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********* ARCHIVE COMPARISON TEST (A.C.T.) - SEPTEMBER 1996 *********
* Author: JEFF GILCHRIST *
* A.C.T. released since September 1992. *
***********************************************************************
* A.C.T. may be re-posted or distributed only if the contents are *
* not changed under any circumstances and the contents are posted *
* in their entirety. *
***********************************************************************
########################### PLEASE READ ###############################
A.C.T. is now on the World Wide Web (WWW)! It can be accessed at:
http://www.mi.net/act/act.html
This is the best way to view A.C.T. since it is in a graphical format
and most authors have a link to their e-mail address. There are also
links to FTP sites to download most of the archivers. Finally, there
is a link to my e-mail address to send me any comments or suggestions.
#######################################################################
The following is a test I did on several archivers to compare their
performance against others.
For the following tests with single file types, I used a 486DX4-75 with
20 megabytes of RAM. No disk 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. I compressed the tested files from
my hard drive to a 2 megabyte RAM drive.
LEGEND OF SYMBOLS USED
----------------------
+ = Indicates a new version of the software tested since the last
posting of these tests.
- = Indicates the version of the software tested will be removed
from the listing next month.
* = Indicates the version of the software tested has changed either
in speed or compression size since the previous month.
8 = Indicates the archiver was tested using 8 megabytes of RAM.
B = Indicates the archiver with the best compression
O = Indicates the archiver with the best speed/compression ratio
F = Indicates the archiver with the fastest compression
Q = Indicates the archiver with the quickest extraction
*** PART 1 - SINGLE FILE TESTS ***
TEXT File Test - Uncompressed Size 768,771 bytes
ARCHIVER SWITCHES CREATION TIME COMPRESSED SIZE RATIO
-------- -------- ------------- --------------- -----
B X1 0.94h ->X xem4l2 0 m 32.8 sec 219,691 bytes 71.4%
X1 0.94h ->X xem3 0 m 33.7 sec 219,827 bytes 71.4%
ACB 1.23c (u)f 3 m 51.9 sec 224,527 bytes 70.8%
ACB 1.23c (b)f 2 m 30.0 sec 226,610 bytes 70.5%
8 ACB 1.14a (b)f 2 m 36.8 sec 227,416 bytes 70.4%
HA 0.999b e2 0 m 34.8 sec 235,767 bytes 69.3%
ACB 1.23c (B)f 1 m 15.7 sec 241,251 bytes 68.6%
8 BSArc 2.0.0 -++ 0 m 46.7 sec 244,049 bytes 68.3%
+ RKIVE 1.2 -m5 0 m 52.8 sec 252,112 bytes 67.2%
CODEC 3.21 -c10 0 m 42.4 sec 252,375 bytes 67.2%
X1 0.94h ->X xem7 0 m 18.0 sec 255,553 bytes 66.8%
+ RKIVE 1.2 -m3 0 m 34.1 sec 257,652 bytes 66.5%
O HAP 4.03 3 0 m 13.2 sec 260,103 bytes 66.2%
HAP 3.05bp (none) 0 m 18.3 sec 260,103 bytes 66.2%
QUANTUM 0.97 -c7 -t20 29 m 40.3 sec 263,747 bytes 65.7%
QUANTUM 0.97 -c5 11 m 03.7 sec 271,960 bytes 64.6%
+ RKIVE 1.2 (none) 0 m 26.4 sec 273,040 bytes 64.5%
WinRAR 2.0beta3 -m5 -md512 1 m 47.8 sec 279,704 bytes 63.6%
+ RKIVE 1.1 -m7 3 m 33.2 sec 282,464 bytes 63.3%
WinRAR 2.0beta3 -m5 -md256 1 m 25.4 sec 284,230 bytes 63.0%
QUANTUM 0.97 -c3 -t20 2 m 00.1 sec 284,721 bytes 63.0%
QUANTUM 0.97 (none) 1 m 44.8 sec 287,179 bytes 62.6%
WinRAR 2.0beta3 -md512 0 m 27.3 sec 293,003 bytes 61.9%
HPACK 0.79a0 -df 0 m 49.7 sec 299,072 bytes 61.1%
ARI 1.13u -m5 -hz30 3 m 29.7 sec 299,997 bytes 61.0%
ARI 1.13u -m5 -t16 3 m 21.2 sec 300,037 bytes 61.0%
RAR 2.0 -m5 0 m 30.1 sec 301,306 bytes 60.8%
ARJZ 0.15 -mp9 -jh 0 m 27.9 sec 301,771 bytes 60.7%
UC2 v3.0 PRO (Max Compress) 0 m 36.6 sec 302,022 bytes 60.7%
UC v2.37 beta (Max Compress) 0 m 35.5 sec 302,026 bytes 60.7%
LHARK 0.3o -tob 0 m 31.7 sec 302,820 bytes 60.6%
ARJZ 0.15 (none) 0 m 18.6 sec 304,182 bytes 60.4%
ARI 1.13u -m3 -hz30 1 m 21.5 sec 304,248 bytes 60.4%
+ RKIVE 1.1 (none) 0 m 58.9 sec 304,303 bytes 60.4%
RAR 2.0 (none) 0 m 16.6 sec 305,914 bytes 60.2%
YAC 1.02 (none) 0 m 36.1 sec 306,697 bytes 60.1%
LHARK 0.3o (none) 0 m 14.7 sec 309,326 bytes 59.8%
LIMIT 1.2 -mx 0 m 21.6 sec 310,872 bytes 59.6%
LIMIT 1.2 (none) 0 m 20.1 sec 311,187 bytes 59.5%
SUPERPACK 2.0 (Max) 0 m 49.3 sec 311,274 bytes 59.5%
AMGC 2.2 -mm 0 m 51.3 sec 311,279 bytes 59.5%
UC v2.37 beta (Default) 0 m 16.4 sec 311,412 bytes 59.5%
UC2 v3.0 PRO (Default) 0 m 17.4 sec 311,412 bytes 59.5%
HA 0.999b e1 0 m 27.1 sec 312,016 bytes 59.4%
SQZ 1.08.3 -q(ALT236) 0 m 26.9 sec 312,330 bytes 59.4%
INFO-ZIP 2.1NT -9 -j 0 m 17.6 sec 312,371 bytes 59.4%
WINZIP'95 6.1 (Max Compress) 0 m 21.7 sec 312,371 bytes 59.4%
INFO-ZIP 2.1DOS -9 -j 0 m 17.9 sec 312,395 bytes 59.4%
PKZIP 2.04g -ex 0 m 15.1 sec 312,604 bytes 59.3%
GZIP 1.2.4 -9 0 m 23.5 sec 312,915 bytes 59.3%
LHA 2.67(Win32) -wd:\ 0 m 21.4 sec 313,166 bytes 59.3%
INFO-ZIP 2.1NT -j 0 m 14.3 sec 313,466 bytes 59.2%
INFO-ZIP 2.1DOS -j 0 m 14.4 sec 313,490 bytes 59.2%
CODEC 3.21 (none) 0 m 16.2 sec 313,787 bytes 59.2%
8 BSArc 2.0.0 (none) 0 m 19.1 sec 314,138 bytes 59.1%
AIN 2.2 /m1 0 m 10.7 sec 314,299 bytes 59.1%
GZIP 1.2.4 (none) 0 m 18.8 sec 314,443 bytes 59.2%
SQZ 1.08.3 (none) 0 m 18.6 sec 315,028 bytes 59.0%
PKZIP 2.04g (none) 0 m 10.4 sec 316,113 bytes 58.9%
QUARK 1.0beta (none) 0 m 18.0 sec 317,195 bytes 58.7%
AIN 2.2 (none) 0 m 08.6 sec 317,660 bytes 58.7%
WINZIP'95 6.1 (Normal Comp) 0 m 12.8 sec 318,344 bytes 58.6%
ARJ 2.55alpha -jm -e 0 m 17.4 sec 318,939 bytes 58.5%
ARJ 2.50a -jm -e 0 m 17.4 sec 318,939 bytes 58.5%
ARJ 2.55alpha -e 0 m 16.1 sec 319,163 bytes 58.5%
ARJ 2.50a -e 0 m 16.2 sec 319,163 bytes 58.5%
SUPERPACK 2.0 (Normal) 0 m 15.4 sec 327,641 bytes 57.4%
AMGC 2.2 (none) 0 m 17.0 sec 327,646 bytes 57.4%
NULIB 3.24 c5 0 m 05.9 sec 334,187 bytes 56.5%
LHA 2.55b -we: 0 m 17.4 sec 339,110 bytes 55.9%
AR 1.10 (none) 0 m 32.4 sec 339,110 bytes 55.9%
SAR 1.0 (none) 0 m 32.3 sec 339,118 bytes 55.9%
ZOO 2.10 h: 0 m 30.9 sec 339,245 bytes 55.9%
CROSSEPAC 1.35 Format=Binary 0 m 29.9 sec 339,419 bytes 55.8%
PUT 3.41 (none) 0 m 22.4 sec 339,642 bytes 55.8%
ZipNAV 2.03 (Comp lvl 5) 0 m 19.7 sec 340,046 bytes 55.8%
ZipNAV 2.03 (Comp lvl 9) 0 m 20.4 sec 340,046 bytes 55.8%
HYPER 2.6 (none) 0 m 09.9 sec 345,887 bytes 55.0%
PAK 2.51 (none) 0 m 10.8 sec 347,608 bytes 54.8%
+ JAM - Aug1996 (none) 0 m 06.9 sec 351,720 bytes 54.2%
- JAM - May1996 (none) 0 m 06.9 sec 351,722 bytes 54.2%
DWC 5.10 z 0 m 07.7 sec 362,629 bytes 52.8%
SQWEZ 2.2 /s 0 m 33.0 sec 365,224 bytes 52.5%
ARX 1.0 (none) 0 m 14.4 sec 369,545 bytes 51.9%
ZIP-ARCHIV 2.0 (none) 0 m 11.0 sec 370,868 bytes 51.8%
F PKZIP 2.04g -es 0 m 04.1 sec 372,386 bytes 51.6%
DWC 5.10 (none) 0 m 08.1 sec 380,299 bytes 50.5%
