LZMA Compression

This test measures the time needed to compress a file using LZMA compression.

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

Use with caution this test profile is currently marked Deprecated.

Project Site

7-zip.org

Test Created

6 December 2010

Last Updated

4 December 2018

Test Maintainer

apaige

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

14 Seconds

Average Run Time

9 Minutes, 20 Seconds

Accolades

200k+ Downloads + 5k+ Public Benchmark Results

Supported Platforms

Public Result UploadsTest Completions*Reported Installs*OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsLZMA Compression Popularity Statisticspts/compress-lzma2011.012011.052011.092012.012012.052012.092013.012013.052013.092014.012014.052014.092015.012015.052015.092016.012016.052016.092017.012017.052017.092018.012018.052018.092019.012019.052019.092020.012020.052020.092021.016K12K18K24K30K
* 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.
Data current as of Mon, 18 Jan 2021 14:58:25 GMT.

Revision History

pts/compress-lzma-1.3.1   [View Source]   Tue, 04 Dec 2018 12:14:42 GMT
Mark as deprecated as much better alternatives like Zstd, XZ, 7-zip, and even Gzip for relevancy compress-* tests available.

pts/compress-lzma-1.3.0   [View Source]   Wed, 20 Jan 2016 19:36:17 GMT
Update against upstream and switch file compression to using Linux kernel snapshot

pts/compress-lzma-1.2.0   [View Source]   Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:36:55 GMT
Initial import into OpenBenchmarking.org


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

LZMA Compression

256MB File Compression

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 2,364 public results since 20 January 2016 with the latest data as of 26 December 2020.

