October 7, 2002 Macintosh Edition
Text Compression Test
October 7, 2002 Macintosh Edition
The specifications and configuration of the test computer can be found here.
The text file test includes three files:
The links to download these test files can be found here.
Legend
+ - New program tested
B - Best compression (smallest compressed file)
F - Fastest compression time
Q - Quickest extraction time
O - Best overall (smallest overall score - calculated by adding compress
time, extract time, and time it would take to transfer the compressed file over a 28,800bps network)
+HQX - means that the test files were compressed and then BASE-64 encoded.
+TAR - means that the test files were stored together in one TAR file first and then compressed.
+UU - means that the test files were compressed and then UU encoded.
| ACT 2.0 Text Test | ||||||||
| Total Files Size (bytes): | 4,920,277 | |||||||
| Name | Switches |
Compress |
Extract |
Compressed |
Overall |
Compress |
Bits per |
|
|
(seconds) |
(seconds) |
(bytes) |
(seconds) |
(%) |
(b/B) |
|||
| +BO | Stuffit Deluxe 7.0 -> SITX | (Max) |
14.82 |
15.73 |
957,972 |
296.65 |
80.53 |
1.5576 |
| + | Stuffit Deluxe 7.0 -> SITX | (Med) |
13.28 |
9.14 |
1,005,656 |
301.77 |
79.56 |
1.6351 |
| BZIP2 0.0b2+TAR | 900k |
15.20 |
6.86 |
1,092,935 |
325.65 |
77.79 |
1.7770 |
|
| + | Stuffit Deluxe 7.0 -> BZIP+TAR | (Max) |
12.49 |
4.04 |
1,113,076 |
325.72 |
77.38 |
1.8098 |
| Stuffit Deluxe 6.5 -> BZIP+TAR | (Max) |
13.55 |
6.35 |
1,116,522 |
330.05 |
77.31 |
1.8154 |
|
| Stuffit Deluxe 6.5 -> SIT | (Max) |
12.42 |
8.19 |
1,133,058 |
335.35 |
76.97 |
1.8423 |
|
| BZIP2 0.0b2+TAR | 400k |
13.44 |
6.76 |
1,186,129 |
349.68 |
75.89 |
1.9286 |
|
| MacRAR 2.5b5 | -m4 -mm -md1024 -s |
140.60 |
1.77 |
1,227,733 |
483.41 |
75.05 |
1.9962 |
|
| MacRAR 2.5b5 | -m4 -mm -md1024 |
116.52 |
1.81 |
1,239,251 |
462.57 |
74.81 |
2.0149 |
|
| Q | MacRAR 2.5b5 | -mm -md1024 |
86.95 |
1.61 |
1,245,766 |
434.61 |
74.68 |
2.0255 |
| + | Stuffit Deluxe 7.0 -> BZIP+TAR | (Fast) |
10.79 |
3.82 |
1,282,442 |
370.84 |
73.94 |
2.0852 |
| + | Stuffit Deluxe 7.0 -> SIT+HQX | (Max) |
15.63 |
17.14 |
1,302,295 |
394.52 |
73.53 |
2.1174 |
| Stuffit Deluxe 6.5 -> BZIP+TAR | (Fast) |
12.01 |
6.41 |
1,401,954 |
407.85 |
71.51 |
2.2795 |
|
| + | Stuffit Deluxe 7.0 -> GZIP+TAR | (Max) |
14.47 |
2.28 |
1,498,003 |
432.86 |
69.55 |
2.4356 |
| Stuffit Deluxe 6.5 -> SIT+HQX | (Max) |
14.91 |
9.26 |
1,540,276 |
452.02 |
68.70 |
2.5044 |
|
| + | Stuffit Deluxe 7.0 -> ZIP | (Max) |
12.30 |
1.95 |
1,500,751 |
431.13 |
69.50 |
2.4401 |
| MacGZIP 1.1 + TAR | (Level 9) |
8.64 |
4.53 |
1,551,397 |
444.11 |
68.47 |
2.5225 |
|
| Stuffit Deluxe 6.5 -> GZIP+TAR | (Max) |
10.53 |
4.85 |
1,552,382 |
446.60 |
68.45 |
2.5241 |
|
| SmartZip 1.0.1 | (none) |
8.10 |
3.07 |
1,553,672 |
442.75 |