TSCOMP 1.3.21 -sh 0 m 13.3 sec 391,252 bytes 49.1%
PGMPAK 0.13 (none) 0 m 08.6 sec 391,510 bytes 49.1%
MDCD 1.0 (none) 0 m 05.8 sec 391,703 bytes 49.0%
ZOO 2.10 : 0 m 13.2 sec 391,750 bytes 49.0%
SPLINT 2.1 (none) 0 m 17.8 sec 416,191 bytes 45.9%
JRCHIVE 1.10 -v 0 m 09.6 sec 416,982 bytes 45.8%
ZIP-ARCHIV 2.0 -m 0 m 08.0 sec 417,005 bytes 45.8%
TSCOMP 1.3.21 -sm 0 m 11.3 sec 418,014 bytes 45.6%
ARC 6.02 (none) 0 m 05.4 sec 418,511 bytes 45.6%
LARC 3.33 (none) 0 m 10.2 sec 424,186 bytes 44.8%
GAS 2.0 (none) 2 m 00.7 sec 438,688 bytes 42.9%
NULIB 3.24 (none) 0 m 07.0 sec 454,304 bytes 40.9%
Winner for best compression : X1 0.94h
Winner for fastest compression: PKZIP 2.04g
Winner for best overall : HAP 4.03
EXE File Test - Uncompressed Size 425,488 bytes
ARCHIVER SWITCHES CREATION TIME COMPRESSED SIZE RATIO
-------- -------- ------------- --------------- -----
B ARI 1.13u -m5 -hz30 2 m 44.9 sec 92,744 bytes 78.2%
ARI 1.13u -m5 -t16 2 m 39.9 sec 92,955 bytes 78.2%
ARI 1.13u -m3 -hz30 0 m 26.4 sec 93,500 bytes 78.0%
+ RKIVE 1.2 -m3 0 m 16.9 sec 95,021 bytes 77.7%
+ RKIVE 1.2 (none) 0 m 12.3 sec 95,117 bytes 77.6%
+ RKIVE 1.2 -m5 0 m 20.2 sec 95,780 bytes 77.5%
ACB 1.23c (u)f 1 m 01.7 sec 96,598 bytes 77.3%
ACB 1.23c (b)f 0 m 42.8 sec 96,866 bytes 77.2%
QUANTUM 0.97 -c7 -t20 11 m 00.2 sec 97,105 bytes 77.2%
QUANTUM 0.97 -c5 3 m 46.5 sec 97,315 bytes 77.1%
ACB 1.14a f 0 m 43.7 sec 97,897 bytes 77.0%
ACB 1.23c (B)f 0 m 23.3 sec 98,389 bytes 76.9%
RAR 2.0 -m5 0 m 14.7 sec 98,576 bytes 76.8%
WinRAR 2.0beta3 -m5 -md256 0 m 21.5 sec 98,734 bytes 76.8%
O RAR 2.0 (none) 0 m 05.0 sec 99,652 bytes 76.6%
WinRAR 2.0beta3 -md256 0 m 06.6 sec 99,760 bytes 76.6%
+ RKIVE 1.1 -m7 0 m 48.7 sec 101,008 bytes 76.3%
+ RKIVE 1.1 (none) 0 m 18.6 sec 101,084 bytes 76.2%
X1 0.94h ->X xem1 0 m 17.4 sec 101,410 bytes 76.2%
8 YAC 1.02 (none) 0 m 17.2 sec 101,419 bytes 76.2%
QUANTUM 0.97 (none) 0 m 25.2 sec 101,443 bytes 76.2%
YAC 1.02 (none) 0 m 19.9 sec 101,448 bytes 76.2%
QUANTUM 0.97 -c3 -t20 0 m 26.4 sec 101,456 bytes 76.2%
HA 0.999b e1 0 m 14.2 sec 101,496 bytes 76.1%
QUARK 1.0beta (none) 0 m 18.5 sec 103,213 bytes 75.7%
UC2 v3.0 PRO (Max Compress) 0 m 27.2 sec 103,488 bytes 75.7%
UC v2.37 beta (Max Compress) 0 m 26.6 sec 103,508 bytes 75.7%
LIMIT 1.2 -mx 0 m 13.1 sec 103,645 bytes 75.6%
CODEC 3.21 (none) 0 m 04.9 sec 103,710 bytes 75.6%
SUPER PACK 2.0 (Max) 0 m 21.6 sec 103,806 bytes 75.6%
AMGC 2.2 -mm 0 m 23.1 sec 103,811 bytes 75.6%
LHARK 0.3o -tob 0 m 08.7 sec 103,828 bytes 75.6%
GZIP 1.2.4 -9 0 m 18.2 sec 103,832 bytes 75.6%
WINZIP'95 6.1 (Max Compress) 0 m 16.3 sec 103,929 bytes 75.6%
INFO-ZIP 2.1NT -9 -j 0 m 15.8 sec 103,929 bytes 75.6%
INFO-ZIP 2.1DOS -9 -j 0 m 15.6 sec 103,953 bytes 75.6%
LIMIT 1.2 (none) 0 m 04.8 sec 104,147 bytes 75.5%
PKZIP 2.04g -ex 0 m 06.7 sec 104,249 bytes 75.5%
LHARK 0.3o (none) 0 m 03.4 sec 104,500 bytes 75.4%
AIN 2.2 /m1 0 m 04.1 sec 104,858 bytes 75.4%
ARJ 2.50a -jm -e 0 m 14.7 sec 104,976 bytes 75.3%
ARJ 2.55alpha -jm -e 0 m 14.9 sec 104,976 bytes 75.3%
BSArc 2.0.0 -+1 0 m 17.7 sec 105,024 bytes 75.3%
SQZ 1.08.3 -q(ALT236) 0 m 30.2 sec 105,088 bytes 75.3%
ARJZ 0.15 -mp9 0 m 14.3 sec 105,120 bytes 75.3%
GZIP 1.2.4 (none) 0 m 05.9 sec 105,196 bytes 75.2%
LHA 2.67(Win32) -wd:\ 0 m 06.7 sec 105,214 bytes 75.3%
INFO-ZIP 2.1NT -j 0 m 04.6 sec 105,402 bytes 75.2%
INFO-ZIP 2.1DOS -j 0 m 04.6 sec 105,478 bytes 75.2%
UC2 v3.0 PRO (Default) 0 m 06.8 sec 105,514 bytes 75.2%
AIN 2.2 (none) 0 m 03.4 sec 105,515 bytes 75.2%
UC v2.37 beta (Default) 0 m 06.4 sec 105,544 bytes 75.2%
PKZIP 2.04g (none) 0 m 04.3 sec 105,547 bytes 75.2%
ARJ 2.50a -e 0 m 05.5 sec 105,646 bytes 75.2%
ARJ 2.55alpha -e 0 m 06.0 sec 105,646 bytes 75.2%
8 BSArc 2.0.0 (none) 0 m 05.1 sec 105,732 bytes 75.2%
PUT 3.41 (none) 0 m 09.7 sec 105,863 bytes 75.1%
LHA 2.55b -we: 0 m 07.1 sec 105,949 bytes 75.1%
AR 1.10 (none) 0 m 14.8 sec 105,949 bytes 75.1%
SAR 1.0 (none) 0 m 13.9 sec 105,957 bytes 75.1%
ARJZ 0.15 (none) 0 m 04.4 sec 105,995 bytes 75.1%
SQZ 1.08.3 (none) 0 m 05.5 sec 106,023 bytes 75.1%
ZOO 2.10 h: 0 m 13.2 sec 106,084 bytes 75.1%
CROSSEPAC 1.35 Format=Binary 0 m 12.4 sec 106,258 bytes 75.0%
CODEC 3.21 -c10 0 m 38.4 sec 106,498 bytes 75.0%
WINZIP'95 6.1 (Normal Comp) 0 m 03.8 sec 106,527 bytes 75.0%
HPACK 0.79a0 -df 2 m 38.2 sec 107,956 bytes 74.6%
SUPER PACK 2.0 (Normal) 0 m 05.3 sec 108,673 bytes 74.5%
AMGC 2.2 (none) 0 m 05.8 sec 108,678 bytes 74.5%
HYPER 2.6 (none) 0 m 04.6 sec 109,587 bytes 74.2%
X1 0.94h ->X xem7 0 m 12.0 sec 111,432 bytes 73.8%
SQWEZ 2.2 /s 0 m 17.1 sec 112,393 bytes 73.6%
ZipNAV 2.03 (Comp lvl 9) 0 m 11.6 sec 112,436 bytes 73.6%
HA 0.999b e2 0 m 39.7 sec 113,013 bytes 73.4%
ZipNAV 2.03 (Comp lvl 5) 0 m 09.8 sec 113,439 bytes 73.3%
HAP 4.03 3 0 m 11.4 sec 113,738 bytes 73.3%
HAP 3.05bp (none) 0 m 20.0 sec 113,738 bytes 73.3%
ZIP-ARCHIV 2.0 (none) 0 m 10.2 sec 114,456 bytes 73.1%
TSCOMP 1.3.21 -sh 0 m 11.4 sec 114,474 bytes 73.1%
TSCOMP 1.3.21 -sm 0 m 08.5 sec 115,379 bytes 72.9%
ZIP-ARCHIV 2.0 -m 0 m 05.5 sec 117,841 bytes 72.3%
X1 0.94h ->X xem4 0 m 36.3 sec 118,101 bytes 72.2%
PGMPAK 0.13 (none) 0 m 07.9 sec 118,472 bytes 72.2%
ARX 1.0 (none) 0 m 11.0 sec 118,701 bytes 72.1%
F PKZIP 2.04g -es 0 m 02.5 sec 122,592 bytes 71.2%
PAK 2.51 (none) 0 m 06.8 sec 122,829 bytes 71.1%
LARC 3.33 (none) 0 m 06.6 sec 145,522 bytes 65.8%
+ JAM - Aug1996 (none) 0 m 04.0 sec 146,269 bytes 65.6%
- JAM - May1996 (none) 0 m 04.3 sec 147,414 bytes 65.4%
DWC 5.10 (none) 0 m 03.9 sec 157,188 bytes 63.1%
JRCHIVE 1.10 -v 0 m 05.3 sec 157,909 bytes 63.1%
MDCD 1.0 (none) 0 m 03.5 sec 158,402 bytes 62.8%
ZOO 2.10 : 0 m 07.5 sec 158,449 bytes 62.8%
NULIB 3.24 (none) 0 m 03.5 sec 158,955 bytes 62.6%
DWC 5.10 z 0 m 04.3 sec 159,263 bytes 62.6%
ARC 6.02 (none) 0 m 03.0 sec 161,589 bytes 62.0%
NULIB 3.24 c5 0 m 03.5 sec 163,706 bytes 61.5%
SPLINT 2.1 (none) 0 m 08.9 sec 167,333 bytes 60.7%
GAS 2.0 (none) 1 m 04.8 sec 219,528 bytes 48.4%
Winner for best compression : ARI 1.13u
Winner for fastest compression: PKZIP 2.04g
Winner for best overall : RAR 2.0
EXE Pack File Test - Uncompressed Size 341,444 bytes
The EXE Pack test compares programs that compress .EXE files and still
allows them to execute. The .EXE file used in this test is GWS.EXE
found in The Graphic Workshop v7.0e by Alchemy Mindworks Inc. The
UNCOMP. TIME data shows the amount of time it takes to uncompress
and run the executable file. This time was calculated using a utility
called BENCH 0.01beta written by Michal Weis (weis@elf.stuba.sk).
The results for ACB, RAR and PKZIP are listed only to show how normal
archivers compression ratios compare with EXE Packers.
UNCOMP.
