ACT Title - by Jody Sullivan
(ACT 2.0) - March 2000 Edition

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

The sound file test includes two files in WAV format:

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

Legend
+ - 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)
+TAR - means that the test files were stored together in one TAR file first and then compressed.

  ACT 2.0 Sound (WAV) Test              
  Total Files Size (bytes): 8,702,392            
  Name Switches

Compress
Time

Extract
Time

Compressed
Size

Overall
Score

Compress
Ratio

Bits per
Byte

     

(seconds)

(seconds)

(bytes)

(seconds)

(%)

(b/B)

*B RK 1.01b1 -mwx 167.47 218.43 5,703,956 1970.33 34.5 5.2436
+* RK 1.02b4 -mwx 109.59 48.10 5,703,960 1742.12 34.5 5.2436
  WAVARC 1.0 -c5 269.74 63.83 5,785,795 1940.74 33.5 5.3188
+ WAVARC 1.1 -c5 243.49 12.67 5,785,795 1863.33 33.5 5.3188
# ERI32 4.4fre -m5 141.10 22.02 5,905,263 1803.47 32.1 5.4286
  SONARC 2.1i -x -o0 6300.26 43.42 5,907,888 7984.76 32.1 5.4310
# ERI32 4.4fre -m4 96.75 23.34 5,916,606 1763.59 32.0 5.4391
  SONARC 2.1i -x 127.38 43.20 5,933,190 1818.69 31.8 5.4543
  SONARC 2.1i (none) 84.86 43.34 5,950,722 1781.18 31.6 5.4704
+O WAVARC 1.1 -c3 15.90 7.83 5,977,132 1684.04 31.3 5.4947
  WAVARC 1.0 -c3 50.35 71.16 5,977,132 1781.82 31.3 5.4947
# ERI32 4.4fre -m1 54.64 19.96 6,031,487 1750.01 30.7 5.5447
+ WAVPACK 2.1 (none) 13.34 18.20 6,129,090 1734.07 29.6 5.6344
* RAR32 2.60 -m5 -mm -md1024 -s 44.45 17.16 6,172,508 1776.20 29.1 5.6743
  RAR 2.60 -m5 -mm -md1024 -s 79.34 61.12 6,172,508 1855.05 29.1 5.6743
* RAR32 2.60 -m5 -mm -md1024 29.18 17.10 6,173,051 1761.02 29.1 5.6748
  RAR 2.60 -m5 -mm -md1024 81.93 40.41 6,173,051 1837.08 29.1 5.6748
* RAR32 2.60 -mm -md1024 29.16 17.13 6,173,052 1761.03 29.1 5.6748
  RAR 2.60 -mm -md1024 80.79 45.78 6,173,052 1841.31 29.1 5.6748
  WAVARC 1.0 -c1 39.81 57.55 6,176,891 1813.16 29.0 5.6783
+ WAVARC 1.1 -c1 7.02 6.64 6,179,172 1730.10 29.0 5.6804
+* RK 1.02b4 -mwf 39.59 38.48 6,255,988 1815.84 28.1 5.7511
* RK 1.01b1 -mwf 112.36 218.97 6,255,988 2069.10 28.1 5.7511
* SHORTEN 2.3a (Lossless) 9.67 4.53 6,280,554 1758.80 27.8 5.7736
+ WAVPACK 2.1 -f 11.66 15.76 6,328,952 1785.46 27.3 5.8181
+ UHARC 0.2 -m1 -md2048 171.12 46.36 6,438,323 2005.90 26.0 5.9187
+ UHARC 0.2 -m3 -md2048 253.51 50.21 6,438,421 2092.17 26.0 5.9188
