pbzip Intel Core i7-3770K testing with a Gigabyte Z77-DS3H and NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1024MB on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. pbzip: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77-DS3H, Chipset: Intel Ivy DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CT12, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1024MB (550/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL U3011, Network: Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.8, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better pbzip . 7.63 |=================================================================