Zstd Compression

This test measures the time needed to compress/decompress a sample file (a FreeBSD disk image - FreeBSD-12.2-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img) using Zstd compression with options for different compression levels / settings.

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

Project Site

github.com

Test Created

24 May 2018

Last Updated

14 May 2021

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

1 Minute, 4 Seconds

Average Run Time

7 Minutes, 27 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain

Accolades

60k+ Downloads

Supported Platforms

* 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 21 September 2021.

Revision History

pts/compress-zstd-1.5.0 [View Source] Fri, 14 May 2021 13:28:48 GMT
Update against upstream Zstd 1.5.

pts/compress-zstd-1.3.0 [View Source] Wed, 03 Mar 2021 16:48:52 GMT
Update against upstream Zstd 1.4.9, expose decompression speed, switch to FreeBSD img as input test, also add long mode options.

pts/compress-zstd-1.2.1 [View Source] Fri, 04 Sep 2020 18:26:12 GMT
Zstd output parser fix per https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite/pull/467

pts/compress-zstd-1.2.0 [View Source] Fri, 22 May 2020 07:18:54 GMT
Update against Zstd 1.4.5, transition to MB/s reporting with -b interface.

pts/compress-zstd-1.1.3 [View Source] Fri, 03 Apr 2020 16:24:17 GMT
Update patch per https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/issues/132

pts/compress-zstd-1.1.2 [View Source] Mon, 02 Mar 2020 07:34:12 GMT
Build fix for some platforms via https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/pull/128

pts/compress-zstd-1.1.1 [View Source] Thu, 17 Jan 2019 10:59:33 GMT
Add Windows support.

pts/compress-zstd-1.1.0 [View Source] Thu, 08 Nov 2018 20:33:01 GMT
Enforce threading for Zstd

pts/compress-zstd-1.0.0 [View Source] Thu, 24 May 2018 10:22:41 GMT
Initial commit of a basic Zstandard compression benchmark.

Suites Using This Test

Compression Tests

C/C++ Compiler Tests

Multi-Core

CPU Massive

Server CPU Tests

Programmer / Developer System Benchmarks

Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

Zstd Compression 1.5.0

Compression Level: 19, Long Mode - Compression Speed

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 493 public results since 14 May 2021 with the latest data as of 23 September 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

