(ACT 2.0) - May 1999 Edition

This is a temporary design for ACT 2.0 until the web pages are all redesigned.

The specifications and configuration of the test computer can be found here.

The executable file test includes three files:

The links to download these test files can be found here.

  ACT 2.0 Executable Test
  Total Files Size (bytes): 4,938,680
  Name Switches Compress
Time
Extract
Time
Compressed
Size
Overall
Score
Compress
Ratio
Bits per
Byte
      (seconds) (seconds) (bytes) (seconds) (%) (b/B)
*B 777 0.04b1 -m9 438.84 286.51 1,631,010 1178.41 67.0 2.6420
* UFA 0.04b1 -m9 133.70 26.95 1,685,666 628.89 65.9 2.7306
* 777 0.04b1 -m2 471.22 316.25 1,752,484 1274.27 64.5 2.8388
* CABARC 1.0 -m LZX:21 58.10 1.51 1,758,328 548.03 64.4 2.8483
* BIX 1.00b2 -md2048 -m9 52.43 4.80 1,765,385 547.61 64.3 2.8597
+*O BIX 1.00b3 -md2048 -m9 49.21 4.80 1,765,885 544.53 64.2 2.8605
# RKIVE 1.92b1 -mt3 463.37 424.24 1,767,329 1378.53 64.2 2.8628
* 777 0.04b1 -m2 -md128 -s 520.92 340.17 1,778,262 1355.05 64.0 2.8805
* UFA 0.04b1 -m2 132.70 27.29 1,808,946 662.48 63.4 2.9303
  UHARC 0.2 -m3 -md1024 114.79 21.07 1,824,350 642.62 63.1 2.9552
* UFA 0.04b1 -m2 -md128 -mx -s 167.70 27.60 1,834,324 704.83 62.9 2.9714
  UHARC 0.2 -m2 -md1024 82.39 21.45 1,853,249 618.63 62.5 3.0020
# ACB 2.00c (u)f 393.03 388.61 1,854,877 1296.88 62.4 3.0047
* CABARC 1.0 -m LZX:15 25.93 1.46 1,873,530 547.82 62.1 3.0349
# ACB 2.00c (b)f 268.37 270.85 1,873,866 1059.74 62.1 3.0354
  RKIVE 1.92b1 -mb3 208.39 167.27 1,875,296 896.58 62.0 3.0377
  UHARC 0.2 -m1 -md1024 59.59 21.70 1,880,199 603.57 61.9 3.0457
+* BIX 1.00b3 -md2048 -s 56.92 3.07 1,891,039 585.28 61.7 3.0632
* BIX 1.00b2 -md2048 -s 57.62 3.19 1,891,928 586.35 61.7 3.0647
* IMP 1.01 -m3 -s 20.80 1.56 1,900,968 550.41 61.5 3.0793
# ACB 2.00c (B)f 196.57 197.12 1,904,654 922.76 61.4 3.0853
+ ARHANGEL 1.39a5 -mm -mt -z 109.73 112.79 1,916,781 754.96 61.2 3.1049
  BOA 0.58b -m15 -s 265.33 296.25 1,922,126 1095.50 61.1 3.1136
# ACB 1.14a (b)f 264.94 266.84 1,925,125 1066.54 61.0 3.1184
  BOA 0.58b -s 236.14 267.63 1,925,680 1038.68 61.0 3.1193
* DST 0.9b+TAR -mb -4 543.40 45.95 1,934,295 1126.65 60.8 3.1333
  ARHANGEL 1.38 -2 104.60 114.22 1,952,123 761.08 60.5 3.1622
* JAR32 1.02 -m3 37.00 5.76 1,968,691 589.62 60.1 3.1890
* JAR32 1.02 -m4 39.82 5.77 1,970,398 592.92 60.1 3.1918
* DST 0.9b+TAR -mb 47.73 23.81 1,972,165 619.36 60.1 3.1946
* IMP 1.01 -2 -s 14.84 5.38 1,975,040 568.84 60.0 3.1993
* JAR32 1.02 (none) 20.81 5.76 1,977,407 575.85 60.0 3.2031
* RAR32 2.5b4 -m5 -md1024 97.81 2.80 1,980,612 650.78 59.9 3.2083