ARCHIVER COMP. TIME TIME COMPRESSED SIZE RATIO OPTIONS
-------- ---------- -------- --------------- ----- -------
+ ACB 1.23c 66.70 sec N/A 118,656 bytes 65.2% N/A
-8 ACB 1.13b 46.40 sec N/A 121,505 bytes 64.4% N/A
+ RAR 2.0 07.40 sec N/A 123,274 bytes 63.9% N/A
-8 RAR 1.55 08.60 sec N/A 125,374 bytes 63.3% N/A
+ PKZIP 2.04g 05.30 sec N/A 129,216 bytes 62.2% N/A
-8 PKZIP 2.04g 06.50 sec N/A 129,222 bytes 62.2% N/A
+B WWPACK 3.05b3 -v- 27.99s 0.2103 s 125,422 bytes 63.3% U E P
- WWPACK 3.05b2 -v- 28.03s 0.2107 s 125,422 bytes 63.3% U E P
+ WWPACK 3.05b3 27.93 sec 0.2103 s 125,447 bytes 63.3% U E P
- WWPACK 3.05b2 28.06 sec 0.2103 s 125,447 bytes 63.3% U E P
+ WWPACK 3.05b3 -f 27.18s 0.1597 s 127,626 bytes 62.6% U E P
O UCEXE 2.4 04.69 sec 0.1609 s 129,141 bytes 62.2% U P
AINEXE 2.2 03.34 sec 0.3389 s 131,941 bytes 61.4%
- XPACK 1.46 -4 10.59 sec 1.5205 s 132,878 bytes 61.1% U E P
+ XPACK 1.49 -4 10.83 sec 1.5204 s 132,878 bytes 61.1% U E P
Q COMPACK 4.5 05.66 sec 0.0846 s 134,012 bytes 60.8% U
AVPACK 1.22 03.70 sec 0.1205 s 136,672 bytes 60.0% U E P
+ XPACK 1.49 -5 04.72 sec 0.1225 s 139,015 bytes 59.3% U E P
- XPACK 1.46 -5 05.10 sec 0.1226 s 139,015 bytes 59.3% U E P
PKLITE 2.01 03.93 sec 0.1528 s 139,731 bytes 59.1% U E P
RJCRUSH 1.10 03.72 sec 0.1866 s 141,187 bytes 58.7%
PGMPAK 0.13 08.61 sec N/A 142,560 bytes 58.2%
DIET 1.45f 02.75 sec 0.2128 s 142,771 bytes 58.2% U
DIET 1.45f -g 02.75 sec 0.1710 s 142,874 bytes 58.2% U
LZEXE 0.91 03.93 sec 0.1297 s 143,432 bytes 58.0% U P
PACKWIN 1.0 03.91 sec 0.1297 s 143,489 bytes 58.0%
TINYPROG 3.9 16.83 sec 0.1209 s 144,080 bytes 57.8% E P
F CRUNCH 1.0 02.32 sec 1.7773 s 218,048 bytes 36.1%
AXE 2.2 03.41 sec 0.3932 s 248,365 bytes 36.1%
Winner for best compression : WWPACK 3.05b3
Winner for fastest compression: CRUNCH 1.0
Winner for quickest extraction: COMPACK 4.5
Winner for best overall : UCEXE 2.4
OPTIONS: U - The EXE Packer has the ability to uncompress the .EXE
file back into its original form.
E - The EXE Packer has the ability to encrypt the .EXE file
P - The EXE Packer has the ability to add error protection
data so it can inform the user if the file has been
changed in any way (ie: infected by a virus)
669 File Test - (8 bit, 8 Channel) Uncompressed Size 1,314,481 bytes
ARCHIVER SWITCHES CREATION TIME COMPRESSED SIZE RATIO
-------- -------- ------------- --------------- -----
B WinRAR 2.0beta3 -m5 -mm -md1024 0 m 39.9 sec 591,827 bytes 55.0%
WinRAR 2.0beta3 -m5 -mm 0 m 30.6 sec 592,076 bytes 55.0%
O RAR 2.0 -m5 -mm 0 m 24.1 sec 592,549 bytes 54.9%
WinRAR 2.0beta3 -mm 0 m 21.5 sec 593,036 bytes 54.9%
HAP 4.03 3 0 m 28.0 sec 620,685 bytes 52.8%
+ RKIVE 1.2 (none) 0 m 58.5 sec 622,764 bytes 52.6%
ACB 1.23c (u)f 7 m 57.7 sec 625,053 bytes 52.4%
+ RKIVE 1.1 -mm2 1 m 55.5 sec 625,463 bytes 52.4%
+ RKIVE 1.1 (none) 1 m 55.4 sec 625,490 bytes 52.4%
X1 0.94h ->X xem3 1 m 49.4 sec 626,228 bytes 52.4%
+ RKIVE 1.2 -m3 1 m 15.7 sec 626,756 bytes 52.3%
X1 0.94h ->X xem4l2 1 m 56.0 sec 628,286 bytes 52.2%
+ RKIVE 1.1 -m7 6 m 59.8 sec 628,378 bytes 52.2%
ACB 1.14a (b)f 5 m 39.3 sec 636,132 bytes 51.6%
HA 0.999b e2 2 m 06.2 sec 636,442 bytes 51.6%
ACB 1.23c (b)f 5 m 04.0 sec 636,774 bytes 51.6%
BSArc 2.0.0 -++ 2 m 28.9 sec 659,941 bytes 49.8%
CODEC 3.21 -c10 2 m 26.6 sec 662,663 bytes 49.6%
UC2 v3.0 PRO (Max Compress) 2 m 27.9 sec 684,650 bytes 47.9%
UC v2.37 beta (Max Compress) 2 m 26.8 sec 684,772 bytes 47.9%
HPACK 0.79a0 -df 2 m 33.5 sec 691,175 bytes 47.4%
ACB 1.23c (B)f 2 m 29.5 sec 691,658 bytes 47.4%
X1 0.94h ->X xem7 0 m 31.5 sec 694,031 bytes 57.2%
HAP 3.05bp (none) 0 m 56.2 sec 704,531 bytes 46.4%
QUANTUM 0.97 -c7 -t20 101 m 05.3 sec 714,809 bytes 45.6%
QUANTUM 0.97 -c5 55 m 40.0 sec 719,128 bytes 45.3%
ARI 1.13u -m5 -hz30 5 m 44.6 sec 735,462 bytes 44.0%
ARI 1.13u -m5 -t16 5 m 30.7 sec 735,574 bytes 44.0%
ARI 1.13u -m3 -hz30 2 m 21.4 sec 736,710 bytes 44.0%
QUANTUM 0.97 -c3 -t20 3 m 14.3 sec 738,137 bytes 43.8%
QUANTUM 0.97 (none) 2 m 30.7 sec 738,987 bytes 43.8%
HA 0.999b e1 0 m 43.4 sec 769,923 bytes 41.4%
RAR 2.0 -m5 0 m 40.3 sec 770,558 bytes 41.4%
LIMIT 1.2 -mx 0 m 51.3 sec 770,759 bytes 41.4%
LIMIT 1.2 (none) 0 m 46.4 sec 770,880 bytes 41.4%
UC v2.37 beta (Default) 0 m 26.9 sec 773,180 bytes 41.2%
ARJZ 0.15 -mp9 0 m 37.4 sec 773,318 bytes 41.2%
RAR 2.0 (none) 0 m 24.7 sec 773,527 bytes 41.2%
UC2 v3.0 PRO (Default) 0 m 27.3 sec 773,386 bytes 41.2%
PKZIP 2.04g -ex 0 m 28.2 sec 774,780 bytes 41.1%
ARJZ 0.15 (none) 0 m 25.0 sec 775,005 bytes 41.0%
LHARK 0.3o -tob 0 m 50.4 sec 775,226 bytes 41.0%
LHA 2.67(Win32) -wd:\ 0 m 31.8 sec 776,210 bytes 40.9%
AIN 2.2 /m1 0 m 20.4 sec 776,613 bytes 40.9%
SQZ 1.08.3 -q(ALT236) 0 m 38.6 sec 778,244 bytes 40.8%
SPLINT 2.1 (none) 0 m 34.0 sec 778,534 bytes 40.8%
GZIP 1.2.4 -9 0 m 35.3 sec 779,706 bytes 40.7%
AIN 2.2 (none) 0 m 15.1 sec 779,886 bytes 40.7%
ARJ 2.50a -e 0 m 21.6 sec 780,605 bytes 40.6%
ARJ 2.55alpha -e 0 m 21.8 sec 780,605 bytes 40.6%
ARJ 2.50a -jm -e 0 m 25.3 sec 780,662 bytes 40.6%
ARJ 2.55alpha -jm -e 0 m 25.6 sec 780,662 bytes 40.6%
SQZ 1.08.3 (none) 0 m 26.0 sec 780,831 bytes 40.6%
QUARK 1.0beta (none) 0 m 26.3 sec 780,863 bytes 40.6%
GZIP 1.2.4 (none) 0 m 27.0 sec 781,194 bytes 40.6%
LHARK 0.3o (none) 0 m 22.9 sec 782,482 bytes 40.5%
PKZIP 2.04g (none) 0 m 18.6 sec 782,772 bytes 40.5%
PUT 3.41 (none) 0 m 35.4 sec 784,604 bytes 40.3%
8 BSArc 2.0.0 (none) 0 m 33.7 sec 784,959 bytes 40.3%
INFO-ZIP 2.1NT -9 -j 0 m 26.7 sec 785,102 bytes 40.3%
WINZIP'95 6.1 (Max Compress) 0 m 30.9 sec 785,102 bytes 40.3%
INFO-ZIP 2.1DOS -9 -j 0 m 26.6 sec 785,126 bytes 40.3%
LHA 2.55b -we: 0 m 27.4 sec 786,069 bytes 40.2%
AR 1.10 (none) 0 m 53.8 sec 786,069 bytes 40.2%
SAR 1.0 (none) 0 m 52.8 sec 786,077 bytes 40.2%
ZOO 2.10 h: 0 m 49.6 sec 786,204 bytes 40.2%
CODEC 3.21 (none) 0 m 21.9 sec 786,352 bytes 40.2%
CROSSEPAC 1.35 Format=Binary 0 m 50.4 sec 786,378 bytes 40.2%
INFO-ZIP 2.1NT -j 0 m 20.2 sec 786,760 bytes 40.1%
INFO-ZIP 2.1DOS -j 0 m 20.6 sec 786,784 bytes 40.1%
SUPER PACK 2.0 (Max) 2 m 28.5 sec 788,458 bytes 40.0%
AMGC 2.2 -mm 2 m 30.2 sec 788,463 bytes 40.0%
WINZIP'95 6.1 (Normal Comp) 0 m 19.8 sec 789,647 bytes 39.9%
+ JAM - Aug1996 (none) 0 m 13.3 sec 802,101 bytes 39.0%
- JAM - May1996 (none) 0 m 13.0 sec 802,826 bytes 38.9%
YAC 1.02 (none) 0 m 49.5 sec 803,189 bytes 38.9%
ZipNAV 2.03 (Comp lvl 9) 0 m 45.0 sec 810,511 bytes 38.3%
ZipNAV 2.03 (Comp lvl 5) 0 m 40.6 sec 813,556 bytes 38.1%
ARX 1.00 (none) 0 m 28.5 sec 815,339 bytes 38.0%
PAK 2.51 (none) 0 m 17.9 sec 817,011 bytes 37.8%
SQWEZ 2.2 /s 0 m 50.2 sec 817,479 bytes 37.8%
HYPER 2.6 (none) 0 m 18.5 sec 821,782 bytes 37.5%
