gzip-8 VMware testing on Ubuntu 18.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. gzip-8: Processor: 8 x Intel Core i7-4790 @ 3.59GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DRAM, Disk: 32GB VMware Virtual S, Graphics: llvmpipe (LLVM 8.0 256 bits), Audio: Ensoniq ES1371/ES1373, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-37-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.4, Display Server: X Server quiet, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.0.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600, System Layer: VMware Gzip Compression Linux Source Tree Archiving To .tar.gz Seconds < Lower Is Better gzip-8 . 67.76 |===============================================================