compression test
compression v1.0.0 (Processor Benchmarks)
This test suite consists of tests that measure various forms of file compression such as gzip, bzip2, and 7zip. The same 512MB original file is used in each test. This suite is good for testing the systems processor, memory, and overall system performance.
System Hardware
compress test
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ @ 2.70GHz (Total Cores: 2), Motherboard: ASRock, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, System Memory: 1992MB, Disk: 1000GB SAMSUNG HD103UJ + 4 x 500GB SAMSUNG HD501LJ, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics (500/200MHz), Screen Resolution: 1280x1024
System Software
compress test
OS: Ubuntu 8.10, Kernel: 2.6.27-11-generic (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.24.1, Display Server: X.Org Server 1.5.2, Display Driver: fglrx 8.57.2, OpenGL: 2.1.8395, Compiler: GCC 4.3.2, File-System: ext3
Additional Details
compress test
Test Administrator: bourlas
Test Date/Time: March 17, 2009 07:20 PM
Phoronix Test Suite: v1.6.0
Test Notes:
Compiz was running on this system. AMD Cool n Quiet was enabled
Test Results
7-Zip Compression
Phoronix Test Suite v1.6.0

Gzip Compression
2GB File Compression

Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.2
2GB File Compression

LZMA Compression
256MB File Compression

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Global ID: bourlas-26956-12976-5966