()  A.C.T. - MAR. 1995  ()  Author: JEFF GILCHRIST  ()  Part 5 of 7  ()

                   ***  PART 2 - MULTIPLE FILE TEST  ***


I compressed a directory containing 21 files totalling 3,255,838 bytes
on my hard drive to a 2 megabyte RAM drive.  This directory contained
the original files from the Calgary Corpus archive (CALGARYCORPUS.ZIP)
which contains text, binary and graphical files.  I used a 486DX4-75
with 8 megabytes of RAM to do this test.  No CACHE was used at all!
For the timing, Ultra Precision Command Timer v1.6 by Erik de Neve was
used.  The operating system used was DOS 6.22.

Here are my results:

    ARCHIVER      SWITCHES   EXTRACT TIME  COMPRESS TIME  COMPRESSED SIZE
    --------      --------   ------------  -------------  ---------------

 B  HA 0.999b     e12        2 m 39.8 sec   4 m 29.0 sec    883,651 bytes
    QUANTUM 0.93  -c5        1 m 00.4 sec  34 m 28.5 sec    934,429 bytes
 N  QUANTUM 0.96  -c5        1 m 00.0 sec  34 m 29.5 sec    934,429 bytes
    HAP 3.14e11   3          1 m 17.5 sec   1 m 02.5 sec    969,576 bytes
 N  QUANTUM 0.96  (none)     1 m 01.5 sec   4 m 55.7 sec    981,470 bytes
    QUANTUM 0.93  (none)     1 m 01.1 sec   4 m 55.9 sec    981,912 bytes
    HPACK 0.79a0  -df        0 m 35.3 sec  11 m 38.4 sec  1,023,107 bytes
    ARI 1.12      -n         0 m 16.3 sec   9 m 23.7 sec  1,024,569 bytes
    UC2 2.0       (Max Comp) 0 m 15.3 sec   2 m 04.7 sec  1,026,666 bytes
    CRUSH 1.3+UC2 -n -u      0 m 27.7 sec   2 m 14.6 sec  1,032,744 bytes
    RAR 1.53      -ep -m5 -s 0 m 14.6 sec   1 m 51.5 sec  1,047,783 bytes
    LIMIT 1.2     -mx        0 m 13.6 sec   1 m 07.3 sec  1,054,168 bytes
    HA 0.999b     e          0 m 35.1 sec   1 m 31.8 sec  1,054,534 bytes
 O  UC2 2.0       (Default)  0 m 15.6 sec   0 m 53.7 sec  1,054,814 bytes
    LIMIT 1.2     (none)     0 m 13.6 sec   0 m 56.4 sec  1,056,022 bytes
    CRUSH 1.3+HA  -n -h      0 m 46.5 sec   1 m 48.4 sec  1,057,050 bytes
    CODEC 3.10    -c9        0 m 22.9 sec   1 m 07.9 sec  1,062,145 bytes
    SQZ 1.08.3    -q(ALT236) 0 m 16.1 sec   1 m 48.2 sec  1,062,520 bytes
    INFO-ZIP 2.0  -9 -j      0 m 15.8 sec   1 m 05.3 sec  1,063,059 bytes
    AMGC 2.2      -mm        0 m 18.0 sec   2 m 21.4 sec  1,063,358 bytes
    CRUSH 1.3+ZIP -n         0 m 24.8 sec   1 m 17.0 sec  1,063,540 bytes
    RAR 1.53      -ep        0 m 16.1 sec   0 m 50.1 sec  1,064,522 bytes
    CODEC 3.10    (none)     0 m 22.9 sec   0 m 51.5 sec  1,065,126 bytes
    PKZIP 2.04g   -ex        0 m 13.9 sec   0 m 52.4 sec  1,065,291 bytes
    AIN 2.2       /m1        0 m 12.6 sec   0 m 39.7 sec  1,066,922 bytes
    INFO-ZIP 2.0  -j         0 m 15.9 sec   0 m 45.1 sec  1,070,443 bytes
    SQZ 1.08.3    (none)     0 m 16.1 sec   0 m 56.7 sec  1,073,012 bytes
 N  BSArc 1.9.3   (none)     0 m 13.3 sec   1 m 04.2 sec  1,074,194 bytes
    AIN 2.2       (none)     0 m 12.6 sec   0 m 29.3 sec  1,075,730 bytes
 Q  PKZIP 2.04g   (none)     0 m 12.0 sec   0 m 33.0 sec  1,077,029 bytes
 N  ARJ 2.42bBETA -jm -e     0 m 15.3 sec   1 m 07.3 sec  1,081,242 bytes
    ARJ 2.41a     -jm -e     0 m 13.7 sec   1 m 07.8 sec  1,081,242 bytes
    CRUSH 1.3+ARJ -n -j      0 m 26.2 sec   1 m 12.7 sec  1,083,212 bytes
 N  ARJ 2.42bBETA -e         0 m 14.2 sec   0 m 51.2 sec  1,083,663 bytes
    ARJ 2.41a     -e         0 m 13.5 sec   0 m 51.7 sec  1,083,663 bytes
    AMGC 2.2      (none)     0 m 13.4 sec   0 m 47.6 sec  1,114,898 bytes
    LHA 2.55b     -we:       0 m 14.1 sec   1 m 03.0 sec  1,142,342 bytes
    SAR 1.0       (none)     0 m 29.2 sec   2 m 13.0 sec  1,142,363 bytes
    ZOO 2.10      h:         0 m 18.1 sec   1 m 54.8 sec  1,143,300 bytes
    PUT 3.41      (none)     0 m 18.3 sec   1 m 20.1 sec  1,144,112 bytes
 N  PAK 2.51      (none)     0 m 16.3 sec   0 m 38.4 sec  1,191,665 bytes
    HYPER 2.5     (none)     0 m 25.2 sec   0 m 36.4 sec  1,192,686 bytes
 N  SQWEZ 2.1     (none)     0 m 21.2 sec   1 m 55.5 sec  1,236,777 bytes
    ARX 1.00      (none)     0 m 20.7 sec   0 m 57.4 sec  1,251,447 bytes
    SQWEZ 1.0     (none)     0 m 20.7 sec   1 m 53.9 sec  1,256,143 bytes
 N  DWC 5.01      (none)     0 m 13.2 sec   0 m 21.1 sec  1,457,491 bytes
    ZOO 2.10      :          0 m 28.2 sec   0 m 52.0 sec  1,494,933 bytes
    JRCHIVE 1.02  -v         0 m 53.9 sec   1 m 00.0 sec  1,578,966 bytes
 F  ARC 6.02      (none)     0 m 15.3 sec   0 m 19.5 sec  1,590,185 bytes
 N  AR 0.02       (none)     ** DOES NOT EXCEPT WILDCARDS **

Winner for best compression   :  HA 0.999b B
Winner for fastest compression:  ARC 6.02 F
Winner for quickest extraction:  PKZIP 2.04g Q
Winner for best overall       :  UC2 2.0 O

N Indicates a new version of the software tested since the last posting
  of these tests.

* Please note that the switches listed above apply only during
  compression and not during extraction.

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