Zstd Compression

This test measures the time needed to compress/decompress a sample file (silesia.tar) using Zstd (Zstandard) 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

facebook.github.io

Source Repository

github.com

Test Created

24 May 2018

Last Updated

10 February 2023

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

1 Minute, 40 Seconds

Average Run Time

9 Minutes, 54 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain

Accolades

100k+ Downloads + 5k+ Public Benchmark Results

Supported Platforms

Reported Installs **Public Result Uploads *Reported Test Completions **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsZstd Compression Popularity Statisticspts/compress-zstd2018.042018.072018.102019.012019.042019.072019.102020.012020.042020.072020.102021.012021.042021.072021.102022.012022.042022.072022.102023.012023.042023.072023.102024.012024.042024.0720K40K60K80K100K
* 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 July 2024.
1214.8%19, Long Mode17.4%1918.1%8, Long Mode13.2%813.2%312.2%3, Long Mode11.2%Compression Level Option PopularityOpenBenchmarking.org

Revision History

pts/compress-zstd-1.6.0   [View Source]   Fri, 10 Feb 2023 07:59:36 GMT
Update against Zstandard 1.5.4 upstream.

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.

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Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

Zstd Compression 1.5.4

Compression Level: 19 - Compression Speed

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 1,394 public results since 10 February 2023 with the latest data as of 11 July 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
MB/s (Average)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX 96-Cores
99th
4
24.8 +/- 0.2
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core
99th
20
24.7 +/- 1.3
AMD EPYC 4484PX 12-Core
99th
4
24.0
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D 12-Core
98th
17
23.9 +/- 1.5
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core
97th
35
23.5 +/- 2.1
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core
96th
16
23.1 +/- 1.2
AMD EPYC 4584PX 16-Core
95th
4
22.5
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core
94th
27
22.1 +/- 1.2
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 12-Core
93rd
21
21.5 +/- 0.9
Intel Core i9-13900K
89th
22
20.7 +/- 0.2
AMD EPYC 4464P 12-Core
86th
3
20.0
Intel Core i9-14900K
85th
10
19.8 +/- 2.2
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
84th
51
19.6 +/- 1.9
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 8-Core
84th
19
19.6 +/- 1.5
2 x AMD EPYC 9534 64-Core
84th
4
19.3 +/- 0.3
Intel Core i5-14600K
84th
4
19.1 +/- 0.4
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core
83rd
12
19.0 +/- 0.5
AMD EPYC 4564P 16-Core
82nd
5
18.9 +/- 0.3
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
82nd
5
18.9 +/- 1.5
2 x AMD EPYC 7373X 16-Core
82nd
4
18.8 +/- 0.2
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 6-Core
82nd
4
18.8 +/- 1.1
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-Core
82nd
13
18.7 +/- 1.3
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 8-Core
81st
10
18.5 +/- 0.7
AMD EPYC 4344P 8-Core
81st
3
18.3
AMD EPYC 4244P 6-Core
79th
3
18.0
AMD EPYC 4364P 8-Core
79th
4
18.0 +/- 0.1
2 x AMD EPYC 7573X 32-Core
79th
5
18.0
INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592
79th
3
18.0
2 x AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core
77th
20
17.8 +/- 1.2
AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core
77th
11
17.8 +/- 0.8
2 x INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592
76th
5
17.7 +/- 1.0
AMD EPYC 7773X 64-Core
76th
4
17.6
Mid-Tier
75th
< 17.6
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
75th
4
17.5 +/- 1.0
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-Cores
74th
4
17.3
AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core
73rd
3
17.2 +/- 0.1
2 x AMD EPYC 7773X 64-Core
73rd
16
17.2 +/- 0.7
Intel Core i9-10850K
73rd
6
17.2 +/- 0.6
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
73rd
6
17.1 +/- 0.7
2 x AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core
73rd
4
17.0 +/- 0.2
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F 6-Core
72nd
7
16.9 +/- 0.2
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core
71st
3
16.7 +/- 0.1
2 x AMD EPYC 9554 64-Core
71st
3
16.7 +/- 0.3
Intel Core i5-14500
71st
5
16.7 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i9-11900K
69th
4
16.4 +/- 0.6
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core
69th
3
16.4 +/- 0.1
Intel Xeon E E-2488
69th
5
16.4 +/- 0.1
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core
68th
7
15.9 +/- 0.2
Intel Core i5-12600K
68th
3
15.8
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core
67th
6
15.6 +/- 1.2
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core
66th
3
15.3
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H
66th
15
15.3 +/- 0.8
Intel Core i5-14400F
66th
4
15.3 +/- 0.2
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core
65th
4
15.1 +/- 0.1
AMD EPYC 4124P 4-Core
65th
4
14.9
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
64th
4
14.7 +/- 0.1
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core
63rd
3
14.5 +/- 0.7
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8380
63rd
8
14.5 +/- 0.2
Intel Core i7-11700B
60th
4
13.9 +/- 0.5
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
59th
4
13.8 +/- 1.4
2 x AMD EPYC 9754 128-Core
59th
6
13.7 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i3-14100
58th
4
13.5
Apple M2
57th
4
13.4
Intel Core i9-10980XE
57th
4
13.2 +/- 0.1
2 x Intel Xeon Max 9480
57th
3
13.2 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i5-12400
56th
6
13.1 +/- 0.7
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
56th
11
13.1 +/- 1.2
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
56th
7
13.0 +/- 0.7
Intel Xeon W-2295
56th
4
12.9
Intel Core i7-8700K
56th
4
12.9 +/- 0.6
Intel Core i7-5960X
56th
3
12.9
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U
54th
18
12.8 +/- 1.3
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
54th
6
12.8 +/- 0.1
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
53rd
4
12.6 +/- 0.8
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
52nd
4
12.4 +/- 0.5
Intel Xeon E-2388G
51st
10
12.3
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2
51st
6
12.3 +/- 0.6
Median
50th
12.3
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
46th
11
11.7 +/- 1.5
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core
45th
4
11.5
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U
43rd
10
11.3 +/- 0.1
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
41st
7
11.1
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
41st
3
11.1
Intel Xeon E-2336
39th
5
10.9 +/- 0.1
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
38th
13
10.7 +/- 0.7
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3
35th
17
10.4 +/- 0.2
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5218
33rd
3
10.3 +/- 0.1
AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core
31st
3
10.2 +/- 0.1
Intel Core Ultra 7 165U
30th
4
10.1
Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 256-Core
30th
4
10.1 +/- 0.2
Intel Core i7-8809G
29th
3
10.1 +/- 0.1
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
28th
24
10.0 +/- 1.0
Intel Core i7-1260P
27th
4
9.7 +/- 1.1
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
26th
4
9.5 +/- 0.3
Intel Core i7-1165G7
26th
6
9.5 +/- 0.7
Low-Tier
25th
< 9.5
Intel Core i7-1185G7
22nd
3
9.1 +/- 0.3
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
21st
3
9.1 +/- 0.1
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
21st
3
9.0 +/- 0.4
AMD EPYC 7251 8-Core
20th
3
8.9 +/- 0.4
AMD Ryzen 7 4800U
19th
3
8.8
Intel Core i7-1065G7
17th
3
8.3 +/- 1.0
Intel Core i7-8565U
15th
4
7.2 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i5-4430
14th
3
6.3
Intel Core i5-6500T
13th
3
5.8 +/- 0.1
Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core
12th
6
5.7 +/- 0.2
Intel Core i5-7200U
10th
3
4.2 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i5-6260U
9th
4
4.0
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2
5th
19
2.1
rv64imafdcvsu
2nd
7
1.1
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Compression Level: 19 - Compression Speed1368 Results Range From 0 To 28 MB/s36912151821242730333690180270360450

