compressiontest
Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon testing on Amazon Linux AMI 2015.03 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Timed File Compression Test: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 @ 2.49GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 30GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446

	OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2015.03, Kernel: 3.14.35-28.38.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20140120, File-System: ext4, 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 . 3233 |===========================================


Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Timed File Compression Test . 46.52 |==========================================


Gzip Compression
2GB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Timed File Compression Test . 30.04 |==========================================


LZMA Compression
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Timed File Compression Test . 180.08 |=========================================