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Benchmark: Phenom 4

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Configuration

Payload: linux-3.0.4.tar concatenated with OOo_3.3.0_src_core.tar
MD5 sum of payload: 50fac601b6a3dac4ccf1ba8d851ca488

Hardware configuration:
  4096 MiB of RAM
  AMD Phenom II X4 B60 (1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads)
  Cache:
    L1 code - 64 KiB per core, 2-way associative
    L1 data - 64 KiB per core, 2-way associative
    L2 - 512 KiB per core, 16-way associative
    L3 - 6144 KiB (shared), 48-way associative
  2 HDDs: WD Caviar Green (WD10EARS), SATA-II, 64 MiB cache, 7200 rpm

Software configuration:
  Debian GNU/Linux sid
  GNU libc 2.13
  clang 2.9
  Linux 3.0.0-1-amd64
  software RAID-0 on 2 HDDs
  1024 MiB of swap space (2 times 512 MiB on different hard disks)
  memory overcommit disabled

Arguments to configure script:
  CC=clang
  CFLAGS=-O3
  -C
  --enable-warnings

Results

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|Version
|                  |bzip2                                          1.0.5
|                  |lbzip2                                           2.0
|                  |pbzip2                                         1.1.5
|                  |7za                                             9.20
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|File size [B]
|                  |original                                  1019315712
|                  |bzip2                                      186657507
|                  |lbzip2                                     187822592
|                  |pbzip2                                     187908531
|                  |7za                                        186665277
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|Compressed size [%]
|                  |lbzip2:bzip2                                  100.62
|                  |pbzip2:bzip2                                  100.67
|                  |7za:bzip2                                     100.00
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|Compression time [s]
|                  +----------------------------------------------------
|                  |from regf
|                  |            |bzip2                            403.34
|                  |            |lbzip2                            69.93
|                  |            |pbzip2                           101.78
|                  |            |7za                              153.37
|                  +----------------------------------------------------
|                  |from pipe
|                  |            |bzip2                            404.01
|                  |            |lbzip2                            70.09
|                  |            |pbzip2                           102.17
|                  |            |7za                              153.60
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|Compression speed [%]
|                  +----------------------------------------------------
|                  |from regf
|                  |            |lbzip2:bzip2                     576.77
|                  |            |pbzip2:bzip2                     396.28
|                  |            |7za:bzip2                        262.98
|                  +----------------------------------------------------
|                  |from pipe
|                  |            |lbzip2:bzip2                     576.41
|                  |            |pbzip2:bzip2                     395.42
|                  |            |7za:bzip2                        263.02
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|"lbzip2" worker stall [%]
|                  |from regf                                        .87
|                  |from pipe                                        .78
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|Decompression time [s]
|                  +----------------------------------------------------
|                  |from regf
|                  |            +---------------------------------------
|                  |            |from bzip2
|                  |            |            |by bzip2             89.96
|                  |            |            |by lbzip2            19.28
|                  |            |            |by pbzip2            88.99
|                  |            |            |by 7za               36.90
|                  |            +---------------------------------------
|                  |            |from lbzip2
|                  |            |            |by bzip2             88.94
|                  |            |            |by lbzip2            18.76
|                  |            |            |by pbzip2            87.87
|                  |            |            |by 7za              failed
|                  |            +---------------------------------------
|                  |            |from pbzip2
|                  |            |            |by bzip2             88.93
|                  |            |            |by lbzip2            18.66
|                  |            |            |by pbzip2            23.71
|                  |            |            |by 7za               69.51
|                  |            +---------------------------------------
|                  |            |from 7za
|                  |            |            |by bzip2             90.01
|                  |            |            |by lbzip2            19.33
|                  |            |            |by pbzip2            89.32
|                  |            |            |by 7za               36.89
|                  +----------------------------------------------------
|                  |from pipe
|                  |            +---------------------------------------
|                  |            |from bzip2
|                  |            |            |by bzip2             90.18
|                  |            |            |by lbzip2            19.26
|                  |            |            |by pbzip2            88.94
|                  |            |            |by 7za              failed
|                  |            +---------------------------------------
|                  |            |from lbzip2
|                  |            |            |by bzip2             89.15
|                  |            |            |by lbzip2            18.84
|                  |            |            |by pbzip2            87.84
|                  |            |            |by 7za              failed
|                  |            +---------------------------------------
|                  |            |from pbzip2
|                  |            |            |by bzip2             89.14
|                  |            |            |by lbzip2            18.83
|                  |            |            |by pbzip2            23.91
|                  |            |            |by 7za              failed
|                  |            +---------------------------------------
|                  |            |from 7za
|                  |            |            |by bzip2             90.47
|                  |            |            |by lbzip2            19.53
|                  |            |            |by pbzip2            89.05
|                  |            |            |by 7za              failed
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|Decompression speed [%]
|                  +----------------------------------------------------
|                  |from regf
|                  |            +---------------------------------------
|                  |            |from bzip2
|                  |            |            |lbzip2:bzip2        466.59
|                  |            |            |pbzip2:bzip2        101.09
|                  |            |            |7za:bzip2           243.79
|                  |            +---------------------------------------
|                  |            |from lbzip2
|                  |            |            |lbzip2:bzip2        474.09
|                  |            |            |pbzip2:bzip2        101.21
|                  |            |            |7za:bzip2              N/A
|                  |            +---------------------------------------
|                  |            |from pbzip2
|                  |            |            |lbzip2:bzip2        476.58
|                  |            |            |pbzip2:bzip2        375.07
|                  |            |            |7za:bzip2           127.93
|                  |            +---------------------------------------
|                  |            |from 7za
|                  |            |            |lbzip2:bzip2        465.64
|                  |            |            |pbzip2:bzip2        100.77
|                  |            |            |7za:bzip2           243.99
|                  +----------------------------------------------------
|                  |from pipe
|                  |            +---------------------------------------
|                  |            |from bzip2
|                  |            |            |lbzip2:bzip2        468.22
|                  |            |            |pbzip2:bzip2        101.39
|                  |            |            |7za:bzip2              N/A
|                  |            +---------------------------------------
|                  |            |from lbzip2
|                  |            |            |lbzip2:bzip2        473.19
|                  |            |            |pbzip2:bzip2        101.49
|                  |            |            |7za:bzip2              N/A
|                  |            +---------------------------------------
|                  |            |from pbzip2
|                  |            |            |lbzip2:bzip2        473.39
|                  |            |            |pbzip2:bzip2        372.81
|                  |            |            |7za:bzip2              N/A
|                  |            +---------------------------------------
|                  |            |from 7za
|                  |            |            |lbzip2:bzip2        463.23
|                  |            |            |pbzip2:bzip2        101.59
|                  |            |            |7za:bzip2              N/A
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|"lbzip2 -d" worker stall [%]
|                  +----------------------------------------------------
|                  |from regf
|                  |            |from bzip2                          .80
|                  |            |from lbzip2                         .65
|                  |            |from pbzip2                         .58
|                  |            |from 7za                            .87
|                  +----------------------------------------------------
|                  |from pipe
|                  |            |from bzip2                          .51
|                  |            |from lbzip2                         .84
|                  |            |from pbzip2                         .45
|                  |            |from 7za                            .94
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Additional notes:

7za failed to decompress files created by lbzip2 due to a bug in 7za itself. The bug was reported to Debian BTS with a patch attached, but no one seemed to care. See: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=639409

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