(ACT 2.0) - July 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 Windows 32bit (PE) executable file test is:

The DOS executable file test file is:

 

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

  ACT 2.0 EXE-Pack Test
  Windows 32bit (PE)
Executable (netscape.exe)
  Total Files Size (bytes): 2,934,336
  Name Switches Compress
Time
Extract
Time
Compressed
Size
Overall
Score
Compress
Ratio
Bits per
Byte
      (seconds) (seconds) (bytes) (seconds) (%) (b/B)
+*B UPX 0.72 -9 477.46 N/A 1,136,223 793.08 61.3 3.0977
* UPX 0.70 -9 477.51 N/A 1,136,275 793.14 61.3 3.0979
+* UPX 0.72 (none) 81.94 N/A 1,162,981 404.99 60.4 3.1707
* UPX 0.70 (none) 85.56 N/A 1,163,032 408.62 60.4 3.1708
+* UPX 0.72 -5 25.65 N/A 1,209,754 361.69 58.8 3.2982
*O UPX 0.70 -5 22.45 N/A 1,209,805 358.51 58.8 3.2983
+* ASPACK 1.08.03 (none) 137.92 N/A 1,242,624 483.09 57.7 3.3878
* ASPACK 1.08.02 (none) 139.85 N/A 1,242,624 485.02 57.7 3.3878
* PETITE 2.0 -2 589.29 N/A 1,353,596 965.29 53.9 3.6904
+* PETITE 2.1 -2 604.85 N/A 1,354,108 980.99 53.9 3.6918
* PETITE 2.0 (none) 11.37 N/A 1,382,780 395.48 52.9 3.7699
+* PETITE 2.1 (none) 17.51 N/A 1,383,292 401.76 52.9 3.7713
  PEPACK 1.0 (none) 127.82 N/A 1,465,856 535.00 50.0 3.9964
+* UPX 0.72 -1 4.27 N/A 1,494,463 419.40 49.1 4.0744
* UPX 0.70 -1 7.23 N/A 1,494,521 422.37 49.1 4.0746
* NEOLITE 2.0 (Max Comp) 23.59 N/A 1,526,655 447.66 48.0 4.1622
  PEPACK 1.0 -spd 166.71 N/A 1,548,800 596.93 47.2 4.2226
* PKLITE32 1.1b8 (none) 11.66 N/A 1,598,976 455.82 45.5 4.3594
* WWPACK32 1.12 (Level 20) 164.76 N/A 1,611,776 612.48 45.1 4.3943
* WWPACK32 1.12 (Level 10) 91.17 N/A 1,615,872 540.02 44.9 4.4054
* NEOLITE 2.0 (none) 27.93 N/A 1,620,698 478.12 44.8 4.4186
* WWPACK32 1.12 (Level 3) 61.76 N/A 1,624,064 512.89 44.7 4.4278
* SHRINKER32 3.4 (Factor 9) 10.53 N/A 1,830,976 519.13 37.6 4.9919
* SHRINKER32 3.4 (Factor 5) 4.61 N/A 1,837,120 514.92 37.4 5.0086
*F NEOLITE 2.0 (Quick) 3.54 N/A 1,929,020 539.38 34.3 5.2592
  Best Compression: UPX 0.72
  Fastest Compression: NEOLITE 1.04
  Quickest Extraction: N/A
  Best Overall: UPX 0.70
 
 
 
