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

2 Minutes, 1 Second

Average Run Time

5 Minutes, 49 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-zstd2018.042018.072018.102019.012019.042019.072019.102020.012020.042020.072020.102021.012021.042021.072021.102022.012022.042022.072022.102023.012023.042023.072023.102024.012024.042024.072024.1020K40K60K80K100K
* 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 19 November 2024.
1214.6%19, Long Mode17.9%1919.8%8, Long Mode12.2%813.1%312.2%3, Long Mode10.3%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.

Suites Using This Test

Compression Tests

C/C++ Compiler Tests

Multi-Core

CPU Massive

Server CPU Tests

Programmer / Developer System Benchmarks


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 1,833 public results since 10 February 2023 with the latest data as of 14 November 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 EPYC 9575F 64-Core
100th
3
25.5
2 x AMD EPYC 9575F 64-Core
100th
3
25.1
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core
99th
7
24.8 +/- 0.1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX 96-Cores
99th
4
24.8 +/- 0.2
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core
99th
24
24.8 +/- 1.3
AMD EPYC 4484PX 12-Core
98th
4
24.0
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D 12-Core
98th
20
24.0 +/- 1.5
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core
97th
10
23.6 +/- 0.2
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core
96th
41
23.5 +/- 1.9
AMD EPYC 9655 96-Core
96th
3
23.4
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core
95th
7
23.2 +/- 0.1
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core
95th
19
23.2 +/- 1.1
AMD EPYC 4584PX 16-Core
93rd
4
22.5
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core
92nd
30
22.2 +/- 1.1
AMD EPYC 9755 128-Core
92nd
8
21.8 +/- 0.1
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 12-Core
92nd
26
21.7 +/- 1.1
2 x AMD EPYC 9755 128-Core
91st
10
21.4 +/- 0.2
Intel Core i9-13900K
87th
25
20.6 +/- 0.3
Intel Core i9-14900K
85th
15
20.2 +/- 1.9
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core
84th
10
20.1 +/- 0.1
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 6-Core
84th
10
20.0 +/- 0.1
AMD EPYC 4464P 12-Core
84th
3
20.0
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
83rd
8
19.8 +/- 0.3
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 8-Core
82nd
21
19.7 +/- 1.4
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
82nd
56
19.5 +/- 1.8
AMD EPYC 9965 192-Core
82nd
3
19.4
Intel Core i5-13600K
81st
5
19.3 +/- 1.1
2 x AMD EPYC 9534 64-Core
81st
4
19.3 +/- 0.3
2 x AMD EPYC 9965 192-Core
81st
3
19.2
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 6-Core
80th
12
19.1 +/- 0.6
AMD EPYC 4564P 16-Core
80th
5
18.9 +/- 0.3
Intel Core i5-14600K
80th
8
18.9 +/- 0.3
2 x AMD EPYC 7373X 16-Core
79th
4
18.8 +/- 0.2
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 8-Core
79th
13
18.8 +/- 0.8
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core
79th
17
18.8 +/- 0.2
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-Core
79th
16
18.7 +/- 1.3
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
78th
12
18.4 +/- 1.0
AMD EPYC 4344P 8-Core
77th
3
18.3
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
76th
5
18.2 +/- 0.1
Mid-Tier
75th
< 18.2
AMD EPYC 4364P 8-Core
75th
4
18.0 +/- 0.1
2 x AMD EPYC 7573X 32-Core
75th
5
18.0
AMD EPYC 4244P 6-Core
75th
3
18.0
INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592
75th
3
18.0
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
74th
7
17.9 +/- 0.9
AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core
73rd
11
17.8 +/- 0.8
2 x AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core
73rd
20
17.8 +/- 1.2
2 x INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592
73rd
5
17.7 +/- 1.0
AMD EPYC 7773X 64-Core
73rd
4
17.6
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
72nd
9
17.4 +/- 0.7
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-Cores
71st
4
17.3
AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core
70th
3
17.2 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i9-10850K
70th
6
17.2 +/- 0.6
2 x AMD EPYC 7773X 64-Core
70th
16
17.2 +/- 0.7
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F 6-Core
70th
10
17.1 +/- 0.3
2 x AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core
70th
4
17.0 +/- 0.2
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core
68th
3
16.7 +/- 0.1
2 x AMD EPYC 9554 64-Core
68th
3
16.7 +/- 0.3
Intel Core i5-14500
68th
8
16.7 +/- 0.1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core
67th
3
16.4 +/- 0.1
Intel Xeon E E-2488
67th
5
16.4 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i9-11900K
67th
4
16.4 +/- 0.6
Apple M4
66th
7
16.1 +/- 0.1
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core
65th
6
15.9 +/- 0.2
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core
65th
15
15.9 +/- 0.5
Intel Core i5-12600K
