lzbench

lzbench is an in-memory benchmark of various compressors. The file used for compression is a Linux kernel source tree tarball.

To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite, the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark lzbench.

Project Site

github.com

Test Created

8 August 2017

Last Updated

21 January 2021

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

51 Seconds

Average Run Time

3 Minutes, 30 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain

Accolades

60k+ Downloads

Supported Platforms

* Uploading of benchmark result data to OpenBenchmarking.org is always optional (opt-in) via the Phoronix Test Suite for users wishing to share their results publicly.
** Data based on those opting to upload their test results to OpenBenchmarking.org and users enabling the opt-in anonymous statistics reporting while running benchmarks from an Internet-connected platform.
*** Test profile page view reporting began March 2021.
Data updated weekly as of 13 April 2024.

Revision History

pts/lzbench-1.1.1 [View Source] Thu, 21 Jan 2021 10:32:16 GMT
Update against point release for build fix.

pts/lzbench-1.1.0 [View Source] Fri, 28 Feb 2020 17:25:44 GMT
Update against upstream lzbench 1.8, add Windows support.

pts/lzbench-1.0.0 [View Source] Tue, 08 Aug 2017 14:58:27 GMT
Initial commit of an lzbench test profile, an in-memory compressor comparison benchmark.

Suites Using This Test

Compression Tests

CPU Massive

Single-Threaded

Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

lzbench 1.8

Test: Zstd 1 - Process: Decompression

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 1,096 public results since 28 February 2020 with the latest data as of 10 April 2024.

Below is an overview of the generalized performance for components where there is sufficient statistically significant data based upon user-uploaded results. It is important to keep in mind particularly in the Linux/open-source space there can be vastly different OS configurations, with this overview intended to offer just general guidance as to the performance expectations.

Component

Percentile Rank

# Compatible Public Results

MB/s (Average)

