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 2,406 public results since 13 March 2024 with the latest data as of 30 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 - 52 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H - Shenzhen Meigao Electronic Equipment AtomMan X MTBAC - Intel Device 7e7f Pop 24.04 - 6.9.3-76060903-generic - COSMIC 0.1.0 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U - HP 8B6E - AMD Phoenix Root Complex Arch rolling - 6.13.0-rc3-1-bcachefs-git-00301-g11fe16cf3622 - KDE Plasma 6.2.5 |
1 System - 92 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core - Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-51-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
Intel Core i9-9900 - ASUS TUF B365M-PLUS GAMING - Intel 8th Debian 12 - 6.1.0-30-amd64 - KDE Plasma 5.27.5 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H - GMKtec - Intel Device 7e7f Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-52-generic - GCC 13.3.0 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
Intel Core i9-13980HX - LENOVO 21FA0005GE - Intel Raptor Lake-S PCH Arch rolling - 6.12.10-arch1-1 - KDE Plasma 6.2.5 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
16 x AMD EPYC 9534 64-Core - Red Hat KVM - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC openSUSE Tumbleweed-Slowroll 20250101 - 6.13.0-1-default - GCC 14.2.1 20241007 [revision 4af44f2cf7d281f3e4f3957efce10e8b2ccb2ad3] |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4 - Dell 0NT78X - Intel Xeon E7 v4 AlmaLinux 9.5 - 5.14.0-503.22.1.el9_5.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 40.10 |
1 System - 4 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H - Shenzhen Meigao Electronic Equipment AtomMan X MTBAC - Intel Device 7e7f Ubuntu 24.10 - 6.11.0-13-generic - X Server 1.21.1.13 |
1 System - 54 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS - Shenzhen Meigao Electronic Equipment EliteMini HPBSD v1.0 - AMD Phoenix Root Complex Ubuntu 24.10 - 6.11.0-13-generic - OpenCL 2.1 AMD-APP |
1 System - 54 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS - Shenzhen Meigao Electronic Equipment EliteMini HPBSD v1.0 - AMD Phoenix Root Complex Ubuntu 24.10 - 6.11.0-13-generic - OpenCL 2.1 AMD-APP |
1 System - 37 Benchmark Results |
4 x Intel Xeon - OpenStack Foundation Nova v27.1.1 - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-130-generic - 1.3.255 |
1 System - 51 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H - Shenzhen Meigao Electronic Equipment AtomMan X MTBAC - Intel Device 7e7f Ubuntu 24.10 - 6.11.0-13-generic - X Server 1.21.1.13 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2 - ASRock EP2C602-4L/D16 - Intel Xeon E7 v2 Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-51-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220 - TYAN D2860 912124647 Itami_TY_00 - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Debian 12 - 6.1.0-25-amd64 - GNOME Shell 43.9 |
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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-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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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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18 Systems - 442 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 8-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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Intel Core Ultra 7 155H - MTL Swift SFG14-72T Coral_MTH - Intel Device 7e7f Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.10.0-rc2-stock - 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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3 Systems - 11 Benchmark Results
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AMD Ryzen 7 8700F 8-Core - Gigabyte A620M H - AMD Device 14e8 Arch rolling - 6.11.2-arch1-1 - GNOME Shell 47.0
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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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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 Systems - 71 Benchmark Results
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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 |