zstd 8700k Intel Core i7-8700K testing with a ASUS TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (2001 BIOS) and ASUS Intel UHD 630 3GB on Ubuntu 20.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 1: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (2001 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 8th Gen Core, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 128GB Toshiba THNSN5128GPU7, Graphics: ASUS Intel UHD 630 3GB (1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.9.0-050900rc6daily20200923-generic (x86_64) 20200922, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.4, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.0.8, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.1, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 2: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (2001 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 8th Gen Core, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 128GB Toshiba THNSN5128GPU7, Graphics: ASUS Intel UHD 630 3GB (1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.9.0-050900rc6daily20200923-generic (x86_64) 20200922, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.4, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.0.8, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.1, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 3: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (2001 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 8th Gen Core, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 128GB Toshiba THNSN5128GPU7, Graphics: ASUS Intel UHD 630 3GB (1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.9.0-050900rc6daily20200923-generic (x86_64) 20200922, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.4, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.0.8, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.1, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 3 - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better 1 . 1962.9 |=================================================================== 2 . 1954.1 |=================================================================== 3 . 1963.5 |=================================================================== 3 . 1936.8 |================================================================== Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 8 - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better 1 . 275.6 |==================================================================== 2 . 273.2 |=================================================================== 3 . 276.4 |==================================================================== Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 8 - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better 1 . 4042.3 |=================================================================== 2 . 4047.4 |=================================================================== 3 . 4042.4 |=================================================================== Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 19 - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better 1 . 27.3 |===================================================================== 2 . 27.2 |===================================================================== 3 . 27.1 |==================================================================== Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 19 - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better 1 . 3679.1 |=================================================================== 2 . 3674.9 |=================================================================== 3 . 3666.2 |=================================================================== Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 3, Long Mode - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better 1 . 1016.0 |================================================================== 2 . 1023.7 |=================================================================== 3 . 1017.8 |=================================================================== Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 3, Long Mode - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better 1 . 4146.6 |=================================================================== 2 . 4149.7 |=================================================================== 3 . 4146.1 |=================================================================== Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 8, Long Mode - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better 1 . 288.5 |==================================================================== 2 . 289.7 |==================================================================== 3 . 288.8 |==================================================================== Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 8, Long Mode - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better 1 . 4294.1 |=================================================================== 2 . 4295.6 |=================================================================== 3 . 4296.4 |=================================================================== Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 19, Long Mode - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better 1 . 22.1 |==================================================================== 2 . 22.3 |===================================================================== 3 . 22.2 |===================================================================== Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 19, Long Mode - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better 1 . 3672.6 |=================================================================== 2 . 3644.9 |================================================================== 3 . 3669.7 |=================================================================== Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 3 - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better 2 . 3914.1 |=================================================================== 3 . 3919.7 |===================================================================