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Zstd Compression 1.5.4 - Compression Level: 19 - Compression Speed) 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 BenchmarkCompression Level: 19 - Compression SpeedRun-Time510152025Min: 3 / Avg: 5.78 / Max: 22

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.5%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsCompression Level: 19 - Compression SpeedDeviation246810Min: 0 / Avg: 0.47 / Max: 4

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.

IntelAMDOpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Core Scaling To BaseZstd Compression CPU Core ScalingCompression Level: 19 - Compression Speed468101216243264961280.74381.48762.23142.97523.719

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 MULSD DIVSD SUBSD CVTTSD2SI CVTSI2SD ADDSD MOVDQA MOVD PUNPCKLQDQ MOVDQU PSHUFD PMULUDQ PSRLDQ PADDQ SHUFPD PSUBQ PUNPCKHQDQ MINSD UCOMISD
Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Requires passing a supported compiler/build flag (verified with targets: sandybridge, skylake, tigerlake, cascadelake, sapphirerapids, alderlake, znver2, znver3).
Found on Intel processors since Sandy Bridge (2011).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).
 
VBROADCASTSD VEXTRACTF128 VZEROUPPER VINSERTF128 VBROADCASTSS
Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Requires passing a supported compiler/build flag (verified with targets: skylake, tigerlake, cascadelake, sapphirerapids, alderlake, znver2, znver3).
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Excavator (2016).
 
VPBROADCASTQ VPBROADCASTD VPSLLVD VEXTRACTI128 VPBROADCASTB VPERM2I128 VPERMD VINSERTI128 VPERMQ VPBROADCASTW VPBLENDD
FMA (FMA)
Requires passing a supported compiler/build flag (verified with targets: skylake, tigerlake, cascadelake, sapphirerapids, alderlake, znver2, znver3).
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).
 
VFMADD132SD
Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (AVX512)
Requires passing a supported compiler/build flag (verified with targets: cascadelake, sapphirerapids).
 
(ZMM REGISTER USE)
The test / benchmark does honor compiler flag changes.
Last automated analysis: 18 March 2023

This test profile binary relies on the shared libraries libz.so.1, liblzma.so.5, liblz4.so.1, libc.so.6.

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)
RISC-V 64-bit
riscv64
SiFive RISC-V, rv64imafdcvsu
Loongson LoongArch 64-bit
loongarch64
Loongson-3A6000-HV
Intel / AMD x86 32-bit
i686
(Many Processors)
ARMv8 64-bit
arm64
Apple M1, Apple M2 Max, Apple M3 Max
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
ARMv8, ARMv8 Cortex-A53 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A57 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A72, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-X1, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 160-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N2, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1, ARMv8 Neoverse-V2, ARMv8 Neoverse-V2 72-Core, Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 256-Core, Apple M1 Pro, Apple M2, Phytium D2000, Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core

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