7-Zip Compression

This is a test of 7-Zip compression/decompression with its integrated benchmark feature.

To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite, the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark compress-7zip.

Project Site

7-zip.org

Test Created

6 December 2010

Last Updated

14 May 2024

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

29 Seconds

Average Run Time

5 Minutes, 48 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain + 7-Zip / p7zip

Accolades

400k+ Downloads + 30k+ Public Benchmark Results

Supported Platforms

Public Result Uploads *Reported Test Completions **Reported Installs **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEvents7-Zip Compression Popularity Statisticspts/compress-7zip2010.122011.052011.102012.032012.082013.012013.062013.112014.042014.092015.022015.072015.122016.052016.102017.032017.082018.012018.062018.112019.042019.092020.022020.072020.122021.052021.102022.032022.082023.012023.062023.112024.04130K260K390K520K650K
* Uploading of benchmark result data to OpenBenchmarking.org is always optional (opt-in) via the Phoronix Test Suite for users wishing to share their results publicly.
** Data based on those opting to upload their test results to OpenBenchmarking.org and users enabling the opt-in anonymous statistics reporting while running benchmarks from an Internet-connected platform.
*** Test profile page view reporting began March 2021.
Data updated weekly as of 30 August 2024.
Compression Rating50.7%Decompression Rating49.3%Test Option PopularityOpenBenchmarking.org

Revision History

pts/compress-7zip-1.11.0   [View Source]   Tue, 14 May 2024 19:57:58 GMT
Update against 7-Zip 24.05 upstream.

pts/compress-7zip-1.10.0   [View Source]   Wed, 31 Aug 2022 12:44:34 GMT
Update against 7-Zip 22.01 to address GCC 12 build issue with prior version.

pts/compress-7zip-1.9.0   [View Source]   Sun, 19 Jun 2022 12:57:42 GMT
Update against upstream 7-Zip 22.00.

pts/compress-7zip-1.8.0   [View Source]   Thu, 25 Nov 2021 16:35:13 GMT
Update against 7-Zip 21.06 upstream now that the 21.06 release has sources available and seems to be building nicely on Linux. Closes: https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/issues/213

pts/compress-7zip-1.7.1   [View Source]   Fri, 08 May 2020 19:39:52 GMT
Update download links, include build fix for newer compilers: https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/issues/142

pts/compress-7zip-1.7.0   [View Source]   Wed, 28 Feb 2018 14:07:14 GMT
Update against upstream 7-Zip 16.02, add Windows support.

pts/compress-7zip-1.6.2   [View Source]   Wed, 07 Sep 2016 12:00:29 GMT
Update download links

pts/compress-7zip-1.6.1   [View Source]   Thu, 08 Oct 2015 16:51:13 GMT
Update download URLs

pts/compress-7zip-1.6.0   [View Source]   Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:32:20 GMT
Update against upstream p7zip 9.20.1

pts/compress-7zip-1.5.0   [View Source]   Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:36:39 GMT
Initial import into OpenBenchmarking.org

Suites Using This Test

Compression Tests

C/C++ Compiler Tests

Multi-Core

CPU Massive

Server CPU Tests


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

7-Zip Compression 24.05

Test: Compression Rating

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 1,026 public results since 14 May 2024 with the latest data as of 29 August 2024.

Below is an overview of the generalized performance for components where there is sufficient statistically significant data based upon user-uploaded results. It is important to keep in mind particularly in the Linux/open-source space there can be vastly different OS configurations, with this overview intended to offer just general guidance as to the performance expectations.