+* RAR32 2.50 -m5 -md1024 98.88 3.09 1,980,612 652.14 59.9 3.2083
+* RAR32 2.50 -m5 -md1024 -s 106.46 2.70 1,980,954 659.43 59.9 3.2089
* RAR32 2.5b4 -m5 -md1024 -s 107.34 3.03 1,980,954 660.64 59.9 3.2089
* ACE32 1.2b -m5 -d1024 -s 30.38 3.70 1,982,620 584.81 59.9 3.2116
  ACE 1.2b -m5 -d1024 44.57 10.27 1,982,620 605.57 59.9 3.2116
* ACE32 1.2b -m5 -d1024 30.14 3.84 1,982,620 584.71 59.9 3.2116
  ACE 1.2b -m5 -d1024 -s 44.23 8.90 1,982,620 603.86 59.9 3.2116
+ ARHANGEL 1.39a5 -1 -mm -mt -z 43.70 13.47 1,991,375 610.33 59.7 3.2258
  JAR16 1.02 -m3 66.17 42.73 1,992,085 662.26 59.7 3.2269
  JAR16 1.02 -m4 65.32 40.56 1,992,736 659.42 59.7 3.2280
* RAR32 2.5b4 -md1024 34.82 2.98 1,994,886 591.94 59.6 3.2314
+* RAR32 2.50 -md1024 34.73 2.90 1,994,886 591.77 59.6 3.2314
  RKIVE 1.92b1 -mf3 76.90 39.50 1,995,757 670.78 59.6 3.2329
# ARI 2.2 -1 -ho 287.33 8.15 1,998,158 850.52 59.5 3.2367
* RAR32 2.06 -m5 -md1024 -s 211.05 2.70 1,998,492 768.89 59.5 3.2373
* RAR32 2.06 -m5 -md1024 190.09 2.89 1,998,967 748.25 59.5 3.2381
  JAR16 1.02 (none) 49.15 40.38 2,003,744 646.13 59.4 3.2458
# ARI 2.2 -1 -m3 -ho 103.75 8.00 2,011,007 670.36 59.3 3.2576
# ERI32 3.6w -1 -ho 275.78 22.40 2,012,401 857.18 59.3 3.2598
# ERI32 3.6w -m4 -1 -ho 242.38 23.74 2,012,998 825.29 59.2 3.2608
# ERI32 3.6w -m3 -1 -ho 115.48 22.38 2,015,312 697.67 59.2 3.2645
  ACE 1.2b -d1024 31.99 8.93 2,017,872 601.44 59.1 3.2687
* ACE32 1.2b -d1024 16.32 3.75 2,017,872 580.59 59.1 3.2687
* RAR32 2.06 -md1024 47.25 2.85 2,022,981 612.04 59.0 3.2770
  ARHANGEL 1.38 -1 38.12 15.36 2,028,382 616.92 58.9 3.2857
* SZIP 1.11beta+TAR (none) 21.65 16.22 2,029,378 601.59 58.9 3.2873
  X1 0.95a ->X xem4 174.61 193.06 2,037,933 933.76 58.7 3.3012
* SZIP 1.11beta+TAR -o0b32 39.62 12.34 2,040,054 618.64 58.7 3.3046
  YAC 1.02 (none) 45.93 13.95 2,041,632 627.00 58.7 3.3072
+ RAR 2.50 -m5 33.23 7.08 2,047,044 608.93 58.6 3.3159
  RAR 2.06 -m5 32.78 6.86 2,047,044 608.26 58.6 3.3159
+ RAR 2.50 -m5 -s 35.31 8.99 2,047,108 612.94 58.5 3.3160
  RAR 2.06 -m5 -s 34.05 7.44 2,047,108 610.13 58.5 3.3160
  CODEC 3.21 -c10 124.36 129.40 2,048,293 822.73 58.5 3.3180
  HA 0.999b e2 145.54 143.71 2,051,061 858.99 58.5 3.3224
+ RAR 2.50 (none) 19.21 6.92 2,057,394 597.63 58.3 3.3327
  RAR 2.06 (none) 18.48 6.73 2,057,394 596.71 58.3 3.3327
* SZIP 1.11beta+TAR -o4b32 12.77 15.21 2,063,621 601.21 58.2 3.3428
+ SEMONE 0.4b1+TAR -mlb 55.66 24.45 2,064,777 653.66 58.2 3.3447
+ SEMONE 0.4b1+TAR -mln 45.73 23.84 2,071,814 645.07 58.0 3.3561
+* 7-ZIP 2.00b3 -mx 42.37 4.02 2,077,918 623.59 57.9 3.3659
  X1 0.95a ->X xem1 54.68 34.15 2,079,844 666.56 57.9 3.3691