65th
3
15.8
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core
64th
6
15.6 +/- 1.2
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H
64th
15
15.3 +/- 0.8
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core
64th
3
15.3
Intel Core i5-14400F
63rd
8
15.2 +/- 0.2
Intel Core i5-13400
63rd
3
15.2
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core
63rd
4
15.1 +/- 0.1
AMD EPYC 4124P 4-Core
62nd
4
14.9
ARMv8 Neoverse-V2 72-Core
62nd
4
14.9 +/- 0.2
Intel Xeon 6980P
61st
4
14.7 +/- 0.2
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
61st
4
14.7 +/- 0.1
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core
61st
3
14.5 +/- 0.7
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8380
61st
8
14.5 +/- 0.2
2 x Intel Xeon 6980P
60th
6
14.4 +/- 0.2
Intel Core i7-11700B
58th
4
13.9 +/- 0.5
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
57th
4
13.8 +/- 1.4
2 x AMD EPYC 9754 128-Core
57th
6
13.7 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i3-14100
56th
8
13.5
Apple M2
55th
4
13.4
2 x Intel Xeon Max 9480
55th
3
13.2 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i9-10980XE
55th
4
13.2 +/- 0.1
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
55th
11
13.1 +/- 1.2
Intel Core i5-12400
55th
6
13.1 +/- 0.7
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
54th
7
13.0 +/- 0.3
Intel Core i7-8700K
54th
4
12.9 +/- 0.6
Intel Core i7-5960X
54th
3
12.9
Intel Xeon W-2295
54th
4
12.9
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U
53rd
18
12.8 +/- 1.3
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
53rd
6
12.8 +/- 0.1
Intel Core Ultra 7 256V
52nd
4
12.7 +/- 0.8
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
52nd
12
12.7 +/- 0.8
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
51st
5
12.5 +/- 0.7
AMD Ryzen AI 9 365
51st
3
12.4
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
51st
4
12.4 +/- 0.5
Median
50th
12.4
Intel Xeon E-2388G
50th
10
12.3
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2
50th
6
12.3 +/- 0.6
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
46th
8
11.7 +/- 0.2
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
45th
11
11.7 +/- 1.5
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core
44th
4
11.5
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U
43rd
10
11.3 +/- 0.1
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
41st
3
11.1
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
41st
7
11.1
Intel Xeon E-2336
40th
5
10.9 +/- 0.1
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
37th
16
10.5 +/- 0.7
Apple M1
36th
3
10.5 +/- 1.2
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3
36th
17
10.4 +/- 0.2
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5218
35th
3
10.3 +/- 0.1
AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core
33rd
3
10.2 +/- 0.1
Intel Core Ultra 7 165U
32nd
4
10.1
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6248R
32nd
4
10.1 +/- 0.2
Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 256-Core
32nd
4
10.1 +/- 0.2
Intel Core i7-1280P
32nd
14
10.1 +/- 1.3
Intel Core i7-8809G
31st
3
10.1 +/- 0.1
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
31st
24
10.0 +/- 1.0
Intel Core i7-1260P
29th
4
9.7 +/- 1.1
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
28th
4
9.5 +/- 0.3
Intel Core i7-1165G7
28th
6
9.5 +/- 0.7
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
27th
5
9.3 +/- 0.3
Intel Core i7-1185G7
26th
7
9.2 +/- 0.2
Low-Tier
25th
< 9.1
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
24th
4
9.1 +/- 0.4
AMD EPYC 7251 8-Core
23rd
3
8.9 +/- 0.4
AMD Ryzen 7 4800U
23rd
3
8.8
Intel Core i7-1065G7
21st
3
8.3 +/- 1.0
Intel Core i7-8565U
20th
4
7.2 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i5-4430
19th
3
6.3
Intel Core i5-6500T
18th
3
5.8 +/- 0.1
Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core
18th
6
5.7 +/- 0.2
Intel Core i5-7200U
15th
3
4.2 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i5-6260U
15th
4
4.0
2 x AMD EPYC 9J14 96-Core
12th
42
3.1 +/- 0.5
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2
7th
43
2.1
rv64imafdcvsu
2nd
7
1.1
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Compression Level: 19 - Compression Speed1833 Results Range From 0 To 28 MB/s369121518212427303336100200300400500

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-Time612182430Min: 3 / Avg: 5.79 / Max: 24

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.4%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsCompression Level: 19 - Compression SpeedDeviation246810Min: 0 / Avg: 0.44 / 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 Speed46810121416243264961281920.71251.4252.13752.853.5625

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)
ARMv7 32-bit
armv7l
ARMv7 Cortex-A53 4-Core
ARMv8 64-bit
arm64
Apple M1, Apple M2 Max, Apple M3 Max, Apple M4
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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