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

18 Seconds

Average Run Time

5 Minutes, 20 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-xz2018.122019.022019.042019.062019.082019.102019.122020.022020.042020.062020.082020.102020.122021.022021.042021.062021.082021.102021.122022.022022.042022.062022.082022.102022.122023.022023.042023.062023.082023.102023.122K4K6K8K10K
* 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 3 December 2023.

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 2,465 public results since 17 April 2019 with the latest data as of 5 December 2023.

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 PRO 7995WX 96-Cores
99th
3
17
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core
99th
8
17 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core
97th
39
18 +/- 1
Intel Core i9-7960X
94th
27
19 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 8-Core
92nd
3
20 +/- 1
Intel Core i9-10980XE
91st
46
20 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core
90th
10
20 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core
90th
17
20 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7543 32-Core
89th
6
21 +/- 2
Intel Xeon W-2295
89th
5
21
Intel Core i7-7900X
89th
4
21 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
89th
29
21 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 7F52 16-Core
88th
11
21
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
87th
4
21
AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core
86th
7
22
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
86th
52
22 +/- 2
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
85th
5
22 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6254
85th
10
22 +/- 1
ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 64-Core
85th
3
22
AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core
84th
5
22
AMD EPYC 7662 64-Core
84th
8
22
AMD EPYC 7642 48-Core
84th
14
22
AMD EPYC 7702 64-Core
83rd
8
22
Intel Core i9-12900K
83rd
13
22 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 7532 32-Core
83rd
8
22
AMD EPYC 7542 32-Core
82nd
6
22
AMD EPYC 7502P 32-Core
81st
8
23
ARMv7 rev 3 8-Core
80th
12
23 +/- 3
AMD EPYC 7552 48-Core
80th
8
23
AMD EPYC 7502 32-Core
80th
6
23
AMD EPYC 7452 32-Core
80th
5
23
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138
79th
10
23 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 7402P 24-Core
79th
12
23 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
77th
18
23 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2
77th
16
23 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 7352 24-Core
76th
5
24
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
76th
6
24 +/- 2
Intel Core i9-10900K
76th
27
24 +/- 3
Mid-Tier
75th
> 24
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 0
75th
6
24
Intel Xeon Gold 5218
75th
6
24
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core
75th
20
24 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7302P 16-Core
75th
16
24 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core
72nd
11
25
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core
72nd
71
25 +/- 2
Intel Xeon Silver 4214R
71st
3
25
2 x AMD EPYC 7453 28-Core
71st
3
25 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core
71st
11
25
AMD EPYC 7272 12-Core
67th
6
26
Intel 0000
67th
3
26
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16-Core
66th
4
26 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core
66th
11
26 +/- 2
2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core
66th
21
26 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-12600K
65th
8
26 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core
64th
38
27 +/- 3
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2643 v3
64th
6
27 +/- 3
AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core
64th
7
27
POWER9 44-Core
63rd
8
27 +/- 1
Intel Core i9-12900H
63rd
3
27 +/- 2
2 x AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core
63rd
3
27 +/- 1
Intel Xeon X5687
62nd
8
28 +/- 2
Intel Core i9-9900K
61st
18
28 +/- 3
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2637 v4
61st
7
29 +/- 2
2 x AMD EPYC 7351 16-Core
60th
3
29
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core
59th
8
30 +/- 1
Intel Core i9-10885H
59th
4
30 +/- 2
Intel Core i9-9900KS
59th
5
30 +/- 1
Intel Core i9-11900K
59th
4
30
AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
59th
8
30
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core
59th
25
30 +/- 2
Intel Xeon Gold 5217
58th
4
31
Intel Core i7-1280P
58th
7
31 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
58th
3
31
Intel Xeon Silver 4215R
57th
3
32
Intel Core i7-5960X
56th
15
32
AMD EPYC 7262 8-Core
55th
3
33
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core
54th
3
33 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Silver 4108
54th
7
34 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7252 8-Core
54th
3
34
Intel Core i7-8700K
53rd
15
34 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
53rd
10
35 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7232P 8-Core
53rd