* EXP v1 (none) 20.88 8.88 2,080,926 607.80 57.9 3.3708
* PAR 1.48 (Normal) 124.09 37.04 2,081,029 739.19 57.9 3.3710
+* 7-ZIP 2.00b3 (none) 25.62 4.00 2,085,673 608.97 57.8 3.3785
* 7-ZIP 2.00b1 (none) 24.71 3.98 2,085,728 608.06 57.8 3.3786
* BZIP2 0.9.0b+TAR -5 36.87 11.99 2,094,714 630.73 57.6 3.3932
* IMP 1.01 -m1 -s 8.96 1.59 2,104,764 595.21 57.4 3.4094
* BZIP2 0.9.0b+TAR (none) 37.01 11.26 2,106,371 633.37 57.3 3.4120
  UC2 v3.0 PRO (Max Compress) 39.89 6.30 2,106,552 631.34 57.3 3.4123
  UC v2.37 beta (Max Compress) 40.35 6.77 2,106,630 632.30 57.3 3.4125
  HA 0.999b e1 37.58 17.83 2,109,605 641.41 57.3 3.4173
+* XTREME 1.06 -s -t5 39.88 10.65 2,121,775 639.91 57.0 3.4370
  LZAP 0.20.0+TAR (none) 195.26 207.52 2,122,568 992.38 57.0 3.4383
* HUFFMAN C.E.II 0.21d (none) 42.38 4.12 2,125,176 636.83 57.0 3.4425
+* XTREME 1.06 -s -t8 46.79 9.61 2,125,676 646.87 57.0 3.4433
+ PKZIP 2.50 -exx 18.76 4.91 2,131,025 615.62 56.9 3.4520
* PKZIP 2.6.02 Win95 (Extra) 11.51 1.19 2,133,213 605.26 56.8 3.4555
  UC2 v3.0 PRO (Default) 19.62 7.78 2,134,410 620.29 56.8 3.4575
  UC v2.37 beta (Default) 16.90 5.30 2,134,454 615.10 56.8 3.4575
  PKZIP 2.04g -ex 26.35 7.03 2,136,063 626.73 56.7 3.4601
  GZIP 1.2.4+TAR -9 31.99 8.49 2,137,020 634.10 56.7 3.4617
  OOP 2.3 (Max Compress) 43.29 8.49 2,138,226 645.73 56.7 3.4636
  SQZ 1.08.4a -q(ALT236) 38.70 7.83 2,138,720 640.62 56.7 3.4644
* PKZIP 2.6.02 Win95 (Norm) 7.04 1.65 2,138,818 602.81 56.7 3.4646
  CODEC 3.21 (none) 17.08 10.66 2,141,568 622.62 56.6 3.4691
* LHA 2.67(Win32) (none) 19.49 2.63 2,142,169 617.17 56.6 3.4700
+ PKZIP 2.50 (none) 10.53 5.73 2,142,289 611.34 56.6 3.4702
  AIN 2.32 /m1 25.33 8.08 2,142,630 628.59 56.6 3.4708
  ESP 1.92 /m0 27.17 12.07 2,143,522 634.66 56.6 3.4722
* WINZIP'95 7.0 (Max Compress) 22.07 1.87 2,143,787 619.44 56.6 3.4726
  INFO-ZIP 2.2DOS -9 -j 24.94 10.04 2,143,841 630.49 56.6 3.4727
* INFO-ZIP 2.2NT -9 -j 21.08 1.83 2,143,865 618.43 56.6 3.4728
  GZIP 1.2.4+TAR (none) 18.03 8.46 2,145,153 622.37 56.6 3.4749
  PKZIP 2.04g (none) 15.59 8.17 2,146,997 620.15 56.5 3.4778
  SQZ 1.08.4a (none) 17.95 6.97 2,147,021 621.31 56.5 3.4779
* INFO-ZIP 2.2NT -j 10.96 1.97 2,150,415 610.27 56.5 3.4834
  INFO-ZIP 2.2DOS -j 14.07 8.44 2,150,483 619.87 56.5 3.4835
  AIN 2.32 (none) 22.85 7.88 2,150,709 628.15 56.5 3.4839
  ESP 1.92 /m2 24.19 10.42 2,150,750 632.04 56.5 3.4839
  ARJ 2.62a -jm -e 26.28 7.13 2,151,048 630.92 56.4 3.4844
* ARJ32 3.0b -jm -e 32.70 3.56 2,151,088 633.78 56.4 3.4845
* HUFFMAN C.E.II 0.21d -K7 36.84 4.13 2,152,706 638.94 56.4 3.4871
  ARJ 2.62a -e 19.87 7.18 2,152,768 625.04 56.4 3.4872
