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

17 Seconds

Average Run Time

4 Minutes, 7 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-xz2018.122019.012019.022019.032019.042019.052019.062019.072019.082019.092019.102019.112019.122020.012020.022020.032020.042020.052020.062020.072020.082020.092020.102020.112020.122021.012021.022021.032021.042021.052021.0615003000450060007500
* 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 15 June 2021.

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 2,452 public results since 17 April 2019 with the latest data as of 3 June 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.

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
41
20 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core
92nd
15
20 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core
91st
7
20 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-7900X
90th
4
21 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
90th
5
21
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
89th
38
21 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7F52 16-Core
89th
12
21
AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core
88th
8
22
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
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6254
86th
6
22 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7702 64-Core
85th
9
22
AMD EPYC 7642 48-Core
85th
18
22
AMD EPYC 7532 32-Core
84th
8
22
AMD EPYC 7542 32-Core
84th
6
22
ARMv7 rev 3 8-Core
82nd
12
23 +/- 3
AMD EPYC 7502P 32-Core
82nd
9
23
AMD EPYC 7552 48-Core
82nd
8
23
AMD EPYC 7452 32-Core
82nd
6
23
AMD EPYC 7502 32-Core
82nd
7
23
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
81st
33
23 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7402P 24-Core
81st
13
23 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
78th
15
24 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7352 24-Core
78th
5
24
Intel Core i9-10900K
77th
27
24 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core
77th
19
24 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 0
77th
6
24
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138
77th
30
24 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2
77th
5
24 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Gold 5218
76th
11
24 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7302P 16-Core
76th
19
24 +/- 1
Mid-Tier
75th
> 24
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
75th
11
24 +/- 2
Intel Xeon Silver 4214R
73rd
4
25
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core
72nd
70
25 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core
72nd
9
25
2 x AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
70th
3
26 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Platinum 8253
68th
5
26 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16-Core
68th
5
26 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7272 12-Core
68th
6
26
2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core
66th
27
26 +/- 2
2 x AMD EPYC 7502 32-Core
66th
4
26 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7642 48-Core
66th
3
27 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core
65th
38
27 +/- 3
2 x AMD EPYC 7252 8-Core
65th
3
27 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core
65th
4
27 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core
65th
7
27
POWER9 44-Core
64th
8
27 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7352 24-Core
64th
3
27 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core
62nd
3
28 +/- 1
Intel Core i9-9900K
62nd
19
29 +/- 2
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2637 v4
62nd
7
29 +/- 2
Intel Core i9-9900KS
61st
6
29 +/- 2
2 x AMD EPYC 7351 16-Core
61st
3
29
Intel Core i9-10885H
60th
4
30 +/- 2
Intel Core i9-11900K
60th
4
30
AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
60th
9
30
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core
60th
21
30 +/- 2
Intel Xeon Gold 5217
59th
5
31
Intel Xeon Silver 4215R
59th
4
31
AMD EPYC 7262 8-Core
56th
3
33
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core
56th
3
33 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Silver 4108
56th
7
34 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7252 8-Core
55th
3
34
Intel Core i7-8700K
55th
14
34 +/- 3
AMD EPYC 7232P 8-Core
54th
11
35 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-10600K
54th
7
35 +/- 4
Intel Core i7-5960X
54th
45
35 +/- 5
Ampere eMAG ARMv8 32-Core
53rd
3
35
AMD EPYC 7702P 64-Core
53rd
3
36
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core
52nd
11
36 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core
52nd
13
37 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core
51st
14
39 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Eight-Core
51st
3
39 +/- 4
Intel Core i5-11600K
51st
3
40 +/- 2
Median
50th
41
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core
50th
8
41 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core
50th
7
41 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-9750H
50th
5
41 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Eight-Core
49th
6
43 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4-Core
48th
4
45
Intel Core i5-8400
47th
5
46 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core
47th
11
46 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core
47th
9
47 +/- 4
Intel Core i3-10100
46th
7
48 +/- 3
POWER9 4-Core
46th
6
48 +/- 2
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
45th
5
48
Intel Core i7-8700B
43rd
10
50 +/- 1
Apple M1
42nd
12
51 +/- 3
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5
42nd
3
51
Intel Core i5-9400F
40th
9
52 +/- 5
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
40th
3
52 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-4960X
40th
21
52 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core
40th
44
52 +/- 5
Intel Core i5-9500
39th
3
54 +/- 3
Intel Core i7-3615QM
38th
23
55 +/- 3
Intel Xeon E-2278GEL
37th
8
55 +/- 4
Intel Core i7 990X
37th
13
57 +/- 6
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
36th
3
57 +/- 1
AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core
35th
4
59 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-1165G7
34th
18
60 +/- 1
AMD FX-8370E Eight-Core
33rd
4
61 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-3630QM
33rd
5
62 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
32nd
3
63 +/- 4
Intel Core i7-6820HQ
32nd
5
63 +/- 4
Intel Core i3-8100
31st
4
64 +/- 9
Intel Core i5-4690K
30th
3
65 +/- 8
Intel Xeon D-1521
30th
3
66 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
28th
19
70 +/- 3
Intel Core i5-4670
26th
17
77 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
26th
8
77 +/- 5
Intel Pentium Gold G6400
26th
6
77 +/- 4
Low-Tier
25th
> 78
Intel Core i5-7600K
23rd
17
80 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
23rd
5
80 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-6500
23rd
4
81 +/- 6
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
22nd
4
88 +/- 9
AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
21st
3
94 +/- 13
AMD A10-7870K Radeon R7 12 Compute Cores 4C
20th
5
96 +/- 1
AMD A10-7850K APU
20th
3
98 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-4440
20th
3
100 +/- 11
Intel Core i7 720Q
17th
6
110 +/- 13
AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
16th
3
122 +/- 7
Intel Core i3-3110M
16th
10
123 +/- 9
Intel Core i3-4130
15th
6
132 +/- 15
Intel Pentium G3258
14th
3
140 +/- 6
Intel Celeron G5900
14th
6
140 +/- 8
2 x AMD Opteron 270
13th
3
144 +/- 1
ARMv8 Cortex-A73 6-Core
10th
18
199 +/- 15
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
9th
3
207
Intel Celeron J3455
9th
3
213 +/- 8
AMD A6-5400K APU
9th
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 rev 3 4-Core
4th
22
392 +/- 40
ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core
4th
38
399 +/- 37
ARMv7 Cortex-A72 4-Core
4th
18
402 +/- 41
Intel Celeron N3050
4th
16
403 +/- 10
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 92452 Results Range From 11 To 3597 Seconds11831552272993714435155876597318038759471019109111631235130713791451152315951667173918111883195520272099217122432315238724592531260326752747281928912963303531073179325133233395346735393611400800120016002000

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 5 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: 5.04 / 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: 0.82 / 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 924681216243248642.454.97.359.812.25

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