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

19 Seconds

Average Run Time

5 Minutes, 20 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain

Accolades

40k+ Downloads

Supported Platforms

Public Result Uploads *Reported Installs **Reported Test Completions **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsXZ Compression Popularity Statisticspts/compress-xz2018.122019.022019.042019.062019.082019.102019.122020.022020.042020.062020.082020.102020.122021.022021.042021.062021.082021.102021.122022.022022.042022.062022.082022.102022.122023.022023.042023.062023.082023.102023.122024.022024.042024.062024.082024.104K8K12K16K20K
* 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 8 November 2024.

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 2,639 public results since 17 April 2019 with the latest data as of 6 November 2024.

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 9 7950X 16-Core
100th
22
15 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX 96-Cores
98th
3
17
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core
96th
39
18 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores
96th
5
18 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core
95th
4
19 +/- 2
Intel Core i9-7960X
93rd
27
19 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 12-Core
93rd
3
19 +/- 2
Intel Core i9-10980XE
90th
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
88th
6
21 +/- 2
Intel Xeon W-2295
88th
5
21
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
88th
29
21 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-7900X
88th
4
21 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 8-Core
87th
5
21 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 7F52 16-Core
87th
11
21
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
87th
4
21
AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core
85th
7
22
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
85th
52
22 +/- 2
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6254
84th
10
22 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
84th
5
22 +/- 1
ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 64-Core
84th
3
22
AMD EPYC 7662 64-Core
84th
8
22
AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core
84th
5
22
AMD EPYC 7642 48-Core
83rd
14
22
AMD EPYC 7702 64-Core
83rd
8
22
Intel Core i9-12900K
82nd
13
22 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 7532 32-Core
82nd
8
22
AMD EPYC 7542 32-Core
81st
6
22
AMD EPYC 7502P 32-Core
80th
8
23
ARMv7 rev 3 8-Core
80th
12
23 +/- 3
AMD EPYC 7552 48-Core
80th
8
23
AMD EPYC 7502 32-Core
79th
6
23
AMD EPYC 7452 32-Core
79th
5
23
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138
79th
10
23 +/- 2
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
79th
4
23 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
79th
21
23 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2
77th
16
23 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 7402P 24-Core
77th
14
23 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 7352 24-Core
76th
5
24
Mid-Tier
75th
> 24
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
75th
6
24 +/- 2
Intel Core i9-10900K
75th
27
24 +/- 3
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
74th
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
70th
3
25 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core
70th
11
25
AMD EPYC 7272 12-Core
67th
6
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
Intel 0000
65th
4
26 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core
65th
38
27 +/- 3
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2643 v3
64th
6
27 +/- 3
POWER9 44-Core
64th
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
60th
10
29 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 6-Core
60th
5
30
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
55th
3
33 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Silver 4108
54th
7
34 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7252 8-Core
54th
3
34
Intel Core i7-8700K
54th
15
34 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
53rd
10
35 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7232P 8-Core
53rd
8
35
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
53rd
5
35 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-12400
53rd
7
35 +/- 3
Ampere eMAG ARMv8 32-Core
52nd
3
35
AMD EPYC 7702P 64-Core
51st
3
36
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
51st
10
36 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core
51st
12
36 +/- 1
Median
50th
37
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core
49th
15
38 +/- 2
Intel Core i5-11600K
49th
5
39 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
48th
13
39 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-8700
48th
5
39 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core
48th
21
40 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
47th
14
40 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core
47th
8
40 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Eight-Core
47th
4
41 +/- 5
Intel Core i7-9750H
46th
5
41 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core
46th
8
42 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Eight-Core
46th
7
42 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
46th
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
42nd
6
48 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-3770K
42nd
4
48 +/- 7
Intel Core i3-10100
42nd
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
38th
3
51
Apple M1
36th
24
52 +/- 3
Intel Core i5-9400F
36th
11
52 +/- 5
Intel Core i7-4960X
36th
4
52 +/- 5
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
36th
3
52 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core
36th
40
52 +/- 5
Intel Xeon W-2123
36th
3
53 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-9500
35th
3
54 +/- 3
Intel Core i7-4770K
35th
3
54 +/- 2
Intel Xeon E5-2650 0
35th
6
54
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4350G
34th
4
55 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
34th
4
55 +/- 3
Intel Xeon E-2278GEL
34th
8
55 +/- 4
Intel Core i7-3615QM
34th
25
55 +/- 4
Intel Core Ultra 7 256V
33rd
3
56 +/- 3
Intel Core i7-9850H
33rd
8
56 +/- 6
AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core
31st
4
59 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-2700K
30th
19
60 +/- 4
Intel Core i7-1165G7
30th
20
60 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-3630QM
29th
5
62 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
29th
3
62
Intel Core i7-6820HQ
28th
5
63 +/- 4
Intel Core i5-4690K
27th
3
65 +/- 8
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
27th
4
66 +/- 7
Intel Xeon D-1521
27th
3
66 +/- 1
Low-Tier
25th
> 69
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
25th
18
70 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U
25th
3
70 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-4670
24th
3
73 +/- 3
Intel Pentium Gold G6400
23rd
6
77 +/- 4
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
23rd
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
21st
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
18th
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
11
125 +/- 10
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 Celeron N3160
9th
3
236 +/- 8
Intel Core 2 Duo P7350
8th
16
277 +/- 13
ARMv8 Cortex-A72 6-Core
8th
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
48
397 +/- 34
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 92636 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 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: 4.59 / Max: 40

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.9%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsCompressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 9Deviation3691215Min: 0 / Avg: 0.9 / Max: 12

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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