  UHARC 0.2 -m1 -md1024 153.65 51.78 6,438,421 1993.88 26.0 5.9188
  UHARC 0.2 -m2 -md1024 178.66 51.84 6,438,424 2018.95 26.0 5.9188
+ UHARC 0.2 -m2 -md2048 206.02 46.34 6,438,467 2040.82 26.0 5.9188
  UHARC 0.2 -m3 -md1024 216.89 51.82 6,438,483 2057.18 26.0 5.9188
* SZIP 1.11beta+TAR -ir4o4 36.92 41.35 6,592,693 1909.57 24.2 6.0606
+ ARHANGEL 1.40 -mm -mt 253.24 259.64 6,601,210 2346.55 24.1 6.0684
  ARHANGEL 1.40a1 -mm -mt 308.44 290.06 6,601,210 2432.17 24.1 6.0684
  ARHANGEL 1.38 -2 -mm 258.60 267.93 6,634,876 2369.55 23.8 6.0994
  BOA 0.58b -s 823.27 951.81 6,700,151 3636.23 23.0 6.1594
  BOA 0.58b -m15 -s 1004.06 1130.39 6,716,140 4000.04 22.8 6.1741
  RKUC 1.03+TAR c8x -m28 740.04 N/A 7,072,860 2704.72 18.7 6.5020
  ARHANGEL 1.38 -1 -mm 97.34 51.36 7,120,088 2126.50 18.2 6.5454
+ ARHANGEL 1.40 -1 -mm -mt 90.23 37.91 7,120,798 2106.14 18.2 6.5461
  ARHANGEL 1.40a1 -1 -mm -mt 135.01 104.00 7,120,798 2217.01 18.2 6.5461
  HAP 4.62 3 77.53 100.53 7,278,760 2199.94 16.4 6.6913
  UC2 v3.0 PRO (Max Compress) 125.21 15.60 7,404,906 2197.73 14.9 6.8072
  UC v2.37 beta (Max Compress) 121.99 13.16 7,404,962 2192.08 14.9 6.8073
* DST 0.9b+TAR -me 138.93 157.00 7,496,128 2378.19 13.9 6.8911
* DST 0.9b+TAR -mm 147.90 162.19 7,509,521 2396.07 13.7 6.9034
  LZAP 0.20.0+TAR (none) 693.07 748.96 7,551,241 3539.60 13.2 6.9418
* SZIP 1.11beta+TAR (none) 63.58 47.55 7,577,433 2215.97 12.9 6.9658
  RKUC 1.03+TAR c -m16 364.75 N/A 7,592,104 2473.67 12.8 6.9793
# BA 0.99b+TAR -vz 105.02 85.67 7,601,091 2302.10 12.7 6.9876
# BA 0.99b+TAR -v 104.07 83.97 7,601,255 2299.50 12.7 6.9877
+* PPMD vE+TAR -m28 169.66 190.47 7,615,481 2475.54 12.5 7.0008
* EXP v1 (none) 53.37 23.76 7,617,591 2193.13 12.5 7.0028
* PAR 1.49b (Normal) 295.76 93.88 7,617,683 2505.66 12.5 7.0028
* IMP 1.1b -2 -s2000 -mm 42.67 19.83 7,621,689 2179.64 12.4 7.0065
* WINIMP 0.93 (Alg2/1000k/MM) 40.74 19.44 7,623,228 2177.74 12.4 7.0079
* BZIP2 0.9.5d+TAR -5 66.24 17.48 7,627,302 2202.42 12.4 7.0117
+* PPMD vE+TAR -o3 -m28 167.94 187.15 7,627,897 2473.95 12.3 7.0122
* BZIP2 0.9.5d+TAR -9 67.68 17.74 7,641,276 2208.00 12.2 7.0245
* WINIMP 0.93 (Alg1/Best/1000k/MM) 34.67 2.89 7,644,264 2160.97 12.2 7.0273
* IMP 1.1b -m3 -s2000 -mm 33.18 3.68 7,644,418 2160.31 12.2 7.0274
* DROPSTUFF 5.0 -> SIT (Maximum) 140.02 68.92 7,649,515 2333.81 12.1 7.0321