MB/s (Average)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core

100th

48.3 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Core i9-7980XE

98th

47.0 ^{+/- 0.4}

2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8380

97th

46.7 ^{+/- 1.4}

Intel Core i9-10980XE

93rd

43.5 ^{+/- 0.5}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core

92nd

43.0 ^{+/- 0.2}

2 x AMD EPYC 74F3 24-Core

92nd

42.9 ^{+/- 4.3}

Intel Xeon Gold 6226R

90th

41.5 ^{+/- 0.3}

AMD EPYC 7543 32-Core

88th

40.3 ^{+/- 1.8}

2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280

87th

39.2 ^{+/- 3.0}

Intel Xeon Silver 4216

86th

38.4 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core

85th

37.5 ^{+/- 2.8}

Intel Core i7-7900X

84th

36.7 ^{+/- 0.3}

AMD EPYC 7402P 24-Core

78th

35.2 ^{+/- 0.5}

Mid-Tier

75th

< 34.1

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core

75th

33.7 ^{+/- 2.0}

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core

72nd

33.1 ^{+/- 0.1}

2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R

71st

33.0 ^{+/- 3.7}

Intel Core i9-11900K

65th

32.5 ^{+/- 1.0}

Intel Core i9-9900KS

64th

31.6 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core

62nd

30.7 ^{+/- 2.8}

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core

61st

30.5 ^{+/- 0.4}

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core

60th

29.8 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Core i9-10900K

58th

29.3 ^{+/- 0.4}

Ampere Altra ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 160-Core

56th

28.3 ^{+/- 4.0}

Intel Core i7-10700T

56th

28.2 ^{+/- 0.9}

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core

56th

27.5 ^{+/- 0.2}

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core

53rd

26.3 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24-Core

53rd

26.3 ^{+/- 0.5}

Intel Core i5-10600K

53rd

26.3 ^{+/- 0.1}

Median

50th

25.9

Intel Xeon E-2288G

50th

25.8 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 7 5700G

50th

25.7 ^{+/- 0.2}

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core

48th

25.5 ^{+/- 0.2}

AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core

46th

24.5 ^{+/- 2.8}

Intel Core i7-8086K

45th

22.7

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

45th

22.7 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT 6-Core

43rd

21.2 ^{+/- 0.2}

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

43rd

20.6 ^{+/- 1.3}

Intel Core i7-7700K

42nd

20.5 ^{+/- 0.2}

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Eight-Core

40th

19.7 ^{+/- 0.4}

Intel Core i7-9750H

39th

19.3 ^{+/- 0.5}

Intel Core i5-8400

37th

18.2 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core

36th

17.8 ^{+/- 0.4}

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4-Core

36th

17.5

Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5

35th

16.7 ^{+/- 0.2}

Intel Core i7-1165G7

33rd

15.9 ^{+/- 0.3}

Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5

33rd

15.8 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

32nd

15.7 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

29th

15.5 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Core i7-1185G7

27th

15.3 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Core i7-4770K

27th

15.3 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

26th

15.2 ^{+/- 0.1}

Low-Tier

25th

< 15.2

Intel Core i3-10100

24th

15.1 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Core i7-3770K

23rd

13.9

Intel Core i7-1065G7

22nd

13.4 ^{+/- 0.7}

Intel Core i3-8100

22nd

13.1 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

20th

12.8 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5

19th

12.7 ^{+/- 0.2}

AMD Ryzen 5 2400G

19th

12.7

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

18th

12.6

AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core

17th

12.4 ^{+/- 0.2}

Intel Core i7-2700K

16th

12.0 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Core i5-6500

16th

11.9

AMD Ryzen 3 2200G

14th

11.3 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Core i7-8565U

13th

10.7 ^{+/- 0.2}

Intel Core i7-8550U

12th

10.3 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Core i5-7600K

11th

10.0 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5

11th

9.6

Intel Core i3-7100

10th

8.8 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 3 3200U

7th

6.3

ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core

4th

2.6

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Zstd Compression 1.5.0 - Compression Level: 19, Long Mode - Compression Speed) 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.

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.4%.

Does It Scale Well With Increasing Cores?

No, based on the automated analysis of the collected public benchmark data, this test / test settings does not 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.

Notable Instruction Set Usage

Notable instruction set extensions supported by this test, based on an automatic analysis by the Phoronix Test Suite / OpenBenchmarking.org analytics engine.

Instruction Set

Support

Instructions Detected

SSE2 (SSE2)

Used by default on supported hardware.

COMISD MOVAPD CVTSI2SD MULSD DIVSD SUBSD CVTTSD2SI ADDSD MOVDQU MOVD PUNPCKLQDQ PSHUFD PADDQ MOVDQA PSRLDQ PMULUDQ SHUFPD PUNPCKHQDQ MINSD

Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)

Requires passing a supported compiler/build flag (verified with targets: sandybridge, skylake, tigerlake, cascadelake, znver2, znver3).
Found on Intel processors since Sandy Bridge (2011).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).

VBROADCASTSD VEXTRACTF128 VZEROUPPER VINSERTF128

Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)

Requires passing a supported compiler/build flag (verified with targets: skylake, tigerlake, cascadelake, znver2, znver3).
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Excavator (2016).

VPBROADCASTQ VINSERTI128 VPBROADCASTD VPSLLVD VEXTRACTI128 VPBROADCASTW VPERMQ VPBROADCASTB VPERM2I128 VPERMD VPBLENDD

FMA (FMA)

VFMADD132SD

The test / benchmark does honor compiler flag changes.

Last automated analysis: 10 May 2021

This test profile binary relies on the shared libraries libz.so.1, libpthread.so.0, libc.so.6.