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
# Matching Public Results
Seconds (Average)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
100th
6
164 +/- 5
Intel Core i9-9900K
100th
19
196 +/- 7
Intel Core i7-8700K
99th
20
206 +/- 6
Intel Core i7-7740K
96th
4
223 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core
96th
20
224 +/- 14
Intel Core i7-7700K
96th
25
226 +/- 15
Intel Core i9-7960X
95th
3
231 +/- 15
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core
95th
3
233 +/- 17
Intel Core i7-7900X
94th
6
235 +/- 5
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
94th
8
236 +/- 12
Intel Core i9-7980XE
93rd
35
239 +/- 28
Intel Core i7-5960X
93rd
3
239 +/- 13
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core
93rd
6
240 +/- 19
Intel Core i7-6700K
93rd
14
241 +/- 13
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6144
92nd
6
245 +/- 8
Intel Core i5-6600K
92nd
3
246 +/- 31
Intel Core i7-4790K
92nd
12
247 +/- 18
Intel Core i7-7700
91st
8
249 +/- 22
AMD EPYC 7F52 16-Core
91st
5
250
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core
91st
11
251 +/- 7
Intel Xeon E3-1505M v6
90th
3
253 +/- 15
Intel Core i7-4770K
90th
4
253 +/- 16
AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
90th
5
253
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16-Core
90th
11
254 +/- 17
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core
89th
16
257 +/- 11
Intel Core i9-7900X
89th
3
257 +/- 18
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2920X 12-Core
88th
4
258 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-4790
88th
5
259 +/- 8
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8168
87th
5
262 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-6600
87th
15
262 +/- 7
AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core
87th
5
262
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6140
87th
4
262 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-4690K
86th
5
263 +/- 13
Intel Core i7-8565U
86th
5
263 +/- 6
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core
86th
5
264 +/- 17
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
86th
3
264 +/- 8
Intel Xeon Gold 5218
84th
4
266
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
84th
12
266 +/- 14
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
84th
4
267
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v3
83rd
4
269 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-6800K
81st
16
275 +/- 14
Intel Core i3-7100
80th
4
276 +/- 2
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138
80th
5
276 +/- 8
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core
80th
16
276 +/- 11
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5
80th
4
277 +/- 9
Intel Core i7-6700
80th
14
277 +/- 43
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core
79th
10
278 +/- 11
Intel Pentium G4600
79th
3
278
Intel Core i5-3570K
79th
16
279 +/- 16
Intel Xeon Silver 4215R
79th
3
279
Intel Xeon E5-2667 v4
78th
8
280 +/- 17
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8-Core
78th
3
280 +/- 13
Intel Core i5-3570
78th
4
281 +/- 25
AMD EPYC 7542 32-Core
77th
6
283 +/- 4
Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5
76th
6
284 +/- 13
AMD EPYC 7452 32-Core
76th
5
284
AMD EPYC 7262 8-Core
76th
3
284
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
76th
3
284 +/- 13
AMD EPYC 7502P 32-Core
76th
5
284
AMD EPYC 7502 32-Core
76th
3
284
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3
76th
4
284 +/- 5
AMD EPYC 7402P 24-Core
76th
5
284
Mid-Tier
75th
> 284
Intel Core i3-8100
75th
7
285 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-7600U
75th
7
285 +/- 24
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core
74th
12
286 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core
74th
16
287 +/- 24
AMD EPYC 7662 64-Core
74th
5
287
AMD EPYC 7302P 16-Core
73rd
5
288
AMD EPYC 7642 48-Core
73rd
5
288
2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core
73rd
3
288 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
73rd
9
288 +/- 9
AMD EPYC 7532 32-Core
72nd
5
289
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G with Radeon Vega
72nd
4
289 +/- 10
AMD EPYC 7552 48-Core
72nd
5
289
Intel Core i5-4590
72nd
3
289 +/- 15
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3
70th
6
291 +/- 14
Intel Pentium G4560
70th
4
292 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Gold 5217
70th
4
292
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Six-Core
70th
9
292 +/- 11
Intel Core i7-6820HQ
70th
5
292 +/- 23
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Eight-Core
69th
6
294 +/- 19
AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core
68th
5
295
AMD EPYC 7702 64-Core
68th
8
296 +/- 14
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2667 v4
67th
4
298 +/- 15
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3
67th
21
298 +/- 16
Intel Xeon Silver 4214R
67th
3
298
AMD EPYC 7272 12-Core
67th
3
299
Intel Core i5-2500K
67th
10
299 +/- 16
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
67th
3
299 +/- 18
AMD EPYC 7252 8-Core
67th
3
299
Intel Core i7-7700T
66th
4
300 +/- 45
Intel Pentium G4400
64th
3
303 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7352 24-Core
64th
5
303
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core
63rd
33
304 +/- 25
Intel Core i5-8250U
63rd
32
306 +/- 20
Intel Core i7-3770K
62nd
4
307 +/- 62
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
62nd
4
307 +/- 18
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G with Radeon Vega
62nd
7
308 +/- 12
Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
62nd
3
308 +/- 42
Intel Core i7-7500U
62nd
10
309 +/- 19
Intel Core i7-3770
61st
8
311 +/- 20
Intel Core i7-4900MQ
61st
3
312 +/- 24
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
60th
4
314
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4
60th
6
314 +/- 10
AMD EPYC 7232P 8-Core
58th
5
317
Intel Core i7-5557U
58th
64
317 +/- 8
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3
57th
6
318 +/- 4
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5118
57th
33
320 +/- 32
Intel Core i7-8550U
56th
6
321 +/- 42
Intel Core i7-4700MQ
56th
8
322 +/- 18
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5115
54th
5
326 +/- 30
Intel Core i7-4600U
53rd
3
331 +/- 17
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2
