Gzip Compression
This test measures the time needed to compress a file using Gzip compression.
To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite, the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark compress-gzip.
Project Site
gzip.orgTest Created
6 December 2010Last Updated
1 March 2018Test Maintainer
Michael LarabelTest Type
ProcessorAverage Install Time
2 SecondsAverage Run Time
2 Minutes, 31 SecondsAccolades
250k+ Downloads + 20k+ Public Benchmark ResultsSupported Platforms
Data current as of Tue, 19 Jan 2021 19:26:18 GMT.
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Performance Metrics
Analyze Test Configuration:Gzip Compression
Linux Source Tree Archiving To .tar.gz
OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 3,561 public results since 1 March 2018 with the latest data as of 19 January 2021.
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.
Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Gzip Compression - Linux Source Tree Archiving To .tar.gz) has an average run-time of 4 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.
Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 2.1%.
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User Comments
Biased?
I think this test is a little bit biased.. it creates a 2GB (zero byte) file on disk. And then compresses it with output to /dev/null.
But that means the test also depends on the disk read speed.
Post by johndoe on 18 April 2013, 19.38.
Pigz vs. Gzip?
I just started using the threaded gzip program named "pigz" - does this benchmark have a way to compare the two?
Post by pyite on 30 April 2012, 09.02.