# BA 0.99b+TAR -vb 5000 109.82 87.59 7,651,858 2322.93 12.1 7.0343
* WINIMP 0.93 (Alg1/Norm/400k/MM) 23.48 2.76 7,655,868 2152.87 12.0 7.0379
* BZIP2 0.9.5d+TAR -1 64.48 16.32 7,665,414 2210.08 11.9 7.0467
* IMP 1.1b -m1 -s2000 -mm 23.48 3.46 7,676,693 2159.35 11.8 7.0571
# ACB 2.00c (u)f 976.60 986.44 7,710,959 4104.97 11.4 7.0886
* JAR32 1.02 -m4 48.20 11.42 7,717,664 2203.42 11.3 7.0948
* JAR32 1.02 -m3 44.15 11.47 7,717,914 2199.49 11.3 7.0950
* JAR32 1.02 (none) 41.61 11.41 7,717,958 2196.90 11.3 7.0950
  JAR16 1.02 -m4 128.86 94.29 7,722,199 2368.21 11.3 7.0989
  JAR16 1.02 -m3 128.56 83.43 7,722,351 2357.09 11.3 7.0991
  JAR16 1.02 (none) 130.82 91.14 7,723,906 2367.49 11.2 7.1005
# ACB 2.00c (b)f 658.18 661.69 7,724,272 3465.50 11.2 7.1008
# ACB 2.00c (B)f 460.75 472.38 7,745,932 3084.78 11.0 7.1207
# ACB 1.14a (b)f 819.65 825.41 7,746,771 3796.94 11.0 7.1215
  X1 0.95a ->X xem3 768.24 819.66 7,749,674 3740.59 10.9 7.1242
* DST 0.9b+TAR -mb 83.82 53.17 7,760,539 2292.70 10.8 7.1342
* COOLZIP 1.01 (Cab - LZX) 111.32 3.71 7,796,311 2280.67 10.4 7.1671
* CABARC 1.0 -m LZX:21 119.49 4.78 7,797,493 2290.24 10.4 7.1681
* UFA 0.04b1 -m6 -mu16 -s 232.09 260.21 7,803,640 2659.98 10.3 7.1738
+* UFA 0.04b1 -m6 -mu32 -s 241.06 267.15 7,803,640 2675.89 10.3 7.1738
* 777 0.04b1 -m6 -mu16 -s 233.89 260.72 7,803,640 2662.29 10.3 7.1738
+* ZZIP 0.32b+TAR (none) 90.83 23.43 7,823,742 2287.52 10.1 7.1923
+* ZZIP 0.32b+TAR -a4 80.78 18.13 7,823,902 2272.22 10.1 7.1924
  X1 0.95a ->X xem7 77.41 44.14 7,831,701 2297.02 10.0 7.1996
  X1 0.95a ->X xem4l2 1003.21 1102.69 7,841,478 4284.09 9.9 7.2086
* XTREME 1.06 -s -t8 88.37 36.19 7,850,958 2305.38 9.8 7.2173
* XTREME 1.06 -s -t5 67.59 34.46 7,852,317 2283.25 9.8 7.2185
* IMP 1.01 -m3 -s 27.30 3.41 7,852,962 2212.09 9.8 7.2191
* CABARC 1.0 -m LZX:15 32.84 3.50 7,854,587 2218.17 9.7 7.2206
  HA 0.999b e2 722.28 666.78 7,860,557 3572.55 9.7 7.2261
* BIX 1.00b3 (none) 90.42 10.64 7,872,294 2287.81 9.5 7.2369
+* BIX 1.00b7 (none) 84.65 5.59 7,872,294 2276.99 9.5 7.2369
* SZIP 1.11beta+TAR -ib32 68.76 50.28 7,881,662 2308.39 9.4 7.2455
* IMP 1.01 -m1 -s 18.43 3.47 7,882,359 2211.44 9.4 7.2462
  YAC 1.02 (none) 96.00 32.97 7,885,276 2319.32 9.4 7.2488
* 7-ZIP 2.00 -mx 55.51 6.58 7,890,917 2254.01 9.3 7.2540
