XZ Compression

This test measures the time needed to compress a sample file (an Ubuntu file-system image) using XZ compression.

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

Project Site

tukaani.org

Test Created

4 December 2018

Last Updated

17 April 2019

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

15 Seconds

Average Run Time

10 Minutes, 13 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain

Accolades

30k+ Downloads

Supported Platforms

Public Result Uploads *Reported Installs **Reported Test Completions **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsXZ Compression Popularity Statisticspts/compress-xz2018.122019.022019.042019.062019.082019.102019.122020.022020.042020.062020.082020.102020.122021.022021.042021.062021.082021.102021.122022.022022.042022.062022.082K4K6K8K10K
* 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 current as of 27 September 2022.

Revision History

pts/compress-xz-1.1.0   [View Source]   Wed, 17 Apr 2019 05:41:53 GMT
Set compression level to 7 for better scalability per https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/issues/76

pts/compress-xz-1.0.1   [View Source]   Thu, 17 Jan 2019 11:05:03 GMT
Add Windows support.

pts/compress-xz-1.0.0   [View Source]   Tue, 04 Dec 2018 12:09:16 GMT
Initial commit of XZ test profile to encourage moving past compress-lzma and co.

Suites Using This Test

Compression Tests

C/C++ Compiler Tests

CPU Massive


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

XZ Compression 5.2.4

Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 9

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 2,807 public results since 17 April 2019 with the latest data as of 27 September 2022.

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
Seconds (Average)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core
98th
39
18 +/- 1
Intel Core i9-7960X
95th
27
19 +/- 1
Intel Core i9-10980XE
93rd
49
20 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core
92nd
17
20 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core
92nd
11
20 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7543 32-Core
91st
6
21 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-7900X
90th
4
21 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
90th
5
21
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
90th
38
21 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7F52 16-Core
90th
12
21
AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core
88th
8
22
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6254
87th
10
22 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
87th
6
22 +/- 1
ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 64-Core
87th
3
22
AMD EPYC 7662 64-Core
86th
9
22
AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core
86th
5
22
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
86th
43
22 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 7702 64-Core
86th
9
22
Intel Core i9-12900K
85th
13
22 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 7642 48-Core
85th
18
22
AMD EPYC 7532 32-Core
85th
8
22
AMD EPYC 7542 32-Core
84th
6
22
AMD EPYC 7502P 32-Core
83rd
9
23
ARMv7 rev 3 8-Core
83rd
12
23 +/- 3
AMD EPYC 7552 48-Core
83rd
8
23
AMD EPYC 7452 32-Core
82nd
6
23
AMD EPYC 7502 32-Core
82nd
7
23
AMD EPYC 7402P 24-Core
82nd
13
23 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
79th
16
23 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7352 24-Core
79th
5
24
Intel Core i9-10900K
78th
28
24 +/- 3
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2
78th
12
24 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core
78th
25
24 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138
78th
30
24 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 0
78th
6
24
Intel Xeon Gold 5218
77th
11
24 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7302P 16-Core
76th
19
24 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
76th
11
24 +/- 2
Mid-Tier
75th
> 24
Intel Xeon Silver 4214R
74th
4
25
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core
74th
72
25 +/- 2
2 x AMD EPYC 7453 28-Core
73rd
3
25 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core
73rd
11
25
2 x AMD EPYC 7302 16-Core
72nd
3
25
2 x AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
71st
3
26 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Platinum 8253
69th
5
26 +/- 2
Intel Core i5-12600K
69th
7
26
AMD EPYC 7272 12-Core
69th
6
26
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16-Core
68th
6
26 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core
67th
27
26 +/- 2
2 x AMD EPYC 7502 32-Core
67th
4
26 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7642 48-Core
67th
3
27 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core
66th
39
27 +/- 3
2 x AMD EPYC 7252 8-Core
66th
3
27 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2643 v3
66th
6
27 +/- 3
2 x AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core
66th
4
27 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core
66th
7
27
POWER9 44-Core
65th
8
27 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core
65th
7
27
2 x AMD EPYC 7352 24-Core
65th
3
27 +/- 1
Intel Core i9-9900K
63rd
19
29 +/- 2
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2637 v4
63rd
7
29 +/- 2
Intel Core i9-9900KS
62nd
6
29 +/- 2
2 x AMD EPYC 7351 16-Core
62nd
3
29
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core
61st
8
30 +/- 1
Intel Core i9-10885H
61st
4
30 +/- 2
Intel Core i9-11900K
61st
4
30
AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
61st
9
30
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core
60th
25
31 +/- 2
Intel Xeon Gold 5217
60th
5
31
Intel Core i7-1280P
59th
7
31 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
59th
3
31
Intel Xeon Silver 4215R
59th
4
31
AMD EPYC 7262 8-Core
57th
3
33
Intel Core i5-12400
56th
5
33
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core
56th
3
33 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Silver 4108
56th
7
34 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7252 8-Core
56th
3
34
Intel Core i7-8700K
56th
14
34 +/- 3
AMD EPYC 7232P 8-Core
54th
11
35 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
54th
5
35 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-5960X
54th
45
35 +/- 5
Ampere eMAG ARMv8 32-Core
54th
3
35
AMD EPYC 7702P 64-Core
53rd
3
36
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core
53rd
11
36 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
53rd
9
36 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core
52nd
14
38 +/- 2
Intel Core i5-11600K
51st
5
39 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
51st
13
39 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core
51st
17
39 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
51st
5
39 +/- 2
Median
50th
40
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core
50th
9
40 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Eight-Core
50th
4
41 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core
50th
7
41 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-9750H
50th
5
41 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Eight-Core
48th
6
43 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
48th
4
44
Apple M2
47th
8
45
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4-Core
47th
6
45 +/- 1
Intel Core i3-10105
46th
5
46 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core
46th
11
46 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-8400
46th
7
46 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core
46th
9
47 +/- 4
POWER9 4-Core
45th
6
48 +/- 2
Intel Core i3-10100
45th
9
48 +/- 3
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
44th
5
48
Intel Core i7-8700B
44th
19
49 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 4-Core
44th
3
49 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-10750H
41st
11
51 +/- 6
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5
41st
3
51
Intel Core i5-9400F
39th
11
52 +/- 5
Apple M1
39th
21
52 +/- 3
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
39th
3
52 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-4960X
39th
21
52 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core
39th
44
52 +/- 5
Intel Xeon W-2123
38th
3
53 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-9500
37th
3
54 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4350G
37th
4
55 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-3615QM
36th
24
55 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
36th
4
55 +/- 3
Intel Xeon E-2278GEL
36th
8
55 +/- 4
Intel Core i7-9850H
35th
8
56 +/- 6
Intel Core i7 990X
35th
13
57 +/- 6
AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core
33rd
4
59 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-1165G7
33rd
20
60 +/- 2
AMD FX-8370E Eight-Core
32nd
4
61 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-3630QM
31st
5
62 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
31st
3
62
Intel Core i7-6820HQ
30th
5
63 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
30th
3
63 +/- 4
Intel Core i5-4690K
29th
3
65 +/- 8
Intel Xeon D-1521
28th
3
66 +/- 1
Intel Core i3-8100
28th
5
66 +/- 9
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U
27th
3
70 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
27th
19
70 +/- 3
Intel Core i7-8550U
26th
13
73 +/- 6
Low-Tier
25th
> 74
Intel Pentium Gold G6400
25th
6
77 +/- 4
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
25th
8
77 +/- 5
Intel Core i5-4670
25th
17
77 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
23rd
4
79 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
22nd
5
80 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-7600K
22nd
17
80 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-6500
22nd
4
81 +/- 6
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
21st
4
88 +/- 9
Intel Core i3-7100
20th
3
92 +/- 8
ARMv8 Cortex-A72 16-Core
20th
3
93 +/- 9
AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
20th
3
94 +/- 13
AMD A10-7870K Radeon R7 12 Compute Cores 4C
20th
5
96 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-4440
19th
4
97 +/- 12
AMD Athlon 3000G
19th
4
100 +/- 3
AMD A10-7850K APU
19th
4
100 +/- 3
Intel Core i7 720Q
16th
6
110 +/- 13
AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
15th
3
122 +/- 7
Intel Core i3-3110M
15th
10
123 +/- 9
Intel Core i3-4130
14th
6
132 +/- 15
Intel Pentium G3258
13th
3
140 +/- 6
Intel Celeron G5900
13th
6
140 +/- 8
2 x AMD Opteron 270
13th
3
144 +/- 1
ARMv8 Cortex-A73 6-Core
9th
18
199 +/- 15
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
9th
3
207
Intel Celeron J3455
9th
3
213 +/- 8
Intel Celeron N3450
9th
3
214 +/- 20
AMD A6-5400K APU
8th
3
232 +/- 2
Intel Core 2 Duo P7350
8th
16
277 +/- 13
ARMv8 Cortex-A72 6-Core
7th
3
284 +/- 13
ARMv7 4-Core
7th
4
293 +/- 10
ARMv7 Cortex-A72 4-Core
4th
29
390 +/- 38
ARMv7 rev 3 4-Core
4th
22
392 +/- 40
ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core
4th
41
399 +/- 35
Intel Celeron N3050
3rd
16
403 +/- 10
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 92807 Results Range From 11 To 3597 Seconds118315522729937144351558765973180387594710191091116312351307137914511523159516671739181118831955202720992171224323152387245925312603267527472819289129633035310731793251332333953467353936115001000150020002500