8
35
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
52nd
5
35 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-12400
52nd
7
35 +/- 3
Ampere eMAG ARMv8 32-Core
52nd
3
35
AMD EPYC 7702P 64-Core
51st
3
36
Median
50th
36
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core
50th
11
36 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
50th
10
36 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core
49th
15
38 +/- 2
Intel Core i5-11600K
48th
5
39 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
48th
13
39 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core
48th
19
39 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
48th
8
39 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core
47th
8
40 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Eight-Core
46th
4
41 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core
46th
7
41 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-9750H
46th
5
41 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Eight-Core
45th
7
42 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
45th
6
42 +/- 3
Apple M2
43rd
10
45 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4-Core
43rd
5
46 +/- 1
Intel Core i3-10105
43rd
5
46 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core
43rd
11
46 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-8400
42nd
6
46 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core
42nd
10
47 +/- 4
POWER9 4-Core
41st
6
48 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-3770K
41st
4
48 +/- 7
Intel Core i3-10100
41st
9
48 +/- 3
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
41st
5
48
Intel Core i7-8700B
41st
17
48 +/- 3
Intel Core i7-10750H
38th
11
51 +/- 6
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5
37th
3
51
Apple M1
35th
23
52 +/- 3
Intel Core i5-9400F
35th
11
52 +/- 5
Intel Core i7-4960X
35th
4
52 +/- 5
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
35th
3
52 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core
35th
40
52 +/- 5
Intel Xeon W-2123
35th
3
53 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-9500
34th
3
54 +/- 3
Intel Core i7-4770K
34th
3
54 +/- 2
Intel Xeon E5-2650 0
34th
6
54
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4350G
34th
4
55 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
33rd
4
55 +/- 3
Intel Xeon E-2278GEL
33rd
8
55 +/- 4
Intel Core i7-3615QM
33rd
25
55 +/- 4
Intel Core i7-9850H
32nd
8
56 +/- 6
AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core
30th
4
59 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-2700K
30th
19
60 +/- 4
Intel Core i7-1165G7
30th
20
60 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-3630QM
28th
5
62 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
28th
3
62
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
28th
3
63 +/- 4
Intel Core i7-6820HQ
28th
5
63 +/- 4
Intel Core i5-4690K
27th
3
65 +/- 8
Intel Xeon D-1521
26th
3
66 +/- 1
Low-Tier
25th
> 68
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U
25th
3
70 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
25th
18
70 +/- 3
Intel Core i5-4670
23rd
3
73 +/- 3
Intel Pentium Gold G6400
22nd
6
77 +/- 4
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
22nd
8
77 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
22nd
4
79 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
22nd
4
79 +/- 2
Intel Core i5-7600K
21st
4
80
Intel Core i5-6500
20th
5
84 +/- 9
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
20th
4
88 +/- 9
Intel Core i3-7100
19th
3
92 +/- 8
ARMv8 Cortex-A72 16-Core
19th
3
93 +/- 9
Intel Core i5-4440
19th
4
97 +/- 12
AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
18th
3
99 +/- 4
AMD A10-7850K APU
18th
4
100 +/- 3
AMD Athlon 3000G
17th
5
104 +/- 9
Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core
17th
5
105 +/- 3
Intel Core i5-5300U
15th
4
120 +/- 15
AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
15th
3
122 +/- 7
Intel Core i3-3110M
15th
10
123 +/- 9
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
11th
18
199 +/- 15
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
10th
3
207
Intel Celeron J3455
10th
3
213 +/- 8
Intel Celeron N3450
10th
3
214 +/- 20
Intel Core 2 Duo P8700
10th
3
223 +/- 3
AMD A6-5400K APU
9th
3
232 +/- 2
Intel Core 2 Duo P7350
9th
16
277 +/- 13
ARMv8 Cortex-A72 6-Core
8th
3
284 +/- 13
ARMv7 4-Core
8th
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
48
397 +/- 34
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 93038 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-Time918273645Min: 1 / Avg: 5.49 / Max: 41

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: 0.84 / Max: 11

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)
RISC-V 64-bit
riscv64
SiFive RISC-V
IBM POWER (PowerPC) 64-bit
ppc64le
POWER8E, 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 Cortex-A76 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-X1C 8-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, Apple M1, Apple M2, Phytium D2000, Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core

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