Parallel BZIP2 Compression

This test measures the time needed to compress a file (FreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img) using Parallel BZIP2 compression.

To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite, the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark compress-pbzip2.

Project Site

compression.ca

Test Created

6 December 2010

Last Updated

8 March 2024

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

16 Seconds

Average Run Time

6 Minutes, 24 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain

Accolades

300k+ Downloads + 10k+ Public Benchmark Results

Supported Platforms

Public Result Uploads *Reported Test Completions **Reported Installs **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsParallel BZIP2 Compression Popularity Statisticspts/compress-pbzip22010.122011.052011.102012.032012.082013.012013.062013.112014.042014.092015.022015.072015.122016.052016.102017.032017.082018.012018.062018.112019.042019.092020.022020.072020.122021.052021.102022.032022.082023.012023.062023.112024.042024.0920K40K60K80K100K
* 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 17 January 2025.

Revision History

pts/compress-pbzip2-1.6.1   [View Source]   Fri, 08 Mar 2024 10:18:02 GMT
Update download links Closes: https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/pull/287

pts/compress-pbzip2-1.6.0   [View Source]   Sat, 12 Feb 2022 07:57:00 GMT
Update against latest point release and increase the file size for more intensity on modern CPUs... Not that this test is popular but the prior download mirrors were down.

pts/compress-pbzip2-1.5.0   [View Source]   Mon, 14 Dec 2015 11:00:38 GMT
Update against pbzip 1.1.12, switch to using Linux 4.3 kernel source package as compression source.

pts/compress-pbzip2-1.4.1   [View Source]   Thu, 08 Oct 2015 16:55:25 GMT
Update download links.

pts/compress-pbzip2-1.4.0   [View Source]   Wed, 03 Oct 2012 23:05:54 GMT
Update BZIP2 against upstream 1.0.6 and update PBZIP2 against upstream 1.1.6 source.

pts/compress-pbzip2-1.3.0   [View Source]   Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:37:12 GMT
Initial import into OpenBenchmarking.org

Suites Using This Test

Compression Tests

Multi-Core

CPU Massive


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.13

FreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img Compression

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 1,968 public results since 12 February 2022 with the latest data as of 10 January 2025.

