Any i7-3770K owners? Interested in compile metrics [SOLVED]

graysky · 2012-07-15 17:28:51

Considering this CPU and wanted to ask fellow Archers who might have one to do a little compile benchmark for me. How long does it take your system to compile the Linux package from ABS?

If you don't have ABS setup, it's pretty easy to do:

$ sudo pacman -S abs

For more on abs, see the ABS wiki article.

1). Use the current version which is 3.4.4-3
2). No modifications to the pkg please
3). Stop makepkg after the compile begins (maybe 30 s into the compile) and manually do this:

$ sudo abs
$ cp -r /var/abs/core/linux ~
$ cd ~/linux
$ makepkg -s

Wait about 30 sec after the compilation starts and hit <ctrl>+c to stop, then:

$ cd src/linux-3.4
$ make clean
$ time make -j9 bzImage modules

Please report the output of the time command along with your hardware details. For example if you are overclocking the CPU or not, final clock speed, etc.

Thanks in advance!

Last edited by graysky (2012-11-01 00:08:59)

89c51 · 2012-07-15 17:43:11

If you are interested in the non K variant please give some more noob friendly info (ie how to do it in a /home folder without destroying anything) and i will help

graysky · 2012-07-15 18:04:14

@89c51-thanks for the offer. Data on the non-K would be great. I edited the first post with more details instructions. You cannot break your system by doing this

89c51 · 2012-07-16 09:37:04

real	9m36.855s
user	65m19.864s
sys	4m30.662s

Is this ok ???

oh yeah 12gb ram, i7 3770, samsung ssd on a dz77bh-55k mobo

Last edited by 89c51 (2012-07-16 09:39:14)

Arctus · 2012-07-16 11:08:41

I don't have access to my i7-770K at the moment, but I will later this week.
I have however compiled a 3.3 kernel with a few patches recently, and it took around 15 minutes as far as I recall
System is not overclocked (yet) btw.

graysky · 2012-07-16 12:21:40

@89c51 - very helpful, thank you.
@Arctus - thank you, please run it.

My workstation is currently a quad Xeon X3360 @3.40 GHz and I wanted to see if the latest and greatest Ivybridge quad would justify the its cost for me based on a compilation endpoint.

For my system:

real	14m50.864s
user	47m21.648s
sys	5m6.887s

Love to see if anyone is running a 3770K overclocked...

Last edited by graysky (2012-07-16 15:23:38)

Arctus · 2012-07-19 16:26:55

These are my times (Btw, your guide is wrong, it should of course be /var/abs/testing/linux if you want Linux 3.4):

real    9m10.890s
user    63m22.595s
sys     4m10.020s

This is on a Z77 chipset. No tweaks are needed in any way.

graysky · 2012-07-19 19:36:43

Thanks arc. You are mistaken; there are currently no kernels in [testing].

Arctus · 2012-07-19 21:59:06

Ah, my bad, abs sync failed without me noticing

yodermk · 2012-07-20 02:01:41

New Arch/i3770k user here. Will have to try it this weekend. 16GB RAM, SSD. Not yet overclocked but plan to do so at some point.

basica · 2012-10-31 23:34:30

Same situation as yodermk, will try when I get home later today.

graysky · 2012-11-01 22:27:07

Guess I should update my own thread now that I build a i7-3370K. It runs stable @ 4.5 GHz and compiles the 3.6.5 kernel in just under 9 min.
Related - the i7 chips are attached to their IHS with thermal caulk rather than with solder. This makes them tough to overclock without modifying. I wrote up a review detailing how I went about it if anyone in interested. Not for the faint-of-heart.

http://www.silentpcreview.com/IvyBridge … nd_results

Meyithi · 2012-11-01 23:08:01

For comparisons sake, this is a 3960x @ 4.4GHz - compiling in tmpfs with 32Gb DDR3-1600

cd /tmp/makepkg/src/linux-3.6
time make -j13 bzImage modules

real	5m49.850s
user	60m20.937s
sys	4m14.713s

4.4GHz on a 3930k/x is basically free apart from the cost of a decent cooler, I'm on a +0.005 offset so it very comfortable.

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