Component
Percentile Rank
# Compatible Public Results
MIPS (Average)
2 x AMD EPYC 9754 128-Core
100th
6
799824 +/- 14181
2 x AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core
100th
3
789153 +/- 24502
2 x AMD EPYC 9734 112-Core
100th
6
748863 +/- 9062
2 x INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592
99th
6
702712 +/- 43980
2 x AMD EPYC 9534 64-Core
98th
6
695946 +/- 1575
2 x Intel Xeon 6780E
98th
12
630969 +/- 63834
2 x Intel Xeon 6766E
96th
4
614778 +/- 543
2 x AMD EPYC 9454 48-Core
96th
15
612586 +/- 12803
2 x AMD EPYC 9374F 32-Core
94th
4
504788 +/- 585
2 x INTEL XEON GOLD 6548Y
94th
3
481916 +/- 65944
ARMv8 Neoverse-V2 96-Core
94th
3
479851
Intel Xeon 6780E
93rd
6
464546 +/- 463
INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592
93rd
4
454943 +/- 237
Intel Xeon 6766E
92nd
6
443674 +/- 132
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores
90th
7
358953 +/- 4953
2 x AMD EPYC 9224 24-Core
89th
4
353836 +/- 1250
AMD EPYC 8534P 64-Core
89th
4
348211 +/- 7998
AMD EPYC 8534PN 64-Core
88th
8
325245 +/- 5645
ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 128-Core
88th
3
323980 +/- 2557
2 x AMD EPYC 9184X 16-Core
87th
4
302466 +/- 1437
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y
86th
6
299970 +/- 1645
2 x AMD EPYC 9124 16-Core
85th
4
256213 +/- 2149
Intel Xeon Gold 6414U
84th
3
222671 +/- 251
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core
83rd
4
207845 +/- 1575
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core
80th
31
192148 +/- 7378
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core
78th
23
184609 +/- 11594
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core
78th
28
182389 +/- 13516
Intel Core i9-14900K
77th
21
179361 +/- 2247
Mid-Tier
75th
< 178984
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core
75th
4
178904 +/- 232
AMD EPYC 4584PX 16-Core
74th
8
177235 +/- 1302
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core
70th
8
162571 +/- 538
Intel Core i7-14700K
70th
4
159172 +/- 7373
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core
69th
5
150719
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D 12-Core
68th
6
149632 +/- 13375
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 12-Core
67th
14
145573 +/- 8959
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
65th
7
140554 +/- 14480
AMD EPYC 4464P 12-Core
65th
15
140358 +/- 497
Intel Core i5-14600K
62nd
5
126641
Intel Core i5-13600K
61st
5
123994 +/- 413
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core
60th
4
119468 +/- 4821
Intel Core i9-10980XE
60th
3
118876 +/- 1024
AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core
59th
4
115838 +/- 4160
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core
59th
8
114692 +/- 519
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core
58th
7
112026 +/- 5438
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 8-Core
56th
5
108981 +/- 5679
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 8-Core
56th
6
108820 +/- 923
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
56th
5
104012
Intel Core i5-14500
55th
8
102513 +/- 6780
Intel Xeon E E-2488
53rd
4
97875 +/- 441
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
52nd
28
95457 +/- 4540
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 6-Core
52nd
8
93876 +/- 423
Median
50th
93259
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
49th
4
91648 +/- 575
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 6-Core
47th
4
87164
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2687W 0
45th
6
85284 +/- 739
Intel Core i5-14400F
44th
8
84853 +/- 3397
AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
44th
5
84699 +/- 587
Intel Core i5-13400
44th
6
84280 +/- 341
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
43rd
5
83968 +/- 132
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core
42nd
9
82742 +/- 4546
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
40th
6
81745 +/- 2885
AMD Ryzen AI 9 365
40th
12
81554 +/- 7241
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F 6-Core
40th
10
81053 +/- 1073
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
40th
7
80783 +/- 3174
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U
38th
7
76944 +/- 2281
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core
36th
9
75104 +/- 1640
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
35th
11
73194 +/- 5650
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core
35th
4
71311 +/- 46
AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
34th
3
66958 +/- 1210
Intel Core i7-1280P
34th
7
65328 +/- 5248
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2650 0
32nd
4
63444 +/- 135
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core
32nd
10
61756 +/- 2199
AMD EPYC 4124P 4-Core
30th
7
57038 +/- 457
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
29th
5
55646 +/- 5717
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
29th
10
55147 +/- 1938
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
28th
4
53246 +/- 3620
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
28th
5
53072 +/- 848
Intel Core i3-14100
27th
5
51199
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
26th
4
49359 +/- 61
Low-Tier
25th
< 47799
Intel Core i7-9750H
23rd
3
38459 +/- 2973
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
22nd
9
36119 +/- 483
Intel Core i7-1165G7
21st
4
34477 +/- 1001
ARMv8 Cortex-A72 16-Core
20th
3
32697
Intel Core i7-1185G7
20th
6
30712 +/- 1623
Intel Core i7-8565U
12th
3
25561 +/- 407
AMD EPYC 3151 4-Core
10th
4
19112 +/- 165
Intel Core i5-7500
9th
5
18868 +/- 2007
ARMv8 Cortex-A77 6-Core
8th
27
15668 +/- 1799
Intel Celeron N5100
5th
3
12689 +/- 1568
ARMv8 Cortex-A73 2-Core
4th
8
7504 +/- 243
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Test: Compression Rating989 Results Range From 68 To 384307239051 MIPS6876861448481537228962823058434408307445791883843072396846116868748538030135286148915830869175303088768614478688454759264892233737428999198822081076060269881152921717681229783165481306644613281383506061081460367508881537228956681614090404481690951852281767813300081844674747881921536195681998397643482075259091282152120539082228981986882305843434682382704882482459566330282536427778082613289225882690150673682767012121482843873569282920735017082997596464883074457912683151319360483228180808283305042256083381903703883458765151683535626599483612488047283689349495083766210942883843072390682004006008001000