NULIB 3.24 c5 0 m 10.0 sec 830,101 bytes 36.8%
SUPER PACK 2.0 (Normal) 0 m 29.5 sec 833,733 bytes 36.6%
AMGC 2.2 (none) 0 m 30.8 sec 833,738 bytes 36.6%
F PKZIP 2.04g -es 0 m 07.4 sec 848,625 bytes 35.4%
PGMPAK 0.13 (none) 0 m 17.4 sec 861,432 bytes 34.5%
DWC 5.10 z 0 m 13.5 sec 871,940 bytes 33.7%
DWC 5.10 (none) 0 m 13.3 sec 872,274 bytes 33.6%
ZIP-ARCHIV 2.0 (none) 0 m 21.5 sec 877,709 bytes 33.2%
TSCOMP 1.3.21 -sh 0 m 23.7 sec 877,727 bytes 33.2%
MDCD 1.0 (none) 0 m 10.6 sec 880,229 bytes 33.0%
ZOO 2.10 : 0 m 24.2 sec 880,276 bytes 33.0%
JRCHIVE 1.10 -v 0 m 16.4 sec 899,525 bytes 31.6%
TSCOMP 1.3.21 -sm 0 m 19.7 sec 903,178 bytes 31.3%
ZIP-ARCHIV 2.0 -m 0 m 15.4 sec 931,605 bytes 29.1%
NULIB 3.24 (none) 0 m 11.6 sec 937,188 bytes 28.7%
LARC 3.33 (none) 0 m 19.2 sec 946,923 bytes 28.0%
GAS 2.0 (none) 4 m 10.0 sec 983,262 bytes 25.2%
ARC 6.02 (none) 0 m 09.9 sec 1,067,359 bytes 18.8%
Winner for best compression : WinRAR 2.0beta3
Winner for fastest compression: PKZIP 2.04g
Winner for best overall : RAR 2.0
BMP File Test - (24bit, 620x300x16M) Uncompressed Size 558,054 bytes
ARCHIVER SWITCHES CREATION TIME COMPRESSED SIZE RATIO
-------- -------- ------------- --------------- -----
+B RKIVE 1.2 -m3 -mm2 0 m 24.4 sec 196,534 bytes 64.8%
+ RKIVE 1.1 -m7 -mm2 1 m 47.3 sec 202,253 bytes 63.8%
O HAP 4.03 3 0 m 12.6 sec 203,223 bytes 63.6%
UC v2.37 beta (Max Compress) 1 m 00.9 sec 209,556 bytes 62.4%
UC2 v3.0 PRO (Max Compress) 1 m 01.7 sec 209,560 bytes 62.4%
X1 0.94h ->X xem4l2 0 m 58.2 sec 215,044 bytes 61.5%
X1 0.94h ->X xem6 1 m 00.1 sec 216,332 bytes 61.2%
ACB 1.23c (u)f 2 m 05.4 sec 219,185 bytes 60.7%
ACB 1.23c (b)f 1 m 24.1 sec 222,013 bytes 60.2%
ACB 1.14a (b)f 1 m 25.4 sec 223,341 bytes 60.0%
+ RKIVE 1.2 -m3 0 m 26.5 sec 225,703 bytes 59.6%
X1 0.94h ->X xem7 0 m 14.9 sec 226,012 bytes 59.5%
+ RKIVE 1.1 -m7 1 m 55.0 sec 226,489 bytes 59.4%
HA 0.999b e2 1 m 02.2 sec 228,372 bytes 59.1%
+ RKIVE 1.2 (none) 0 m 23.5 sec 230,327 bytes 58.7%
RAR 2.0 -m5 -mmf 0 m 08.5 sec 230,450 bytes 58.7%
WinRAR 2.0beta3 -mmf -md256 0 m 09.0 sec 230,463 bytes 58.7%
+ RKIVE 1.1 (none) 0 m 41.7 sec 232,754 bytes 58.3%
ACB 1.23c (B)f 0 m 43.8 sec 235,402 bytes 57.8%
CODEC 3.21 -c10 1 m 01.9 sec 238,875 bytes 57.2%
ARI 1.13u -m5 -hc63k 2 m 06.8 sec 240,974 bytes 56.8%
ARI 1.13u -m5 -hz30 1 m 54.7 sec 241,061 bytes 56.8%
ARI 1.13u -m3 0 m 41.2 sec 241,573 bytes 56.7%
QUANTUM 0.97 -c7 -t20 27 m 06.9 sec 246,934 bytes 55.8%
QUANTUM 0.97 -c5 6 m 34.5 sec 249,954 bytes 55.2%
WinRAR 2.0beta3 -m5 -md256 0 m 27.9 sec 253,090 bytes 54.6%
WinRAR 2.0beta3 -md256 0 m 11.8 sec 255,595 bytes 54.2%
QUANTUM 0.97 -c3 -t20 0 m 41.2 sec 255,982 bytes 54.1%
QUANTUM 0.97 (none) 0 m 38.4 sec 257,768 bytes 53.8%
HPACK 0.79a0 -df 1 m 30.2 sec 258,766 bytes 53.6%
UC2 v3.0 PRO (Default) 0 m 09.8 sec 261,852 bytes 53.1%
UC v2.37 beta (Default) 0 m 09.3 sec 261,864 bytes 53.1%
YAC 1.02 (none) 0 m 23.4 sec 262,213 bytes 53.0%
HAP 3.05bp (none) 0 m 27.4 sec 262,589 bytes 52.9%
RAR 2.0 -m5 0 m 12.1 sec 263,239 bytes 52.8%
SUPER PACK 2.0 (Max) 0 m 21.3 sec 264,508 bytes 52.6%
AMGC 2.2 -mm 0 m 23.4 sec 264,513 bytes 52.6%
RAR 2.0 -ep 0 m 07.3 sec 265,233 bytes 52.8%
QUARK 1.0beta (none) 0 m 16.6 sec 265,504 bytes 52.4%
SQZ 1.08.3 -q(ALT236) 0 m 18.6 sec 266,007 bytes 52.3%
AIN 2.2 /m1 0 m 06.4 sec 267,892 bytes 52.0%
SQZ 1.08.3 (none) 0 m 07.9 sec 267,935 bytes 52.0%
ARJZ 0.15 -mp9 0 m 10.8 sec 268,173 bytes 51.9%
LHA 2.67(Win32) -wd:\ 0 m 09.5 sec 268,339 bytes 51.9%
SUPER PACK 2.0 (Normal) 0 m 07.4 sec 269,249 bytes 51.8%
AMGC 2.2 (none) 0 m 08.5 sec 269,254 bytes 51.8%
AIN 2.2 (none) 0 m 05.1 sec 269,693 bytes 51.7%
PKZIP 2.04g -ex 0 m 09.7 sec 270,073 bytes 51.6%
ARJZ 0.15 (none) 0 m 06.5 sec 270,404 bytes 51.5%
PKZIP 2.04g (none) 0 m 06.2 sec 271,355 bytes 51.4%
ARJ 2.50a -jm -e 0 m 11.3 sec 273,371 bytes 51.0%
ARJ 2.55alpha -jm -e 0 m 11.5 sec 273,371 bytes 51.0%
CODEC 3.21 (none) 0 m 06.9 sec 274,263 bytes 50.9%
ARJ 2.50a -e 0 m 07.1 sec 274,498 bytes 50.8%
ARJ 2.55alpha -e 0 m 07.5 sec 274,498 bytes 50.8%
LIMIT 1.2 -mx 0 m 15.3 sec 276,374 bytes 50.5%
HA 0.999b e1 0 m 15.7 sec 276,919 bytes 50.4%
LIMIT 1.2 (none) 0 m 10.5 sec 277,646 bytes 50.2%
WINZIP'95 6.1 (Max Compress) 0 m 12.1 sec 278,139 bytes 50.2%
GZIP 1.2.4 -9 0 m 13.8 sec 278,511 bytes 50.1%
INFO-ZIP 2.1NT -9 -j 0 m 11.3 sec 278,139 bytes 50.2%
INFO-ZIP 2.1DOS -9 -j 0 m 11.3 sec 278,163 bytes 50.2%
LHARK 0.3o -tob 0 m 13.8 sec 279,644 bytes 49.9%
8 BSArc 2.0.0 -+1 0 m 11.6 sec 279,926 bytes 49.8%
INFO-ZIP 2.1NT -j 0 m 06.7 sec 280,177 bytes 49.8%
INFO-ZIP 2.1DOS -j 0 m 06.7 sec 280,236 bytes 49.8%
GZIP 1.2.4 (none) 0 m 08.5 sec 280,547 bytes 49.8%
WINZIP'95 6.1 (Normal Comp) 0 m 06.7 sec 281,407 bytes 49.6%
8 BSArc 2.0.0 (none) 0 m 07.4 sec 281,906 bytes 49.5%
LHARK 0.3o (none) 0 m 06.3 sec 283,718 bytes 49.2%
ZipNAV 2.03 (Comp lvl 9) 0 m 14.4 sec 284,134 bytes 49.1%
LHA 2.55b -we: 0 m 11.0 sec 284,728 bytes 49.0%
AR 1.10 (none) 0 m 21.4 sec 284,728 bytes 49.0%
- AR 0.02 (none) 0 m 18.6 sec 284,736 bytes 49.0%
SAR 1.0 (none) 0 m 20.7 sec 284,736 bytes 49.0%
ZOO 2.10 h: 0 m 19.6 sec 284,863 bytes 49.0%
ZipNAV 2.03 (Comp lvl 5) 0 m 13.8 sec 285,003 bytes 48.9%
CROSSEPAC 1.35 Format=Binary 0 m 19.9 sec 285,037 bytes 48.9%
PUT 3.41 (none) 0 m 14.3 sec 285,321 bytes 48.9%
+ JAM - Aug1996 (none) 0 m 05.6 sec 292,502 bytes 48.9%
- JAM - May1996 (none) 0 m 05.7 sec 292,746 bytes 48.9%
SQWEZ 2.2 /s 0 m 18.9 sec 294,491 bytes 48.9%
PAK 2.51 (none) 0 m 07.0 sec 299,270 bytes 46.4%
HYPER 2.6 (none) 0 m 07.5 sec 299,652 bytes 46.3%
ARX 1.00 (none) 0 m 15.4 sec 305,944 bytes 45.2%
PGMPAK 0.13 (none) 0 m 08.4 sec 307,720 bytes 44.9%
ZIP-ARCHIV 2.0 (none) 0 m 08.7 sec 309,981 bytes 44.5%
TSCOMP 1.3.21 -sh 0 m 09.6 sec 309,999 bytes 44.4%
NULIB 3.24 c5 0 m 05.2 sec 311,291 bytes 44.2%
TSCOMP 1.3.21 -sm 0 m 07.9 sec 320,196 bytes 42.6%
F PKZIP 2.04g -es 0 m 03.6 sec 326,338 bytes 41.5%
DWC 5.10 z 0 m 06.1 sec 332,533 bytes 40.4%
LARC 3.33 (none) 0 m 08.0 sec 341,741 bytes 38.8%
DWC 5.10 (none) 0 m 05.7 sec 345,441 bytes 38.1%
MDCD 1.0 (none) 0 m 04.6 sec 352,285 bytes 36.9%
ZOO 2.10 : 0 m 10.0 sec 352,332 bytes 36.9%
SPLINT 2.1 (none) 0 m 16.1 sec 355,504 bytes 36.3%
ZIP-ARCHIV 2.0 -m 0 m 07.3 sec 361,149 bytes 35.3%
JRCHIVE 1.10 -v 0 m 07.4 sec 371,531 bytes 33.4%
ARC 6.02 (none) 0 m 04.1 sec 374,737 bytes 32.8%
NULIB 3.24 (none) 0 m 05.2 sec 388,521 bytes 30.4%
GAS 2.0 (none) 1 m 50.3 sec 429,982 bytes 22.9%
Winner for best compression : RKIVE 1.2
Winner for fastest compression: PKZIP 2.04g
Winner for best overall : HAP 4.03
