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authorYann Collet <cyan@fb.com>2016-11-16 19:36:45 (GMT)
committerYann Collet <cyan@fb.com>2016-11-16 19:36:45 (GMT)
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updated README for v1.7.3
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@@ -43,25 +43,29 @@ LZ4 library is provided as open-source software using BSD 2-Clause license.
Benchmarks
-------------------------
-The benchmark uses the [Open-Source Benchmark program by m^2 (v0.14.3)]
-compiled with GCC v4.8.2 on Linux Mint 64-bits v17.
-The reference system uses a Core i5-4300U @1.9GHz.
+The benchmark uses [lzbench], from @inikep
+compiled with GCC v6.2.0 on Linux 64-bits.
+The reference system uses a Core i7-3930K CPU @ 4.5GHz.
Benchmark evaluates the compression of reference [Silesia Corpus]
in single-thread mode.
-| Compressor | Ratio | Compression | Decompression |
-| ---------- | ----- | ----------- | ------------- |
-| memcpy | 1.000 | 4200 MB/s | 4200 MB/s |
-|**LZ4 fast 17 (r129)**| 1.607 |**690 MB/s** | **2220 MB/s** |
-|**LZ4 default (r129)**|**2.101**|**385 MB/s** | **1850 MB/s** |
-| LZO 2.06 | 2.108 | 350 MB/s | 510 MB/s |
-| QuickLZ 1.5.1.b6 | 2.238 | 320 MB/s | 380 MB/s |
-| Snappy 1.1.0 | 2.091 | 250 MB/s | 960 MB/s |
-| [Zstandard] 0.5.1 | 2.876 | 240 MB/s | 620 MB/s |
-| LZF v3.6 | 2.073 | 175 MB/s | 500 MB/s |
-| [zlib] 1.2.8 -1 | 2.730 | 59 MB/s | 250 MB/s |
-|**LZ4 HC (r129)** |**2.720**| 22 MB/s | **1830 MB/s** |
-| [zlib] 1.2.8 -6 | 3.099 | 18 MB/s | 270 MB/s |
+[lzbench]: https://github.com/inikep/lzbench
+[Silesia Corpus]: http://sun.aei.polsl.pl/~sdeor/index.php?page=silesia
+
+| Compressor | Ratio | Compression | Decompression |
+| ---------- | ----- | ----------- | ------------- |
+| memcpy | 1.000 | 7300 MB/s | 7300 MB/s |
+|**LZ4 fast 8 (v1.7.3)**| 1.799 |**911 MB/s** | **3360 MB/s** |
+|**LZ4 default (v1.7.3)**|**2.101**|**625 MB/s** | **3220 MB/s** |
+| LZO 2.09 | 2.108 | 620 MB/s | 845 MB/s |
+| QuickLZ 1.5.0 | 2.238 | 510 MB/s | 600 MB/s |
+| Snappy 1.1.3 | 2.091 | 450 MB/s | 1550 MB/s |
+| LZF v3.6 | 2.073 | 365 MB/s | 820 MB/s |
+| [Zstandard] 1.1.1 -1 | 2.876 | 330 MB/s | 930 MB/s |
+| [Zstandard] 1.1.1 -3 | 3.164 | 200 MB/s | 810 MB/s |
+| [zlib] deflate 1.2.8 -1| 2.730 | 100 MB/s | 370 MB/s |
+|**LZ4 HC -9 (v1.7.3)** |**2.720**| 34 MB/s | **3240 MB/s** |
+| [zlib] deflate 1.2.8 -6| 3.099 | 33 MB/s | 390 MB/s |
[zlib]: http://www.zlib.net/
[Zstandard]: http://www.zstd.net/
@@ -77,6 +81,9 @@ Organizing these blocks and providing a common header format to handle their con
is the purpose of the Frame format, defined into [lz4_Frame_format].
Interoperable versions of LZ4 must respect this frame format.
+[lz4_Block_format]: doc/lz4_Block_format.md
+[lz4_Frame_format]: doc/lz4_Frame_format.md
+
Other source versions
-------------------------
@@ -86,9 +93,4 @@ many contributors have created versions of lz4 in multiple languages
(Java, C#, Python, Perl, Ruby, etc.).
A list of known source ports is maintained on the [LZ4 Homepage].
-
-[Open-Source Benchmark program by m^2 (v0.14.3)]: http://encode.ru/threads/1371-Filesystem-benchmark?p=34029&viewfull=1#post34029
-[Silesia Corpus]: http://sun.aei.polsl.pl/~sdeor/index.php?page=silesia
-[lz4_Block_format]: doc/lz4_Block_format.md
-[lz4_Frame_format]: doc/lz4_Frame_format.md
[LZ4 Homepage]: http://www.lz4.org