  RKIVE 1.92b1 -mf3 241.31 118.13 7,894,667 2552.40 9.3 7.2575
* XTREME 1.06 -s 48.50 38.06 7,895,286 2279.70 9.3 7.2580
* 7-ZIP 2.00 (none) 36.20 6.64 7,895,916 2236.15 9.3 7.2586
* BIX 1.00b3 -md2048 -s 111.61 10.74 7,896,067 2315.70 9.3 7.2588
  SEMONE 0.6b+TAR -mb 82.07 38.38 7,902,799 2315.67 9.2 7.2649
  CODEC 3.21 -c10 661.13 642.24 7,905,642 3499.38 9.2 7.2676
+* BIX 1.00b7 -md4096 -s 641.26 17.01 7,911,190 2855.82 9.1 7.2727
  PKZIP 2.04g -ex 41.77 10.65 7,916,407 2251.42 9.0 7.2775
  PKZIP 2.50 -exx 31.40 11.22 7,916,533 2241.66 9.0 7.2776
* COOLZIP 1.01 (Cab - Quantum) 22.93 6.01 7,917,669 2228.29 9.0 7.2786
# TAR 3.21g -cv.9f 28.97 15.23 7,920,758 2244.41 9.0 7.2815
  SEMONE 0.6b+TAR -mf 73.73 34.93 7,920,861 2308.90 9.0 7.2815
* HUFFMAN C.E.II 0.21d (none) 64.56 9.70 7,921,222 2274.60 9.0 7.2819
* COOLZIP 1.01 (Zip - Deflate) 36.36 13.10 7,921,329 2249.83 9.0 7.2820
* WINZIP'95 7.0 (Max Compress) 19.67 5.53 7,921,329 2225.57 9.0 7.2820
+* ZIPCentral 2.06 Max 18.28 5.26 7,921,329 2223.91 9.0 7.2820
  INFO-ZIP 2.2DOS -9 -j 30.12 22.66 7,921,365 2253.16 9.0 7.2820
  INFO-ZIP 2.2DOS -j 25.74 22.46 7,921,374 2248.58 9.0 7.2820
* INFO-ZIP 2.2NT -9 -j 16.26 4.49 7,921,381 2221.13 9.0 7.2820
* INFO-ZIP 2.2NT -j 19.02 4.71 7,921,390 2224.12 9.0 7.2820
* 777 0.04b1 -m3 3024.46 2757.25 7,921,447 7982.11 9.0 7.2821
* DROPSTUFF 5.0 -> SIT (Fastest) 53.35 7.17 7,921,605 2260.97 9.0 7.2822
  PKZIP 2.04g (none) 32.85 9.95 7,921,643 2243.26 9.0 7.2823
  PKZIP 2.50 (none) 24.64 17.76 7,922,260 2243.03 9.0 7.2828
* HUFFMAN C.E.II 0.21d -K7 58.82 9.82 7,922,554 2269.35 9.0 7.2831
* LHA 2.67(Win32) (none) 25.80 7.52 7,923,387 2234.26 9.0 7.2839
# TAR 3.21g -cve9f 33.77 16.41 7,923,712 2251.21 8.9 7.2842
* WINZIP'95 7.0 (Normal Comp) 17.26 5.36 7,923,837 2223.69 8.9 7.2843
+* ZIPCentral 2.06 Normal 18.01 6.73 7,923,837 2225.81 8.9 7.2843
  ARJ 2.62a -jm -e 33.80 17.12 7,923,986 2252.03 8.9 7.2844
  ARJ 2.62a -e 33.21 13.69 7,923,997 2248.01 8.9 7.2844
* ARJ32 3.01b -jm -e 27.45 8.87 7,924,018 2237.44 8.9 7.2845
* ARJ32 3.01b -e 27.56 9.03 7,924,029 2237.71 8.9 7.2845
+ BSArc 2.0 R1.1 -+1 28.21 25.19 7,924,573 2254.67 8.9 7.2850
+ BSArc 2.0 R1.1 (none) 28.28 20.25 7,924,668 2249.83 8.9 7.2850
* 777 0.04b1 -m3 -md512 -s 3290.90 2496.49 7,925,414 7988.89 8.9 7.2857
* ACE32 1.2b -m5 -d1024 48.92 8.08 7,926,102 2258.70 8.9 7.2864
