2013-10-09-compression
AMD Athlon II X2 255 testing with a ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO and ATI Radeon HD 5700 1024MB on Ubuntu 13.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


old_pc: 

	Processor: AMD Athlon II X2 255 @ 3.10GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO, Chipset: AMD RS880 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 2 x 2048 MB 1333MHz, Disk: 320GB SAMSUNG HD320KJ + 640GB SAMSUNG HD642JJ + 320GB Seagate ST3320620NS, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5700 1024MB, Audio: VIA VT1708S, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168

	OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-31-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.5, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: fglrx 9.1.11, OpenGL: 4.2.11986, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024

new_pc: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-4670K @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Z87-PRO, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3 + 3001GB Seagate ST3000DM001-1CH1 + 1000GB HD103UJ, Graphics: GK104 2048MB (540/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection I217-V + Atheros AR9462 Wireless

	OS: LinuxMint 15, Kernel: 3.8.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 1.8.8, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.88, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 304.88, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024


7-Zip Compression 9.20.1
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
old_pc . 4590  |====================
new_pc . 14711 |===============================================================


Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
old_pc . 37.82 |===============================================================
new_pc . 8.99  |===============


Gzip Compression
2GB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
old_pc . 18.79 |===============================================================
new_pc . 10.52 |===================================


LZMA Compression
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
old_pc . 209.04 |==============================================================
new_pc . 140.53 |==========================================