*** PART 2 - MULTIPLE FILE TESTS ***
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 20 megabytes of RAM to do this test. No disk 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 ACB 1.23c (u)f 13 m 27.6 sec 13 m 07.4 sec 815,850 bytes
ACB 1.23c (b)f 9 m 10.6 sec 8 m 51.5 sec 823,058 bytes
X1 0.94h ->X xem6ob 3 m 16.1 sec 2 m 58.7 sec 826,094 bytes
8 ACB 1.14a (b)f 9 m 50.6 sec 9 m 41.4 sec 831,676 bytes
X1 0.94h ->X xem4l2 2 m 55.4 sec 2 m 38.9 sec 836,761 bytes
X1 0.94h ->X xem3 2 m 56.6 sec 2 m 42.4 sec 840,237 bytes
ACB 1.23c (B)f 5 m 11.1 sec 4 m 55.6 sec 865,742 bytes
HA 0.999b e12 2 m 44.8 sec 4 m 30.3 sec 883,651 bytes
HA 0.999b e2 3 m 03.2 sec 3 m 01.7 sec 884,305 bytes
+ RKIVE 1.2 -m5 0 m 57.0 sec 3 m 01.2 sec 887,810 bytes
+ RKIVE 1.2 -m3 0 m 53.2 sec 1 m 56.6 sec 895,701 bytes
QUANTUM 0.97 -c7 -t20 1 m 11.6 sec 135 m 27.5 sec 905,520 bytes
CODEC 3.21 -c10 3 m 27.8 sec 3 m 12.1 sec 920,906 bytes
+ RKIVE 1.2 (none) 0 m 57.7 sec 1 m 29.4 sec 928,818 bytes
QUANTUM 0.97 -c5 1 m 13.1 sec 37 m 59.2 sec 934,429 bytes
WinRAR 2b3-m5-mm-md1024-s0 m 10.9 sec 7 m 37.3 sec 948,230 bytes
+ RKIVE 1.1 -m7 0 m 49.3 sec 11 m 35.3 sec 955,848 bytes
O HAP 4.03 3 1 m 07.6 sec 0 m 57.7 sec 969,576 bytes
HAP 3.05bp (none) 1 m 45.3 sec 1 m 34.3 sec 969,576 bytes
QUANTUM 0.97 -c3 -t20 1 m 12.5 sec 7 m 09.5 sec 972,250 bytes
WinRAR 2b3 -m5-mm-md1024 0 m 12.1 sec 4 m 14.1 sec 972,847 bytes
- QUANTUM 0.96 (none) 1 m 14.5 sec 5 m 04.3 sec 981,912 bytes
QUANTUM 0.97 (none) 1 m 14.0 sec 5 m 11.1 sec 981,912 bytes
WinRAR 2b3 -mm-md1024-s 0 m 11.4 sec 1 m 40.6 sec 985,965 bytes
ARI 1.13u -m5 -ho 0 m 22.4 sec 12 m 21.1 sec 1,008,440 bytes
RAR 2.0 -m5 -mm -s 0 m 16.5 sec 1 m 45.0 sec 1,011,311 bytes
ARI 1.13u -m5 -t16 0 m 23.3 sec 10 m 06.4 sec 1,015,699 bytes
+ RKIVE 1.1 (none) 0 m 51.6 sec 3 m 13.1 sec 1,016,757 bytes
ARI 1.13u -m3-ho-hz30 0 m 22.1 sec 4 m 47.6 sec 1,018,423 bytes
8 UC2 v3.0 PRO o25 (Max) 0 m 16.0 sec 94 m 51.3 sec 1,022,160 bytes
YAC 1.02 (none) 0 m 38.1 sec 1 m 56.7 sec 1,022,810 bytes
HPACK 0.79a0 -df 0 m 37.5 sec 11 m 42.7 sec 1,023,107 bytes
RAR 2.0 -m5 0 m 14.3 sec 1 m 38.7 sec 1,025,600 bytes
UC v2.37 beta (Max Comp) 0 m 17.6 sec 2 m 06.6 sec 1,026,592 bytes
UC2 v3.0 PRO (Max Comp) 0 m 17.7 sec 2 m 08.1 sec 1,026,612 bytes
8 CRUSH 1.8+UC2 -n -u 0 m 27.9 sec 2 m 13.5 sec 1,032,742 bytes
LHARK 0.3o -tob 0 m 13.7 sec 1 m 27.9 sec 1,035,887 bytes
Q ARJZ 0.15 -mp9 0 m 10.7 sec 1 m 25.7 sec 1,038,117 bytes
RAR 2.0 -ep 0 m 15.5 sec 0 m 48.1 sec 1,040,803 bytes
ARJZ 0.15 (none) 0 m 11.6 sec 0 m 53.1 sec 1,047,190 bytes
UC2 v3.0 PRO (Default) 0 m 18.7 sec 0 m 53.9 sec 1,053,814 bytes
UC v2.37 beta (Default) 0 m 16.5 sec 0 m 53.0 sec 1,053,828 bytes
LIMIT 1.2 -mx 0 m 13.6 sec 1 m 08.0 sec 1,054,168 bytes
LHARK 0.3o (none) 0 m 13.6 sec 0 m 41.3 sec 1,054,477 bytes
HA 0.999b e 0 m 35.5 sec 1 m 31.8 sec 1,054,534 bytes
LIMIT 1.2 (none) 0 m 13.3 sec 0 m 57.2 sec 1,056,022 bytes
CRUSH 1.8+HA -n -h 0 m 49.9 sec 1 m 54.4 sec 1,057,050 bytes
GZIP 1.2.4+TAR -9 0 m 40.2 sec 1 m 53.3 sec 1,060,868 bytes
SQZ 1.08.3 -q(ALT236) 0 m 16.4 sec 1 m 49.7 sec 1,062,541 bytes
WINZIP'95 6.1 (Max Comp) 0 m 12.1 sec 1 m 15.7 sec 1,063,059 bytes
INFO-ZIP 2.1NT -9 -j 0 m 20.4 sec 1 m 08.3 sec 1,063,143 bytes
SUPERPACK 2.0 (Max) 0 m 17.4 sec 2 m 22.9 sec 1,063,253 bytes
TAR 3.20+GZIP cvf.9 0 m 42.7 sec 1 m 31.5 sec 1,063,365 bytes
AMGC 2.2 -mm 0 m 20.4 sec 2 m 24.6 sec 1,063,379 bytes
CRUSH 1.8+ZIP -n 0 m 28.0 sec 1 m 18.6 sec 1,063,540 bytes
INFO-ZIP 2.1DOS -9 -j 0 m 18.1 sec 1 m 06.2 sec 1,063,563 bytes
CODEC 3.21 (none) 0 m 23.4 sec 0 m 50.6 sec 1,065,105 bytes
PKZIP 2.04g -ex 0 m 12.1 sec 0 m 53.0 sec 1,065,291 bytes
8 BSArc 2.0.0 -+1 0 m 15.4 sec 1 m 18.5 sec 1,065,316 bytes
LHA 2.67(Win32) -wd:\ 0 m 12.8 sec 1 m 06.1 sec 1,066,725 bytes
AIN 2.2 /m1 0 m 13.3 sec 0 m 39.6 sec 1,066,922 bytes
QUARK 1.0beta (none) 0 m 22.3 sec 1 m 44.4 sec 1,070,012 bytes
INFO-ZIP 2.1NT -j 0 m 21.0 sec 0 m 43.1 sec 1,070,449 bytes
INFO-ZIP 2.1DOS -j 0 m 18.2 sec 0 m 45.4 sec 1,070,947 bytes
8 BSArc 2.0.0 (none) 0 m 16.6 sec 0 m 54.9 sec 1,071,007 bytes
SQZ 1.08.3 (none) 0 m 17.7 sec 0 m 57.7 sec 1,073,033 bytes
AIN 2.2 (none) 0 m 13.5 sec 0 m 29.0 sec 1,075,730 bytes
PKZIP 2.04g (none) 0 m 13.2 sec 0 m 33.3 sec 1,077,029 bytes
CRUSH 1.8+ARJ -n -j 0 m 29.1 sec 1 m 30.9 sec 1,080,203 bytes
8 SARJ 1.20 (none) 0 m 23.9 sec 1 m 31.0 sec 1,080,678 bytes
ARJ 2.50a -jm -e 0 m 14.4 sec 1 m 08.1 sec 1,081,242 bytes
ARJ 2.55alpha -jm -e 0 m 14.6 sec 1 m 08.1 sec 1,081,242 bytes
WINZIP'95 6.1 (Normal) 0 m 12.2 sec 0 m 41.5 sec 1,082,623 bytes
8 ARJ 2.50a -e 0 m 15.0 sec 0 m 50.9 sec 1,083,615 bytes
ARJ 2.55alpha -e 0 m 15.2 sec 0 m 52.1 sec 1,083,615 bytes
SUPERPACK 2.0 (Normal) 0 m 19.9 sec 0 m 46.6 sec 1,114,793 bytes
AMGC 2.2 (none) 0 m 20.6 sec 0 m 49.1 sec 1,114,919 bytes
LHA 2.55b -we: 0 m 14.3 sec 1 m 04.1 sec 1,142,342 bytes
SAR 1.0 (none) 0 m 20.5 sec 2 m 15.7 sec 1,142,363 bytes
CROSSEPAC 1.35 For=Binary0 m 39.6 sec 1 m 55.3 sec 1,142,972 bytes
ZOO 2.10 h: 0 m 18.5 sec 1 m 56.5 sec 1,143,300 bytes
PUT 3.41 (none) 0 m 18.4 sec 1 m 22.6 sec 1,144,112 bytes
ZipNAV 2.03 (Comp lvl 9) 0 m 31.0 sec 1 m 38.1 sec 1,153,830 bytes
ZipNAV 2.03 (Comp lvl 5) 0 m 35.6 sec 1 m 33.2 sec 1,158,207 bytes
PAK 2.51 (none) 0 m 14.4 sec 0 m 37.4 sec 1,191,686 bytes
HYPER 2.6 (none) 0 m 26.9 sec 0 m 36.2 sec 1,192,602 bytes
SQWEZ 2.2 /s 0 m 22.8 sec 1 m 53.3 sec 1,236,777 bytes
ZIP-ARCHIV 2 (none) N/A 0 m 53.3 sec 1,242,525 bytes
ARX 1.00 (none) 0 m 22.3 sec 1 m 29.8 sec 1,251,447 bytes
F PKZIP 2.04g -es 0 m 12.1 sec 0 m 13.1 sec 1,263,818 bytes
TSCOMP 1.3.21 -sh 0 m 19.0 sec 0 m 59.3 sec 1,300,547 bytes
+ JAM - Aug1996 (none) 0 m 35.2 sec 0 m 39.4 sec 1,355,276 bytes
- JAM - May1996 (none) 0 m 46.7 sec 0 m 42.6 sec 1,357,738 bytes
TSCOMP 1.3.21 -sm 0 m 19.6 sec 0 m 47.6 sec 1,396,823 bytes
DWC 5.10 z 0 m 14.3 sec 0 m 32.1 sec 1,399,119 bytes
ZIP-ARCHIV 2 -m N/A 0 m 34.6 sec 1,426,438 bytes
DWC 5.10 (none) 0 m 13.2 sec 0 m 30.4 sec 1,457,467 bytes
LARC 3.33 (none) 0 m 19.0 sec 1 m 11.1 sec 1,471,881 bytes
ZOO 2.10 : 0 m 29.4 sec 0 m 51.6 sec 1,494,933 bytes
MDCD 1.0 (none) 0 m 22.5 sec 0 m 22.0 sec 1,495,906 bytes
JRCHIVE 1.10 -c -v 1 m 30.2 sec 1 m 27.2 sec 1,577,544 bytes
JRCHIVE 1.10 -v 0 m 56.0 sec 1 m 02.2 sec 1,578,882 bytes
ARC 6.02 (none) 0 m 17.0 sec 0 m 19.1 sec 1,590,185 bytes
SPLINT 2.1 (TARed) 1 m 30.0 sec 1 m 29.4 sec 1,602,025 bytes
8 AR 0.02 (none) ** DOES NOT ACCEPT WILDCARDS **
Winner for best compression : ACB 1.23c
Winner for fastest compression: PKZIP 2.04g
Winner for quickest extraction: ARJZ 0.15
Winner for best overall : HAP 4.03
* Please note that the switches listed above apply only during
compression and not during extraction.