* ACE32 1.2b -m5 -d1024 -s 49.76 8.07 7,926,102 2259.53 8.9 7.2864
  ACE 1.2b -m5 -d1024 -s 103.87 16.95 7,926,102 2322.52 8.9 7.2864
  ACE 1.2b -m5 -d1024 104.14 16.16 7,926,102 2322.00 8.9 7.2864
  SQZ 1.08.4a -q(ALT236) 33.20 15.42 7,928,222 2250.90 8.9 7.2883
  SQZ 1.08.4a (none) 38.93 19.34 7,928,598 2260.66 8.9 7.2887
  HA 0.999b e1 66.15 50.10 7,929,265 2318.82 8.9 7.2893
  CODEC 3.21 (none) 42.38 27.71 7,935,232 2274.32 8.8 7.2948
  LHA 2.55b (none) 34.85 13.33 7,936,626 2252.80 8.8 7.2960
  CAR 1.50 (none) 48.65 29.52 7,936,626 2282.79 8.8 7.2960
  ZOO 2.10 h: 54.78 30.17 7,936,798 2289.62 8.8 7.2962
  GZIP 1.2.4+TAR -9 38.01 21.38 7,937,156 2264.16 8.8 7.2965
  GZIP 1.2.4+TAR (none) 38.54 22.19 7,937,200 2265.51 8.8 7.2966
# RKIVE 1.92b1 -mt3 1608.61 1712.72 7,938,640 5526.51 8.8 7.2979
+* ZIPCentral 2.06 SuperFast 15.87 5.52 7,939,239 2226.73 8.8 7.2984
* ACE32 1.2b -d1024 40.60 7.85 7,940,982 2254.28 8.7 7.3000
  ACE 1.2b -d1024 95.96 17.03 7,940,982 2318.82 8.7 7.3000
  UC v2.37 beta (Default) 42.67 12.69 7,944,682 2262.22 8.7 7.3034
  UC2 v3.0 PRO (Default) 45.46 14.90 7,944,890 2267.27 8.7 7.3036
  SEMONE 0.4b1+TAR -mlm 97.32 47.34 7,945,765 2351.82 8.7 7.3044
  AIN 2.32 /m1 71.78 19.00 7,952,082 2299.69 8.6 7.3102
  AIN 2.32 (none) 71.35 16.07 7,952,717 2296.51 8.6 7.3108
* SBX 1.4 (none) 57.60 34.67 7,963,701 2304.41 8.5 7.3209
  ICE 1.02c+TAR (none) 548.66 324.17 7,964,902 3085.30 8.5 7.3220
  PKZIP 2.50 -es 18.41 17.15 7,971,966 2250.00 8.4 7.3285
  SEMONE 0.6b+TAR -mm 79.93 31.96 7,972,988 2326.61 8.4 7.3295
  OOP 2.3 (Max Compress) 55.57 15.43 7,973,179 2285.77 8.4 7.3296
  PKZIP 2.04g -es 23.56 8.89 7,974,466 2247.58 8.4 7.3308
* DROPSTUFF 5.0 -> ZIP (none) 37.44 8.29 8,002,207 2268.57 8.0 7.3563
  OOP 2.3 (Normal Comp) 51.24 15.52 8,023,323 2295.46 7.8 7.3757
* AKT32 0.62b (none) 97.34 9.59 8,056,805 2344.93 7.4 7.4065
  AKT 0.5b m9 162.14 94.82 8,081,495 2501.82 7.1 7.4292
  AKT 0.5b (none) 161.65 96.79 8,081,531 2503.31 7.1 7.4293
* PKZIP 2.6.02 Win95 (Extra) 17.93 2.89 8,090,972 2268.31 7.0 7.4379
* PKZIP 2.6.02 Win95 (Norm) 18.13 1.88 8,091,304 2267.59 7.0 7.4382
  RKIVE 1.92b1 -mb3 1434.79 1408.95 8,165,263 5111.87 6.2 7.5062
  EPRESS beta0+TAR (Slow) 353.08 89.92 8,184,813 2716.56 5.9 7.5242
  EPRESS beta0+TAR (Medium) 230.80 74.95 8,190,975 2581.02 5.9 7.5299
