rolling - 6.9.9-arch1-1 - KDE Plasma 6.1.2 |