In the second multiple-file test, I took 130 small TEXT files totalling
1,121,394 bytes and compressed them using the same method as before.
ARCHIVER SWITCHES CREATION TIME COMPRESSED SIZE RATIO
-------- -------- ------------- --------------- -----
B ACB 1.23c (u)f 2 m 43.5 sec 194,658 bytes 82.6%
ACB 1.23c (b)f 1 m 49.7 sec 196,461 bytes 82.5%
8 ACB 1.14a (b)f 2 m 02.6 sec 198,095 bytes 82.3%
ACB 1.23c (B)f 0 m 59.9 sec 206,786 bytes 81.6%
QUANTUM 0.97 -c7 -t20 33 m 37.1 sec 217,425 bytes 80.6%
QUANTUM 0.97 -c5 12 m 08.4 sec 225,912 bytes 79.9%
WinRAR 2.0beta3 -m5 -md1024 -s 1 m 22.9 sec 229,243 bytes 79.6%
QUANTUM 0.97 -c3 -t20 1 m 59.2 sec 231,001 bytes 79.4%
QUANTUM 0.97 (none) 1 m 38.8 sec 236,638 bytes 78.9%
X1 0.94h ->X xeum6ob 2 m 35.6 sec 235,384 bytes 79.0%
WinRAR 2.0beta3 -md1024 -s 0 m 34.9 sec 235,525 bytes 79.0%
X1 0.94h ->X xeum7 0 m 36.0 sec 240,853 bytes 78.5%
X1 0.94h ->X xeum4l2 0 m 53.7 sec 243,353 bytes 78.3%
ARI 1.13u -m5 -ho 9 m 13.8 sec 243,749 bytes 78.3%
ARI 1.13u -m3 -ho -hz30 3 m 10.2 sec 245,009 bytes 78.2%
RAR 2.0 -m5 -s 0 m 31.7 sec 249,977 bytes 77.7%
YAC 1.02 (none) 0 m 43.7 sec 250,453 bytes 77.7%
8 UC2 v3.0 PRO o25 (Max Comp) 86 m 44.6 sec 254,368 bytes 77.3%
8 CRUSH 1.8+UC2 -n -u 0 m 42.7 sec 255,452 bytes 77.2%
UC2 v3.0 PRO (Max Compress) 0 m 53.7 sec 255,704 bytes 77.2%
UC v2.37 beta (Max Compress) 0 m 52.5 sec 255,714 bytes 77.2%
O AIN 2.2 /m1 0 m 14.8 sec 257,940 bytes 77.0%
AIN 2.2 (none) 0 m 13.4 sec 259,469 bytes 76.9%
UC v2.37 beta (Default) 0 m 21.7 sec 261,756 bytes 76.7%
UC2 v3.0 PRO (Default) 0 m 22.9 sec 261,820 bytes 76.7%
CRUSH 1.8+HA -n -h 0 m 31.0 sec 267,784 bytes 76.1%
CRUSH 1.8+ZIP -n 0 m 21.0 sec 272,135 bytes 75.7%
SARJ 1.21 (none) 0 m 34.4 sec 274,685 bytes 75.5%
HPACK 0.79a0 -df -u 1 m 05.8 sec 277,775 bytes 75.2%
CRUSH 1.8+ARJ -n -j 0 m 26.5 sec 285,953 bytes 74.5%
GZIP 1.2.4+TAR -9 0 m 35.2 sec 288,466 bytes 74.3%
TAR 3.20 + GZIP cvf.9 0 m 37.4 sec 289,565 bytes 74.2%
CODEC 3.21 -c10 1 m 23.6 sec 307,488 bytes 72.6%
8 BSArc 2.0.0 -++ 1 m 03.6 sec 309,872 bytes 72.4%
HA 0.999b e12 3 m 03.6 sec 310,135 bytes 69.8%
HA 0.999b e2 2 m 30.1 sec 310,201 bytes 69.8%
HAP 4.03 3 0 m 23.8 sec 324,165 bytes 71.1%
HAP 3.05bp (none) 0 m 54.5 sec 324,165 bytes 71.1%
ARI 1.13u -m5 -t16 4 m 05.7 sec 339,009 bytes 69.8%
HA 0.999b e1 1 m 08.8 sec 339,170 bytes 69.8%
HPACK 0.79a0 -df 0 m 43.3 sec 340,280 bytes 69.7%
LIMIT 1.2 -mx 0 m 20.5 sec 344,261 bytes 69.3%
LIMIT 1.2 (none) 0 m 16.3 sec 344,714 bytes 69.3%
QUARK 1.0beta (none) 0 m 28.1 sec 346,162 bytes 69.1%
LHARK 0.3o -tob 0 m 14.0 sec 346,140 bytes 69.1%
SQZ 1.08.3 -q(ALT236) 0 m 35.7 sec 346,142 bytes 69.1%
8 BSArc 2.0.0 (none) 0 m 15.4 sec 346,563 bytes 69.1%
LHARK 0.3o (none) 0 m 12.1 sec 347,474 bytes 69.0%
SUPER PACK 2.0 (Max) 0 m 30.9 sec 347,592 bytes 69.0%
WinRAR 2.0beta3 -m5 -md256 0 m 36.6 sec 347,757 bytes 69.0%
SQZ 1.08.3 (none) 0 m 19.4 sec 347,833 bytes 69.0%
RAR 2.0 -m5 0 m 19.1 sec 348,589 bytes 68.9%
AMGC 2.2 -mm 0 m 32.9 sec 348,372 bytes 68.9%
LHA 2.67(Win32) -wd:\ 0 m 24.7 sec 349,875 bytes 68.8%
CODEC 3.21 (none) 0 m 17.7 sec 350,071 bytes 68.8%
RAR 2.0 (none) 0 m 14.4 sec 350,256 bytes 68.8%
ARJ 2.55alpha -jm -e 0 m 22.6 sec 351,140 bytes 68.7%
ARJ 2.50a -jm -e 0 m 22.6 sec 351,140 bytes 68.7%
INFO-ZIP 2.1NT -9 -j 0 m 30.5 sec 351,259 bytes 68.7%
ARJZ 0.15 -mp9 -jh 0 m 23.7 sec 351,416 bytes 68.7%
ARJ 2.55alpha -e 0 m 18.0 sec 351,602 bytes 68.6%
ARJ 2.50a -e 0 m 18.1 sec 351,602 bytes 68.6%
ARJZ 0.15 (none) 0 m 17.3 sec 353,598 bytes 68.5%
INFO-ZIP 2.1NT -j 0 m 23.0 sec 353,744 bytes 68.5%
PKZIP 2.04g -ex 0 m 13.9 sec 354,336 bytes 68.4%
WINZIP'95 6.1 (Max Compress) 0 m 27.3 sec 354,469 bytes 68.4%
LHA 2.55b -we: 0 m 23.6 sec 355,838 bytes 68.3%
SAR 1.0 (none) 0 m 49.3 sec 355,841 bytes 68.3%
PUT 3.41 (none) 0 m 31.9 sec 355,965 bytes 68.3%
ZOO 2.10 h: 0 m 37.0 sec 357,284 bytes 68.1%
INFO-ZIP 2.1DOS -9 -j 0 m 23.3 sec 357,589 bytes 68.1%
PKZIP 2.04g (none) 0 m 12.6 sec 357,842 bytes 68.1%
CROSSEPAC 1.35 Format=Binary 0 m 39.3 sec 358,213 bytes 68.1%
SUPER PACK 2.0 (Normal) 0 m 14.9 sec 358,784 bytes 68.0%
WINZIP'95 6.1 (Normal Comp) 0 m 17.2 sec 359,869 bytes 67.9%
INFO-ZIP 2.1DOS -j 0 m 16.4 sec 360,091 bytes 67.9%
ZIP-ARCHIV 2.0 (none) 0 m 18.3 sec 374,173 bytes 66.6%
ZipNAV 2.03 (Comp lvl 9) 0 m 55.8 sec 374,542 bytes 66.6%
ZipNAV 2.03 (Comp lvl 5) 0 m 54.0 sec 375,394 bytes 66.6%
HYPER 2.6 (none) 0 m 19.8 sec 376,223 bytes 66.5%
ARX 1.0 (none) 1 m 02.0 sec 385,923 bytes 65.6%
SQWEZ 2.2 /s 0 m 44.2 sec 389,746 bytes 65.2%
PAK 2.51 (none) 0 m 19.0 sec 395,362 bytes 64.8%
F PKZIP 2.04g -es 0 m 09.5 sec 398,760 bytes 64.4%
TSCOMP 1.3.21 -sh 0 m 22.0 sec 402,314 bytes 64.1%
JAM - May1996 (none) 0 m 20.3 sec 429,598 bytes 61.7%
ZIP-ARCHIV 2.0 -m 0 m 15.2 sec 431,643 bytes 61.5%
TSCOMP 1.3.21 -sm 0 m 20.5 sec 435,396 bytes 61.2%
LARC 3.33 (none) 0 m 21.9 sec 458,215 bytes 59.1%
DWC 5.10 z 0 m 28.0 sec 486,424 bytes 56.6%
DWC 5.10 (none) 0 m 26.9 sec 488,757 bytes 56.4%
ZOO 2.10 : 0 m 20.7 sec 493,573 bytes 56.0%
JRCHIVE 1.10 -c -v 0 m 44.2 sec 503,041 bytes 55.1%
MDCD 1.0 (none) 0 m 13.7 sec 504,056 bytes 55.1%
JRCHIVE 1.10 -v 0 m 51.3 sec 505,123 bytes 55.0%
ARC 6.02 (none) 0 m 11.5 sec 508,823 bytes 54.7%
SPLINT 2.1 (TARed) 0 m 26.1 sec 515,249 bytes 54.1%
Winner for best compression : ACB 1.23c
Winner for fastest compression: PKZIP 2.04g
Winner for best overall : AIN 2.2
### LOCATING ARCHIVERS FOR DOWNLOAD ###
The easiest way to download the archivers listed in A.C.T. is
to use the WWW version of A.C.T. If you cannot access the WWW then most
of the archivers can be found on the following four FTP sites. Try them
in this order:
ftp.elf.stuba.sk /pub/pc/pack (10 Anonymous Users 13:00-06:00 GMT)
ftp.kiae.su /msdos/arcers (20 Anonymous Users Allowed)
ftp.simtel.net /pub/simtelnet/msdos/arcers (900+ Anon Users Allowed)
ftp.coast.net /SimTel/msdos/archiver (400+ Anonymous Users Allowed)
