gzipsmall Running pts/compress-gzip-1.1.0 via the Phoronix Test Suite. run1: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2676 v3 @ 2.39GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB RAM, Disk: 30GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-1022-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon run2: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2676 v3 @ 2.39GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB RAM, Disk: 30GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-1022-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon run3: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2676 v3 @ 2.39GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB RAM, Disk: 30GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-1022-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon run4: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2676 v3 @ 2.39GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB RAM, Disk: 30GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-1022-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon run5: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2676 v3 @ 2.39GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB RAM, Disk: 30GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-1022-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon run6: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2676 v3 @ 2.39GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB RAM, Disk: 30GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-1022-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better run1 . 23.70 |=============================================== run2 . 32.51 |================================================================= run3 . 32.49 |================================================================= run4 . 32.49 |================================================================= run5 . 32.50 |================================================================= run6 . 32.50 |=================================================================