compression-2012-01
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 testing with a ASUS StrikerExtreme and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB on Ubuntu 11.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Q6600 2.4 GHz: 

	Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS StrikerExtreme, Chipset: NVIDIA C55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 1000GB SAMSUNG HD103SI, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: NVIDIA GPU 12 HDMI/DP

	OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 280.13, OpenGL: 4.1.0 NVIDIA 280.13, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080

Q6600 2.6 GHz: 

	Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.58GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS StrikerExtreme, Chipset: NVIDIA C55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 1000GB SAMSUNG HD103SI, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: NVIDIA GPU 12 HDMI/DP

	OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 280.13, OpenGL: 4.1.0 NVIDIA 280.13, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080

2500K 3.3 GHz: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68XP-UD4, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 15872MB, Disk: 128GB SAMSUNG SSD 830 + 1000GB SAMSUNG HD103SI, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti

	OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", OpenGL: Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

2500K 4.5 GHz: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68XP-UD4, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 15872MB, Disk: 128GB SAMSUNG SSD 830 + 1000GB SAMSUNG HD103SI, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti

	OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", OpenGL: Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080


7-Zip Compression 9.20.1
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
Q6600 2.4 GHz . 6666  |=======================
Q6600 2.6 GHz . 7044  |========================
2500K 3.3 GHz . 12227 |==========================================
2500K 4.5 GHz . 16375 |========================================================


Gzip Compression
2GB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Q6600 2.4 GHz . 18.75 |========================================================
Q6600 2.6 GHz . 17.06 |===================================================
2500K 3.3 GHz . 12.64 |======================================
2500K 4.5 GHz . 9.88  |==============================


Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Q6600 2.4 GHz . 16.95 |========================================================
Q6600 2.6 GHz . 15.47 |===================================================
2500K 3.3 GHz . 11.43 |======================================
2500K 4.5 GHz . 8.29  |===========================


LZMA Compression
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Q6600 2.4 GHz . 232.20 |=======================================================
Q6600 2.6 GHz . 217.51 |====================================================
2500K 3.3 GHz . 147.63 |===================================
2500K 4.5 GHz . 117.07 |============================