compressiontest Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon testing on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Timed File Compression Test: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 @ 2.50GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 1024 MB RAM, Disk: 99GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, Kernel: 3.12.28-4-default (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Timed File Compression Test . 3626 |=========================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Timed File Compression Test . 47.79 |========================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Timed File Compression Test . 29.50 |========================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Timed File Compression Test . 141.84 |=========================================