garbo.uwasa.fi /pc/arcers (100 Anonymous Users Allowed)
ELF.STUBA.SK MIRROR SITES
-------------------------
ftp.vse.cz /pub/msdos/SAC/pc/pack (Czech)
ftp-beer.bke.hu /vol1/pub/sac/pc/pack (Hungary)
ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de /pub/msdos/mirrors/stuba/pc/pack (Germany)
ftp.pwr.wroc.pl /pub/pc/sac/pack (Poland)
http://192.217.228.45:80/pub/sac/pack.htm (USA)
sunsite.univie.ac.at /pub/compression/ftp.elf.stuba.sk (Austria)
EXE-PACKER SITES:
----------------
ftp.elf.stuba.sk /pub/pc/pack
ftp.simtel.net /pub/simtelnet/msdos/execomp
garbo.uwasa.fi /pc/execomp
ftp.kiae.su /msdos/execomp
------------------------------------------------------------------------
As you may or may not have noticed, I have been releasing these
test results about once a month. I have decided to release the results
near the beginning of each month and name these tests A.C.T.
* Please note that the best overall selection is based entirely on the
archiver's compression/speed ratio. It is NOT based on the reliability,
price, technical support or the options available in the archiver.
I have decided to add an Options List which shows what archivers
support certain major options. If you think I should add another
category to the list or you see an error, please let me know. If there
is an error, please tell me what switch will activate the command that
I missed.
---------------------------- OPTIONS LIST ------------------------------
MULTI MIN. WIN95
DISK AUTH. 'SOLID' DATA CPU/ LONG
ARCHIVER SPAN VERI. CRYPT ARCHIVES SFX PROT GUI RAM FILES
-------- ----- ----- ----- -------- --- ---- --- ------ -----
ACB 1.23c X X-??? X X 486/16
ACB 1.14a X X-??? X X 486/8
AIN 2.2 X X-??? x86
AMGC 2.2 X X-??? x86
AR 1.10 x86
ARC 6.02 X-??? x86
ARI 1.13u X X-??? X X X x86
ARJ 2.50a X X X-XOR X x86
ARJ 2.55alpha X X X-GOST X X x86 X
ARX 1.00 x86
BSARC 2.0.0 X X x86
CODEC 3.21 X-??? X x86
CROSSEPAC 1.35 x86
CRUSH 1.8 X x86
DWC 5.10 X-??? X x86
GAS 2.0 x86
GZIP 1.2.4 x86
HA 0.999b x86
MULTI MIN. WIN95
DISK AUTH. 'SOLID' DATA CPU/ LONG
ARCHIVER SPAN VERI. CRYPT ARCHIVES SFX PROT GUI RAM FILES
-------- ----- ----- ----- -------- --- ---- --- ------ -----
HAP 3.05bp x86
HAP 4.03 X x86
HPACK 0.79a0 X X X-PGP X X x86
HYPER 2.6 x86
INFO-ZIP 2.1 * X-??? X x86 X
JAM - May1996 X-??? x86
JRCHIVE 1.10 X X x86
LARC 3.33 X x86
LHA 2.67 X 386
LHARK 0.3o X-??? X x86
LIMIT 1.2 x86
MDCD 1.0 x86
NULIB 3.24 x86
PAK 2.51 X X-??? X X x86
PKZIP 2.04g X X X-??? X x86
PUT 3.41 X x86
QUANTUM 0.97 X 386
MULTI MIN. WIN95
DISK AUTH. 'SOLID' DATA CPU/ LONG
ARCHIVER SPAN VERI. CRYPT ARCHIVES SFX PROT GUI RAM FILES
-------- ----- ----- ----- -------- --- ---- --- ------ -----
QUARK 1.0beta X X-??? X x86
RAR 2.0 X X X-??? X X X X x86 X
RKIVE 1.2 386/4
SAR 1.0 x86
SARJ 1.20 X X X-XOR X X x86 X
SPLINT 2.1 X-??? x86
SQWEZ 2.2 X X x86
SQZ 1.08.3 X x86
SUPER PACK 2.0 X X-??? X X x86
TAR 3.20+ X x86
TSCOMP 1.3.21 x86
UC2 3.0 PRO * X X-3DES % X X X x86 X
UC 2.37 beta * X X-3DES % X X X x86 X
WINZIP95 6.1 X X 386/2 X
X1 0.94h X X 386/4 X
YAC 1.02 X X x86
ZIP-ARCHIV 2.0 X-??? x86
ZIPNAV 2.03 X X X 286
ZOO 2.10 x86
------------------------------------------------------------------------
MULTI-DISK SPAN = Ability to span an archive over two or more disks
AUTH. VERI. = Authentication Verification (Security Envelope)
DATA PROT = Data Protection Encoding (Stores Error Recovery Info)
CRYPT = Ability to encrypt files in archive with password (Garble)
SFX = Ability to create Self-Extracting Archives (.EXE)
GUI = Graphical or Text Shell to manage archiver functions and select
files for compression/decompression
MIN. CPU/RAM = Minimum PC CPU and RAM (in megabytes) to run archiver
If no value for RAM is given, archiver will run in 640k
WIN95 LONG FILES = Ability to store and extract Windows95 long filenames
* - UC2 comes with a utility (SAS.EXE) to SPLIT archives into chunks
and then rebuild them after. This is not nearly as nice as
multi-disk spanning.
- INFO-ZIP comes with a utility called ZIPSPLIT which does the same
thing as UC2's SAS utility.
% - UC2 uses shared dictionaries between file collections to utilize
similarities between files.
-------------------------------- INDEX ----------------------------------
ARCHIVER RELEASE AUTHOR & (INTERNET E-MAIL)
-------- ------- ------------------------------------------------------
TYPE PLATFORMS SUPPORTED FREE UNCOMPRESS
---------- --------------------------------- ---------------
ACB Jun '96 George Buyanovsky (george@acb.alma-ata.su)
v1.23c Shareware DOS Yes
AIN Jul '94 Transas Marine (UK) Ltd. (100125.3526@compuserve.com)
v2.2 Shareware DOS No
AINEXE Jul '94 Transas Marine (UK) Ltd. (100125.3526@compuserve.com)
v2.2 Shareware DOS N/A
AMGC Nov '93 Milen Georgiev
v2.2 Shareware DOS No
AR Mar '94 Haruhiko Okumura (74050.1022@compuserve.com)
v1.10 Freeware DOS Yes
ARC Jan '89 S.E.A. Inc.
v6.02 Shareware DOS,Amiga No
ARI Jul '96 RAO Inc. (khamenya@module.vympel.msk.ru)
v1.13u Shareware DOS No
ARJ Dec '95 Robert Jung (robjung@world.std.com)
v2.50a Shareware DOS,Windows,Amiga,MAC Yes,with source
ARJ Jun '96 Robert Jung (robjung@world.std.com)
v2.55alph Shareware DOS,Windows,Amiga,MAC Yes,with source
ARJZ Apr '95 (Bulat.Ziganshin@f10.n5049.z2.fidonet.org)
v0.15 Shareware DOS,Windows NT,OS/2 Yes
ARX Jan '95 Michael A. Kosior (mkosior@acad.bryant.edu)
v1.00 Shareware DOS No
AVPACK Apr '93 Andrei Volkov
v1.22 Shareware DOS (Free for non-commerical use) N/A
AXE Jan '89 S.E.A. Inc.
v2.2 Shareware DOS No
BSARC May '95 Serg Babitchew
v2.0.0 Shareware DOS,Win,Win NT,OS/2,QNX,Unix No
BZIP Jul '96 Julian Seward (sewardj@cs.man.ac.uk)
v0.15 Freeware UNIX (C Source Code) Yes
CODEC Apr '95 Telvox Teleinform. (telvox.teleinf@bologna.nettuno.it)
v3.21 Shareware DOS,Win,OS/2,Unix,VMS,PowerPC,more No
COMPACK Nov '91 Prominence Computer Services Ltd.
v4.5 Shareware DOS N/A
CROSSEPAC Oct '94 Digital Strategies, Inc.
