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Tests (sorted by time)

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Here are the results of the latest tests sorted by compression, decompression and total time. Time is measured in seconds. The lower value (highlighted in table) is the best. You can also view results in a graph (15kB).

First follows chart with total time, this time is calculated as 2x Decompression_time + Compression_time. This expression should best fit to the user's requirements to compression program, because decompression speed is more important than compression time.

Program Total time (2x decompression + compression)
Average BMP DOC EXE GIF HTML JPG MIDI MP3 TTF TXT WAV XLS
 
WinZip 7.0 SR-1 (1285) 3.3 2.4 2.3 4.4 4.1 3.0 3.5 2.5 3.2 2.9 4.8 3.4 3.4
ARJ 2.60 3.6 2.8 2.5 4.6 4.3 1.8 4.4 4.0 2.5 2.1 5.5 5.4 2.7
RAR 2.60 beta 2 4.9 2.8 2.7 7.1 7.0 3.7 4.0 4.3 3.7 3.4 12.1 5.4 2.9
JAR (32 bit) 1.02 5.0 2.5 3.1 7.0 5.4 3.1 7.5 3.8 4.4 4.9 6.2 8.6 3.2
ACE 32 1.2b 5.3 2.8 3.1 7.7 6.7 3.9 5.7 3.9 3.8 4.9 9.7 7.8 3.0
WinRAR 2.60 beta 2 6.3 4.5 4.7 8.2 8.5 4.9 5.0 5.5 5.3 4.6 13.2 6.6 4.5
JAR (16 bit) 1.02 6.4 3.7 4.1 8.1 7.8 4.6 7.0 5.6 6.9 6.0 8.1 9.8 5.3
ACE 1.2b 6.6 4.3 5.7 8.8 7.4 5.4 6.1 6.2 5.5 5.8 9.7 7.1 7.0
WinACE 1.0 9.7 7.3 7.4 11.0 12.6 8.6 8.9 9.2 7.5 7.7 19.2 10.8 6.7
PAR 1.49 beta; Build 42 57.2 46.6 39.3 45.9 96.9 51.7 49.3 52.4 38.7 37.8 126.2 63.8 37.3

Program Decompression time
Average BMP DOC EXE GIF HTML JPG MIDI MP3 TTF TXT WAV XLS
 
WinZip 7.0 SR-1 (1285) 0.9 0.7 0.6 1.3 1.1 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.8 0.7 1.4 0.9 1.0
ARJ 2.60 1.1 0.7 0.5 1.3 1.4 0.4 1.5 1.4 0.5 0.4 2.1 2.0 0.6
RAR 2.60 beta 2 1.2 0.6 0.6 2.0 1.7 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.7 3.2 1.4 0.6
JAR (32 bit) 1.02 1.4 0.5 0.8 2.1 1.4 0.8 2.5 0.8 1.0 1.3 1.7 3.0 0.7
ACE 32 1.2b 1.4 0.8 0.8 2.2 1.9 1.1 1.8 0.8 0.9 1.2 2.7 2.4 0.6
WinRAR 2.60 beta 2 1.4 1.0 1.1 2.0 2.0 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.0 1.0 3.2 1.6 0.9
ACE 1.2b 1.7 1.3 1.6 2.2 1.7 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4 2.3 1.7 2.1
JAR (16 bit) 1.02 1.8 0.9 1.1 2.5 2.1 1.3 1.9 1.5 1.9 1.6 2.3 3.3 1.3
WinACE 1.0 2.6 2.1 2.1 3.0 3.6 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.0 1.8 5.4 2.8 1.9
PAR 1.49 beta; Build 42 13.7 9.0 9.3 10.6 25.7 12.3 11.2 12.6 8.0 8.4 35.1 16.0 6.4

Program Compression time
Average BMP DOC EXE GIF HTML JPG MIDI MP3 TTF TXT WAV XLS
 
ARJ 2.60 1.4 1.4 1.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 1.4 1.2 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5
WinZip 7.0 SR-1 (1285) 1.5 1.0 1.1 1.8 1.9 1.4 1.5 1.1 1.6 1.5 2.0 1.6 1.4
JAR (32 bit) 1.02 2.2 1.5 1.5 2.8 2.6 1.5 2.5 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.8 2.6 1.8
ACE 32 1.2b 2.4 1.2 1.5 3.3 2.9 1.7 2.1 2.3 2.0 2.5 4.3 3.1 1.8
RAR 2.60 beta 2 2.5 1.6 1.5 3.1 3.6 2.1 2.0 2.3 2.3 2.0 5.7 2.6 1.7
JAR (16 bit) 1.02 2.8 1.9 1.9 3.1 3.6 2.0 3.2 2.6 3.1 2.8 3.5 3.2 2.7
ACE 1.2b 3.2 1.7 2.5 4.4 4.0 2.6 2.9 3.2 2.5 3.0 5.1 3.7 2.8
WinRAR 2.60 beta 2 3.4 2.5 2.5 4.2 4.5 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.3 2.6 6.8 3.4 2.7
WinACE 1.0 4.5 3.1 3.2 5.0 5.4 4.0 4.3 4.6 3.5 4.1 8.4 5.2 2.9
PAR 1.49 beta; Build 42 29.7 28.6 20.7 24.7 45.5 27.1 26.9 27.2 22.7 21.0 56.0 31.8 24.5

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