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core

100th

2810 ^{+/- 46}

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 8-Core

100th

2782 ^{+/- 133}

Intel Core i9-12900K

99th

2503 ^{+/- 31}

Intel Core i9-11900K

98th

2412 ^{+/- 133}

Intel Core i7-12700H

96th

2296 ^{+/- 7}

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core

95th

2237 ^{+/- 44}

Intel Core i5-11600K

94th

2220 ^{+/- 61}

Intel Core i5-12400

93rd

2185 ^{+/- 6}

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core

93rd

2184 ^{+/- 131}

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core

93rd

2157 ^{+/- 174}

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

90th

2065 ^{+/- 84}

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U

88th

2011 ^{+/- 105}

Intel Xeon E-2288G

88th

2004 ^{+/- 15}

Intel Core i7-1165G7

87th

1998 ^{+/- 81}

Intel Core i9-10885H

87th

1983 ^{+/- 36}

Intel Core i5-10600K

86th

1934 ^{+/- 172}

Intel Core i7-8700K

85th

1912 ^{+/- 29}

Intel Core i9-10900K

84th

1869 ^{+/- 231}

Intel Core i7-7700K

83rd

1842 ^{+/- 20}

Intel Core i7-7740K

83rd

1821 ^{+/- 171}

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core

82nd

1800 ^{+/- 4}

Intel Core i3-10105

82nd

1796 ^{+/- 116}

Intel Core i3-10100

77th

1729 ^{+/- 145}

Mid-Tier

75th

< 1709

Intel Core i7-7900X

75th

1708 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Core i9-7980XE

75th

1707 ^{+/- 153}

Intel Core i5-7600K

75th

1707 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Core i5-10210U

74th

1694 ^{+/- 5}

Intel Core i9-9900K

73rd

1678 ^{+/- 173}

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U

73rd

1677 ^{+/- 29}

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core

72nd

1671 ^{+/- 105}

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core

72nd

1670 ^{+/- 121}

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Six-Core

72nd

1664 ^{+/- 3}

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4-Core

71st

1661 ^{+/- 117}

Intel Core i9-10980XE

71st

1660 ^{+/- 243}

Intel Core i5-8400

70th

1641 ^{+/- 3}

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core

70th

1636 ^{+/- 172}

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core

70th

1630 ^{+/- 183}

Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6

69th

1612 ^{+/- 193}

Intel Xeon E-2278GEL

69th

1608 ^{+/- 2}

Intel Core i7-9750H

68th

1606 ^{+/- 178}

Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

68th

1602 ^{+/- 3}

Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5

68th

1601 ^{+/- 5}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core

67th

1598 ^{+/- 118}

Intel Core i7-8565U

67th

1597 ^{+/- 166}

Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5

66th

1586 ^{+/- 7}

Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5

65th

1580 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Core i7-4770K

63rd

1573 ^{+/- 9}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16-Core

63rd

1571 ^{+/- 125}

Intel Core i7-10700T

62nd

1565 ^{+/- 2}

Intel Core i7-4770

61st

1562 ^{+/- 92}

AMD EPYC 7F52 16-Core

61st

1556 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Core i7-6800K

60th

1551 ^{+/- 9}

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core

60th

1543 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Core i3-7100

59th

1542 ^{+/- 118}

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

59th

1537 ^{+/- 140}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core

58th

1519 ^{+/- 105}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24-Core

56th

1503 ^{+/- 116}

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core

54th

1489 ^{+/- 182}

Intel Core i5-9400F

53rd

1478 ^{+/- 204}

AMD Ryzen 7 4800U

52nd

1463 ^{+/- 9}

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Eight-Core

52nd

1462 ^{+/- 132}

AMD Ryzen 3 1300X

52nd

1454 ^{+/- 20}

Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3

51st

1447 ^{+/- 143}

Median

50th

1440

AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

50th

1435 ^{+/- 2}

Intel Core i7-5775C

50th

1432 ^{+/- 131}

Intel Core i3-8100

48th

1401 ^{+/- 171}

AMD EPYC 7K83 64-Core

48th

1400 ^{+/- 20}

AMD Ryzen 3 3200G

47th

1391 ^{+/- 201}

AMD Ryzen 3 2200G

47th

1378 ^{+/- 102}

2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R

45th

1361 ^{+/- 202}

AMD Ryzen 5 2400G

45th

1358 ^{+/- 134}

AMD EPYC 7702 64-Core

44th

1338 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3

42nd

1323 ^{+/- 130}

2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core

42nd

1310 ^{+/- 66}

Intel Core i5-4430

41st

1305 ^{+/- 2}

Intel Core i5-6500

41st

1300 ^{+/- 124}

Intel Core i7-3770K

40th

1279 ^{+/- 132}

AMD Ryzen 3 3200U

40th

1278 ^{+/- 102}

AMD Athlon Gold 3150U

38th

1260 ^{+/- 13}

Intel Core i7-5600U

38th

1255 ^{+/- 127}

Intel Core i5-3470

38th

1247 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core

37th

1242 ^{+/- 104}

Intel Core i5-2500K

36th

1234 ^{+/- 29}

Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5

36th

1228 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Core i7-4960X

35th

1226 ^{+/- 150}

Intel Xeon Gold 5218

32nd

1169 ^{+/- 26}

2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core

31st

1150 ^{+/- 106}

Intel Core i7-5960X

29th

1141 ^{+/- 9}

2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2

28th

1112 ^{+/- 165}

Intel Core i7-2700K

26th

1095 ^{+/- 123}

Low-Tier

25th

< 1082

2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL

25th

1080 ^{+/- 7}

Intel Core i7-4558U

25th

1080 ^{+/- 2}

AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core

25th

1062 ^{+/- 104}

2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8259L

24th

1028 ^{+/- 5}

Intel Core i5-4200U

22nd

1012 ^{+/- 4}

Intel Core i7-10700K

22nd

1011 ^{+/- 23}

AMD FX-8370 Eight-Core

18th

903 ^{+/- 2}

Intel Xeon E5-2650 0

17th

872 ^{+/- 1}

2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8252C

16th

839 ^{+/- 3}

Intel Core i5-2520M

14th

801 ^{+/- 4}

ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core

14th

801 ^{+/- 104}

Ampere eMAG ARMv8 32-Core

10th

581 ^{+/- 34}

ARMv8 Cortex-A72 16-Core

9th

554 ^{+/- 9}

Intel Celeron J3455

8th

537 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4

7th

524 ^{+/- 54}

ARMv8 rev 0 6-Core

7th

518 ^{+/- 5}

ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core

3rd

428 ^{+/- 49}

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (lzbench 1.8 - Test: Zstd 1 - Process: Decompression) has an average run-time of 2 minutes. By default this test profile is set to run at least 3 times but may increase if the standard deviation exceeds pre-defined defaults or other calculations deem additional runs necessary for greater statistical accuracy of the result.