68.42 |
2.5262 |
|
| PKZIP 2.03 | (Max) |
21.46 |
3.86 |
1,555,454 |
457.39 |
68.39 |
2.5291 |
|
| Stuffit Deluxe 6.5 -> ZIP | (Max) |
7.68 |
4.14 |
1,557,060 |
444.34 |
68.35 |
2.5317 |
|
| MacGZIP 1.1 + TAR | (Level 6) |
7.99 |
4.66 |
1,558,171 |
445.48 |
68.33 |
2.5335 |
|
| ZIPIT 2.1 | (Level 9) |
11.94 |
3.44 |
1,574,018 |
452.61 |
68.01 |
2.5592 |
|
| PKZIP 2.03 | (Normal) |
11.88 |
3.97 |
1,586,250 |
456.48 |
67.76 |
2.5791 |
|
| Stuffit Deluxe 6.5 -> SIT | (Fast) |
6.38 |
3.54 |
1,600,483 |
454.50 |
67.47 |
2.6023 |
|
| ZIPIT 2.1 | (Level 5) |
8.81 |
3.33 |
1,625,293 |
463.61 |
66.97 |
2.6426 |
|
| + | Stuffit Deluxe 7.0 -> GZIP+TAR | (Fast) |
7.41 |
2.23 |
1,741,165 |
493.30 |
64.61 |
2.8310 |
| + | Stuffit Deluxe 7.0 -> SITX | (Fast) |
11.85 |
2.93 |
1,741,857 |
498.63 |
64.60 |
2.8321 |
| + | Stuffit Deluxe 7.0 -> ZIP | (Fast) |
5.44 |
2.14 |
1,741,955 |
491.46 |
64.60 |
2.8323 |
| PKZIP 2.03 | (Fast) |
7.63 |
4.26 |
1,800,750 |
512.10 |
63.40 |
2.9279 |
|
| F | Stuffit Deluxe 6.5 -> ZIP | (Fast) |
3.50 |
4.21 |
1,861,122 |
524.69 |
62.17 |
3.0260 |
| MacGZIP 1.1 + TAR | (Level 1) |
5.65 |
5.45 |
1,947,420 |
552.05 |
60.42 |
3.1664 |
|
| Stuffit Deluxe 6.5 -> GZIP+TAR | (Fast) |
6.60 |
4.88 |
1,949,010 |
552.87 |
60.39 |
3.1689 |
|
| ZIPIT 2.1 | (Level 1) |
7.48 |
3.56 |
1,974,507 |
559.51 |
59.87 |
3.2104 |
|
| + | Stuffit Deluxe 7.0 -> ZIP+UU | (Max) |
13.16 |
4.24 |
2,067,737 |
591.77 |
57.98 |
3.3620 |
| Stuffit Deluxe 6.5 -> LHA | (Max) |
9.68 |
3.32 |
2,101,327 |
596.70 |
57.29 |
3.4166 |
|
| Stuffit Deluxe 6.5 -> LHA | (Fast) |
10.80 |
4.35 |
2,105,722 |
600.07 |
57.20 |
3.4237 |
|
| Stuffit Deluxe 6.5 -> ZIP+UU | (Max) |
8.96 |
5.74 |
2,145,315 |
610.62 |
56.40 |
3.4881 |
|
| + | Stuffit Deluxe 7.0 -> TAR | (none) |
2.26 |
1.51 |
4,789,248 |
1334.12 |
2.66 |
7.7870 |
| Stuffit Deluxe 6.5 -> TAR | (none) |
3.88 |
2.34 |
4,789,248 |
1336.57 |
2.66 |
7.7870 |
|
| MacTAR 4.2.1 | (none) |
1.66 |
1.62 |
4,792,320 |
1334.48 |
2.60 |
7.7920 |
|
| Best Compression: | Stuffit Deluxe 7.0 -> SITX | |||||||
| Fastest Compression: | Stuffit Deluxe 6.5 -> ZIP | |||||||
| Quickest Extraction: | MacRAR 2.5b5 | |||||||
| Best Overall: | Stuffit Deluxe 7.0 -> SITX |
Legend
+ - New program tested
B - Best compression (smallest compressed file)
F - Fastest compression time
Q - Quickest extraction time
O - Best overall (smallest overall score - calculated by adding compress
time, extract time, and time it would take to transfer the compressed file over a 28,800bps network)
+HQX - means that the test files were compressed and then BASE-64 encoded.
+TAR - means that the test files were stored together in one TAR file first and then compressed.
+UU - means that the test files were compressed and then UU encoded.
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