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 2,093 public results since 14 March 2024 with the latest data as of 8 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.
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 - 1 Benchmark Result |
Intel Xeon W3690 - Dell Precision WorkStation T3500 09KPNV - Intel 5520 VoidPup64 22.02 - 6.6.63 - X Server 1.21.1.14 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core - Oracle VirtualBox v1.2 - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC openSUSE Leap 15.6 - 6.4.0-150600.23.25-default - GNOME Shell 45.3 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core - Oracle VirtualBox v1.2 - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Debian 12 - 6.1.0-28-amd64 - GNOME Shell 43.9 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
2 x AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core - Giga Computing MZ73-LM0-000 v02000200 - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-49-generic - GCC 13.2.0 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G - Gigabyte A520I AC - AMD Renoir Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-49-lowlatency - GNOME Shell 46.0 |
2 Systems - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core - Oracle VirtualBox v1.2 - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Fedora Linux 41 - 6.11.4-301.fc41.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 47.0 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
Intel Core i9-13900KF - MSI PRO Z790-A WIFI - Intel Raptor Lake-S PCH Arch rolling - 6.12.1-arch1-1 - X Server 1.21.1.14 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U - ONE-NETBOOK ONEXPLAYER F1 - AMD Device 14e8 Bazzite 41 - 6.11.9-303.bazzite.fc41.x86_64 - KDE Plasma 6.2.3 |
2 Systems - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core - Oracle VirtualBox v1.2 - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-49-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 - ASUS P5E3 - Intel 82X38 Linuxmint 22 - 6.8.0-49-generic - Cinnamon 6.2.9 |
2 Systems - 37 Benchmark Results |
Intel Xeon W-1270 - Dell 01NP3N - Intel Comet Lake PCH Fedora Linux 41 - 6.11.8-300.fc41.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 47.1 |
2 Systems - 2 Benchmark Results |
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8171M - Microsoft Virtual Machine - 16GB Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS - 5.4.0-196-generic - GCC 9.4.0 + Clang 10.0.0-4ubuntu1 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core - ASUS PRIME B350-PLUS - AMD Starship Arch rolling - 6.12.1-273-tkg-eevdf - Xfce 4.18 |
2 Systems - 20 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8-Core - MSI B450M BAZOOKA - AMD Starship Linuxmint 22 - 6.8.0-49-generic - MATE 1.26.2 |
Featured Processor Comparison |
3 Systems - 413 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H - MTL Swift SFG14-72T Coral_MTH - Intel Device 7e7f Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.10.0-061000rc4daily20240621-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0 |
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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-arch1-1 - X Server 1.21.1.13 + Wayland |
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Featured Kernel Comparison |
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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18 Systems - 442 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G - ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI - AMD Device 14e8 Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.10.0-061000rc2-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0 |
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Featured Kernel Comparison |
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 - 1012 Benchmark Results |
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2 Systems - 95 Benchmark Results
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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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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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Featured Kernel Comparison
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2 x AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core - AMD Titanite_4G - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.8.0-060800-generic - GCC 13.2.0
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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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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
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1 System - 2 Benchmark Results
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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - ASUS TUF GAMING B550-PLUS WIFI II - AMD Starship Fedora 40 - 6.10.9-200.fc40.x86_64 - KDE Plasma 6.1.4
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2 Systems - 552 Benchmark Results
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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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4 Systems - 62 Benchmark Results
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2 x INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592+ - Quanta Cloud QuantaGrid D54Q-2U S6Q-MB-MPS - Intel Device 1bce Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.6.0-rc5-phx-patched - GNOME Shell 45.0 |