v1.35 Shareware DOS No
CRUNCH Aug '89 Ori Berger
v1.0 Shareware DOS N/A
CRUSH Feb '95 J. Rollason (100031.3537@compuserve.com)
v1.8 Shareware DOS No
DIET Jun '92 Teddy Matsumoto
v1.45f Freeware DOS Yes
DWC Mar '90 Dean W. Cooper (dwcooper@ix.netcom.com)
v5.10 Freeware DOS Yes
GAS May '93 Ricky Bhatti
v2.0 Shareware DOS No
GZIP Aug '93 Jean-loup Gailly (gzip@prep.ai.mit.edu)
v1.2.4 Freeware DOS,WinNT,Unix,VMS,OS/2,Atari,Amiga Yes
HA Jan '95 Harri Hirvola (harri.hirvola@vaisala.infonet.com)
v0.999b Freeware DOS,OS/2 Yes,with source
HAP Apr '96 Harald Feldmann (feldmann@xs4all.nl)
v4.03 Commercial (v3.05 Shareware) DOS No
HPACK May '93 Peter Gutmann (pgut@cs.aukuni.ac.nz)
v0.79a0 Shareware DOS,OS/2,Unix,MAC,Amiga,Atari,Archimedes No
HYPER May '92 P. Sawatzki & K. Nischkle (in307@dhafeu11.bitnet)
v2.6 Shareware DOS No
INFOZIP Apr '96 Info-ZIP (zip-bugs@wkuvx1.wku.edu)
v2.1 Freeware DOS,WinNT,Unix,OS/2,Amiga,Atari,VMS Yes,with source
JAM Aug '96 W. Jiang (wjiang@xmu.edu.cn)
vAug-1996 Freeware DOS Yes
JRCHIVE May '95 JAYAR Systems (jrsys@io.org)
v1.10 Shareware DOS No
LARC Feb '89 K. Miki, H. Okumura, K. Masuyama
v3.33 Shareware DOS No
LHA Oct '95 Haruyasu Yoshizaki (SDI00506@niftyserve.or.jp)
v2.67 Freeware DOS,Amiga,Mac Yes
LHARK Dec '95 Kerwin F. Medina (kerwin@digi.co.jp)
v0.3o Freeware DOS Yes
LIMIT Feb '94 J Y Lim (jlim@cs.stanford.edu)
v1.2 Shareware DOS No
LZEXE Jan '90 Fabrice Bellard
v0.91 Freeware DOS Yes
MDCD Oct '88 Mike Davenport (miked@ionet.net)
v1.0 Freeware DOS Yes,with source
NULIB Jan '93 Andy McFadden (fadden@uts.amdahl.com)
v3.24 Freeware DOS Yes
PACKWIN Jun '94 Yellow Rose Workgroup
v1.0alpha Shareware DOS N/A
PAK Oct '90 NoGate Consulting
v2.51 Shareware DOS No
PGMPAK Apr '90 Todor Todorov
v0.13 Shareware DOS No
PKLITE Mar '96 PKWARE Inc. (support@pkware.com)
v2.01 Shareware DOS No
PKZIP Feb '93 PKWARE Inc. (support@pkware.com)
v2.04g Shareware DOS,Windows,OS/2 No
PUT Jan '95 Jim Hass (73057.3113@compuserve.com)
v3.41 Shareware DOS No
QUANTUM May '95 Cinematronics (davids@cruzio.com)
v0.97 Freeware DOS,Windows No
QUARK May '93 Kunz Robert
v1.0beta Shareware DOS No
RAR May '96 Eugene Roshal (andrey@vybor.chel.su)
v2.0 Shareware DOS,OS/2,UNIX,Win95,WinNT,Win32s Yes,with source
RJCRUSH May '96 Roland Skinner (rjs@lia.co.za)
v1.10 Shareware DOS No
RKIVE Aug '96 Malcolm Taylor (malcolm@manawatu.gen.nz)
v1.2 Shareware DOS No
SAR Mar '93 Streamline Design
v1.0 Shareware DOS No
SARJ Jan '96 Frederic Taes (fta@info.fundp.ac.be)
v1.21 Freeware DOS Yes
SPLINT Apr '89 Kenji Rikitake (Kenji@dctwcs.das.net)
v2.1 Freeware DOS,UNIX Yes,with source
SQWEZ Nov '94 Jim Miller (74131.1704@compuserve.com)
v2.2 Shareware DOS No
SQZ Jan '93 Jonas Hammarberg (100417.2002@compuserve.com)
v1.08.3 Shareware DOS No
SUPER PACK Apr'95 Kai Gossens (Future-Dreams Entertainment)
v2.0 Freeware DOS Yes
TAR Jan '95 Tim V. Shaporev (tim@shaporev.msk.su)
v3.20+ Shareware DOS,Unix,Amiga No
TINYPROG Mar '94 Tranzoa, Co.
v3.9 Shareware DOS N/A
TSCOMP 1991 The Stirling Group
v1.3.21 Shareware DOS No
UC2 Jun '95 Ad Infinitum Products (desk@aip.nl)
v3.0 Shareware(Free for non-commercial use) DOS Yes
UC Apr '96 Ad Infinitum Products (desk@aip.nl)
v2.37beta Shareware(Free for non-commercial use) DOS Yes
UCEXE Apr '96 Ad Infinitum Products (desk@aip.nl)
v2.4 Shareware DOS Yes
WINZIP Apr '96 Nico Mak (support@winzip.com)
v6.1 Shareware Windows,Win95,Win NT No
WWPACK Aug '96 Piotr Warezak (awarezak@krysia.uni.lodz.pl)
v3.05b3 Shareware DOS No
X1 Jun '96 Stig Valentini (x1develop@internet.dk)
v0.94h Freeware DOS,OS/2,Win NT Yes
XPACK Aug '96 JauMing Tseng (s8203143@simon.pu.edu.tw)
v1.49 Freeware DOS Yes
YAC Sep '95 Aleksandras Surna (as@ashurna.msk.ru)
v1.02 Freeware DOS Yes
ZIP-ARCHIV ??? Peter Troxler
v2.0 Shareware DOS No
ZIPNAV Jul '95 FlashPoint (FlashPoint@msn.com)
2.03 Shareware Windows No
ZOO Jul '91 Rahul Dhesi (dhesi@bsu-cu.bsu.edu)
v2.10 Shareware DOS,Unix,Amiga No
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
The information above may not be 100% accurate so if anyone
notices any errors or finds something I left out, please let me know.
JAM - Aug1996 - The most amazing thing about this archiver is that it
only requires 48k of RAM. It was designed to be used
in low-memory situations. The compression ratio is
not the best but when you have little RAM to work with
this may solve your problem. This program should not
be confused with the disk-compressor or exe-packer
of the same name.
For more info e-mail: wjiang@xmu.edu.cn
To get a copy: ftp.elf.stuba.sk /pub/pc/pack/jam.zip
JAM 2.11 - I tried to test the Russian executable compressor JAM. It
seemed to compress the file ok but when I tried to run the
newly compressed executable, it would lock up my computer.
Previous versions of JAM would reboot my computer when I
ran the JAM program itself.
RKIVE 1.1 - This new archiver sets the record in the BMP file test.
Its multimedia compression is great for these types of
files. The program is a little slow and does not contain
too many options but has a lot of potential to grow.
RKIVE 1.2 - This updated version was received in the same month so I
decided to include the results for both. Version 1.2 has
some major changes to it. The compression ratio is better
and it is MUCH faster. One point to mention, RKIVE
archives are always created in the solid format.
For more info e-mail: malcolm@manawatu.gen.nz
To get a copy: ftp.elf.stuba.sk /pub/pc/pack/rkive12.zip
WWPACK 3.05b3 - This beta contains several bug fixes and other small
changes.
For more info e-mail: awarezak@krysia.uni.lodz.pl
To get a copy: ftp.elf.stuba.sk /pub/pc/pack/wwp305b3.zip
XPACK 1.49 - Xpack now supports disk image compression. You can take
a floppy disk and compress the entire thing into a single
file such as programs like teledisk. Many floppy disk
densities are supported including 1.2MB, 1.44MB, 1.72MB,
1.68MB and more.
For more info e-mail: s8203143@simon.pu.edu.tw
To get a copy: ftp.elf.stuba.sk /pub/pc/pack/xpack149.zip
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Anyone wishing to send me updated versions of archivers or email
may use PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) v2.6 or above to encrypt the info.
Listed below is my PGP public key which you can use to encrypt a binary
file or ascii file into RADIX-64 ascii format. After you have encrypted
the file, you can then send it to me via email at my Internet address
listed below. When you use my public key to encrypt something with PGP,
only I can decrypt the file so you can be certain that whatever you send
will only be seen by me.
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: 2.6.3ia
mQCNAy53etMAAAEEAM9FrKHl4ZSsNl15zzbtYZoC48e4WT83AsdH5vHr7P0npRIM
unbDNUdBbQ0ZGppG4a0ccYpLs8EAkGJLGL28JCZzk4LDCLxCn14VoeVZSV25S0mj
1ApwoTUrzqWsrdbaeGdeJ1IBxG2zc9SMMDq3htPcGzb/KQvAbbgiZykcOlgBAAUR
tB1KZWZmIEdpbGNocmlzdCA8amVmZmdAbWkubmV0PokAlQIFEDGHgYO4ImcpHDpY
AQEBtpQEAJMZA8+FKokRPXQNrmY63EedVDuairdF+eBXzYOTX2JqIFvp9uRMSb7n
nXr0YOQvLTWUbWj7IAWPcFdoal9t8yOaKoH/8NRkcL8bgTEqMpO1di/wWgv9KyHh
1fDjeveZ3djp23RMVae2mKBNF7i4+N/fC3PnuSM0vFpme8m2h97d
=zWKn
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
If you have any comments or suggestions please feel free to
send me some EMAIL and I will try and reply as soon as I can.
INTERNET: jeffg@mi.net
*** INFORMATION REQUESTED ***
If anyone knows the encryption methods that are (???) unknown in
the archiver Option List, please email and let me know. Thanks!
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| HOW TO GET THE LATEST COPY OF THE ARCHIVE COMPARISON TEST |
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
** Official Distribution Sites **
Via BBS
-------
DANGER UNLiMiTED at +1-403-280-3778 (300bps - 28,800bps)
Login ID: DISTRO No password required.
Via FIDONET File-Request (FREQ)
-------------------------------
LineLife M/F (Germany) SysOp: Horst Hackenbruch
FREQable under the magic name: ACT
Most archivers also available on this site.
2:2433/940 (300 - 128,000bps Zyxel/v.34/v.110/v.120/x.75/DMS100)
Phone: +49-2173-967910
2:2433/941 (ISDN: ELINK EL310, x.75 ESDD-1)
Phone: +49-2173-967911
Via Internet
------------
WWW: http://www.mi.net/act/act.html
FTP: ftp.simtel.net /pub/simtelnet/msdos/arcers/actest??.zip
FTP: ftp.elf.stuba.sk /pub/pc/pack/actest??.zip
FINGER: s0b8@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca
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