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.2%.

Does It Scale Well With Increasing Cores?

No, based on the automated analysis of the collected public benchmark data, this test / test settings does not generally scale well with increasing CPU core counts. Data based on publicly available results for this test / test settings, separated by vendor, result divided by the reference CPU clock speed, grouped by matching physical CPU core count, and normalized against the smallest core count tested from each vendor for each CPU having a sufficient number of test samples and statistically significant data.

Tested CPU Architectures

This benchmark has been successfully tested on the below mentioned architectures. The CPU architectures listed is where successful OpenBenchmarking.org result uploads occurred, namely for helping to determine if a given test is compatible with various alternative CPU architectures.

CPU Architecture

Kernel Identifier

Verified On

Intel / AMD x86 64-bit

x86_64

(Many Processors)

IBM Z

s390x

(Many Processors)

IBM POWER (PowerPC) 64-bit

ppc64le

POWER8E

ARMv8 64-bit

aarch64

ARMv8 Cortex-A55 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A55 6-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 16-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-X1C 8-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 80-Core, ARMv8 rev 0 6-Core, Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 160-Core, Ampere eMAG ARMv8 32-Core, Apple, Phytium D2000

2024-04-10-0756 1 System - 50 Benchmark Results	Snapdragon Compute - Microsoft Windows Dev Kit 2023 - 1 x 32768 MB 2092MHz Hynix H9HCNNNFAMMLXR- Microsoft Windows Server 2025 Standard Build 26085 - 10.0.26085.1 - 10.0.26085.1
2024-04-10-0756 1 System - 50 Benchmark Results	Snapdragon Compute - Microsoft Windows Dev Kit 2023 - 1 x 32768 MB 2092MHz Hynix H9HCNNNFAMMLXR- Microsoft Windows Server 2025 Standard Build 26085 - 10.0.26085.1 - 10.0.26085.1
2024-04-10-1051 1 System - 201 Benchmark Results	Ampere Altra Max - HPE ProLiant RL300 Gen11 - 16 x 32768 MB 3200MHz Samsung M393A4K40EB3-CWE Microsoft Windows Server 2025 Standard Build 26085 - 10.0.26085.1 - 10.0.26085.1
2024-04-10-1051 1 System - 201 Benchmark Results	Ampere Altra Max - HPE ProLiant RL300 Gen11 - 16 x 32768 MB 3200MHz Samsung M393A4K40EB3-CWE Microsoft Windows Server 2025 Standard Build 26085 - 10.0.26085.1 - 10.0.26085.1
testesuitecompletaifspxenserver 1 System - 58 Benchmark Results	4 x Intel Xeon E5620 - (4.13 BIOS) - 1 x 8184 MB 48MHz Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Standard Evaluation Build 17763 - 10.0.17763.5576 - 10.0.17763.1
2024-03-28-1658 76 Systems - 921 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-14900K - ASUS PRIME Z790-P - Intel Device 7a27 SystemRescue 10.01 - 6.1.30-1-lts - X Server 1.21.1.8
2024-03-30-0342 1 System - 30 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-14900K - ASUS PRIME Z790-P - Intel Device 7a27 SystemRescue 10.01 - 6.1.30-1-lts - X Server 1.21.1.8
NovaCustom NV41 Qubes OS vCPU affinity 7 Systems - 60 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i5-7300U - 6GB - 78GB Fedora Linux 38 - 6.1.57-1.qubes.fc37.x86_64 - X Server 1.20.14
NovaCustom NV41 Qubes OS vCPU affinity 6 Systems - 60 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1260P - 6GB - 78GB Fedora Linux 38 - 6.1.62-1.qubes.fc37.x86_64 - X Server 1.20.14
2024-03-15-0110 1 System - 187 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7965WX 24-Cores - ASUS Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE - AMD Device 14a4 Debian 12 - 6.1.0-18-amd64 - X Server 1.21.1.7
lzbench-xz0 1 System - 2 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Six-Core - ASUS PRIME B350-PLUS - AMD 17h ManjaroLinux 23.1.3 - 6.6.10-1-MANJARO - GNOME Shell 45.3
cpu-bench 2 Systems - 390 Benchmark Results	ARMv8 Cortex-A76 - Mixtile Blade 3 v1.0.1 - 16GB Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.10.160-rockchip - GNOME Shell 42.9
Rocky-Linux-92 22 Systems - 21 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core - Microsoft Virtual Machine - 4 + 12 Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-94-generic - 1.3.238
Rocky-Linux-92 18 Systems - 21 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core - (Default BIOS BIOS) - 18GB Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Standard Build 20348 - 10.0.20348.1607 - 10.0.20348.1
/root/results 1 System - 60 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 7840U - Framework FRANMDCP07 - AMD Device 14e8 Arch Linux - 6.7.4-arch1-1 - GNOME Shell 45.4