cpu-suite-result1 2 Systems - 108 Benchmark Results	ARMv8 rev 0 - e3360_1099 - 32GB Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.10.41-tegra - X Server
multicore-result 3 Systems - 59 Benchmark Results	ARMv8 rev 0 - e3360_1099 - 32GB Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.10.41-tegra - X Server
sifive riscv hifive unmatched 2 Systems - 67 Benchmark Results	SiFive RISC-V - SiFive HiFive Unmatched A00 - 16GB Ubuntu 21.04 - 5.11.0-1018-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.4
multicore-result 3 Systems - 58 Benchmark Results	ARMv8 rev 0 - e3360_1099 - 32GB Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.10.41-tegra - X Server
sifive riscv hifive unmatched 1 System - 102 Benchmark Results	SiFive RISC-V - SiFive HiFive Unmatched A00 - 16GB Ubuntu 21.04 - 5.11.0-1018-generic - GCC 10.3.0
red-5950-zstd-4x16 1 System - 12 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - Gigabyte X570 AORUS PRO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.11.0-34-generic - KDE Plasma
gold sep 3 Systems - 192 Benchmark Results	2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R - TYAN S7106 - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900rc6-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
Xeon Gold September 3 Systems - 170 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Gold 6226R - Supermicro X11SPL-F v1.02 - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.11.0-rc4-max-boost-inv-patch - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
Xeon Platinum 8280 2P September 5 Systems - 186 Benchmark Results	2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 - GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 21.04 - 5.11.0-16-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.4
red-5950x-zstd-aio 1 System - 11 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - Gigabyte X570 AORUS PRO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.11.0-34-generic - KDE Plasma
Ubuntu Linux 4.18 Intel / AMD High-End Desktop Benchmarks 12 Systems - 121 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U - LENOVO 20UD001AMH - AMD Renoir Root Complex ManjaroLinux 21.1.2 - 5.14.0-0-MANJARO - X Server 1.20.13
Initial Ryzen 7 4700U Linux Laptop Tests 14 Systems - 37 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 4700U - LENOVO 20T6002VRI - AMD Renoir Root Complex Slackware 14.2 x86_64 - 5.12.14-bs6 - KDE Plasma 5.22.2
Core i9 10900K/9900KS vs. AMD Ryzen 9 3950X/3900X - BENCHMARK 6 Systems - 133 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-9-generic - GNOME Shell 3.34.3
5950X Ryzen AMD P-State 1 System - 216 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 21.10 - 5.14.0-rc7-amd-pstate-phx - GNOME Shell 40.2
Zstd Comparison Linux 5 Systems - 24 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-9900K - EVGA 121-KS-E375 v1.0 - Intel 8th Gentoo 2.7 - 5.13.10-zen1 - X Server 1.20.13

5800x june 4 Systems - 50 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core - ASRock X570 Pro4 - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.12.0-rc5-nopsf - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
zstd 1.5 5900x 4 Systems - 11 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 21.04 - 5.11.0-16-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.4
Xeon Platinum 8380 Linux 5.13 Kernel Tests Featured Kernel Comparison	2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8380 - Intel M50CYP2SB2U - Intel Device 0998 Ubuntu 21.04 - 5.12.0-051200-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.4
Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu 21.04 Linux - AMD Threadripper 3990X 3 Systems - 79 Benchmark Results	AMD Eng Sample - Gigabyte TRX40 AORUS PRO WIFI - 4 x 32768 MB 3000MHz CMK64GX4M2D3000C16 Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Build 19042 - 10.0 - 27.20.1034.6
3400g zstd 1.5 3 Systems - 13 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 5 3400G - ASUS PRIME B450M-A - AMD Raven Ubuntu 19.10 - 5.3.0-46-generic - GNOME Shell 3.34.1
3900X June 3 Systems - 83 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core - ASUS TUF GAMING X570-PLUS - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.11.0-rc1-phx - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
6500 May 4 Systems - 82 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i5-6500 - Gigabyte Z170M-D3H-CF - Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900rc7daily20200929-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
fx 8150 2021 3 Systems - 107 Benchmark Results	AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core - ASUS M5A78L-M LX PLUS - AMD RS780 + SB7x0 Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.8.0-33-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
2700 june 3 Systems - 21 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Eight-Core - Gigabyte AB350N-Gaming WIFI-CF - AMD 17h Ubuntu 19.10 - 5.9.0-050900rc7daily20201004-generic - GNOME Shell 3.34.1
Ampere Altra Q80-33 2P 3 Systems - 37 Benchmark Results	Ampere Altra ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 - WIWYNN Mt.Jade - Ampere Computing LLC Device e100 Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.11.0-051100-generic-64k - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
7100 june 3 Systems - 117 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i3-7100 - Gigabyte B250M-DS3H-CF - Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6 Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.8.0-48-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
4770k haswell 2021 may 3 Systems - 178 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-4770K - Gigabyte Z97-HD3 - Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.8.0-43-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
zstd 5950x 3 Systems - 12 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.12.0-051200-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.2
10100 sunny 3 Systems - 32 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i3-10100 - Gigabyte B460M DS3H - Intel Device 9b63 Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900rc7daily20201002-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.3
xeon zstd 1.5 4 Systems - 12 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon E-2288G - Compulab SBC-ATCFL v1.2 - Intel Cannon Lake PCH Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.8.0-41-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.2

Zstd Compression

Project Site

Test Created

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Test Maintainer

Test Type

Average Install Time

Average Run Time

Test Dependencies

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Supported Platforms

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Suites Using This Test

Performance Metrics

Zstd Compression 1.5.0

Compression Level: 19, Long Mode - Compression Speed

Does It Scale Well With Increasing Cores?

Notable Instruction Set Usage

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