  EPRESS beta0+TAR (Fast) 152.29 67.40 8,197,742 2496.84 5.8 7.5361
* DEEPFREEZE 1.03 (none) 46.07 13.53 8,201,505 2337.80 5.8 7.5395
+* DEEPFREEZE 1.05a (none) 67.10 13.44 8,202,241 2358.94 5.7 7.5402
  HAP 3.14e11 3 126.93 47.69 8,226,832 2459.85 5.5 7.5628
* UFA 0.04b1 -m3 -mx -s 286.64 122.61 8,238,980 2697.86 5.3 7.5740
* UFA 0.04b1 -m3 -md2 -mq 124.08 122.47 8,243,331 2536.36 5.3 7.5780
  PPMD+TAR -o3 -m28 199.87 243.21 8,264,737 2738.84 5.0 7.5977
* LZOP 1.00w -9 42.12 1.15 8,299,692 2348.74 4.6 7.6298
  PPMD+TAR -m28 199.88 245.05 8,336,121 2760.52 4.2 7.6633
  ESP 1.92 /m0 /mm 75.03 15.93 8,372,566 2416.67 3.8 7.6968
  ESP 1.92 /m2 /mm 76.35 17.42 8,374,643 2420.06 3.8 7.6987
# ARI 2.2 -m3 -28 -2 -ho 98.37 27.29 8,378,154 2452.93 3.7 7.7019
# ARI 2.2 -m3 -28 -ho 117.64 27.33 8,378,492 2472.33 3.7 7.7022
# ARI 2.2 -28 -ho 544.89 27.33 8,380,312 2900.08 3.7 7.7039
  ARS 2.1 -e 109.79 44.32 8,445,276 2500.02 3.0 7.7636
  ZOO 2.10 : 99.29 27.57 8,469,097 2479.39 2.7 7.7855
  OPAQUE 1.0 (none) 17.42 8.98 8,492,096 2385.32 2.4 7.8067
  ARC 6.02 (none) 36.34 15.80 8,502,020 2413.81 2.3 7.8158
*FQ LZOP 1.00w (none) 5.99 1.11 8,511,269 2371.34 2.2 7.8243
* LZOP 1.00w -1 12.95 1.14 8,517,427 2380.04 2.1 7.8300
  BLINK 2.50 (none) 15.75 10.27 8,545,231 2399.70 1.8 7.8555
+ PPMC3h+TAR (none) 83.59 85.88 8,641,612 2569.92 0.7 7.9441
  ESP 1.92 /m2 /mm2 /ml7 113.90 110.94 8,672,229 2633.79 0.3 7.9723
# TAR 3.21g (none) 5.57 0.78 8,705,024 2424.41 -0.0 8.0024
* XPA32 1.02 (none) 274.50 9.59 8,784,572 2724.25 -0.9 8.0755
  LZS 3.1+TAR /p255 38.36 21.92 9,131,550 2596.82 -4.9 8.3945
  LZS 3.1+TAR /m1 /p255 38.21 21.79 9,143,369 2599.82 -5.1 8.4054
  NPACK 1.0+TAR (none) 56.76 39.65 9,245,383 2664.57 -6.2 8.4992
* ASD 0.1.3 (none) 4558.79 16.67 9,271,803 7150.96 -6.5 8.5235
  ARS 2.1 -e -m2 60.71 88.51 9,282,282 2727.63 -6.7 8.5331
* BVI 1.70+TAR -m2 2631.81 2781.16 10,224,865 8253.21 -17.5 9.3996
  Best Compression: RK 1.01b1            
  Fastest Compression: LZOP 1.00w            
  Quickest Extraction: LZOP 1.00w            
  Best Overall: WAVARC 1.1            

 

Legend
+ - 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)
+TAR - means that the test files were stored together in one TAR file first and then compressed.

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