 
  ACT 2.0 EXE-Pack Test
  DOS Executable (101.exe)  
  Total Files Size (bytes): 438,144
  Name Switches Compress
Time
Extract
Time
Compressed
Size
Overall
Score
Compress
Ratio
Bits per
Byte
      (seconds) (seconds) (bytes) (seconds) (%) (b/B)
*B UPX 0.70 -9 12.93 0.0646 179,848 62.95 59.0 3.2838
+* UPX 0.72 -9 13.82 0.1227 179,848 63.90 59.0 3.2838
  APACK 0.98b -1 9.12 0.0613 180,909 59.43 58.7 3.3032
  APACK 0.98b -3 9.18 0.0551 181,009 59.52 58.7 3.3050
  APACK 0.98b -2 9.09 0.0562 181,023 59.43 58.7 3.3053
  APACK 0.98b -1 -f 6.57 0.1071 181,555 57.11 58.6 3.3150
+* UPX 0.72 (none) 5.15 0.1390 182,994 56.12 58.2 3.3413
* UPX 0.70 (none) 5.05 0.0923 182,994 55.97 58.2 3.3413
* UPX 0.70 -5 3.44 0.1221 186,254 55.30 57.5 3.4008
+*O UPX 0.72 -5 3.22 0.1211 186,254 55.08 57.5 3.4008
  XE 1.4.1 (none) 16.02 0.0800 190,436 69.00 56.5 3.4771
  PKSMART 1.0 (none) 7.82 0.0991 191,985 61.25 56.2 3.5054
  WWPACK 3.04a (none) 11.81 0.0852 193,732 65.71 55.8 3.5373
  UCEXE 2.4 (none) 1.63 0.0618 200,949 57.51 54.1 3.6691
  AINEXE 2.23 (none) 2.70 0.1352 202,195 59.00 53.9 3.6918
  COMPACK 4.5 (none) 2.14 0.0112 204,092 58.84 53.4 3.7265
  LGLZ 1.04c -h -u -s9 2.06 0.0713 205,845 59.31 53.0 3.7585
  LGLZ 1.04c -f 2.01 0.0356 206,637 59.44 52.8 3.7730
  LGLZ 1.04c -s5 1.82 0.0700 206,660 59.30 52.8 3.7734
  COMPACK 4.5 -g 1.85 0.0119 207,388 59.47 52.7 3.7867
  AVPACK 1.22 (none) 2.87 0.0338 211,000 61.51 51.8 3.8526
  RJCRUSH 1.10 (none) 1.73 0.0756 211,673 60.60 51.7 3.8649
F PACK 2.01 (none) 1.26 0.0762 214,155 60.82 51.1 3.9102
  DIET 1.45f (none) 1.91 0.0785 214,183 61.48 51.1 3.9107
  DIET 1.45f -g 1.45 0.0535 214,286 61.03 51.1 3.9126
  MEGALITE 1.20a+ (none) 2.83 Crashed 216,906 63.08 50.5 3.9605
  PKLITE 2.01 (none) 2.73 0.0222 216,986 63.03 50.5 3.9619
  ELITE 2.0 (none) 3.94 0.0727 217,410 64.40 50.4 3.9697
  LZEXE 1.0 (none) 1.95 0.0248 218,745 62.74 50.1 3.9940
  PACKWIN 1.0 (none) 8.95 0.0255 218,802 69.75 50.1 3.9951
  TINYPROG 3.9 (none) 11.72 0.0366 219,792 72.81 49.8 4.0131
  SCRNCH 1.02 /s 246.70 Crashed 220,108 307.84 49.8 4.0189
* UPX 0.70 -1 1.28 0.0970 222,545 63.20 49.2 4.0634
+* UPX 0.72 -1 1.25 0.1159 222,545 63.18 49.2 4.0634
  SCRNCH 1.02 (none) 51.33 Crashed 223,489 113.41 49.0 4.0806
  EXEHIGH 1.01 (none) 1.91 0.0912 224,816 64.45 48.7 4.1049
  SCRNCH 1.02 /f 14.46 Crashed 231,186 78.68 47.2 4.2212
  CRUNCH 1.0 (none) 7.12 0.9082 296,192 90.30 32.4 5.4081
  AXE 2.2 (none) 6.43 0.1828 324,134 96.65 26.0 5.9183
Q EXEPACK 4.06 (none) 1.90 0.0088 406,017 114.69 7.3 7.4134
  PGMPAK 0.15 (none) Would Not Compress 0.0000 0 0.00 100.0 0.0000
  Best Compression: UPX 0.70
  Fastest Compression: PACK 2.01
  Quickest Extraction: EXEPACK 4.06
  Best Overall: UPX 0.72

 

+ - 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


For another Win32 (PE) exe-packer comparison, click
here.

 

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