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (7-Zip Compression 24.05 - Test: Compression Rating) has an average run-time of 3 minutes. By default this test profile is set to run at least 3 times but may increase if the standard deviation exceeds pre-defined defaults or other calculations deem additional runs necessary for greater statistical accuracy of the result.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMinutesTime Required To Complete BenchmarkTest: Compression RatingRun-Time510152025Min: 1 / Avg: 2.31 / Max: 21

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.7%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsTest: Compression RatingDeviation510152025Min: 0 / Avg: 0.67 / Max: 19

Does It Scale Well With Increasing Cores?

Yes, based on the automated analysis of the collected public benchmark data, this test / test settings does generally scale well with increasing CPU core counts. Data based on publicly available results for this test / test settings, separated by vendor, result divided by the reference CPU clock speed, grouped by matching physical CPU core count, and normalized against the smallest core count tested from each vendor for each CPU having a sufficient number of test samples and statistically significant data.

IntelAMDOpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Core Scaling To Base7-Zip Compression CPU Core ScalingTest: Compression Rating46812141632642.424.847.269.6812.1

Notable Instruction Set Usage

Notable instruction set extensions supported by this test, based on an automatic analysis by the Phoronix Test Suite / OpenBenchmarking.org analytics engine.

Instruction Set
Support
Instructions Detected
SSE2 (SSE2)
Used by default on supported hardware.
 
MOVDQA PADDQ MOVDQU PUNPCKHQDQ PUNPCKLQDQ MOVD PSHUFD CVTSI2SD DIVSD MULSD COMISD SUBSD CVTTSD2SI
SSSE3 (SSSE3)
Used by default on supported hardware.
 
PSHUFB PALIGNR
Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Sandy Bridge (2011).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).
 
VZEROUPPER
Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Excavator (2016).
 
VINSERTI128 VEXTRACTI128 VPERM2I128 VPBROADCASTD
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since at least 2010.
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).
 
AESENC AESENCLAST AESDEC AESDECLAST
Vector AES (VAES)
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Ice Lake (2019).
Found on AMD processors since Zen 3 (2020).
 
VAESDEC VAESDECLAST VAESENC VAESENCLAST
Last automated analysis: 6 June 2024

This test profile binary relies on the shared libraries libc.so.6, libm.so.6.

Tested CPU Architectures

This benchmark has been successfully tested on the below mentioned architectures. The CPU architectures listed is where successful OpenBenchmarking.org result uploads occurred, namely for helping to determine if a given test is compatible with various alternative CPU architectures.

CPU Architecture
Kernel Identifier
Verified On
Intel / AMD x86 64-bit
x86_64
(Many Processors)
RISC-V 64-bit
riscv64
SiFive RISC-V, Spacemit X60, rv64imafdc_sscofpmf, rv64imafdch_zicntr_zicsr_zifencei_zihpm_zba_zbb_sscofpmf, rv64imafdcv
Loongson LoongArch 64-bit
loongarch64
(Many Processors)
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
ARMv8 Cortex-A72 16-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A73 2-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A77 6-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 128-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 64-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1 64-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-V2, ARMv8 Neoverse-V2 96-Core, AmpereOne, Qualcomm

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