xeon-crypt 4 Systems - 34 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5 - ASRockRack C236M WS - Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.8.0-050800-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
Sandy 3 Systems - 268 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i5-2520M - HP 161C - Intel 2nd Generation Core DRAM Ubuntu 18.04 - 4.18.0-20-generic - GNOME Shell 3.28.3
Xeon & EPYC Tests 16 Systems - 119 Benchmark Results	2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8259L - ASRockRack EP2C621D16-4LP - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 19.10 - 5.3.0-64-generic - GNOME Shell 3.34.1
10100 t 3 Systems - 24 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i3-10100 - Gigabyte B460M DS3H - Intel Device 9b63 Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900rc7daily20201002-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.3
Core i9 10900K vs. Ryzen 9 3900X/3950X Linux Benchmarks Featured Processor Comparison	Intel Core i9-10900K - Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER - Intel Comet Lake PCH Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.7.0-999-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.1
c1700 3 Systems - 34 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core - MSI B350 TOMAHAWK - AMD 17h Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.11.0-rc1-phx - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
10700T Friday 4 Systems - 30 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-10700T - Logic Supply RXM-181 - Intel Comet Lake PCH Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.8.0-38-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
OnLogic Helix 500 Linux benchmarks 2 Systems - 151 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-10700T - Logic Supply RXM-181 - Intel Comet Lake PCH Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.8.0-41-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.2
Icelake Crypt 3 Systems - 17 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1065G7 - Dell 06CDVY - Intel Device 34ef Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.8.0-38-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
Ryzen 7 4700U vs. Core i7 1065G7 Ubuntu Linux 2 Systems - 150 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1065G7 - Dell 06CDVY - Intel Device 34ef Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.7.0-999-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.1
CPU comparison 5 Systems - 64 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 5 3500X 6-Core - Gigabyte B450M DS3H-CF - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-56-generic - Xfce 4.14
3770K 2021 3 Systems - 108 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-3770K - ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0 - Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2 Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-58-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
Xeon Gold Weekend 3 Systems - 58 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Gold 6226R - Supermicro X11SPL-F v1.02 - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900rc6daily20200921-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
i5 11600k 4 Systems - 179 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core - ASRock X570 Taichi - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.10.13-051013-lowlatency - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
Big Threadripper 2 Systems - 475 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core - ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME - AMD Starship Ubuntu 19.10 - 5.3.0-40-generic - GNOME Shell 3.34.1

lzbench

Project Site

Test Created

Last Updated

Test Maintainer

Test Type

Average Install Time

Average Run Time

Test Dependencies

Accolades

Supported Platforms

Revision History

Suites Using This Test

Performance Metrics

lzbench 1.8

Test: Zstd 1 - Process: Decompression

Does It Scale Well With Increasing Cores?

Tested CPU Architectures

Recent Test Results

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