* ARJ32 3.0b -e 22.47 3.41 2,152,890 623.91 56.4 3.4874
* WINZIP'95 7.0 (Normal Comp) 7.86 1.82 2,164,077 610.81 56.2 3.5055
+* XTREME 1.06 -s 23.28 10.79 2,186,639 641.47 55.7 3.5421
  HAP 4.62 3 32.03 41.33 2,194,097 682.83 55.6 3.5541
  HAP 3.14e11 3 34.35 51.29 2,194,097 695.11 55.6 3.5541
  OOP 2.3 (Normal Comp) 17.83 7.93 2,198,723 636.52 55.5 3.5616
  LHA 2.55b (none) 21.26 6.39 2,225,037 645.72 54.9 3.6043
  CAR 1.50 (none) 27.65 14.59 2,225,037 660.31 54.9 3.6043
  ZOO 2.10 h: 32.41 12.64 2,225,245 663.17 54.9 3.6046
+ AKT 0.5b m9 68.18 38.61 2,226,836 725.36 54.9 3.6072
* XTREME 1.03 -s -t5 28.00 6.49 2,227,833 653.33 54.9 3.6088
+ AKT 0.5b (none) 62.22 38.39 2,232,886 720.86 54.8 3.6170
* DEEPFREEZE 1.03 (none) 16.16 4.87 2,235,089 641.89 54.7 3.6205
* XTREME 1.03 -s -t7 38.99 6.01 2,246,547 669.04 54.5 3.6391
* XTREME 1.03 -s 17.18 7.23 2,282,621 658.47 53.8 3.6975
* BVI 1.70+TAR -m3 2936.62 2890.30 2,337,967 6476.36 52.7 3.7872
* LZOP 0.94w -9 33.99 0.86 2,372,797 693.96 52.0 3.8436
+* SBX 1.4 (none) 37.05 12.57 2,373,176 708.84 51.9 3.8442
  ICE 1.02c+TAR (none) 173.97 97.26 2,373,999 930.67 51.9 3.8456
+ PKZIP 2.50 -es 6.34 5.69 2,436,204 688.75 50.7 3.9463
  PKZIP 2.04g -es 9.13 5.99 2,436,243 691.85 50.7 3.9464
  LZS 3.1+TAR /p255 19.92 7.83 2,561,640 739.32 48.1 4.1495
  LZS 3.1+TAR /m1 /p255 19.65 7.99 2,652,371 764.41 46.3 4.2965
* ASD 0.1.3 (none) 1089.94 12.27 2,668,647 1843.50 46.0 4.3229
+ ARS 2.1 -e -m2 24.34 36.48 2,686,679 807.12 45.6 4.3521
+ ARS 2.1 -e 24.25 39.51 2,686,679 810.06 45.6 4.3521
* BVI 1.70+TAR -m2 442.40 432.85 2,775,424 1646.20 43.8 4.4958
+ NPACK 1.0+TAR (none) 28.85 14.90 2,833,757 830.90 42.6 4.5903
*FQ LZOP 0.94w (none) 2.34 0.86 2,839,330 791.90 42.5 4.5993
  OPAQUE 1.0 (none) 7.32 6.73 2,984,944 843.20 39.6 4.8352
  ZOO 2.10 : 26.02 19.84 3,051,677 893.55 38.2 4.9433
  BLINK 2.50 (none) 7.61 6.90 3,066,080 866.20 37.9 4.9666
  ARC 6.02 (none) 10.81 9.47 3,157,784 897.44 36.1 5.1152
# TAR 3.21g (none) 1.40 0.43 4,941,824 1374.56 -0.1 8.0051
  Best Compression: 777 0.04b1
  Fastest Compression: LZOP 0.94w
  Quickest Extraction: LZOP 0.94w
  Best Overall: BIX 1.00b3

 

+ - New program tested
# - DOS program that was run in a Windows98 DOS box
* - Windows 32bit program (95/98/NT)
B - Best compression (smallest compressed file)
F - Fastest compression time
Q - Quickest extraction time
O - Best overall (smallest overall score - calculated by adding compress time, extract time, and time it would take to transfer the compressed file over a 28,800bps network

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