compress Intel Core i3-3220 testing on Debian GNU/Linux 7 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i3-3220: Processor: Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-M PRO, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB Samsung SSD 840 OS: Debian GNU/Linux 7, Kernel: 3.16.4-1-ARCH (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3-3220 . 7692 |==================================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3-3220 . 22.79 |=================================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3-3220 . 15.03 |=================================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3-3220 . 146.92 |==================================================