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (XZ Compression 5.2.4 - Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 9) has an average run-time of 6 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 BenchmarkCompressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 9Run-Time816243240Min: 1 / Avg: 5.27 / Max: 39

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.8%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsCompressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 9Deviation3691215Min: 0 / Avg: 0.81 / Max: 10

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.

AMDIntelOpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Core Scaling To BaseXZ Compression CPU Core ScalingCompressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 924681216243248643691215

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)
SPARC64
sparc64
(Many Processors)
IBM Z
s390x
(Many Processors)
IBM POWER (PowerPC) 64-bit
ppc64le
POWER9 4-Core, POWER9 44-Core
MIPS 64-bit
mips64
Loongson-3A R4
Intel / AMD x86 32-bit
i686
(Many Processors)
ARMv7 32-bit
armv7l
ARMv7 4-Core, ARMv7 Cortex-A15 8-Core, ARMv7 Cortex-A53 4-Core, ARMv7 Cortex-A7 4-Core, ARMv7 Cortex-A7 8-Core, ARMv7 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv7 rev 1 4-Core, ARMv7 rev 3 4-Core, ARMv7 rev 3 8-Core, ARMv7 rev 4 4-Core
ARMv8 64-bit
arm64
Apple, Apple M1, Apple M1 Max, Apple M2
DEC Alpha
alpha
Alpha
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
ARMv8 Cortex-A53 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A55 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A55 6-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 16-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 2-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 6-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A73 6-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 64-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 80-Core, ARMv8 rev 0 4-Core, ARMv8 rev 3 4-Core, Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 160-Core, Ampere Altra ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 160-Core, Ampere eMAG ARMv8 32-Core, Apple M1, Apple M2

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