gce-pbzip2-16core Test with Google Compute Engine preemptable 16 core instance Test with Google Compute Engine preemptable 16 core instance: Processor: Intel Xeon @ 2.60GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Google, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 11GB PersistentDisk, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-327.13.1.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, System Layer: KVM Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.12 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Test with Google Compute Engine preemptable 16 core instance . 6.71 |==========