53rd
3
331 +/- 4
AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core
53rd
11
331 +/- 10
Intel Xeon Platinum 8124M
52nd
3
334 +/- 4
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4
52nd
8
334 +/- 44
2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core
51st
8
336 +/- 11
2 x Intel Xeon Silver 4114
51st
4
336 +/- 33
Median
50th
339
Intel Core i5-6260U
50th
7
342 +/- 15
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4
50th
4
342 +/- 49
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4
50th
4
342 +/- 29
Intel Core i3-3220
48th
5
345 +/- 18
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2643 0
48th
3
346 +/- 12
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4
47th
3
348 +/- 2
AMD FX-8370 Eight-Core
47th
3
349 +/- 5
Intel Core i7-4770
47th
7
350
Intel Core i5-2400
46th
3
351 +/- 8
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4
46th
4
351 +/- 54
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2630 v2
45th
6
353 +/- 6
Intel Core i7-6500U
45th
7
353 +/- 19
Intel Core i5-3470
45th
5
354 +/- 76
AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
44th
5
355 +/- 35
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2670 0
44th
3
356 +/- 4
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2
44th
8
357 +/- 87
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3
44th
9
357 +/- 46
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5120
42nd
3
361 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 7401P 24-Core
42nd
6
362 +/- 17
AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core
42nd
12
363 +/- 12
Intel Pentium G3220
42nd
3
363 +/- 27
Intel Core i7-3615QM
41st
12
365 +/- 39
Intel Core i5-6300U
41st
3
366 +/- 6
AMD FX-6300 Six-Core
41st
8
366 +/- 16
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 0
41st
10
367 +/- 32
Intel Core i3-2120
41st
3
368 +/- 7
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
41st
4
368 +/- 6
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core
40th
3
371 +/- 10
Intel Core i5-5200U
39th
10
373 +/- 5
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2660 0
39th
3
374 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-7700HQ
38th
3
379 +/- 7
Intel Core i7-3517UE
38th
3
379 +/- 5
Intel Core i5-7200U
38th
9
379 +/- 41
Intel Core i5-6200U
37th
3
381 +/- 7
Intel Xeon D-1521
37th
6
384 +/- 20
AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core
35th
13
391 +/- 29
Intel Core i5-5300U
33rd
3
399 +/- 13
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
33rd
7
399 +/- 62
Intel Core i7-6600U
32nd
4
400 +/- 99
AMD A10-6700 APU
32nd
9
400 +/- 15
2 x Intel Xeon X5650
32nd
4
400 +/- 15
AMD Athlon X4 860K Quad Core
32nd
5
401 +/- 20
AMD EPYC 7551P 32-Core
31st
4
406 +/- 44
AMD Phenom II X2 560
31st
5
408 +/- 18
Intel Core i3-6100
31st
8
409
2 x Intel Xeon E5645
29th
4
415 +/- 26
Intel Core i5-2450M
29th
6
417 +/- 2
Intel Xeon E312xx
28th
5
420 +/- 45
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2630 0
28th
4
421 +/- 4
AMD FX-4100
28th
6
421 +/- 30
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2620 0
28th
3
422 +/- 1
Intel Xeon W3530
28th
3
423 +/- 32
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2
27th
5
426 +/- 26
AMD A10-7850K Radeon R7 12 Compute Cores 4C
26th
4
429 +/- 1
2 x AMD Opteron 6348
26th
4
435 +/- 1
Low-Tier
25th
> 435
AMD A8-6500 APU
25th
3
437 +/- 27
AMD Phenom II X2 555
24th
3
439 +/- 32
Intel Xeon W3520
24th
5
440 +/- 33
Intel Xeon Gold 6138
24th
3
444 +/- 20
Intel Core i3-7100U
24th
5
444 +/- 17
AMD A4-6300 APU
24th
4
445 +/- 1
AMD Phenom II X4 940
24th
3
446 +/- 5
Intel Core i3-3120M
23rd
3
448 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-2670QM
23rd
11
451 +/- 85
Intel Core i7 720Q
23rd
4
451 +/- 22
AMD A8-7650K Radeon R7 10 Compute Cores 4C
22nd
6
459 +/- 25
Intel Core i5-2410M
22nd
4
460 +/- 72
Intel Core i5 520M
22nd
3
464
2 x Intel Xeon E5620
21st
4
473 +/- 23
Intel Pentium G630
21st
5
474 +/- 56
AMD Athlon II X2 250
20th
3
481 +/- 9
AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
19th
5
490 +/- 51
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4
19th
3
502
AMD Athlon II X2 245
18th
8
509 +/- 21
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
18th
3
517 +/- 23
Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3
17th
3
521 +/- 15
Intel Core i5-5250U
16th
4
534
4 x Intel Xeon X7460
16th
4
537
Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4
16th
14
539 +/- 20
Intel Core i7-2630QM
15th
7
550 +/- 63
Intel Xeon X3440
14th
25
572
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
13th
4
585 +/- 12
2 x AMD Opteron 6180 SE
13th
5
586 +/- 29
Intel Core 2 Duo P7350
12th
4
638 +/- 21
Intel Core 2 Duo T7250
12th
12
639 +/- 20
Intel Core 2 6300
10th
3
719 +/- 77
Intel Pentium Dual E2180
10th
3
721 +/- 28
Intel Pentium N3540
10th
4
734 +/- 6
Intel Xeon D-2123IT
10th
3
738
Intel Xeon 5110
8th
3
822 +/- 7
AMD Athlon 5350 APU with Radeon R3
8th
4
824 +/- 30
Intel Atom E3845
6th
3
1011 +/- 38
ARMv7 rev 3 4-Core
6th
5
1046 +/- 4
AMD E-450 APU
5th
3
1062 +/- 37
Intel Celeron N3160
5th
3
1080 +/- 60
Exynos ARMv7 rev 3 8-Core
5th
8
1121 +/- 54
Intel Atom x5-Z8350
4th
4
1200 +/- 30
ARMv7 rev 3 8-Core
4th
8
1349
Intel Core i7-3740QM
3rd
3
1603
ARMv7 rev 4 4-Core
3rd
12
2153 +/- 139
ARMv7 rev 10 4-Core
2nd
10
2419 +/- 252
ARMv7 rev 5 4-Core
1st
11
3128 +/- 264
ARMv6-compatible rev 7
1st
3
6630 +/- 995
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - 256MB File Compression2364 Results Range From 160 To 101331 Seconds16021844208623282561028012304143281635218376204002242424448264722849630520325443456836592386164064042664446884671248736507605278454808568325885660880629046492866952689767100073024750487707279096811208314485168871928921691240932649528897312993361013605001000150020002500

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (LZMA Compression - 256MB File Compression) 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.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMinutesTime Required To Complete Benchmark256MB File CompressionRun-Time816243240Min: 1 / Avg: 4.7 / Max: 37

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.5%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between Runs256MB File CompressionDeviation3691215Min: 0 / Avg: 0.54 / Max: 11

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