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
Seconds (Average)
2 x AMD EPYC 9965 192-Core
100th
3
0.7
2 x AMD EPYC 9755 128-Core
100th
7
0.7
2 x AMD EPYC 9655 96-Core
100th
5
0.9
AMD EPYC 9965 192-Core
100th
4
0.9
AMD EPYC 9755 128-Core
99th
14
0.9
2 x AMD EPYC 9575F 64-Core
99th
3
1.0
2 x Intel Xeon 6980P
98th
14
1
2 x AMD EPYC 9754 128-Core
98th
7
1
2 x AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core
97th
5
1
2 x AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core
97th
4
1
AMD EPYC 9655 96-Core
97th
8
1
Intel Xeon 6980P
97th
9
1
AMD EPYC 9575F 64-Core
96th
3
1
AMD EPYC 9754 128-Core
96th
4
1
2 x INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592
96th
11
1
AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core
95th
5
1
AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core
95th
5
1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores
95th
6
1
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H
94th
7
1
AmpereOne 192-Core
93rd
17
2
ARMv8 Neoverse-V2 72-Core
92nd
8
2
2 x Intel Xeon Max 9468
92nd
3
2
AmpereOne 160-Core
92nd
3
2
INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592
91st
7
2
AmpereOne 128-Core
91st
4
2
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core
90th
7
2
Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H
90th
5
2
AMD EPYC 8534P 64-Core
90th
5
2
Intel Xeon Max 9480
89th
4
2
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8380
89th
5
2
ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 128-Core
88th
5
2
AmpereOne 96-Core
88th
3
3
AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core
87th
4
3
AMD EPYC 7773X 64-Core
87th
5
3
Intel Xeon Max 9468
87th
4
3
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8358
86th
15
3
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core
85th
14
3
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core
85th
9
3
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core
84th
30
3
Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 256-Core
83rd
4
3
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
83rd
4
3
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
82nd
8
3
AmpereOne 64-Core
82nd
3
3
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core
82nd
6
3
Intel Core i9-14900K
81st
12
3
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-Cores
81st
8
3
AMD EPYC 4564P 16-Core
81st
5
3
Intel Core i9-13900K
80th
14
3
2 x AMD EPYC 7302 16-Core
80th
4
3
2 x AMD EPYC 7303 16-Core
79th
4
3
AMD EPYC 4584PX 16-Core
79th
4
4
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core
77th
14
4
2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core
77th
3
4
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core
76th
5
4
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core
76th
7
4
Mid-Tier
75th
> 4
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D 12-Core
75th
5
4
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
75th
4
4
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 12-Core
75th
9
4
AMD EPYC 4484PX 12-Core
74th
4
4
AMD EPYC 4464P 12-Core
73rd
3
4
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
73rd
28
4 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core
73rd
8
5 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core
72nd
7
5
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
71st
5
5
Intel Core i9-12900K
71st
14
5
Intel Core i5-14600K
71st
5
5
AmpereOne 32-Core
69th
3
5
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
68th
3
5
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core
68th
9
5
Intel Core i5-13600K
68th
14
5
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 8-Core
67th
16
5
ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 32-Core
67th
3
6
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core
66th
3
6
AMD EPYC 4344P 8-Core
66th
3
6
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24-Core
66th
6
6 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 8-Core
66th
6
6
Intel Core i9-10980XE
65th
10
6
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core
65th
7
6
Intel Core i5-14500
64th
4
6
AMD EPYC 4364P 8-Core
64th
4
6
AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core
64th
4
6
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
64th
5
6
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core
63rd
5
7 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core
63rd
11
7 +/- 1
Intel Xeon E E-2488
62nd
4
7
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 6-Core
62nd
10
7
Intel Core i9-10900K
61st
3
7
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
61st
3
7
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-Core
58th
11
7
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2
57th
6
7
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 12-Core
56th
3
8
AMD EPYC 4244P 6-Core
56th
3
8
Intel Core i5-14400F
56th
5
8
Intel Core i9-11900K
55th
6
8
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 6-Core
55th
13
8
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core
55th
15
8 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-12600K
55th
9
8
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
54th
6
8 +/- 1
Intel Core i9-12900H
54th
3
8
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
53rd
10
8 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-13400
53rd
7
8
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
53rd
5
8
2 x Intel Xeon Silver 4210
52nd
3
8 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
52nd
6
8 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F 6-Core
52nd
4
8
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core
51st
11
8 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
51st
13
9 +/- 1
Median
50th
9
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core
50th
14
9 +/- 1
Intel Core i9-9900K
50th
4
9
Apple M4
49th
6
9
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core
48th
6
9 +/- 1
Intel Xeon E-2388G
48th
3
9
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
47th
5
9 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6-Core
47th
3
9
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
45th
3
10
AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
45th
7
10 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core
44th
4
10
Intel Core i5-12400
43rd
6
10
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
42nd
18
10 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core
42nd
11
10 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-11600K
42nd
3
10
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
41st
14
11 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 72F3 8-Core
40th
4
11
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
40th
18
11
Intel Core i7-10875H
40th
15
11
Intel Xeon E-2288G
39th
6
11
AMD EPYC 4124P 4-Core
37th
4
11
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
35th
31
12 +/- 2
Intel Core i5-10600K
35th
4
12
Intel Core i7-8700K
33rd
3
12
Intel Core i7-5960X
33rd
6
13
Intel Core i3-14100
32nd
5
13
AMD EPYC 7251 8-Core
31st
4
13
Intel Core i7-10700T
30th
3
13
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
29th
8
14 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
28th
7
15
Apple M2
27th
10
15 +/- 1
Low-Tier
25th
> 16
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4-Core
25th
3
17
AMD Ryzen 7 4800U
24th
4
17
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
24th
3
17
Apple M1
24th
16
17 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-1185G7
23rd
10
17 +/- 2
Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6
22nd
3
20
4 x AMD Opteron 8378
21st
6
21 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
21st
4
22
Intel Core i3-10100
21st
3
22
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
20th
3
22
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5
20th
6
23
AMD Custom APU 0405
19th
4
25 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U
19th
3
25
Intel Xeon E5-2630 0
18th
3
26
Intel Core i7-8565U
18th
9
27 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-1065G7
18th
8
28 +/- 1
Intel Xeon E5-2650 0
17th
6
28
Intel Core i3-8100
17th
4
30
Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4
16th
4
32
AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
14th
3
48 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-4600U
13th
3
55 +/- 4
Intel Core i5-5200U
2nd
11
190 +/- 1
ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core
2nd
18
192 +/- 11
Spacemit X60
1st
6
203 +/- 12
Detailed Performance Overview
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - FreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img Compression1962 Results Range From 0 To 1482 Seconds38761141521902282663043423804184564945325706086466847227607988368749129509881026106411021140117812161254129213301368140614441482400800120016002000

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.13 - FreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img Compression) has an average run-time of 3 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 BenchmarkFreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img CompressionRun-Time612182430Min: 1 / Avg: 2.91 / Max: 27

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 2%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsFreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img CompressionDeviation510152025Min: 0 / Avg: 2.04 / Max: 21

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.

AMDIntelOpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Core Scaling To BaseParallel BZIP2 Compression CPU Core ScalingFreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img Compression4681012141624326496128192612182430

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.
 
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Last automated analysis: 16 March 2024

This test profile binary relies on the shared libraries libc.so.6, libm.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, Spacemit X60, rv64imafdcv, rv64imafdcvsu
IBM POWER (PowerPC) 64-bit
ppc64le
POWER8E
Loongson LoongArch 64-bit
loongarch64
Loongson-3A5000-HV, Loongson-3C5000L
ARMv8 64-bit
arm64
Apple M1, Apple M1 Max, Apple M2, Apple M4
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
ARMv8, ARMv8 16-Core, ARMv8 8-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A53 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A55 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A55 6-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 16-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A73 2-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-X1C 8-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 128-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 16-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 160-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 32-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N2 16-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1 16-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-V2, ARMv8 Neoverse-V2 72-Core, ARMv8 rev 0 4-Core, Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 160-Core, Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 256-Core, AmpereOne 128-Core, AmpereOne 160-Core, AmpereOne 192-Core, AmpereOne 32-Core, AmpereOne 64-Core, AmpereOne 96-Core, Apple, Apple M1, Apple M2, Phytium D2000

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