nex-vs-aws Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon testing on Debian 8.5 via the Phoronix Test Suite. nex-vs-aws-compression-aws: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Memory: 1 x 3840 MB RAM, Disk: 50GB OS: Debian 8.5, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better nex-vs-aws-compression-aws . 5342 |============================================ Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.12 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better nex-vs-aws-compression-aws . 38.04 |=========================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better nex-vs-aws-compression-aws . 12.89 |=========================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better nex-vs-aws-compression-aws . 339.42 |==========================================