p8-compression
power9 T2 compression benchmark


p8-compress: 

	Processor: POWER8 @ 3.53GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: CHRP IBM 8286-42A, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 11GB VDASD + 38GB VDASD

	OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-23-generic (ppc64le), Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4

T2-compress: 

	Processor: UltraSparc T2 (64 Cores), Chipset: PLX PEX 8533 32-lane 6-port, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 2 x 147GB Seagate ST914603SSUN146G, Network: Intel 82571EB Gigabit

	OS: Debian 7.8, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-sparc64-smp (sparc64), Compiler: GCC 4.6.3, File-System: ext4


7-Zip Compression 9.20.1
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
p8-compress . 3130 |===========================================================


Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
p8-compress . 46.80 |=======================================================
T2-compress . 49.11 |==========================================================


Gzip Compression
2GB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
p8-compress . 28.08  |=========
T2-compress . 173.70 |=========================================================


LZMA Compression
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
p8-compress . 375.81 |=========================================================